IFDB Top 100

An automatically updated list utilizing an IMDb style Bayes estimator to calculate weighted ratings based on all IFDB ratings. Questions and comments can be placed here.

Formula used for weighted ratings:
(r × v + c × m) ÷ (v + m)

Where:
r = average of ratings for the work
v = number of ratings for the work
c = the mean rating on all of IFDB (3.85)
m = minimum amount of ratings required (13)

Last updated: 2023-03-20

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1. Counterfeit Monkey
by Emily Short
(2012)
Average member rating: (208 ratings)

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2. Anchorhead
by Michael Gentry
(1998)
Average member rating: (357 ratings)

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3. Hadean Lands
by Andrew Plotkin
(2014)
Average member rating: (55 ratings)

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4. Superluminal Vagrant Twin
by C.E.J. Pacian
(2016)
Average member rating: (100 ratings)

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5. 80 DAYS
by inkle, Meg Jayanth
(2014)
Average member rating: (74 ratings)

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6. The Wizard Sniffer
by Buster Hudson
(2017)
Average member rating: (106 ratings)

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7. Open Sorcery
by Abigail Corfman
(2016)
Average member rating: (56 ratings)

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8. The Impossible Bottle
by Linus Åkesson
(2020)
Average member rating: (60 ratings)

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9. Worldsmith
by Ade McT
(2016)
Average member rating: (29 ratings)

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10. Cragne Manor
by Ryan Veeder, Jenni Polodna et al.

Average member rating: (19 ratings)

11. Eat Me
by Chandler Groover
(2017)
Average member rating: (77 ratings)

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12. Lost Pig
by Admiral Jota
(2007)
Average member rating: (458 ratings)

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13. Trinity
by Brian Moriarty
(1986)
Average member rating: (94 ratings)

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14. Worlds Apart
by Suzanne Britton
(1999)
Average member rating: (83 ratings)

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15. Will Not Let Me Go
by Stephen Granade
(2017)
Average member rating: (49 ratings)

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16. Coloratura
by Lynnea Glasser
(2013)
Average member rating: (96 ratings)

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17. Toby's Nose
by Chandler Groover
(2015)
Average member rating: (95 ratings)

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18. Savoir-Faire
by Emily Short
(2002)
Average member rating: (122 ratings)

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19. Planetfall
by Steve Meretzky
(1983)
Average member rating: (113 ratings)

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20. Junior Arithmancer
by Mike Spivey
(2018)
Average member rating: (42 ratings)

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21. Violet
by Jeremy Freese
(2008)
Average member rating: (358 ratings)

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22. A Beauty Cold and Austere
by Mike Spivey
(2017)
Average member rating: (51 ratings)

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23. Endless, Nameless
by Adam Cadre
(2012)
Average member rating: (47 ratings)

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24. Blue Lacuna
by Aaron A. Reed
(2008)
Average member rating: (99 ratings)

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25. Spider and Web
by Andrew Plotkin
(1998)
Average member rating: (286 ratings)

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26. Alias 'The Magpie'
by J. J. Guest
(2018)
Average member rating: (53 ratings)

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27. SPY INTRIGUE
by furkle
(2015)
Average member rating: (26 ratings)

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28. Known Unknowns
by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
(2016)
Average member rating: (55 ratings)

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29. Absence of Law
by mathbrush
(2017)
Average member rating: (37 ratings)

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30. And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One
by B.J. Best
(2021)
Average member rating: (53 ratings)

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31. The Gostak
by Carl Muckenhoupt
(2001)
Average member rating: (76 ratings)

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32. Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom
by S. John Ross
(2007)
Average member rating: (41 ratings)

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33. Make It Good
by Jon Ingold
(2009)
Average member rating: (75 ratings)

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34. Birdland
by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
(2015)
Average member rating: (143 ratings)

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35. Sorcery! 2
by Steve Jackson and inkle
(2013)
Average member rating: (18 ratings)

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36. Midnight. Swordfight.
by Chandler Groover
(2015)
Average member rating: (65 ratings)

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37. A Study in Steampunk: Choice by Gaslight
by Heather Albano
(2015)
Average member rating: (16 ratings)

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38. Sunless Sea
by Failbetter Games
(2015)
Average member rating: (16 ratings)

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39. Weird City Interloper
by C.E.J. Pacian
(2014)
Average member rating: (48 ratings)

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40. City of Secrets
by Emily Short
(2003)
Average member rating: (100 ratings)

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41. Bronze
by Emily Short
(2006)
Average member rating: (276 ratings)

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42. Eric the Unready
by Bob Bates
(1993)
Average member rating: (38 ratings)

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43. Zozzled
by Steph Cherrywell
(2019)
Average member rating: (38 ratings)

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44. The Mulldoon Legacy, by Jon Ingold (1999)
Average member rating: (39 ratings)
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45. Choice of Robots
by Kevin Gold
(2014)
Average member rating: (36 ratings)

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46. Inside the Facility
by Arthur DiBianca
(2016)
Average member rating: (50 ratings)

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47. According to Cain
by Jim Nelson
(2022)
Average member rating: (24 ratings)

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48. Photopia
by Adam Cadre
(1998)
Average member rating: (529 ratings)

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49. Fairest
by Amanda Walker
(2022)
Average member rating: (17 ratings)

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50. Cryptozookeeper
by Robb Sherwin
(2011)
Average member rating: (21 ratings)

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51. A Mind Forever Voyaging
by Steve Meretzky
(1985)
Average member rating: (104 ratings)

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52. Foo Foo
by Buster Hudson
(2016)
Average member rating: (56 ratings)

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53. Chlorophyll
by Steph Cherrywell
(2015)
Average member rating: (52 ratings)

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54. Slouching Towards Bedlam
by Star Foster and Daniel Ravipinto
(2003)
Average member rating: (203 ratings)

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55. Enchanter
by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling
(1983)
Average member rating: (98 ratings)

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56. ♥Magical Makeover♥
by S. Woodson
(2014)
Average member rating: (51 ratings)

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57. The Axolotl Project
by Samantha Vick
(2013)
Average member rating: (39 ratings)

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58. Turandot
by Victor Gijsbers
(2019)
Average member rating: (39 ratings)

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59. Sub Rosa
by Joey Jones, Melvin Rangasamy
(2015)
Average member rating: (35 ratings)

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60. Suveh Nux
by David Fisher
(2007)
Average member rating: (217 ratings)

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61. 4x4 Archipelago
by Agnieszka Trzaska
(2021)
Average member rating: (18 ratings)

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62. With Those We Love Alive
by Porpentine and Brenda Neotenomie
(2014)
Average member rating: (93 ratings)

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63. Harmonia
by Liza Daly
(2017)
Average member rating: (67 ratings)

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64. A Long Way to the Nearest Star
by SV Linwood
(2022)
Average member rating: (19 ratings)

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65. The Absence of Miriam Lane
by Abigail Corfman
(2022)
Average member rating: (29 ratings)

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66. Oppositely Opal
by Buster Hudson
(2015)
Average member rating: (53 ratings)

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67. The Weight of a Soul
by Chin Kee Yong
(2021)
Average member rating: (21 ratings)

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68. The Shadow in the Cathedral
by Ian Finley and Jon Ingold
(2009)
Average member rating: (26 ratings)

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69. Beautiful Dreamer
by S. Woodson
(2015)
Average member rating: (27 ratings)

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70. Sugarlawn
by Mike Spivey
(2019)
Average member rating: (27 ratings)

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71. Babel
by Ian Finley
(1997)
Average member rating: (142 ratings)

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72. What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed
by Amanda Walker
(2021)
Average member rating: (29 ratings)

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73. The Lurking Horror II: The Lurkening, by Ryan Veeder (2018)
Average member rating: (18 ratings)
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74. Dr Horror's House of Terror
by Ade McT
(2021)
Average member rating: (18 ratings)

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75. Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis
by One of the Bruces and Drunken Bastard
(2011)
Average member rating: (30 ratings)

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76. Cannery Vale
by Hanon Ondricek (as Keanhid Connor)
(2018)
Average member rating: (25 ratings)

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77. Tangaroa Deep
by Astrid Dalmady
(2016)
Average member rating: (36 ratings)

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78. First Things First
by J. Robinson Wheeler
(2001)
Average member rating: (20 ratings)

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79. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky
(1984)
Average member rating: (176 ratings)

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80. Grimnoir
by ProP
(2018)
Average member rating: (21 ratings)

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81. Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!
by Steph Cherrywell
(2015)
Average member rating: (66 ratings)

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82. You Will Select a Decision
by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
(2013)
Average member rating: (68 ratings)

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83. All Things Devours, by half sick of shadows (2004)
Average member rating: (87 ratings)
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84. The King of Shreds and Patches
by Jimmy Maher
(2009)
Average member rating: (70 ratings)

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85. The Missing Ring
by Felicity Drake
(2019)
Average member rating: (17 ratings)

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86. Spellbreaker
by Dave Lebling
(1985)
Average member rating: (47 ratings)

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87. Lists and Lists, by Andrew Plotkin (1996)
Average member rating: (24 ratings)
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88. Creatures Such As We
by Lynnea Glasser
(2014)
Average member rating: (85 ratings)

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89. Three-Card Trick
by Chandler Groover
(2016)
Average member rating: (55 ratings)

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90. Cactus Blue Motel
by Astrid Dalmady
(2016)
Average member rating: (68 ratings)

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91. Bogeyman
by Elizabeth Smyth
(2018)
Average member rating: (69 ratings)

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92. Swan Hill, by Laura Michet (2013)
Average member rating: (19 ratings)
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93. The Grown-Up Detective Agency
by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
(2022)
Average member rating: (32 ratings)

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94. Curses
by Graham Nelson
(1993)
Average member rating: (122 ratings)

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95. Metamorphoses
by Emily Short
(2000)
Average member rating: (119 ratings)

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96. Varicella
by Adam Cadre
(1999)
Average member rating: (120 ratings)

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97. Augmented Fourth
by Brian Uri!
(2000)
Average member rating: (61 ratings)

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98. Sorcerer
by Steve Meretzky
(1984)
Average member rating: (56 ratings)

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99. The Wand
by Arthur DiBianca
(2017)
Average member rating: (50 ratings)

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100. Erstwhile
by Aster (formally Maddie) Fialla, Marijke Perry
(2018)
Average member rating: (44 ratings)

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