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A new poll by Tabitha, Underrated (literally) games created October 3, 2025
Anchor us (Demo), by Snatch Gaymes
Bite the Hand, by SuperBiasedGary
sacrosacred, by SWANCHIME
Nahuel The Alchemist, by Luci An Insanity
Outlaw Odyssey (Jam Version), by The Friendly Lich
Weddings and all that Jazz, by AxalKay

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Reviews

Tabitha reviews Dental Issues: "A queer/vampire story" - See full review
Kinetic Mouse Car reviews [EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION]: "A recipe for transcendence, transhumanism, and trying the unknown" - See full review
Naarel reviews Cicatrix: "include Emotional Damage by Your Parents" - See full review
kaemi reviews Penny Nichols, Troubleshooter: "IFComp 2025: Penny Nichols, Troubleshooter" - See full review
ChanceOfFire reviews A Conversation in a Dark Room: "Let's see who you really are" - See full review
Cerfeuil reviews Little Boxes: "Short and extremely strange surreal horror game" - See full review

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IF Comp | Spring Thing | XYZZY Awards

News on IntroComp 2025: Final results September 10, 2025 Details
French Comp 2026 - Concours de FI francophone 2026 created September 7, 2025
Concours d'aventures textuelles, 6e édition (2010 - annulée) created September 2, 2025
31st Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2025) created September 1, 2025
Single Choice Jam 2025 created August 22, 2025
News on IntroComp 2025: Late Entrant: The Ivory Calico August 19, 2025 Details
News on ParserComp 2025: Final results August 9, 2025 Details
IntroComp 2025 created August 8, 2025

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recs for ace! by Cryptic Puffin, 14 items
Odd spec-fic games that I love despite jankiness or other objective issues by EJ, 7 items
New walkthroughs for September 2025 by David Welbourn, 8 items
IFComp 2025 games playable in the UK by JTN, 62 items
New walkthroughs for August 2025 by David Welbourn, 9 items
Mentions honorables - FI les mieux notées du concours annuel n'ayant pas reçu de prix by fiction-interactive.fr, 23 items
good ass text RPGs by hecuba, 12 items
Phone-friendly parser games by kqr, 38 items
My IF favorites by xkia, 11 items

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IFDB Recommends

Eat Me, by Chandler Groover
In this castle, you'll eat or be eaten. May contain dairy, carnage, puzzles, nuts.

Never Gives Up Her Dead, by Mathbrush
Time is running out after a meteor strikes your interstellar starship. While the crew is under full alert, only you seem to notice the...

Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
You take a deep breath of salty air as the first raindrops begin to spatter the pavement, and the swollen, slate-colored clouds that...

80 DAYS, by inkle, Meg Jayanth
1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just eighty days. Choose your own route around...

Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short
Anglophone Atlantis has been an independent nation since an April day in 1822, when a well-aimed shot from their depluralizing cannon...

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Top Reviewers

IFDB's top reviewers, as determined by Frequent Fiction scores:

  1. #1MathBrush
  2. #2manonamora
  3. #3Mike Russo
  4. #4Andrew Schultz
  5. #5JJ McC
  6. #6Rovarsson
  7. #7verityvirtue
  8. #8ChanceOfFire
  9. #9Victor Gijsbers
  10. #10Kinetic Mouse Car

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Interactive Fiction technology Foundation
IFDB is managed by the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation. It is funded by the donations of IF supporters like you. All donations go to support the operation of this web site and IFTF's other services.