Top 1000 Tags

Here are the top 1000 tags on IFDB, listed in order of frequency, along with numbers showing how many games have each tag. Click on a tag to list the games associated with the tag.

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walkthrough (1884)
parser (1807)
cover art (1703)
IFComp Game (1418)
twine (1345)
graphics (1142)
fantasy (878)
short (818)
CYOA (802)
choice-based (784)
horror (777)
female protagonist (757)
source available (754)
two-word parser (715)
multiple endings (711)
science fiction (693)
ClubFloyd transcript (680)
sound (626)
male protagonist (589)
Xyzzy response (547)
commercial (506)
TADS (491)
adrift (489)
humor (478)
rpg (471)
violence (466)
gender-neutral protagonist (459)
hypertext (437)
Mystery (421)
nonhuman protagonist (411)
Ectocomp game (410)
tads 2 (366)
second person (355)
built-in hints (352)
music (350)
first person (348)
speedif (330)
word count limit (317)
inform 7 (314)
Winner of a comp (313)
Surreal (308)
Adrift 4 (306)
romance (296)
Spring Thing Game (296)
sexual content (287)
Eamon (280)
foreign language (268)
LGBTQ+ (265)
magic (256)
neo-twiny jam (256)
single room (253)
profanity (248)
ChooseYourStory (243)
score (236)
I6 source available (225)
german (217)
multiple protagonists (205)
puzzleless (198)
bookmarks (197)
I7 source available (197)
first effort (196)
landscape mode (196)
maze (196)
gender choice (193)
present tense (191)
ChoiceScript (188)
comedy (188)
child protagonist (186)
Mini-comp (186)
slice of life (184)
C64 (181)
third person (175)
Inform (174)
Spanish (174)
Colossal cash prize (173)
IntroComp (173)
teenage protagonist (171)
French (170)
choice of games (166)
IF Short Games Showcase (164)
La Petite Mort (164)
dragon (162)
Le Grand Guignol (161)
Adventure (160)
adventuron (160)
historical (160)
undo (152)
linear (151)
space (150)
collaboration (148)
zx spectrum (147)
combat (146)
speed IF (140)
visual novel (140)
Inform 6 (137)
Neo-Twiny Jam 2024 (137)
conversation (134)
desktop (131)
adaptation (130)
escape (128)
ghost (128)
murder (128)
primitive parser (128)
time travel (125)
fan fiction (123)
Italian (123)
TADS 3 (123)
death (122)
incomplete (119)
TRS-80 MC-10 (119)
Fallen London content (117)
BASIC (114)
Interactive Fiction Top 50 (114)
vampire (114)
vampires (113)
based on songs (112)
PC Eamon Museum (112)
cats (110)
family (110)
detective (108)
gay/queer protagonist (108)
long-form (108)
animal protagonist (107)
aif (106)
aliens (106)
Available on Steam (104)
IFComp 2020 (104)
treasure hunt (104)
CYOA with location-based world model (103)
MICRO (102)
castle (100)
past tense (100)
poetry (100)
amnesia (99)
dreams (99)
puzzle (98)
cat (96)
game doesn't exist (95)
Glulx (95)
strong profanity (95)
Short Games Showcase 2024 (94)
puzzles (93)
Apple II (92)
Adrift 3.9 (89)
ADRIFT 5 (89)
House Setting (88)
zombie (88)
animation (87)
character graphics (87)
fairy tale (87)
spaceship (87)
parody (85)
ShuffleComp (85)
kid-friendly (84)
crime (83)
retro (83)
IFComp 2019 (82)
post-apocalyptic (82)
adaptive hints (81)
IFComp 2017 (80)
stats (80)
city (78)
Lovecraftian (78)
slow (78)
IFComp 2018 (77)
religion (76)
sub-Q magazine (76)
IFComp 2023 (75)
z-code (75)
hosted games (74)
Sugarcube (74)
dog (73)
PunyInform (73)
zombies (73)
ai art (72)
single choice jam (72)
IFComp 2021 (71)
IFComp 2022 (71)
easy (70)
IF Short Games Showcase 2023 (70)
Interactive Fiction Top 50 2023 (70)
mythology (70)
built-in map (69)
delayed text (69)
real-time (69)
simulation (69)
Superhero (69)
artificial intelligence (68)
Interactive Fiction Top 50 2019 (68)
lesbian (68)
Small-Sized (68)
Apocalypse (67)
dystopia (67)
IFComp 2024 (67)
evil protagonist (65)
queer (65)
war (65)
absurd (64)
Free IF Playoffs (64)
People's Champion Tournament 2025 (64)
supernatural (64)
satire (63)
depression (62)
experimental (62)
NightFloyd transcript (62)
survival (62)
alcohol (61)
educational (61)
exploration (61)
island (61)
Moderately-Challenging (61)
unfinished (61)
body horror (60)
drama (60)
espionage (60)
house (60)
limited verbs (60)
wordplay (60)
gamebook (59)
Ink (59)
Old School (59)
achievements (58)
dating (58)
ghosts (58)
IFComp 2016 (58)
meta (58)
BBC Micro (57)
college (57)
Harlowe (57)
randomized (57)
translation (57)
BASIC source available (56)
food (56)
school (56)
silly (56)
suicide (56)
cyberpunk (55)
dynamic fiction (55)
IFComp 2015 (55)
funny (54)
political (54)
replayable (54)
IF Competition 2000 (53)
party (53)
quest (53)
IF Competition 2001 (52)
spaceship setting (52)
Text Adventure Literacy Jam (52)
Amiga (51)
android (51)
asian protagonist (51)
replay puzzle (51)
transgender (51)
ECTOCOMP 2023 (50)
Halloween (50)
Interactive Fiction Top 50 2015 (50)
ocean (50)
on Jay is Games (50)
play online (50)
random (50)
robot (50)
Australian (49)
Broken links to Delron (49)
time limit (49)
dark (48)
ECTOCOMP 2024 (48)
feelies (48)
Interactive Fiction Top 50 2011 (48)
Life (48)
active NPCs (47)
Christmas (47)
illustrations (47)
Infocom (47)
Spring Thing 2022 (47)
animals (46)
ECTOCOMP 2022 (46)
map (46)
noir (46)
They Might Be Giants (46)
thriller (46)
Christianity (45)
EctoComp Winner (45)
share (45)
Eamon Deluxe 5.0 (44)
qbasic (44)
random combat (44)
sex (44)
travel (44)
witches (44)
demons (43)
drugs (43)
IF Competition 2006 (43)
monsters (43)
murder mystery (43)
non-standard system (43)
politics (43)
Twiny Jam (43)
witch (43)
autobiographical (42)
cave (42)
IFComp 2014 (42)
Middle-earth (42)
naked twine jam (42)
Trivially-Challenging (42)
Adrift competition 2004 (41)
haunted house (41)
blood (40)
Eamon Remastered (40)
Forest (40)
Pirates (40)
princess (40)
western (40)
dark fantasy (39)
GPL (39)
Nouvim3000 (39)
Pixel Art (39)
tutorial (39)
atmospheric (38)
gore (38)
IF Comp 2011 (38)
IF Competition 2002 (38)
investigation (38)
train (38)
Zork (38)
distinct areas (37)
IF Competition 1999 (37)
IF Competition 2004 (37)
love (37)
monster (37)
psychological (37)
Spring Thing 2021 (37)
trans protagonist (37)
abuse (36)
Action (36)
Adrift competition 2003 (36)
based on book (36)
character creation (36)
cute (36)
demon (36)
escape room (36)
IF Competition 2005 (36)
literary (36)
office (36)
procedural generation (36)
TADS2 source available (36)
test as premise (36)
time loop (36)
very brief (36)
Amstrad CPC (35)
ancient Greece (35)
grief (35)
Hell (35)
IF Competition 2008 (35)
IF Competition 2013 (35)
kinetic (35)
London (35)
retro-machines (35)
sidekick NPC (35)
urban fantasy (35)
Atari ST (34)
compassless (34)
ECTOCOMP 2021 (34)
game adaptation (34)
hints (34)
IF Competition 1997 (34)
Mars (34)
relationships (34)
resource management (34)
sexuality choice (34)
systematic puzzles (34)
Unreliable Narrator (34)
voice acting (34)
children (33)
nautical (33)
Part of a Series (33)
robots (33)
siblings (33)
Spring Thing 2024 (33)
Arthurian (32)
dead protagonist (32)
deliberately bad game (32)
dialogue (32)
dialogue jam (32)
EctoComp 2017 (32)
friendship (32)
IFComp Winner (32)
Let's Play (32)
mental illness (32)
moiki (32)
psychological horror (32)
seedcomp (32)
2024 IF Review-a-thon (31)
French game (31)
future (31)
nonfiction (31)
Spring Thing Winner (31)
student project (31)
the quill (31)
2019 XYZZY Awards (30)
AGT source available (30)
Atari 8-Bit (30)
Back Garden (30)
CYOA with puzzles (30)
ectocomp 2018 (30)
Ectocomp 2019 (30)
Full-Sized (30)
IF Competition 2003 (30)
Japan (30)
moral choice (30)
multiple solutions (30)
nature (30)
PunyInform source available (30)
1980s (29)
2020 XYZZY Awards (29)
anxiety (29)
darkness (29)
game within a game (29)
gothic (29)
greek mythology (29)
IF Art Show (29)
IF Competition 2007 (29)
memory (29)
parent-child relationships (29)
spells (29)
translated game (29)
Xyzzy Awards 2018 (29)
1800s (28)
graded success (28)
IF Competition 2012 (28)
library (28)
medieval (28)
mild profanity (28)
Miss Congeniality Winner (28)
noninteractive (28)
nsfw (28)
recommended for beginners (28)
sudden death (28)
suspense (28)
transformation (28)
workplace (28)
XYZZY Best Game (28)
XYZZY Best Story (28)
XYZZY Best Writing (28)
afterlife (27)
anti-romance jam (27)
bare-bones jam (27)
bare-bones jam 2023 (27)
beginner (27)
fan game (27)
feelie map (27)
high school (27)
History (27)
IF Competition 1996 (27)
IF Competition 1998 (27)
kids (27)
money (27)
multimedia (27)
paranormal (27)
punyjam (27)
Really Bad IF Jam (27)
steampunk (27)
turn limit (27)
werewolves (27)
Xyzzy Awards 2015 (27)
XYZZY Best Individual NPC (27)
XYZZY Best Individual Puzzle (27)
XYZZY Best NPCs (27)
XYZZY Best Puzzles (27)
XYZZY Best Setting (27)
AI protagonist (26)
Alternate History (26)
cooking (26)
Egypt (26)
IF Comp 2010 (26)
inventory (26)
Museum (26)
ship (26)
Spring Thing 2023 (26)
strong npcs (26)
texture (26)
tower (26)
Twine source available (26)
Victorian (26)
werewolf (26)
Art (25)
Character (25)
demo (25)
EctoComp 2013 (25)
fish (25)
Golden Banana of Discord winner (25)
heist (25)
iOS (25)
MS-DOS (25)
personalisation (25)
pirate (25)
point and click (25)
Xyzzy Awards 2011 (25)
Xyzzy Awards 2013 (25)
XYZZY Best Individual PC (25)
2021 XYZZY Awards (24)
advocacy (24)
cheese (24)
IF Competition 2009 (24)
mathematics (24)
one move (24)
prison (24)
scatological (24)
sports (24)
spy (24)
wizard (24)
anthropomorphised animals (23)
breakup (23)
cave crawl (23)
creepy (23)
desert (23)
Holiday Theme (23)
homage (23)
hotel (23)
inkJam 2023 (23)
insects (23)
joke game (23)
Memories (23)
minimalist (23)
mobile (23)
RVExpo (23)
smoochie jam (23)
space travel (23)
typing effect (23)
undead (23)
Vorple (23)
Work (23)
Xyzzy Awards 2017 (23)
auto advance (22)
BBC (22)
beach (22)
birds (22)
boat (22)
cozy (22)
creepypasta (22)
dating sim (22)
devil (22)
ECTOComp 2020 (22)
Lovecraft (22)
many authors (22)
modern day (22)
philosophy (22)
rat (22)
Shakespeare (22)
sound effects (22)
Spring Thing 2017 (22)
Topologika (22)
tragedy (22)
Xyzzy Awards 2000 (22)
Xyzzy Awards 2016 (22)
adjustable difficulty (21)
Adrift competition 2005 (21)
chapters (21)
clickventure (21)
coming of age (21)
compass status display (21)
dinosaurs (21)
EctoComp 2016 (21)
epistolary (21)
erotic (21)
fairies (21)
free software (21)
garden (21)
guns (21)
hospital (21)
interactive (21)
last lousy point (21)
Medium-Sized (21)
mental health (21)
SpeedIF November 1999 (21)
Spring Thing 2020 (21)
tie-in (21)
virtual reality (21)
Xyzzy Awards 2006 (21)
Xyzzy Awards 2012 (21)
AI cover art (20)
alchemy (20)
alien world (20)
C source available (20)
character portraits (20)
chinese (20)
dos (20)
dungeon crawl (20)
Eamon CS (20)
France (20)
grue (20)
mansion (20)
military (20)
narrative (20)
ParserComp 2022 (20)
Published 1985 (20)
recommended for children (20)
room-name navigation (20)
science fantasy (20)
sherlock holmes (20)
social media (20)
Spring Thing 2018 (20)
Spring Thing 2019 (20)
text adventure (20)
Textfire demo (20)
Xyzzy Awards 2001 (20)
Xyzzy Awards 2010 (20)
Xyzzy Awards 2014 (20)
archaeology (19)
car (19)
ChickenComp (19)
constrained protagonist (19)
EctoComp 2014 (19)
flashbacks (19)
guided maze (19)
IntroComp completed (19)
Level 9 (19)
magic system (19)
mirrors (19)
monkey (19)
multiplayer (19)
multiple choices (19)
school setting (19)
ShuffleComp 2024 (19)
space station (19)
teenagers (19)
tutorial mode (19)
underwater (19)
winter (19)
Xyzzy Awards 1997 (19)
Xyzzy Awards 2002 (19)
Xyzzy Awards 2022 (19)
1920s (18)
audio (18)
Chapbook (18)
church (18)
complicity (18)
culinary theme (18)
custom parser (18)
diegetic interface (18)
Doctor Who (18)
folklore (18)
gay (18)
Parsercomp 2021 (18)
polyamory (18)
royalty (18)
sad (18)
SeedComp23 (18)
smoking (18)
TADS3 source available (18)
tarot (18)
Tiny Utopias Jam (18)
translation available (18)
twist (18)
type-in game (18)
Unity (18)
wolf (18)
zorkian (18)
alternative endings (17)
ASCII art (17)
based on short story (17)
chess (17)
cult (17)
dumbwaiter (17)
family-friendly (17)
French SpeedIF (17)
game jam (17)
Hugo (17)
magical realism (17)
ParserComp 2024 (17)
Phoenix mainframe (17)
sea (17)
ShuffleComp: Disc 2 (17)
Softworks AGT competition 1992 (17)
Spring Thing 2016 (17)
story (17)
Subway (17)
text based (17)
Trauma (17)
Velox Fabula 2023 (17)
video (17)
Xyzzy Awards 1996 (17)
Xyzzy Awards 1999 (17)
Xyzzy Awards 2004 (17)
Xyzzy Awards 2005 (17)
Adrift competition 2006 (16)
angel (16)
based on poem (16)
bisexuality (16)
browser (16)
changing environment (16)
character based (16)
china (16)
computer (16)
COVID-19 (16)
english (16)
farm (16)
Fighting Fantasy (16)
imaginary games jam (16)
inkjam entry (16)
jam (16)
mermaid (16)
milk (16)
Multiple clubfloyd transcripts (16)
multiple pov (16)
myth (16)
nonbinary protagonist (16)
NPC narrator (16)
one ending (16)
ParserComp 2023 (16)
Published 1984 (16)
religious (16)
Road Trip (16)
snow (16)
soundtrack (16)
SpeedIF April 2003 (16)
spooky (16)
standard difficulty (16)
talp22 (16)
Text Adventure Literacy Jam 2021 (16)
Text Adventure Literacy Jam 2022 (16)
treasure (16)
TRS-80 (16)
World War II (16)
writer protagonist (16)
Xyzzy Awards 2007 (16)
anti-productivity jam (15)
cards (15)
conspiracy (15)
cyborg (15)
d&d (15)
England (15)
Extremely-Challenging (15)
fae (15)
flashing images (15)
hostile NPC (15)
Introcomp 2020 (15)
knight (15)
landscape (15)
language (15)
lewis carroll (15)
locus jam (15)
loneliness (15)
mad science (15)
memorable npc (15)
minigames (15)
mobile friendly (15)
moon (15)
nautical directions (15)
nudity (15)
occult (15)
online (15)
only available on the Wayback Machine (15)
Optional romance (15)
private investigator (15)
Published 1983 (15)
real setting (15)
ritual (15)
ShuffleComp 2023 (15)
SpeedIF May 2001 (15)
talp (15)
technology (15)
theatre (15)
underground (15)
university (15)
Visual (15)
wacky uncle (15)
Xyzzy Awards 2003 (15)
XYZZY Best Use of Innovation (15)
A-Code (14)
advanced difficulty (14)
app (14)
bird protagonist (14)
child author (14)
commodore 64 (14)
Computer Assisted Language Learning (14)
Cruel (14)
dark humor (14)
dino-comp (14)
doctor (14)
Dracula (14)
eamon deluxe (14)
folk tale (14)
GAC (14)
gods (14)
Hugo source available (14)
ludum dare (14)
lycanthropy (14)
mad scientist (14)
menu-based (14)
no score (14)
non-human npcs (14)
NPC parser (14)
parser-choice hybrid (14)
ParserComp 2015 (14)
paw (14)
Premios Hispanos a la Aventura 2000 (14)
Premios Hispanos a la Aventura 2002 (14)
quiz (14)
roguelike (14)
scary (14)
SeedComp24 (14)
sexual references (14)
snake (14)
Softworks AGT competition 1993 (14)
SpeedIF March 2001 (14)
storytelling (14)
thief (14)
troll (14)
Unwinnable (14)
weird (14)
Xyzzy Awards 1998 (14)
Xyzzy Awards 2009 (14)
XYZZY Best Implementation (14)
youtube (14)
academia (13)
Adrift competition 2002 (13)
AdventureJam (13)
apartment (13)
curse (13)
dialog (13)
disturbing (13)
dysfunctional families (13)
EctoComp 2015 (13)
epic (13)
full length (13)
Hans Christian Andersen (13)
horse (13)
Hourglass Competition 2006 (13)
Hunger (13)
if community references (13)
IntroComp 2002 (13)
IntroComp 2011 (13)
laboratory setting (13)
linguistics (13)
loss (13)
Love/Violence Jam (13)
maritime (13)
marriage (13)
merciful (13)
NPC based hint system (13)
police (13)
protagonist selection (13)
puns (13)
questions (13)
revenge (13)
rhymes (13)
Russia (13)
single puzzle (13)
StoryNexus (13)
text-based (13)
torture (13)
wedding (13)
XYZZY Best Use of Medium (13)
young adult (13)
1990s (12)
Acorn Electron (12)
Adrift 3.8 (12)
Adventuron Christmas Jam (12)
Alice (12)
ancient history (12)
anthology (12)
bar (12)
bear (12)
birthday (12)
cannibalism (12)
child (12)
choice (12)
circus (12)
clickbait (12)
compilation (12)
contemplative (12)
divine protagonist (12)
EctoComp (12)
Edgar Allan Poe (12)
Erins Winner (12)
fate (12)
fear of twine (12)
flashback (12)
food puzzle (12)
IF Competition 1995 (12)
InsideADRIFT End of Year Comp 2005 (12)
IntroComp 2018 (12)
literary adaptation (12)
miniature protagonist (12)
non-human protagonist (12)
non-parser in parser oriented system (12)
optimisation puzzle (12)
Paris (12)
partim500 (12)
pig (12)
poem (12)
Premios Hispanos a la Aventura 2003 (12)
Published 1987 (12)
renpy (12)
scoreless (12)
Scotland (12)
single choice (12)
small map (12)
Source is part of experience (12)
Speed-IF Jacket 2 (12)
strategy (12)
surprisingly not pornographic (12)
Survival Horror (12)
sword (12)
text (12)
ToasterComp (12)
undum (12)
unearthed stories (12)
user generated content (12)
2012 IGF Pirate Kart (11)
abstract (11)
ADRIFT competition 2008 (11)
bibliographical references (11)
bird (11)
bureaucracy (11)
candy (11)
car accident (11)
classic category (11)
Cryptex Game Jam (11)
duck (11)
dungeon (11)
email (11)
emotional (11)
ethics (11)
Europe (11)
female protagonists (11)
fire (11)
flash fiction (11)
fourth wall (11)
gender (11)
generative ai (11)
goncharov (11)
Hungarian (11)
insomnia (11)
Introcomp 2017 (11)
Jacic (11)
keyword parser (11)
letters (11)
lighthouse (11)
mall (11)
mountain (11)
music references (11)
New York (11)
parasites (11)
Penultimate not numbered Speed IF (11)
planets (11)
possession (11)
Public Domain (11)
Published 1986 (11)
Published 2021 (11)
pyramid (11)
recipe jam (11)
research (11)
slavery (11)
Softworks AGT competition 1990 (11)
Softworks AGT competition 1991 (11)
Spam (11)
star trek (11)
Star Wars (11)
still life (11)
telescopic descriptions (11)
TiddlyWiki (11)
trade (11)
transhumanism (11)
unreality (11)
witchcraft (11)
Xyzzy Awards 2008 (11)
Zenobi Software (11)
1930s (10)
alone (10)
animal NPC (10)
bitsy (10)
body transformation (10)
c128 (10)
Charming (10)
child abuse (10)
complex npc (10)
constrained writing (10)
cow (10)
crow (10)
database (10)
disabled protagonist (10)
dream sequence (10)
East Asian setting (10)
Ectocomp 2011 (10)
education (10)
Educational Jam 2024 (10)
emotional abuse (10)
evil (10)
feminism (10)
fictional nation (10)
Flash (10)
free (10)
gauntlet (10)
gothic horror (10)
horses (10)
inheritance (10)
internet (10)
IntroComp 2014 (10)
jungle (10)