Interactive Fiction Top 50 of All Time (2023 edition)

People were asked to send in a list of between 1 and 20 of their favourite IF games of all time (in no particular order). The number of points a game got was the number of lists on which it appeared. 59 participants cast a total of 880 votes on 341 different games; only the 70 games with 4 or more points are listed below.

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Series: Interactive Fiction Top 50 of All Time

Organizer(s): Victor Gijsbers

Award date: September 15, 2023

Qualification opening date: August 9, 2023

Qualification closing date: September 3, 2023

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1st Place: Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short
2nd Place: Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
3rd Place: Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin
4th Place: Hadean Lands, by Andrew Plotkin
5th Place: The Impossible Bottle, by Linus Åkesson
6th Place: The Gostak, by Carl Muckenhoupt
6th Place: Photopia, by Adam Cadre
8th Place: Eat Me, by Chandler Groover
8th Place: Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota
10th Place: 80 DAYS, by inkle, Meg Jayanth
10th Place: Colossal Cave Adventure, by William Crowther and Donald Woods
10th Place: Blue Lacuna, by Aaron A. Reed
10th Place: Curses, by Graham Nelson
10th Place: The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson
15th Place: A Mind Forever Voyaging, by Steve Meretzky
15th Place: Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian
15th Place: Suveh Nux, by David Fisher
18th Place: Birdland, by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
18th Place: Cragne Manor, by Ryan Veeder, Jenni Polodna et al.

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Adam Whybray, Adri, Andrew Plotkin, Andy Holloway, Austin Auclair, Baldur Brückner, Ben Collins-Sussman, Bill Maya, Brian Rushton, Buster Hudson, Caleb Wilson, Carl Muckenhoupt, Chandler Groover, Chris Jones, Christopher Conley, Damon L. Wakes, Daniel Ravipinto, Daniel Stelzer, David Jose, David Petrocco, David Sturgis, Drew Mochak, Edward B, Emily Short, Erica Newman, Feneric, Finn Rosenløv, Gary Butterfield, Gavin Inglis, Greg Frost, Hanon Ondricek, Harkness Munt, Harrison Gerard, Ian Holmes, Ivan Roth, Jack Welch, Jacqueline Ashwell, James Eagle, Jason Dyer, Jason Lautzenheiser, Jason Love, Jeremy Freese, Joey Jones, Joshua Porch, Justin de Vesine, Justin Melvin, Katherine Morayati, Kenneth Pedersen, Lane Puetz, Llew Mason, Lucian Smith, Marco Innocenti, Marius Müller, Mark Britton, Mark Sample, Marshal Tenner Winter, Matt Schneider, Matt Weiner, Matthew Korson, Michael Fessler, Michael Gentry, Michael Hilborn, Michael Lin, Mike Spivey, Molly Ying, Monique Padelis, Naomi Hinchen, Nate Edwards, Petter Sjölund, Q Pheevr, Rachel Spitler, Reed Lockwood, Reina Adair, Riff Conner, Roberto Colnaghi, Rowan Lipkovits, Sam Kabo Ashwell, Scott Hammack, Sean M. Shore, Shin, Wade Clarke, Zach Hodgens, Zack Johnson

18th Place: Plundered Hearts, by Amy Briggs
21st Place: According to Cain, by Jim Nelson
21st Place: Coloratura, by Lynnea Glasser
21st Place: Open Sorcery, by Abigail Corfman
21st Place: Spellbreaker, by Dave Lebling
21st Place: Suspended, by Michael Berlyn
21st Place: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky
21st Place: Trinity, by Brian Moriarty

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