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If you're looking for a specific kind of IF, you can create a poll to ask other people for recommendations.
"What is the first IF that you have ever played? The game that made you love the concept of IF?"
by A. I. Wulf - 68 votes for 32 games, last vote on September 10, 2023; created on October 18, 2017"Games are a new medium of art. It's still a maturing medium. But still some works May have succeeded in being truly classic in their writing. As an enthusiastic writer I need to know about the growth of IF in this field."
by Divide - 68 votes for 40 games, last vote on May 14, 2022; created on December 1, 2009"Pieces which can be fully enjoyed without drawing map, ideally without taking any notes whatsoever. Ones which you could play on a bus, on a break, laying on bed, etc. with nothing but a portable player. Games for which you don't need..."
by Xionix - 67 votes for 48 games, last vote on December 9, 2023; created on February 28, 2013"I started playing Counterfeit Monkey, and I notice a good map is a way for us newbies to get into the game more easy. And I hate to draw so, are any other games that got a in-game map? It can be any genre."
by MathBrush - 67 votes for 24 games, last vote on February 8, 2024; created on August 2, 2015"I'm looking for the game that you played that had the most content (not necessarily being stuck on a puzzle for a long time)"
by MathBrush - 67 votes for 19 games, last vote on February 18, 2024; created on February 1, 2024"This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best horror game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Suggested..." by MathBrush - 67 votes for 18 games, last vote on February 18, 2024; created on February 1, 2024"This poll is part of the 2023 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best Science Fiction game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members...." by baf - 66 votes for 26 games, last vote on September 20, 2023; created on April 21, 2010"In a normal game, there is a single fictional entity that is considered to be: - The protagonist: the character that the player is meant to identify with, and whose goals you are trying to achieve - The viewpoint character: the character..."
by MathBrush - 65 votes for 44 games, last vote on August 3, 2023; created on June 17, 2017"What games have really good cover art?"
by Sorrel - 65 votes for 27 games, last vote on February 26, 2024; created on April 8, 2010"I'm looking for IF that inspires one or more strong emotions in the player – an IF that pulls on your heartstrings a little. "
by Puddin Tame - 64 votes for 21 games, last vote on March 27, 2024; created on October 28, 2012"IF that doesn't explicitly clue players in on knowledge they would/should have if they actually were the player character (The character's motivation, interests, relevant parts of their past etc.), which, for good or bad, results in some..."
by tggdan3 - 64 votes for 27 games, last vote on August 28, 2023; created on April 7, 2010"I'm looking for a one room game, where the purpose is NOT to escape that one room. (Eliminating games such as Enlightenment, Suveh Nux, 69,105 keys, etc). I'm not sure if there even ARE many such games, but I would be interested in..."
by Sam Kabo Ashwell - 64 votes for 29 games, last vote on February 28, 2023; created on September 12, 2012"A considerable number of games exist largely as the commentary of the IF community (or some subset of it) upon the medium and the community itself. These works are likely to be befuddling to outsiders, but provide windows onto blah blah..."
by diddlescatter - 64 votes for 31 games, last vote on July 13, 2023; created on February 13, 2011"(Sorry, Fredrik, but your poll was such a great idea that I couldn't resist!) So here's the question: Which titles out there do you absolutely hate? Remember, it doesn't have to be a game you've actually played. In fact, maybe it's a..."
by Merk - 63 votes for 33 games, last vote on September 30, 2023; created on July 29, 2015"Two that come to mind, which I haven't played in years and may be remembering wrong, are Moebius and All Things Devours. Games with fail states, by their nature, fit the bill from a mechanical level, but I'm curious about games where..."
by strivenword - 62 votes for 36 games, last vote on December 4, 2023; created on November 17, 2011"Sam Kabo Ashwell's statement in his recent review of Cana According to Micah that "the best works dealing prominently with Christian themes are written by non-Christians" made me curious. Perhaps a list of games with serious Christian..."
by Jeff Sonas - 62 votes for 21 games, last vote on September 11, 2022; created on October 29, 2008"My kids (9 and 12) like to play IF games on my phone during car drives so they are looking for something quick and fun that doesn't require much mapping. What single-room adventures are out there?"
by MathBrush - 61 votes for 24 games, last vote on September 5, 2022; created on December 10, 2015"I've only played a few choicescript games, but I loved Creatures Such as We, The Race, and Scarlet Sails. What can you recommend?"
by IFDent - 61 votes for 29 games, last vote on August 12, 2022; created on May 29, 2014"I'm looking for a good science fiction game (sci-fi game) for example, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Infocom. Can't get enough sci-fi text adventures."
by MathBrush - 61 votes for 15 games, last vote on February 18, 2023; created on January 30, 2023"This poll is part of the 2022 IFDB Awards. The rules for the competition can be found here, and a list of all categories can be found here. This award is for the best short game of 2022, where the definition of 'short' is left up to the..."