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 (1938)

parser (1835)

cover art (1723)

IFComp Game (1418)

twine (1381)

graphics (1158)

short (839)

CYOA (821)

choice-based (817)

horror (796)

female protagonist (791)

source available (768)

multiple endings (750)

science fiction (717)

two-word parser (715)

ClubFloyd transcript (682)

sound (634)

male protagonist (606)

Xyzzy response (548)

commercial (516)

TADS (491)

adrift (489)

humor (489)

rpg (483)

gender-neutral protagonist (464)

hypertext (440)

nonhuman protagonist (424)

Ectocomp game (410)

neo-twiny jam (375)

music (368)

tads 2 (366)

second person (363)

built-in hints (362)

first person (350)

Spring Thing Game (330)

Winner of a comp (318)

word count limit (318)

sexual content (302)

Eamon (280)

LGBTQ+ (278)

magic (272)

foreign language (269)

single room (257)

ChooseYourStory (256)

profanity (250)

score (238)

first effort (235)

I6 source available (233)

I7 source available (224)

german (221)

multiple protagonists (210)

puzzleless (202)

gender choice (199)

child protagonist (198)

comedy (198)

present tense (198)

bookmarks (197)

maze (197)

landscape mode (196)

ChoiceScript (191)

C64 (189)

slice of life (189)

Mini-comp (186)

French (185)

Inform (180)

third person (180)

teenage protagonist (175)

Colossal cash prize (173)

historical (173)

IntroComp (173)

Adventure (168)

choice of games (168)

dragon (165)

IF Short Games Showcase (164)

La Petite Mort (164)

adventuron (162)

space (162)

Le Grand Guignol (161)

adaptation (156)

linear (155)

undo (152)

visual novel (151)

combat (150)

zx spectrum (150)

collaboration (149)

conversation (143)

murder (141)

Neo-Twiny Jam 2024 (137)

escape (134)

ghost (134)

based on songs (131)

time travel (131)

death (130)

primitive parser (129)

fan fiction (124)

TADS 3 (123)

incomplete (121)

Neo-Twiny Jam 2025 (119)

TRS-80 MC-10 (119)

gay/queer protagonist (118)

Fallen London content (117)

family (117)

detective (116)

BASIC (115)

Interactive Fiction Top 50 (114)

animal protagonist (113)

cats (113)

PC Eamon Museum (112)

treasure hunt (112)

aliens (111)

long-form (110)

poetry (110)

aif (108)

CYOA with location-based world model (108)

castle (107)

cat (107)

Available on Steam (106)

IFComp 2020 (104)

puzzle (104)

dreams (103)

MICRO (103)

past tense (102)

Glulx (97)

game doesn't exist (96)

strong profanity (95)

Short Games Showcase 2024 (94)

post-apocalyptic (93)

House Setting (91)

character graphics (90)

kid-friendly (90)

Adrift 3.9 (89)

fairy tale (89)

delayed text (85)

ShuffleComp (85)

retro (84)

crime (83)

IFComp 2019 (82)

Lovecraftian (82)

PunyInform (82)

adaptive hints (81)

city (81)

IFComp 2017 (80)

slow (80)

stats (80)

built-in map (77)

IFComp 2018 (77)

dog (76)

sub-Q magazine (76)

artificial intelligence (75)

hosted games (75)

IFComp 2023 (75)

easy (72)

queer (72)

single choice jam (72)

war (72)

Apocalypse (71)

IFComp 2021 (71)

IFComp 2022 (71)

IF Short Games Showcase 2023 (70)

Interactive Fiction Top 50 2023 (70)

simulation (70)

educational (68)

evil protagonist (68)

Interactive Fiction Top 50 2019 (68)

Small-Sized (68)

depression (67)

IFComp 2024 (67)

Ink (67)

spaceship setting (66)

body horror (65)

supernatural (65)

exploration (64)

Free IF Playoffs (64)

limited verbs (64)

People's Champion Tournament 2025 (64)

experimental (63)

dialogue jam (62)

NightFloyd transcript (62)

Old School (62)

unfinished (62)

drama (61)

Moderately-Challenging (61)

randomized (61)

food (60)

house (60)

meta (60)

murder mystery (60)

achievements (59)

replayable (59)

silly (59)

Text Adventure Literacy Jam (59)

IFComp 2016 (58)

translation (58)

transgender (57)

BASIC source available (56)

funny (56)

Quest (56)

dynamic fiction (55)

IFComp 2015 (55)

dark (54)

party (54)

IF Competition 2000 (53)

play online (53)

replay puzzle (53)

Amiga (52)

asian protagonist (52)

IF Competition 2001 (52)

ocean (52)

time limit (52)

robot (51)

witch (51)

Australian (50)

ECTOCOMP 2023 (50)

illustrations (50)

Interactive Fiction Top 50 2015 (50)

on Jay is Games (50)

Broken links to Delron (49)

map (49)

active NPCs (48)

ECTOCOMP 2024 (48)

Interactive Fiction Top 50 2011 (48)

Life (48)

cave (47)

dark fantasy (47)

noir (47)

random combat (47)

Spring Thing 2022 (47)

Christianity (46)

drugs (46)

ECTOCOMP 2022 (46)

school setting (46)

sex (46)

They Might Be Giants (46)

EctoComp Winner (45)

non-standard system (45)

share (45)

train (45)

autobiographical (44)

Eamon Deluxe 5.0 (44)

investigation (44)

student project (44)

IF Competition 2006 (43)

based on book (42)

blood (42)

haunted house (42)

hints (42)

IFComp 2014 (42)

Middle-earth (42)

naked twine jam (42)

Trivially-Challenging (42)

Adrift competition 2004 (41)

atmospheric (41)

psychological (41)

trans protagonist (41)

voice acting (41)

Eamon Remastered (40)

love (40)

test as premise (40)

cute (39)

demon (39)

escape room (39)

gore (39)

GPL (39)

Nouvim3000 (39)

abuse (38)

Amstrad CPC (38)

dead protagonist (38)

greek mythology (38)

grief (38)

IF Comp 2011 (38)

IF Competition 2002 (38)

procedural generation (38)

Zork (38)

deliberately bad game (37)

distinct areas (37)

Hell (37)

IF Competition 1999 (37)

IF Competition 2004 (37)

Spring Thing 2021 (37)

TADS2 source available (37)

urban fantasy (37)

very brief (37)

Adrift competition 2003 (36)

AI cover art (36)

ancient Greece (36)

Back Garden (36)

character creation (36)

game adaptation (36)

IF Competition 2005 (36)

mental illness (36)

psychological horror (36)

relationships (36)

sexuality choice (36)

smoochie jam (36)

systematic puzzles (36)

IF Competition 2008 (35)

IF Competition 2013 (35)

Mars (35)

Part of a Series (35)

resource management (35)

retro-machines (35)

sidekick NPC (35)

Unreliable Narrator (35)

compassless (34)

ECTOCOMP 2021 (34)

French game (34)

friendship (34)

IF Competition 1997 (34)

Japan (34)

moral choice (34)

Spring Thing 2025 (34)

moiki (33)

money (33)

nonfiction (33)

parent-child relationships (33)

PunyInform source available (33)

Spring Thing 2024 (33)

Spring Thing Winner (33)

CYOA with puzzles (32)

EctoComp 2017 (32)

IFComp Winner (32)

Let's Play (32)

multiple solutions (32)

2024 IF Review-a-thon (31)

Full-Sized (31)

game within a game (31)

multimedia (31)

nsfw (31)

1980s (30)

2019 XYZZY Awards (30)

AGT source available (30)

Atari 8-Bit (30)

Dialogue Jam 2025 (30)

ectocomp 2018 (30)

Ectocomp 2019 (30)

heist (30)

IF Competition 2003 (30)

ship (30)

tower (30)

translated game (30)

1800s (29)

2020 XYZZY Awards (29)

fish (29)

high school (29)

IF Art Show (29)

IF Competition 2007 (29)

mild profanity (29)

noninteractive (29)

recommended for beginners (29)

transformation (29)

Xyzzy Awards 2018 (29)

Alternate History (28)

Art (28)

graded success (28)

IF Competition 2012 (28)

Miss Congeniality Winner (28)

sudden death (28)

turn limit (28)

werewolves (28)

XYZZY Best Game (28)

XYZZY Best Story (28)

XYZZY Best Writing (28)

anti-romance jam (27)

bare-bones jam (27)

bare-bones jam 2023 (27)

demo (27)

family-friendly (27)

feelie map (27)

IF Competition 1996 (27)

IF Competition 1998 (27)

kids (27)

mathematics (27)

paranormal (27)

Really Bad IF Jam (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)

cave crawl (26)

Egypt (26)

IF Comp 2010 (26)