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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."

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
"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 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..."

"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?..."

Fictions interactives en français humoristiques et/ou feel-good


by filiaa - 22 votes for 21 games, last vote on January 14, 2025; created on July 10, 2024
"Beaucoup de FI en français abordent des sujets sérieux, éveillent des sentiments difficiles et des émotions fortes. Malgré la grande qualité de ces FI sérieuses et tristes, on recherche parfois quelque chose de plus amusant ou..."

Games about uploading your consciousness or uploaded consciousnesses


by MathBrush - 22 votes for 9 games, last vote on October 18, 2025; created on September 27, 2025
"I'm looking for games where a human brain is put into a computer or is already in one."

Games That Reward Sticking With Them


by Ghalev - 22 votes for 12 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on November 24, 2009
"Here's a dangerously subjective poll. I can be a bit impatient with text adventures on most days, sadly, and if a game doesn't grab me, shake me, French-kiss me and hump my leg in the first 2,000 words (those long intros count toward the..."

IF created as a media tie-in


by Felix Pleșoianu - 22 votes for 14 games, last vote on July 21, 2020; created on October 19, 2016
"Hello, everyone. I'm looking for IF pieces originally created as media tie-ins (i.e. as promotion/extras for a bigger project). The plan is to write an advocacy piece, but only two examples spring to mind: Emily Short's City of Secrets,..."

Misunderstood games


by MathBrush - 22 votes for 18 games, last vote on August 2, 2022; created on September 7, 2015
"I'm interested in games where the reviewers 'just don't get it', where part of the game that is essential or hidden got overlooked. I'm thinking of Scary House Amulet as a prime example, where a solid parody game is passed off as poorly..."

"Camp" Games


by tildemania - 21 votes for 13 games, last vote on November 1, 2024; created on April 15, 2012
"Games which have, or might be considered to have, a camp aesthetic or sense of humor. "Camp is a certain mode of aestheticism. It is one way of seeing the world as an aesthetic phenomenon. That way, the way of Camp, is not in terms of..."

Apocalypse How


by katz - 21 votes for 11 games, last vote on July 31, 2022; created on January 2, 2012
"Post-apocalyptic games: equal parts cliche and fun. Authors are free to dispense with pesky NPCs, complicated modern technology, and implementing working everyday items. Players can have no inhibitions about acting like murderous..."

Australian Setting or Characters


by Rhetta_Lynnea - 21 votes for 13 games, last vote on August 6, 2022; created on May 31, 2013
"I've played several good games with Aussie characters or setting, and I was wondering if there are any others. It doesn't have to be the main focus of the game, just a little extra colour."

Best Hosted Games from Choice of Games


by MathBrush - 21 votes for 10 games, last vote on June 15, 2022; created on August 2, 2020
"Sobol suggested having a poll just for Hosted Games, as they have a greater variety in quality and receive less attention."

Choice-based puzzlefests


by Spike - 21 votes for 12 games, last vote on August 1, 2022; created on November 22, 2018
"I enjoy games with lots of good puzzles, but so far nearly all the ones I've played have a parser-based interface. This poll is to help me find good choice-based puzzlefests."

Doing things backwards


by Mike Ciul - 21 votes for 12 games, last vote on December 16, 2020; created on December 3, 2010
"Games that take traditional IF tasks and puzzles, and do them backwards or subvert them in a clever way. Thanks to olethros on raif for the inverse puzzle idea."

Games about mother-child relationships


by verityvirtue - 21 votes for 16 games, last vote on March 14, 2024; created on July 2, 2016
"Games which deal with mother-child relationships, no matter the nature of either party."

Lost Pig type puzzle complexity


by Mostly Useless - 21 votes for 14 games, last vote on April 26, 2016; created on April 10, 2013
"I haven't played a lot of IF, as I'm often put off by what are (for me) difficult puzzles. Without doubt the most satisfaction I've had from finishing a game has been Admiral Jota's Lost Pig, and I would love to hear about other games..."

Lost Treasures of the IF Comp


by Molly - 21 votes for 14 games, last vote on August 26, 2022; created on June 21, 2012
"It seems that for every Comp game that's still talked about today (e.g., Slouching Towards Bedlam, Shade, Photopia, etc.), there's ten or so that have been almost completely forgotten; some of them even placed in the top ten or higher...."

Outstanding Decker Game of 2023


by MathBrush - 21 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 Decker game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible..."

Outstanding Decker Game of 2024


by MathBrush - 21 votes for 6 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 Decker game of 2024. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible..."

Outstanding Dialog Game of 2024


by MathBrush - 21 votes for 3 games, last vote on February 13, 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 Dialog game of 2024. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible..."

Outstanding Fantasy Game of 2022 - Author's Choice


by MathBrush - 21 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 fantasy game of 2022. Voting is anonymous and open only to IFDB..."

Outstanding Inform 6 Game of 2023


by MathBrush - 21 votes for 7 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 Inform 6 game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible..."

Outstanding Mystery Game of 2022 - Player's Choice


by MathBrush - 21 votes for 5 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 mystery game of 2022. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible..."

Outstanding Spanish Game of 2023


by MathBrush - 21 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 Spanish game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Suggested..."

Games where deliberately losing/dying/losing an item advances the plot


by Andrew Schultz - 20 votes for 16 games, last vote on October 12, 2025; created on July 30, 2023
"The meaning of "deliberately" can be a bit broad, but I'm wondering about cases where an action clearly marked risky or fatal helps you see something or progress, and you would not have otherwise. I'm not thinking so much about where,..."

Games with Replay Value


by Lance Cirone - 20 votes for 13 games, last vote on October 5, 2025; created on February 13, 2023
"These are games that you can come to again and again, even after you beat them. It could be a story-heavy game where you won't connect all the dots until you run through it a second or third time, or an expansive core mechanic that..."

Games you would like to see finished


by Denk - 20 votes for 15 games, last vote on January 2, 2024; created on July 27, 2018
"Unfinished games, e.g. IntroComp games, which you would like to see finished. Hopefully, this will encourage authors to finish their games."

Humble Beginnings


by Floating Info - 20 votes for 15 games, last vote on July 31, 2022; created on April 30, 2015
"What are some games that start off with the PC in a regular situation but turn into something different? This would include a regular person finding a portal to a fantasy world, or a regular person already in a fantasy world abruptly..."

Outstanding Inform 7 Game of 2022 - Player's Choice


by MathBrush - 20 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 Inform 7 game of 2022. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible..."

Outstanding Spanish Game of 2024


by MathBrush - 20 votes for 6 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 Spanish game of 2024. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Suggested..."

Outstanding Surreal Game of 2022 - Player's Choice


by MathBrush - 20 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 surreal game of 2022. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible..."

Outstanding TADS Game of 2024


by MathBrush - 20 votes for 4 games, last vote on February 14, 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 TADS game of 2024. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible games..."

Outstanding Use of Interactivity in 2022 - Author's Choice


by MathBrush - 20 votes for 12 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 a game in 2022 that felt truly interactive. Voting is anonymous and open only..."

Parser games (any system, any age) with English rural setting/atmosphere


by Marco Innocenti - 20 votes for 12 games, last vote on March 10, 2022; created on September 17, 2021
"I'm looking for any parser game (modern or vintage) that is set in an English, rural, Victorian overall ambient, both indoor and outdoor. As an example, something in the mood of The Hound of the Baskervilles, with moors, villages,..."

Wide open spaces.


by Rovarsson - 20 votes for 14 games, last vote on December 31, 2023; created on November 29, 2019
"This can apply to the setting of the games; prairies, deserts, icecaps come to mind. It can also apply to the feel of a game, the impression that the player is free to roam far and wide. Open game-worlds."

2025 Review-a-thon - games seeking reviews (authors only)


by Tabitha - 19 votes for 19 games, last vote on June 27, 2025; created on August 3, 2024
"The IF Review-a-thon is an event meant to spur reviews of games that haven't received much reviewing attention (for this event, that's defined as "has fewer than 5 reviews across IFDB and the intfiction.org forum"). If you're an IF..."

Best Steampunk games


by Alyssa Barstow - 19 votes for 6 games, last vote on January 16, 2017; created on June 20, 2014
"Looking for Steampunk style games- something with the flair of the Fallen London text game or a story like Incarceron. Can be any length."

For Your Consideration - XYZZY-eligible innovation uses of 2015


by Brendan Patrick Hennessy - 19 votes for 19 games, last vote on March 8, 2016; created on February 12, 2016
"This is for suggesting games released in 2015 which you think might be worth considering for Best Use of Innovation in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. The category will still be text-entry, and games not..."

For Your Consideration - XYZZY-eligible NPCs of 2013


by Sam Kabo Ashwell - 19 votes for 16 games, last vote on February 22, 2014; created on April 23, 2013
"This poll is a place to suggest non-player characters from games released in 2013, who you think might be worth considering for Best Individual NPC in the XYZZY Awards. Leave the name (or namelessness) of the NPC (or NPCs) in the comment..."

For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Games of 2016


by MathBrush - 19 votes for 17 games, last vote on June 30, 2017; created on May 16, 2017
"This is for suggesting games released in 2016 which you think might be worth considering for Best Game 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 Best Overall Games of 2018 -


by MathBrush - 19 votes for 18 games, last vote on July 15, 2019; created on April 15, 2019
"This is for suggesting games released in 2018 which you think might be worth considering for Best Game in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination.This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to suggest games..."

For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Multimedia of 2017


by MathBrush - 19 votes for 17 games, last vote on May 19, 2018; created on March 18, 2018
"This is for suggesting games released in 2017 which you think might be worth considering for Best Use of Multimedia in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. The category will still be text-entry, and games not..."

Games Theoretically but not Practically Beatable on First Attempt


by Floating Info - 19 votes for 15 games, last vote on July 29, 2022; created on January 25, 2015
"I'm looking for a very specific level of difficulty: a game where you theoretically could beat it on your first attempt, but you won't. At some point in the game you'll fail, but that point may vary from person to person, and when you..."

Games Where Moving In The Dark Is Essential


by Canalboy - 19 votes for 16 games, last vote on July 28, 2025; created on March 16, 2025
"As a compulsive map maker I recently came across two games where you have to know your location exactly as you need to move in complete darkness. This set me wondering about how many games feature this particular conundrum."

Maintained Hall of Fame / High score list


by Denk - 19 votes for 13 games, last vote on October 23, 2025; created on July 27, 2017
"Maintained Hall of Fame or high score list is a great idea. Let's list those games where a maintained hall of fame/high score list is maintained, preferably online."

Outstanding Inform 6 Game of 2024


by MathBrush - 19 votes for 8 games, last vote on February 13, 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 Inform 6 game of 2024. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible..."

Outstanding Moiki Game of 2023


by MathBrush - 19 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 Moiki game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible games..."

Outstanding RPG of 2023


by MathBrush - 19 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 RPG of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Suggested games..."

Outstanding Travel Game of 2024


by MathBrush - 19 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 travel game of 2024. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Suggested..."

The Modern Zorkalikes


by Ghalev - 19 votes for 11 games, last vote on September 3, 2020; created on June 2, 2012
"My desire is straightforward, but proving difficult to satisfy. I want games that are like the Zork games might have been, given a more contemporary set of design ideals. It seems to be an abandoned playing field in some ways, as if the..."

The most underrated game you've authored


by Anya Johanna DeNiro - 19 votes for 19 games, last vote on August 27, 2025; created on May 8, 2016
"Interpret "under-rated" however that means to you. Perhaps it's one that's simply not played very much for whatever reason. Or it's a game you consider flawed but still worth playing, or an early effort that you are fond of."

What game first got you interested in IF? (1995–2012)


by dfranke - 19 votes for 15 games, last vote on July 8, 2025; created on December 30, 2024
"What game first got you interested in interactive fiction? This may, or may not, be the first IF game you ever played. Respond to this poll only if you first played the game BETWEEN 1995 and 2012 INCLUSIVE; otherwise, respond to one of..."

Best of Quest


by Denk - 18 votes for 13 games, last vote on April 12, 2024; created on March 14, 2020
"There are more than 600 Quest games on IFDB. Surely there must be a lot of bad Quest games, but there are certainly good ones too. It would be interesting to know, which ones are worth playing."

For Your Consideration - XYZZY-eligible PCs of 2015


by verityvirtue - 18 votes for 18 games, last vote on April 30, 2016; created on February 11, 2016
"This is for suggesting player characters from games released 2015 who you think might be worth considering for Best PC/Best Individual PC in the XYZZY awards. Leave the name (or namelessness) of the PC (or PCs) in the comment on your..."

For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Individual PC of 2021


by MathBrush - 18 votes for 13 games, last vote on December 2, 2022; created on May 20, 2022
"This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Individual PC in the XYZZY awards. Please include a comment mentioning the PC. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. This is not an..."

For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Setting of 2018


by MathBrush - 18 votes for 16 games, last vote on July 15, 2019; created on April 15, 2019
"This is for suggesting games released in 2018 which you think might be worth considering for Best Setting in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination.This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to suggest..."

For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible stories of 2017


by MathBrush - 18 votes for 15 games, last vote on July 31, 2022; created on March 18, 2018
"This is for suggesting games released in 2017 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..."

Games that take place completely in museums


by Andrew Schultz - 18 votes for 12 games, last vote on October 21, 2025; created on October 18, 2023
"IFComp 2023 had a couple, and they reminded me of another I tested in Shufflecomp. I like having the ability to leave when I want and see what I want. I'm looking specifically for ones with no winning or losing, and ones where you can..."

Games w/ cool mechanics


by Cygnus - 18 votes for 9 games, last vote on October 16, 2023; created on March 28, 2023
"Lookin' for stuff like Colortura, What Heart Heard of Ghost Guessed, Delightful Wallpaper, etc. Just... anything that has a very unconventional and scrumptious mechanic system. Thanky!"

Games with easy English


by Fitbos - 18 votes for 14 games, last vote on June 28, 2018; created on April 6, 2010
"I'm a Chinese guy who is really interested in text-based stuff, but my English is not very good for me to play games with hard English. Especially games with slangs every where. So I'm just looking for games that really written in easy..."

Games with exceptional clothing systems


by Fitzzy - 18 votes for 14 games, last vote on September 22, 2025; created on June 18, 2009
"Games of any genre, irregardless of the quality of the game itself, that has an exceptional clothing management system in place."

High fantasy interactive fiction


by strivenword - 18 votes for 12 games, last vote on May 31, 2025; created on July 27, 2010
"My favorite genre of fiction, interactive or otherwise, is high fantasy -- the genre of such epic series of novels as The Lord of the Rings by Tolkien and The Wheel of Time by Jordan. I'm especially interested in games with an alternate..."

Hilariously Bad IF games


by american00b - 18 votes for 11 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on November 10, 2013
"Earlier today, I felt like playing an Interactive Fiction game that is the literary and stylistic equivalent of such masterpieces as Birdemic and The Room. I still have that feeling, so if you find anything like Plan 9 from Outer Space..."

Most Sequel-worthy game of 2022 - Player's Choice


by MathBrush - 18 votes for 6 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 most sequel-worthy game of 2022. Voting is open to all IFDB members...."

Outstanding Ink Game of 2022 - Author's Choice


by MathBrush - 18 votes for 4 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 anonymous and open only to IFDB members..."

Outstanding Moiki Game of 2024


by MathBrush - 18 votes for 6 games, last vote on February 17, 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 Moiki game of 2024. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible games..."

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


by MathBrush - 18 votes for 5 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..."

The Most Humorous Scenarios /Characters in IF


by Canalboy - 18 votes for 18 games, last vote on January 9, 2024; created on August 1, 2022
"I was recently re-essaying Castle Ralf and if you "Cogitate" in a certain location there is a seemingly authentic sequence which appears to be formatting your C: drive. As this was a DOS game from 1987 it must have frightened the..."

What game first got you interested in IF? (1994 or earlier)


by dfranke - 18 votes for 8 games, last vote on January 29, 2025; created on December 30, 2024
"What game first got you interested in interactive fiction? This may, or may not, be the first IF game you ever played. Respond to this poll only if you first played the game IN 1994 OR PRIOR; otherwise, respond to one of the two other..."

Achievements, catch them all and other stuff.


by Xionix - 17 votes for 10 games, last vote on August 6, 2022; created on March 13, 2013
"Looking for some IF with achievements, like, collect the 50 golden coins, or if you type 20 wrong commands you get the newbie achievement, or if you type "use hat in head" you get the "IF hater-to-be" achievement, well you get the idea."

Best classic zork adventure


by Aintelligence - 17 votes for 7 games, last vote on February 25, 2023; created on November 26, 2010
"What is the best classic zork adventure which includes all zork including classics and subdivisions."

For Your Consideration - XYZZY-eligible multimedia uses of 2015


by Brendan Patrick Hennessy - 17 votes for 17 games, last vote on April 17, 2016; created on February 12, 2016
"This is for suggesting games released in 2015 which you think might be worth considering for Best Use of Multimedia in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. The category will still be text-entry, and games not..."

For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Overall Puzzles of 2021


by MathBrush - 17 votes for 14 games, last vote on December 2, 2022; created on May 20, 2022
"This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Puzzles in the XYZZY awards. This is for the overall puzzles of the game; there is another poll for best individual puzzle. This is not a..."

For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Setting of 2021


by MathBrush - 17 votes for 10 games, last vote on December 1, 2022; created on May 20, 2022
"This is for suggesting games released in 2021 which you think might be worth considering for Best Setting in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination. This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to suggest..."

For Your Consideration: XYZZY-eligible PCs of 2013


by Sam Kabo Ashwell - 17 votes for 15 games, last vote on February 17, 2014; created on April 23, 2013
"This poll is a place to suggest player characters from games released in 2013, who you think might be worth considering for Best Individual PC in the XYZZY Awards. Leave the name (or namelessness) of the PC in the comment on your vote...."

Games with a good "Investigation" feel


by C4rd1n4l - 17 votes for 10 games, last vote on July 10, 2022; created on October 19, 2020
"I'm looking for games that really push you to closely examine every nook and cranny of a setting. Maybe an escape-room game of some kind where the player has to "solve" all the puzzles in a room before progressing."

Great Openings


by Floating Info - 17 votes for 11 games, last vote on August 3, 2022; created on July 27, 2015
"What games have your favorite openings? By opening I mean everything before the first room description in a parser game or the first screen of a choice game. It could be a sentence, a few sentences, a paragraph, or more. But I'm looking..."

Great quotes


by aaronius - 17 votes for 11 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on November 5, 2009
"Post your favorite sentences/excerpts from games in the comment field. Especially lovely if they are from deeper in the game than the opening text, although all are welcome."

Hypertext stories that make heavy use of text transformations


by Bruno Dias - 17 votes for 13 games, last vote on July 21, 2018; created on October 20, 2015
"I'm looking for hypertexts that make heavy use of stretchtext and related effects to tell their story - Links that add, remove, or alter text within a passage. Swan Hill for instance makes heavy use of this, and my own work does too, but..."

IF adaptations of existing poems


by pieartsy - 17 votes for 17 games, last vote on November 2, 2024; created on July 2, 2024
"I'm looking for IF that adapts existing static poems, either using the text directly or taking the story/plot/themes of the text and turning them into something interactive. Does not have to be a "game" with a win/lose or branching paths..."

long games for beginners


by Cygnus - 17 votes for 10 games, last vote on October 6, 2024; created on March 31, 2023
"so… you know how savior fair is long and awesome, but also, like, complicated? and.. cruel, as the ratings out it? I think the first thing that goot me INTO IF was anchor head. kinda that difficulty. recently played d’arkun and that..."

Outstanding Debut of 2022 - Author's Choice


by MathBrush - 17 votes for 8 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 by a new author. Voting is anonymous and open only to..."

Visual Novels for IF fans


by autumnc - 17 votes for 8 games, last vote on January 4, 2023; created on December 10, 2020
"Visual novels are a form of interactive fiction whose community is almost entirely distinct from the interactive fiction community based around IFDB/IFComp. There are plenty of visual novels that can easily be recast as CYOA text-based..."

Father-Son Relationships


by matt w (Matt Weiner) - 16 votes for 13 games, last vote on January 10, 2024; created on March 13, 2015
"Going along with the Mother-Daughter poll, any games that touch on father-son relationships? Again, not necessarily the center of the work."

For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Best Writing of 2018


by MathBrush - 16 votes for 14 games, last vote on June 17, 2019; created on April 15, 2019
"This is for suggesting games released in 2018 which you think might be worth considering for Best Writing in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination.This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to suggest..."

For your consideration: XYZZY-eligible Implementation for 2018


by MathBrush - 16 votes for 14 games, last vote on June 17, 2019; created on April 15, 2019
"This is for suggesting games released in 2018 which you think might be worth considering for Best Implementation in the XYZZY awards. This is not a zeroth-round nomination.This is not an official list. The point of poll is partly to..."

Games That Changed Your Mind


by Ghalev - 16 votes for 15 games, last vote on September 27, 2020; created on December 1, 2010
"Before you played X, you never thought you'd like horror games. Before you played Y, you never thought you could take a game with a dragon in it seriously. Before you played Z, you thought linear games would just frustrate you. Tell me..."

Investigating your own death


by EJ - 16 votes for 11 games, last vote on November 1, 2025; created on October 18, 2024
"Games that substantially revolve around a dead protagonist trying to find out (or even remember) something about how they died."

Most inappropriate response.


by Biep - 16 votes for 10 games, last vote on November 3, 2025; created on March 19, 2013
"Sometimes responses simply don't make sense - but sometimes they DO make sense, but inappropriately so, with sometimes humorous results. If possible, please put how to elicit the response in the Quick Quote part of the comment, and the..."

Outstanding Adventuron Game of 2022 - Player's Choice


by MathBrush - 16 votes for 8 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 Adventuron game of 2022. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible..."

Outstanding PunyInform Game of 2024


by MathBrush - 16 votes for 7 games, last vote on February 13, 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 PunyInform game of 2024. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible..."

Outstanding Retro Game of 2024


by MathBrush - 16 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 retro game of 2024. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Suggested..."
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