Top 500 Tags

Here are the top 500 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 (1921)

parser (1833)

cover art (1719)

IFComp Game (1418)

twine (1373)

graphics (1154)

short (830)

CYOA (818)

choice-based (809)

horror (787)

female protagonist (784)

source available (765)

multiple endings (740)

two-word parser (715)

science fiction (704)

ClubFloyd transcript (682)

sound (632)

male protagonist (603)

Xyzzy response (548)

commercial (512)

TADS (491)

adrift (489)

humor (483)

rpg (478)

gender-neutral protagonist (463)

hypertext (439)

nonhuman protagonist (421)

Ectocomp game (410)

tads 2 (366)

second person (361)

built-in hints (360)

music (360)

first person (348)

Spring Thing Game (330)

Winner of a comp (317)

word count limit (317)

sexual content (299)

Eamon (280)

LGBTQ+ (277)

foreign language (269)

magic (269)

ChooseYourStory (256)

neo-twiny jam (256)

single room (254)

profanity (249)

score (238)

I6 source available (232)

first effort (229)

german (221)

I7 source available (216)

multiple protagonists (208)

puzzleless (200)

bookmarks (197)

gender choice (197)

present tense (197)

comedy (196)

landscape mode (196)

maze (196)

child protagonist (195)

ChoiceScript (190)

C64 (187)

slice of life (187)

Mini-comp (186)

French (184)

Inform (179)

third person (178)

teenage protagonist (174)

Colossal cash prize (173)

historical (173)

IntroComp (173)

choice of games (167)

Adventure (165)

dragon (164)

IF Short Games Showcase (164)

La Petite Mort (164)

adventuron (162)

Le Grand Guignol (161)

space (157)

linear (153)

undo (152)

collaboration (149)

combat (149)

zx spectrum (148)

visual novel (145)

conversation (140)

murder (139)

Neo-Twiny Jam 2024 (137)

adaptation (133)

based on songs (131)

ghost (131)

time travel (130)

escape (129)

primitive parser (129)

death (128)

fan fiction (124)

TADS 3 (123)

incomplete (121)

TRS-80 MC-10 (119)

Fallen London content (117)

BASIC (115)

family (115)

gay/queer protagonist (114)

Interactive Fiction Top 50 (114)

animal protagonist (112)

cats (112)

detective (112)

PC Eamon Museum (112)

treasure hunt (111)

long-form (110)

aliens (109)

poetry (109)

aif (108)

Available on Steam (106)

cat (106)

CYOA with location-based world model (105)

castle (104)

IFComp 2020 (104)

dreams (103)

MICRO (102)

puzzle (102)

past tense (101)

Glulx (97)

game doesn't exist (96)

strong profanity (95)

Short Games Showcase 2024 (94)

character graphics (90)

Adrift 3.9 (89)

fairy tale (89)

House Setting (89)

kid-friendly (87)

post-apocalyptic (87)

ShuffleComp (85)

retro (84)

crime (83)

delayed text (82)

IFComp 2019 (82)

adaptive hints (81)

city (81)

Lovecraftian (81)

IFComp 2017 (80)

slow (80)

stats (80)

IFComp 2018 (77)

built-in map (76)

dog (76)

PunyInform (76)

sub-Q magazine (76)

IFComp 2023 (75)

hosted games (74)

artificial intelligence (72)

easy (72)

single choice jam (72)

war (72)

IFComp 2021 (71)

IFComp 2022 (71)

Apocalypse (70)

IF Short Games Showcase 2023 (70)

Interactive Fiction Top 50 2023 (70)

simulation (70)

queer (69)

evil protagonist (68)

Interactive Fiction Top 50 2019 (68)

Small-Sized (68)

IFComp 2024 (67)

depression (66)

educational (66)

Ink (65)

Free IF Playoffs (64)

People's Champion Tournament 2025 (64)

experimental (63)

exploration (63)

supernatural (63)

body horror (62)

dialogue jam (62)

limited verbs (62)

NightFloyd transcript (62)

Old School (62)

unfinished (62)

Moderately-Challenging (61)

drama (60)

house (60)

meta (60)

achievements (59)

food (59)

randomized (59)

spaceship setting (59)

Text Adventure Literacy Jam (59)

IFComp 2016 (58)

replayable (58)

silly (58)

translation (58)

murder mystery (57)

BASIC source available (56)

funny (56)

Quest (56)

dynamic fiction (55)

IFComp 2015 (55)

transgender (55)

party (54)

IF Competition 2000 (53)

replay puzzle (53)

asian protagonist (52)

dark (52)

IF Competition 2001 (52)

ocean (52)

play online (52)

time limit (52)

Amiga (51)

ECTOCOMP 2023 (50)

illustrations (50)

Interactive Fiction Top 50 2015 (50)

on Jay is Games (50)

robot (50)

Australian (49)

Broken links to Delron (49)

witch (49)

active NPCs (48)

ECTOCOMP 2024 (48)

Interactive Fiction Top 50 2011 (48)

Life (48)

map (48)

noir (47)

Spring Thing 2022 (47)

Christianity (46)

dark fantasy (46)

ECTOCOMP 2022 (46)

random combat (46)

sex (46)

They Might Be Giants (46)

cave (45)

drugs (45)

EctoComp Winner (45)

non-standard system (45)

share (45)

Eamon Deluxe 5.0 (44)

investigation (44)

train (44)

autobiographical (43)

IF Competition 2006 (43)

blood (42)

IFComp 2014 (42)

Middle-earth (42)

naked twine jam (42)

student project (42)

Trivially-Challenging (42)

Adrift competition 2004 (41)

haunted house (41)

trans protagonist (41)

voice acting (41)

atmospheric (40)

Eamon Remastered (40)

hints (40)

love (40)

cute (39)

GPL (39)

Nouvim3000 (39)

psychological (39)

test as premise (39)

demon (38)

escape room (38)

gore (38)

grief (38)

IF Comp 2011 (38)

IF Competition 2002 (38)

procedural generation (38)

school setting (38)

Zork (38)

abuse (37)

based on book (37)

dead protagonist (37)

deliberately bad game (37)

distinct areas (37)

greek mythology (37)

Hell (37)

IF Competition 1999 (37)

IF Competition 2004 (37)

Spring Thing 2021 (37)

TADS2 source available (37)

Adrift competition 2003 (36)

Amstrad CPC (36)

ancient Greece (36)

Back Garden (36)

character creation (36)

game adaptation (36)

IF Competition 2005 (36)

smoochie jam (36)

systematic puzzles (36)

urban fantasy (36)

very brief (36)

IF Competition 2008 (35)

IF Competition 2013 (35)

Mars (35)

mental illness (35)

relationships (35)

resource management (35)

retro-machines (35)

sexuality choice (35)

sidekick NPC (35)

Unreliable Narrator (35)

compassless (34)

ECTOCOMP 2021 (34)

IF Competition 1997 (34)

moral choice (34)

Part of a Series (34)

Spring Thing 2025 (34)

French game (33)

friendship (33)

moiki (33)

nonfiction (33)

psychological horror (33)

Spring Thing 2024 (33)

Spring Thing Winner (33)

EctoComp 2017 (32)

IFComp Winner (32)

Japan (32)

Let's Play (32)

PunyInform source available (32)

2024 IF Review-a-thon (31)

CYOA with puzzles (31)

Full-Sized (31)

money (31)

multiple solutions (31)

nsfw (31)

parent-child relationships (31)

2019 XYZZY Awards (30)

AGT source available (30)

Atari 8-Bit (30)

Dialogue Jam 2025 (30)

ectocomp 2018 (30)

Ectocomp 2019 (30)

game within a game (30)

IF Competition 2003 (30)

ship (30)

tower (30)

translated game (30)

1800s (29)

1980s (29)

2020 XYZZY Awards (29)

AI cover art (29)

IF Art Show (29)

IF Competition 2007 (29)

recommended for beginners (29)

transformation (29)

Xyzzy Awards 2018 (29)

Alternate History (28)

fish (28)

graded success (28)

high school (28)

IF Competition 2012 (28)

mild profanity (28)

Miss Congeniality Winner (28)

multimedia (28)

noninteractive (28)

sudden death (28)

werewolves (28)

XYZZY Best Game (28)

XYZZY Best Story (28)

XYZZY Best Writing (28)

anti-romance jam (27)

Art (27)

bare-bones jam (27)

bare-bones jam 2023 (27)

feelie map (27)

heist (27)

IF Competition 1996 (27)

IF Competition 1998 (27)

kids (27)

mathematics (27)

paranormal (27)

Really Bad IF Jam (27)

turn limit (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)

boat (26)

Egypt (26)

IF Comp 2010 (26)

iOS (26)

point and click (26)

Spring Thing 2023 (26)

spy (26)

strong npcs (26)