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Outstanding PunyInform Game of 2023

by MathBrush - 33 votes for 10 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 PunyInform game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible..."

Programming/command-line games?

by autumnc - 33 votes for 18 games, last vote on February 28, 2024; created on March 5, 2023

"What are some games that either include computer programming as a game mechanic, elements that simulate computer programming, or include some sort of command-line or terminal interface? This could include parser games, choice-based..."

A poll for games which aren't normally on polls.

by Pinstripe - 32 votes for 18 games, last vote on July 14, 2020; created on April 10, 2012

"There are some games which are ubiquitous. A poll for funny, happy games? Lost Pig will be there. A poll for beautiful, dramatic games? Photopia always makes it. Conversational games? Galatea. Artsy games? Pretty much anything by Zarf...."

Comfort Food IF

by Molly - 32 votes for 21 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on June 11, 2012

"Lately I've been chasing away the blues by playing through my IF backlog. This made me wonder, what IF do you play as a pick-me-up? Maybe it's something that calms and soothes you, maybe it's really funny, or maybe it just distracts you..."

Dystopia

by dacharya64 - 32 votes for 22 games, last vote on August 2, 2022; created on August 29, 2011

"I love dystopian fiction, and after playing Square Circle, I decided I had to see if there were other dystopian tales in the IF-verse."

Games Centered Around Devices/Machines

by Amanda Walker - 32 votes for 18 games, last vote on April 27, 2024; created on August 1, 2022

"I'm looking for games that heavily feature learning how to use a device or machine. For instance, the machine in Emily Short's Savoir-Faire, Art DiBianca's devices in the Grandma Bethlinda games, or the box in Paul Michael Winters's The..."

Games exploring trauma and other messy subject matter

by Kastel - 32 votes for 24 games, last vote on July 5, 2025; created on August 24, 2023

"Looking for, as Nathalie Lawhead puts it, art caught between “everything is horrible”, “everything is survivable”, and “this is too hard to talk about”. I'm interested in how people explore the messy things in life through IF..."

Games featuring music

by Karl Ove Hufthammer - 32 votes for 25 games, last vote on December 7, 2024; created on July 29, 2012

"I have always thought that music has a huge potential for enhancing IF, more so than graphics has. So what are the best examples of IF games that use music? Note that this poll does not include games with only sound effects; they have to..."

Games that are comfy and cozy

by MarkyJez - 32 votes for 21 games, last vote on March 16, 2025; created on January 11, 2021

"I'm interested in trying out games that are more relaxed than a lot of IFs are. Though I do like the adventure and excitement of those particular IFs, I also want to try out other stuff that is more quiet and understated, the kind of..."

Great Escapes

by JonathanCR - 32 votes for 13 games, last vote on April 11, 2025; created on February 21, 2012

"Everyone knows that "escape the room" games and puzzles are an IF cliché. But which are the best examples of this classic genre?"

Outstanding Game for Beginners of 2024

by MathBrush - 32 votes for 10 games, last vote on February 16, 2025; created on February 1, 2025

"This poll is part of the 2024 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 most outstanding game for beginners from 2024. Voting is open to all IFDB..."

Outstanding Twine Game of 2022 - Author's Choice

by MathBrush - 32 votes for 12 games, last vote on February 17, 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 Twine game of 2022. Voting is anonymous and open only to IFDB members..."

Outstanding Worldbuilding of 2022 - Author's Choice

by MathBrush - 32 votes for 12 games, last vote on February 17, 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 game with the best worldbuilding of 2022. Voting is anonymous and open only..."

"Weird and Eerie" interactive fiction

by Dawn S. - 31 votes for 20 games, last vote on December 10, 2024; created on March 19, 2023

"I’m reading and really enjoying The Weird and the Eerie, by critic Mark Fisher. In this book, Fisher explores the sense of something’s being simultaneously unsettling and fascinating. “Weird” and “eerie,” according to Fisher,..."

Best games of the last 12-18 months?

by Tobi Tesuji - 31 votes for 14 games, last vote on September 19, 2014; created on September 23, 2012

"I haven't looked at any new games since more than one year. So, what did I miss? What are the best/most interesting games of the last 12-18 months?"

Deep fictional worlds

by Kenji Yamada - 31 votes for 12 games, last vote on August 4, 2022; created on March 25, 2012

"I'd like to play more games set in fictional worlds with deeply-imagined cultures and history. Implementation depth would also be a plus."

First attempt IF

by beecadee - 31 votes for 23 games, last vote on February 14, 2024; created on April 6, 2020

"Anyone wanting to write IF has to start somewhere. Looking for games that were authors' first attempts... First attempts in a given development system count!"

For Your Consideration: Games from 2012 that should be nominated for the XYZZY Awards

by Molly - 31 votes for 30 games, last vote on July 21, 2013; created on April 4, 2013

"There were a lot of great games released in the past year, and now that the XYZZYs are coming up, it seems like a very good idea to take a poll of all the games from last year people would like to see nominated. The management has asked..."

Games about strange and wonderful plants

by verityvirtue - 31 votes for 18 games, last vote on October 1, 2024; created on June 26, 2016

"Botany! "

Games that simulate their own aging

by Beable - 31 votes for 16 games, last vote on June 23, 2024; created on November 25, 2023

"I'm looking for games that pretend to be another, older game - sort of like Repeat the Ending and LAKE Adventure - or that contain elements within them that are supposed to play like an older game - like And Then You Come to a House Not..."

Games with detailed descriptions of art works

by Greg Frost - 31 votes for 20 games, last vote on October 10, 2024; created on March 22, 2021

"I am looking for games which use the literary technique of ekphrasis: "a vivid, often dramatic, verbal description of a visual work of art, either real or imagined" (Wikipedia)."

Outstanding Surreal Game of 2023

by MathBrush - 31 votes for 11 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 Surreal game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Suggested..."

Parser games with WOW moments.

by Marco Innocenti - 31 votes for 21 games, last vote on April 15, 2024; created on May 17, 2023

"Vote for parser games (in all of history) that had incredible Wow moments, twists, or whatever made you think for ages or left you seriously amazed. As an example “that moment” in Spider and Web. Please avoid being spoilery as I..."

Scariest Games! (Horror or Otherwise)

by thecanvasrose - 31 votes for 21 games, last vote on October 3, 2023; created on August 20, 2019

"I'm a sucker for horror, psychological suspense, adventure, the paranormal and supernatural, monsters and mystery. Please suggest scary games to me - even those which lie outside of the genre of horror, like sci-fi, crime or fantasy, if..."

The Best Games of 1st Half of 2016

by Anya Johanna DeNiro - 31 votes for 11 games, last vote on December 16, 2020; created on July 14, 2016

"Sometimes by the end of the year and after the Comp it's hard to keep front-and-center the games that appeared earlier in the year! Here is a place to list what has tickled your fancy so far. One vote per game only please."

AI developments, particularly NPC-AI

by breslin - 30 votes for 17 games, last vote on June 10, 2018; created on October 10, 2008

"Doesn't need to be satisfying as a conventional game, but must be interesting as an experiment. The idea being that AI work in IF is something that still needs work. Name the games you think which are contributing to this area of genre..."

All the Pretty Sources

by Jeremy Freese - 30 votes for 21 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on December 20, 2012

"IF games that have source code available that you'd hold up as an example of what good looking source code is supposed to look like. (I was motivated to post this by wanting to study some I7 source, but actually pretty source from other..."

Dynamic open world IFs

by Natrium729 - 30 votes for 18 games, last vote on August 2, 2022; created on October 3, 2016

"I'm looking for good "open world" IFs, that is, IFs where the player can just wander and explore the world without necessarily following the main plot (think Elder Scrolls). They could take place on a planet, in a city, or even just in a..."

Games featuring a central evolving puzzle mechanism

by Lance Campbell - 30 votes for 14 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on December 16, 2020

"Looking for any games that feature a core puzzle mechanism that the player masters and expands upon throughout the game. The puzzle mechanism should start out simple, and evolve and expand in an organic way, supporting the game and story..."

Games with great puzzles

by Molly - 30 votes for 17 games, last vote on March 13, 2023; created on December 30, 2008

"Games that have great puzzle-design. The puzzles need to be logical and internally consistent."

Games with mysticism

by Anya Johanna DeNiro - 30 votes for 16 games, last vote on February 3, 2022; created on July 16, 2010

"What I'm looking for are games that aren't "other-world" fantasy, but rather use one of the following as part of its thematic underpinnings: Renaissance magic, Neoplatonism, hermeticism, gnosticism, alchemy, or any other kind of..."

Games with stupid player characters

by murphy_slaw - 30 votes for 12 games, last vote on May 10, 2015; created on February 27, 2009

"I'm looking for games where the player character is significantly stupider and/or less observant than the average player - the kind of game where part of the challenge is making sense of the descriptions offered through the simplistic..."

Outstanding Romance Game of 2023

by MathBrush - 30 votes for 8 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 Romance game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Suggested..."

Outstanding Romance Game of 2024

by MathBrush - 30 votes for 11 games, last vote on February 16, 2025; created on February 1, 2025

"This poll is part of the 2024 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 Romance game of 2024. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Suggested..."

Outstanding Use of Interactivity in 2022 - Player's Choice

by MathBrush - 30 votes for 8 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 an outstanding game of 2022 that felt truly interactive. Voting is open to..."

Plot-driven Narrative

by Jerako - 30 votes for 20 games, last vote on February 3, 2022; created on May 25, 2014

"I'm looking for a list of games to try where the narrative is the focus of the game. Where the author is really trying to tell a story over making a puzzlefest (though puzzles aren't necessarily unwelcome, especially if they drive they..."

Best games you've played in 2012

by Molly - 29 votes for 18 games, last vote on December 16, 2020; created on December 15, 2012

"The year of our lord Two Thousand Twelve is almost over, so let's reflect back on the games we've played this year and see which ones we liked the most. Note that the games don't have to have come out in 2012 to be eligible for this..."

Games much improved in later versions

by Karl Ove Hufthammer - 29 votes for 20 games, last vote on September 26, 2024; created on November 17, 2013

"Most IF works are only available in ‘version 1’, but some are released in updated versions. And a few see a large amount of bug fixing, rewriting and polish. This is a poll for highlighting these games, games that the authors have..."

Games with non-standard directions

by Andrew Schultz - 29 votes for 20 games, last vote on November 8, 2023; created on December 28, 2014

"I'm wondering about games (primarily parser) with weird directions beyond NW/SW/SE/NE, up, down or inside/outside. I like the example in the Inform docs (Charles S. Roberts) about hexagonal directions but have no clue how to go about..."

Mouse & Milquetoast - Modern-World Games With a Timid Protagonist

by Ghalev - 29 votes for 16 games, last vote on August 1, 2022; created on May 17, 2010

"In some games, you play a brave hero, or a cynical crime-fighter, or a cunning robber. In others, you play an artificial mind, an alien, or an animal. In many, you play nobody in particular, just an average person of some kind, doing a..."

Bound by human frailties???

by Stickz - 28 votes for 20 games, last vote on May 5, 2023; created on June 23, 2010

"I'm looking for games where the PC is faced with needs like eating, sleeping, and thirst. Unusual inventory limitations. Things that make them appear a little more human."

For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Settings of 2016

by MathBrush - 28 votes for 25 games, last vote on June 16, 2017; created on May 16, 2017

"This is for suggesting games released in 2016 which you think might be worth considering for Best setting in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. The category will still be text-entry, and games not mentioned here..."

games with cooking

by jlvp1234 - 28 votes for 14 games, last vote on December 30, 2023; created on February 13, 2021

"I'm looking for games with cooking. ever since I have played gourmet and, gourmet version1, wich is the same, I have also played you got a stew going. does anyone have any recommendations other than these on wich I have just mentioned?"

Games with misleading titles

by Cendare - 28 votes for 17 games, last vote on January 1, 2025; created on July 17, 2011

"I was thinking about "Nothing But Mazes" and how it, in fact, contains things that aren't mazes. What other games have titles that don't quite reflect what's inside?"

I'm looking for Easter Eggs..

by morganthegirl - 28 votes for 21 games, last vote on January 9, 2024; created on September 2, 2020

"I'm somewhat new to IF and was wondering if Easter Eggs are ever hidden in these games as they are in others? If so, which games have them? If there a lot of them, then which ones are the "best"?"

Outstanding Educational Game of 2024

by MathBrush - 28 votes for 5 games, last vote on February 16, 2025; created on February 1, 2025

"This poll is part of the 2024 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 educational game of 2024. Voting is open to all IFDB members...."

Outstanding Ren'py Game of 2024

by MathBrush - 28 votes for 9 games, last vote on February 16, 2025; created on February 1, 2025

"This poll is part of the 2024 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 Ren'py game of 2024. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible..."

Outstanding Science Fiction Game of 2022 - Author's Choice

by MathBrush - 28 votes for 11 games, last vote on February 17, 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 science fiction game of 2022. Voting is anonymous and open only to..."

Outstanding Underappreciated Game of 2022 - Author's Choice

by MathBrush - 28 votes for 17 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 most underappreciated game of 2022. Voting is anonymous and open only to..."

Games with Chases

by Jeremy Freese - 27 votes for 16 games, last vote on January 20, 2024; created on October 25, 2009

"The chase scene, a staple of Scooby Doo and action movies, but how often has it been done in IF?"

Outstanding Retro Game of 2023

by MathBrush - 27 votes for 6 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 retro game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Suggested..."

Your favorite homebrew parser

by MathBrush - 27 votes for 20 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on October 25, 2015

"Homebrew games don't get a lot of love here, but some of them are pretty good. What is your favorite homebrew game?"

Your Favorite/Best Twine Games

by thecanvasrose - 27 votes for 15 games, last vote on December 16, 2020; created on November 3, 2019

"1. Please leave a description with your vote and tell me what the game is/why you like it/etc. 2. Free to play games preferred. 3. I'm interested to see what's new or less well known."

For Your Consideration: Games from 2013 that should be nominated for the XYZZY Awards

by Molly - 26 votes for 26 games, last vote on March 8, 2014; created on February 18, 2014

"There were a lot of great games released in 2013, and now that the XYZZYs are coming up, it seems like a very good idea to take a poll of all the games from last year people would like to see nominated. The management has asked that we..."

games about cats

by beetlesack99 - 26 votes for 22 games, last vote on August 19, 2022; created on October 22, 2016

"are there any"

Games where the player must draw their own map

by Paxton - 26 votes for 14 games, last vote on July 18, 2022; created on March 29, 2021

"Ideally these are games whose puzzles/challenges involve the map in some way (hidden connections, layout analysis, &c.) and aren't just games which could be mapped. I'm especially interested in games which use the action of drawing the..."

Games with Difficult Puzzles and a Forgiveness Rating of Tough or Lower

by Athe - 26 votes for 14 games, last vote on August 28, 2020; created on June 27, 2011

"While searching for games that were difficult, I found many games that had a very unforgiving forgiveness rating, which I don't find very appealing. I do like puzzles, however, so I would be interested in finding games with challenging..."

Games with Impossible-to-film moments

by aaronius - 26 votes for 15 games, last vote on September 3, 2024; created on November 5, 2009

"I'm looking for games that demonstrate the power of text-based games. Games with sentences that would make developers of 3D games weep, like "The army of ten million robots marched over the liquid landscape," or "She concealed her anger..."

Milking

by CMG - 26 votes for 20 games, last vote on October 3, 2024; created on November 18, 2015

"After playing Hard Puzzle by Ade McT, which centers around assembling a "milking stool" under rather sinister circumstances, it struck me how odd it can be to feature milking in a game. This poll is for any games that include or..."

Mise-en-abîme

by Sobol - 26 votes for 17 games, last vote on August 6, 2022; created on June 17, 2016

"Mise-en-abîme is a technique of having a play within a play, a painting within a painting, etc. Let's list those interactive stories where the characters play interactive stories."

NPC-less Exploration

by Dannii - 26 votes for 16 games, last vote on August 6, 2022; created on September 2, 2012

"Supposedly one of IFs strengths is for exploring places with few other people, often abandoned places, but I can't think of many works which have zero NPCs and consist of a lot of exploration. Usually there's at least one NPC, or the..."

Outstanding Inform 7 Game of 2022 - Author's Choice

by MathBrush - 26 votes for 9 games, last vote on February 17, 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 Inform 7 game of 2022. Voting is anonymous and open only to IFDB..."

Rat games

by Tabitha - 26 votes for 21 games, last vote on August 4, 2024; created on November 28, 2023

"Collecting games that either: have "rat" in the title; have rats/a rat playing a significant role; or have a rat as the PC."

For Your Consideration - XYZZY-eligible NPCs of 2015

by verityvirtue - 25 votes for 24 games, last vote on April 9, 2016; created on February 11, 2016

"This is for suggesting non-player characters from games released 2015 who you think might be worth considering for Best NPCs/Best Individual NPC in the XYZZY awards. Leave the name (or namelessness) of the NPC (or NPCs) in the comment on..."

Games with good rpg elements that are if

by Zzoro26 - 25 votes for 13 games, last vote on December 25, 2019; created on September 30, 2011

"I'm looking for a good interactive IF that has good rpg elements"

Multiple solutions to puzzles and/or situations.

by Hulk Handsome - 25 votes for 14 games, last vote on January 6, 2023; created on August 29, 2011

"Games that offer more than one solution to most of the puzzles and/or situations encountered. Bonus points if this means that items have multiple applications (unless they do something even more clever)."

Outstanding Adventuron Game of 2023

by MathBrush - 25 votes for 6 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 Adventuron game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible..."

Outstanding Choicescript Game of 2023

by MathBrush - 25 votes for 10 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 Choicescript game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members...."

Outstanding Game in an Uncommon System in 2022 - Player's Choice

by MathBrush - 25 votes for 8 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 game of 2022 written in a system used by less than 5 games in 2022,..."

Outstanding Game over 2 hours in 2022 - Author's Choice

by MathBrush - 25 votes for 12 games, last vote on February 17, 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 game of 2022 with over 2 hours of gameplay (as judged by the voter)...."

Outstanding Historical Game of 2023

by MathBrush - 25 votes for 6 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 historical game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Suggested..."

Outstanding Horror Game of 2022 - Author's Choice

by MathBrush - 25 votes for 9 games, last vote on February 17, 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 overall game of 2022. Voting is anonymous and open only to IFDB..."

Outstanding Humor Game of 2022 - Player's Choice

by MathBrush - 25 votes for 9 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 humor game of 2022. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible games..."

Spanish games

by Fredrik - 25 votes for 21 games, last vote on February 25, 2025; created on November 2, 2010

"I really need to improve my rotten Spanish, and I can think of no better way to do it than by playing IF. But there are tons of games out there, so what to choose? In other words: Por favor, ¡dame los favoritos tuyos!"

For Your Consideration - XYZZY-eligible implementations of 2015

by Brendan Patrick Hennessy - 24 votes for 24 games, last vote on February 16, 2016; created on February 12, 2016

"This is for games released in 2015 which you think might be worth considering for Best Implementation in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. The category will still be text-entry, and games not mentioned here will..."

For Your Consideration - XYZZY-eligible stories of 2015

by Brendan Patrick Hennessy - 24 votes for 23 games, last vote on February 18, 2016; created on February 12, 2016

"This is for suggesting games released in 2015 which you think might be worth considering for Best Story in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. The category will still be text-entry, and games not mentioned here will..."

For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Writing of 2016

by MathBrush - 24 votes for 22 games, last vote on June 28, 2017; created on May 16, 2017

"This is for suggesting games released in 2016 which you think might be worth considering for Best Writing in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. The category will still be text-entry, and games not mentioned here..."

Games with a Halloween theme

by Cuxxu - 24 votes for 19 games, last vote on January 3, 2023; created on August 10, 2012

"Some of us over on boardgamegeek/videogamegeek/rpggeek are starting a interactive fiction-of-the-month club. It was discussed having a game with a Halloween Theme for October. Most of the people will be fairly new to IF. Any suggestions?"

Good Games in French/Bons jeux en français

by thecanvasrose - 24 votes for 16 games, last vote on August 27, 2024; created on August 26, 2019

"I've recently reached an intermediate level of French speaking at my university. I can easily read relatively straightforward sentences, that is, but writing which is highly poetic or archaic I will not understand. I think I know French..."

Outstanding German Game of 2024

by MathBrush - 24 votes for 7 games, last vote on February 15, 2025; created on February 1, 2025

"This poll is part of the 2024 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 German-language game of 2024. Voting is open to all IFDB members...."

Outstanding Humor Game of 2022 - Author's Choice

by MathBrush - 24 votes for 8 games, last vote on February 18, 2023; created on January 30, 2023

Outstanding Slice of Life Game of 2022 - Player's Choice

by MathBrush - 24 votes for 6 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 slice of life game of 2022. Voting is open to all IFDB members...."

Outstanding TADS Game of 2023

by MathBrush - 24 votes for 4 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 TADS game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible games..."

PCs with mental disabilities other than depression and anxiety

by pieartsy - 24 votes for 18 games, last vote on June 29, 2025; created on March 16, 2023

"Games with PCs that have mental disabilities aside from depression or anxiety - PTSD, OCD, ADHD, Bipolar, Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, dyslexia, etc - that significantly impact them/the story. The PC does not need an official realistic..."

Procedurally generated IF

by verityvirtue - 24 votes for 15 games, last vote on August 12, 2022; created on October 11, 2015

"Looking for IF which uses procedural generation (? I'm not a programmer) to derive its writing, story, etc."

Games for language learners

by Emily Boegheim - 23 votes for 21 games, last vote on April 23, 2019; created on November 1, 2013

"What are some good games for people trying to learn another language? I imagine that short games with relatively simple prose and not too many non-standard commands (if they're parser games) would work best, but feel free to suggest..."

games with magic

by Xw - 23 votes for 18 games, last vote on August 5, 2022; created on March 6, 2020

"any game will do"

Games With Unfair Beginnings

by Canalboy - 23 votes for 16 games, last vote on July 2, 2023; created on October 7, 2021

"By this I mean games that can be made unwinnable near the start or have hellish opening puzzles."

Kid-Appropriate Games

by Princessthe1st - 23 votes for 14 games, last vote on June 8, 2025; created on June 9, 2019

"I'm looking for games for middle-schoolers, that are hard and fun but still appropriate."

Less-linear Twine Games

by Nathaniel - 23 votes for 14 games, last vote on July 31, 2022; created on December 8, 2016

"Twine (or other hypertext) games where your decisions make a significant difference, and the story changes significantly based on them (not just resulting in your death)."

Looking for a good Western.

by Bishopofbasic - 23 votes for 13 games, last vote on August 2, 2022; created on March 23, 2016

"Howdy everyone, I'm on the hunt for a good western text adventure or IF depending on how you call it. Something, that's quite fun to play. The year of release doesn't matter to me. Just looking for some great games to sink my teeth into...."

Outstanding Game in an Uncommon System in 2022 - Author's Choice

by MathBrush - 23 votes for 8 games, last vote on February 17, 2023; created on January 30, 2023

Outstanding Ink Game of 2022 - Player's Choice

by MathBrush - 23 votes for 7 games, last vote on February 17, 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 Ink game of 2022. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible games..."

Outstanding Ink Game of 2024

by MathBrush - 23 votes for 7 games, last vote on February 16, 2025; created on February 1, 2025

"This poll is part of the 2024 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 Ink game of 2024. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible games..."

Outstanding Surreal Game of 2022 - Author's Choice

by MathBrush - 23 votes for 9 games, last vote on February 17, 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 surreal game of 2022. Voting is anonymous and open only to IFDB..."

The worst IF ever?

by theqbasicwizard - 23 votes for 13 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on October 18, 2013

"I'm wanting to do an episode for the podcast that deals with only the worst possible IF games ever programmed? You know the kind that if you would have played it for another minute longer, that you would have never played another IF ever..."

Up, Up, and Away: IF starring super heroes

by Molly - 23 votes for 14 games, last vote on December 31, 2024; created on October 11, 2012

"It's often been said that super-heroes are a poor fit for IF, given the reliance of the former on flashy, colorful costumes and fights. But let it never be said that some poor bastards didn't try. What are some notable attempts at..."

"Ed Wood" Games

by murphy_slaw - 22 votes for 10 games, last vote on April 19, 2019; created on March 8, 2009

"I'm looking exquisitely bad games. Games with warped aesthetics and worldviews far removed from consensus reality. Games that are, in the words of Michael Martin, "exactly good enough that I had to keep going to see what it did next"...."

BBC Micro gems

by Rovarsson - 22 votes for 18 games, last vote on June 24, 2023; created on March 23, 2022

"I found the BBC Micro archive a little while ago and I'm overwhelmed. (http://bbcmicro.co.uk/index.php?search=Text+Adventure&on_S=on) Any recommendations? I've put two games in myself from both sides of the spectrum: a 1984 old-school..."

Fate vs Free Will Games

by loocas - 22 votes for 17 games, last vote on April 25, 2023; created on October 2, 2009

"I imagine that the interactive nature of IF would allow themes of fate and free will to be used powerfully. Perhaps the PC is given a glimpse of his or her future and the player tries to avoid it. Are there games in which this is done?..."

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