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Multiple point-of-view characters


by Joan - 3 votes for 3 games, last vote on April 23, 2024; created on April 22, 2024
"Interested in games where you swap between different characters' heads (whether at will or at specific points in the story), not games where a single main character possesses different bodies or games that play with different..."

games with female protagonists


by X.W - 51 votes for 34 games, last vote on April 22, 2024; created on July 11, 2018

Games seeking reviews (authors only)


by Tabitha / alyshkalia - 23 votes for 22 games, last vote on April 22, 2024; created on March 10, 2024
"Are you an IF author who would like more reviews of your work? Submit those works to this poll! While reviews are not guaranteed, I will be sharing the list on the intfiction.org forum and encouraging reviews as part of a planned future..."

Birds in IF


by Wendymoon - 86 votes for 53 games, last vote on April 21, 2024; created on November 8, 2009
"What games can you think of with birds in them? What's the bird? Is it important to the game?"

Best antagonists


by OverThinking - 15 votes for 10 games, last vote on April 20, 2024; created on March 23, 2024
"IF has a tradition of pitting the player against the environment or their circumstances. I'm looking for something a little more personal. Give me your moustache-twirling, card-carrying villains. Give me your apathetic, inflexible..."

THE BEST OF THE FAKE TROLL GAMES


by Max Fog - 4 votes for 4 games, last vote on April 19, 2024; created on April 3, 2024
"Like, games that have a blurb that is seemingly a troll game (like SPY INTRIGUE, as an obvious example) but then very soon after you start playing it you realise it's actually a really good game (or better than you would have imagined)...."

PCs with mental disabilities other than depression and anxiety


by pieartsy - 22 votes for 17 games, last vote on April 18, 2024; 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..."

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 would..."

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."

Games which take place in chat messenger systems or on a digital interface


by grimperfect - 53 votes for 37 games, last vote on April 2, 2024; created on September 23, 2019
"Specifically, works where the main mechanic is either exploring a in-game digital interface(ala Secret Little Haven) or communicating using a type of chat/text messenger system(think Emily is Away). "

The great puzzlefests


by Victor Gijsbers - 121 votes for 50 games, last vote on April 2, 2024; created on August 9, 2018
"Playing Curses!, I started wondering which games belong to the canon of great puzzlefests. With this term I mean puzzle based games that are long, difficult and punishing; but also fair, engaging and truly rewarding to work through. The..."

IF Compilations (Games made of parts of other games)


by penguincascadia - 9 votes for 8 games, last vote on April 2, 2024; created on March 18, 2022
"Hello everyone, I'm looking for IF games that are mergers of other IF games or parts of other IF games together. Bonus points if the various games can interact with each other, like objects on one game section being usable in another..."

Looks like I have to do EVERYTHING myself


by Kinetic Mouse Car - 7 votes for 5 games, last vote on April 2, 2024; created on January 30, 2023
"This poll is for games where the player's sole purpose is to fix things. It's their job, or a near equivalent to a job. Does not necessarily have to be traditional employment but fixing things has to be part of the PC's purpose, not..."

Games that could use more reviews


by MathBrush - 35 votes for 24 games, last vote on March 31, 2024; created on April 23, 2020
"I love to review games. Let me know if you've made a game that needs more reviews, or can suggest someone else's! I might not be personally able to review every game due to time, content, or platform, but I'll try!"

Rat games


by Tabitha / alyshkalia - 25 votes for 20 games, last vote on March 30, 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."

Games that include a maze you would describe as 'hey, actually fun'


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?"

IF that purposely conceals crucial player character information


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..."

Artistic Games


by WriterBob - 134 votes for 37 games, last vote on March 26, 2024; created on November 15, 2008
"I'm interested in games that take the fiction of IF to new levels. These are not straightforward, plot driven games. Think instead of games that play like poetry, or games that focus on a character's revelation."

The absolute hardest non-broken games you've played


by MathBrush - 37 votes for 23 games, last vote on March 26, 2024; created on September 23, 2017
"After reading Jason Dyer's post on his excellent adventure blog (at bluerenga.wordpress.com) about the hardest adventure ever (which I haven't tried yet, but want to!). Everyone has a game that they've experienced that is just absolutely..."

magic systems / accurate time travel


by Cygnus - 14 votes for 12 games, last vote on March 25, 2024; created on February 17, 2024
"I recently played Never Gives Up Her Dead by Mathbrush, and I loved it a lot. I especially loved the magic part in a certain part, and I've previously played The Wand and loved that to pieces. I also love researching time travel and I..."
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