31st Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2025)

1st Place: Detritus, by Ben Jackson
2nd Place: The Wise-Woman's Dog, by Daniel M. Stelzer
3rd Place: Lady Thalia and the Case of Clephan, by Emery Joyce and N. Cormier
4th Place: Saltwrack, by Henry Kay Cecchini
5th Place: Slated For Demolition, by Meri Something
6th Place: The Secrets of Sylvan Gardens, by Lamp Post Projects
7th Place: Fantasy Opera: Mischief at the Masquerade, by Lamp Post Projects
8th Place: The Witch Girls, by Amy Stevens
9th Place: Phobos: A Galaxy Jones Story, by Phil Riley
10th Place: The Little Four, by Allyson Gray (as 'Captain Arthur Hastings, O.B.E.')
11th Place: The Path of Totality, by Lamp Post Projects
12th Place (tie): The Semantagician's Assistant, by Lance Nathan
12th Place (tie): Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata?, by Damon L. Wakes
14th Place: Pharos Fidelis, by DemonApologist
15th Place (tie): The Promises of Mars, by George Larkwright
15th Place (tie): Murderworld, by Austin Auclair
17th Place: The Tempest of Baraqiel, by Nathan Leigh
18th Place (tie): Penthesileia, by Sophia Zhao
18th Place (tie): you are an ancient chinese poet at the neo-orchid pavilion, by KA Tan
20th Place: Us Too, by Andrew Schultz
21st Place: A Rock's Tale, by Shane R.
22nd Place: The Reliquary of Epiphanius, by Francesco Giovannangelo
23rd Place: Monkeys and Car Keys, by Jim Fisher (OnyxRing)
24th Place: The Kidnapping of a Tokyo Game Developer, by P.B. Parjeter
25th Place: Anne of Green Cables, by Brett Witty
26th Place (tie): whoami, by n-n
26th Place (tie): The Litchfield Mystery, by thesleuthacademy
28th Place: WATT, by Joan and Ces
29th Place: Crescent Sea Story, by Stewart C Baker
30th Place: 3XXX: NAKED HUMAN BOMBS, by Kastel
31st Place: Frankenfingers, by Charles Moore, Jr.
32nd Place: Operative Nine, by Arthur DiBianca
33rd Place (tie): Warrior Poet of Mourdrascus, by Charles M Ball
33rd Place (tie): Fable, by Sophia Zhao
35th Place: *OVER*, by Audrey Larson
36th Place: Cart, by Brett Witty
37th Place: The Olive Tree, by Francesco Giovannangelo
38th Place: Moon Logic, by Lancelot
39th Place: Grove of Bones, by Jacic
40th Place: HEN AP PRAT GETS SMACKED IN THE TWAT, by Coral Nulla (as Larissa Janus)
41st Place: Backpackward, by Zach Dodson for Interactive Tragedy, Limited
42nd Place: Fired, by Olaf Nowacki
43rd Place: INPUT PROCESS, by chyrono (as HY)
44th Place: The Burger Meme Personality Test, by Carlos Hernandez
45th Place: Eight Last Signs in the Desert, by Lichene (Laughingpineapple & McKid)
46th Place: Just Two Wishes, by Pablo Martínez Merino (as Kozelek)
47th Place: Clickbait, by Reilly Olson
48th Place: Temptation in the Village, by Anssi Räisänen
49th Place: Mooncrash!, by Laura
50th Place (tie): Mr. Beaver, by Stefan Hoffmann
50th Place (tie): Pharaohs' Heir, by smwhr
52nd Place: PURE, by PLAYPURPUR
53rd Place: Let Me Play!, by Interactive Dreams
54th Place: Violent Delight, by Coral Nulla
55th Place: A Visit to the Human Resources Administration, by Jesse
56th Place: Errand Run, by Sophia Zhao
57th Place: Your Very Last Words, by Interactive Dreams
58th Place (tie): High On Grief, by Norbez Jones (call me Bez; e/em/eir)
58th Place (tie): A Smörgåsbord of Pain, by FLACRabbit
60th Place: Retrograding, by Happy Cat Games
61st Place: A Conversation in a Dark Room, by Leigh
62nd Place: Willy's Manor, by Joshua Hetzel
63rd Place: Imperial Throne, by Alex Crossley
64th Place: Escape the Pale, by Novy Pnin
65th Place: A Day in a Hell Corp, by Hex
66th Place: Not so Happy Easter 2025, by Petr Kain
67th Place: Rain Check-in, by Zeno Pillan
68th Place: The Breakup Game, by Trying Truly
69th Place: Dead Sea, by Binggang Zhuo
70th Place: The Transformations of Dr. Watson, by Konstantin Taro
71st Place: Fascism - Off Topic, by eavesdropper
72nd Place: You Cannot Speak, by Ted Tarnovski
73rd Place: Under the Sea Winds, by dmarymac
74th Place: A murder of Crows, by Anjali Shibu (as Design Youkai)
75th Place: The Island Of Rhynin, by Ilias Seferiadis
76th Place: A winter morning on the beach, by E. Cuchel
77th Place (tie): One Step Ahead, by ZＵＯ　ＬＩＦＡＮ
77th Place (tie): Hobbiton Recall, by MR JD BARDI
79th Place: valley of glass, by Devan Wardrop-Saxton
80th Place (tie): By All Reasonable Knowledge, by BMB Johnson
80th Place (tie): My creation, by dino
82nd Place: Horse Whisperer, by nucky
83rd Place: Penny Nichols, Troubleshooter, by Sean Woods
84th Place: Uninteractive Fiction 2, by Damon L. Wakes (as Leah Thargic)
85th Place: Space Mission: 2045, by Benjamin Knob

Miss Congeniality

The entries ranked highest by the entrants themselves.

Rising Star Award

The highest-rated game by a first-time entrant.