ParserComp 2025

ParserComp is for previously unreleased, parser-based text games: games which take a free-text input, parse it, and produce an output which typically is more text. For 2025, all games were initially submitted to a single category (Classic). The Freestyle category was retroactively reinstated after the initial results announcement.

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Series: ParserComp

Official Web site: https://itch.io/jam/parsercomp-2025

Organizer(s): fos1 profile and Christopher Merriner profile

Award date: August 8, 2025

Submission deadline: June 29, 2025

News

Final resultsAugust 9, 2025

The winners of ParserComp 2025 have been announced. Congratulations!

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Classic Category

Entries that look, feel, and play like conventional parser-based text games, in the tradition of Colossal Cave, Zork, and everything that has followed in their footsteps in the decades since.

1st Place: EYE, by Arthur DiBianca
2nd Place: Swap Wand User, by Sarah Willson
3rd Place: Witchever, by Charles Moore, Jr.
4th Place: A Taste of Terror, by Garry Francis
5th Place: The 13th Quest, by Jim MacBrayne (as Older Timer)
6th Place: Lockout, by kqr
7th Place: Desperados, by Gianluca Girelli
8th Place: Tin Star, by Gianluca Girelli, Garry Francis
9th Place: The Journey, by paravaariar
10th Place: Wild West, by Gianluca Girelli

Freestyle Category

Entries that do not fit into the Classic category but can still be considered as parser games.

1st Place: Mystery Academy, by thoughtauction
2nd Place: Last Audit of the Damned, by thoughtauction

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