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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.
"I'm interested in games that are set in cities - historical, modern, fantasy, or science-fiction. In particular, games that make you feel that you are in a real, functioning, busy city where life is being lived all around you. Which..."
by aw1231 - 52 votes for 29 games, last vote on January 28, 2024; created on January 16, 2010"I am look for the hardest IF games ever."
by Sam Jackson - 51 votes for 26 games, last vote on August 24, 2022; created on February 24, 2014"I'm looking for preferably short games that focus on part of someone's life in our world and preferably our time. I would like games with an emotional focus."
by tggdan3 - 51 votes for 35 games, last vote on December 31, 2023; created on November 1, 2010"Obviously not counting "death" as an ending, but non-successful ends can count if there are other successful ends. Variation in endings should at least vary the ending somewhat (as opposed to be an extra word or two). "
by delano - 51 votes for 28 games, last vote on March 7, 2024; created on April 27, 2014"I'm looking for games that offer hints in any way, except for printing them in sequence on the screen. For example: characters that offer hints; objects that, when examined or used in a certain way, suggest actions to the player; etc."
by matt w (Matt Weiner) - 51 votes for 32 games, last vote on December 23, 2023; created on March 13, 2015"What are some IF works that involve a relationship between a mother and a daughter? Not necessarily as the center of the work, but as something that impinges on it at all."
by MathBrush - 51 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 a game of 2023 that you saw as a trailblazer. Voting is open to all IFDB..." by Sorrel - 50 votes for 21 games, last vote on August 9, 2022; created on December 23, 2009"I'm looking for games where the PC is the villain/antihero of the story and the traditional plotlines of "good beats evil" aren't followed. "
by Emily Short - 50 votes for 27 games, last vote on June 22, 2018; created on October 10, 2008"I'm looking for works in the general spirit of The Fire Tower or 1893: they can be puzzly or not, have a story or not, but they should attempt to represent a real-world setting as accurately as possible, and in some detail."
by blue/green - 50 votes for 24 games, last vote on January 9, 2024; created on July 17, 2014"What interactive fiction would you recommend that evokes a sense of wonder? These could be games that capture wonder or beauty in ordinary things, perhaps by viewing the world through the eyes of a child. Or they could be games that..."
by MathBrush - 50 votes for 16 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 fantasy game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Suggested..." by MathBrush - 50 votes for 14 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 Ink game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible games..." by MathBrush - 50 votes for 16 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 Slice of Life game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members...." by Jeremy Freese - 49 votes for 25 games, last vote on March 29, 2024; created on July 16, 2009"Everybody always dissing mazes in IF. What are the games that prove them wrong?"
by penguincascadia - 48 votes for 15 games, last vote on January 1, 2023; created on February 19, 2016"I'm looking for games that attempt (with at least some success) to portray a large city setting that the player can explore and interact with to at least some depth. Games like Gotomomi, City of Secrets, and A Mind Forever Voyaging are..." by RedHatter - 48 votes for 18 games, last vote on January 21, 2024; created on December 7, 2011"I'm looking for some games with a good magic system. Doesn't have to be at brilliant as Savoir-Faire but consistency would be nice." by MathBrush - 48 votes for 14 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 most sequel-worthy game of 2023. Voting is open to all IFDB members...." by Ghalev - 48 votes for 31 games, last vote on December 9, 2023; created on August 6, 2009"I know of a small handful of games where you play a beast, and I want to know of more. (By beast I mean a cat, a dog, a chicken, an orangutan, that kind of thing ... not looking for mythical monsters and not looking for part-timers, so..."
by MathBrush - 48 votes for 13 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 horror game of 2022. Voting is open to all IFDB members. Eligible..." by Juhana - 47 votes for 26 games, last vote on August 4, 2022; created on May 28, 2010"Fast-paced action is something that's notoriously hard to do in IF where waiting for player's input necessarily pauses the game every turn. Which games have succeeded in creating action scenes that convey the sense of urgency, danger and..."