2026 Alternative Top 25

Recommendations by Denk

(Created 16-Jan-2026) This is a 2026 snapshot of the 25 games on IFDB with the highest average star rating, though excluding games with less than 5 ratings. The purpose is to allow for games with few ratings so people can check out the less known games with high average ratings.

This is the fifth edition. Early editions (2020, 2023) were Top 100 but later I decided that Top 25 is enough going forward.

2025: https://ifdb.org/viewlist?id=n8j8yplxjotfxfuh
2024: https://ifdb.org/viewlist?id=7nikymuktawwcaw
2023: https://ifdb.org/viewlist?id=2wkocul49cdha01s
2020: https://ifdb.org/viewlist?id=7zl6pqkm6lvdlf7i

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1. Cicatrix
by Amanda Walker
(2024)
Average member rating: (5 ratings)

2. Visit Skuga Lake - Masterpiece Edition
by Ryan Veeder
(2023)
Average member rating: (16 ratings)

3. Never Gives Up Her Dead
by Mathbrush
(2023)
Average member rating: (27 ratings)

4. Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
by ZA/UM
(2019)
Average member rating: (25 ratings)

5. Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale
by Kreg Segall
(2020)
Average member rating: (13 ratings)

6. Long Live the Queen
by Hanako Games
(2012)
Average member rating: (7 ratings)

7. Zorlok
by Albie
(2022)
Average member rating: (6 ratings)

8. Heaven's Vault
by Inkle
(2019)
Average member rating: (11 ratings)

9. Ladykiller in a Bind
by Christine Love
(2016)
Average member rating: (6 ratings)

10. Sordwin: The Evertree Saga
by Thom Baylay
(2019)
Average member rating: (6 ratings)

11. A Mage Reborn
by Adam Alamsyah
(2022)
Average member rating: (6 ratings)

12. Type Help
by William Rous
(2025)
Average member rating: (67 ratings)

13. Eldrum - Untold
by Adam Gerthel, Christopher Entzenberg
(2020)
Average member rating: (4 ratings)

14. Little Boxes
by lavieenmeow
(2025)
Average member rating: (5 ratings)

15. The Passenger
by Jime Rolón
(2022)
Average member rating: (13 ratings)

16. Worldsmith
by Ade McT
(2016)
Average member rating: (30 ratings)

17. Counterfeit Monkey
by Emily Short
(2012)
Average member rating: (281 ratings)

18. Kinophobia
by Bruno Dias
(2025)
Average member rating: (8 ratings)

19. Sorcery! 2
by Steve Jackson and inkle
(2013)
Average member rating: (21 ratings)

20. Stay?
by E. Jade Lomax
(2020)
Average member rating: (37 ratings)

21. Our Life: Beginnings & Always
by GBPatch
(2020)
Average member rating: (18 ratings)

22. Fallen Hero: Retribution
by Malin Rydén
(2023)
Average member rating: (7 ratings)

23. How Prince Quisborne the Feckless Shook His Title
by John Ziegler
(2023)
Average member rating: (17 ratings)

24. Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two
by Mishka Jenkins
(2020)
Average member rating: (25 ratings)

25. You Are Standing
by Aaron A. Reed
(2023)
Average member rating: (18 ratings)

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