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All Updates | Site News | RSS FeedA new competition page: ParserComp 2026 created July 1, 2026
Games
Add a game listingLucrum Sanguinis, by Ichiro Ota Inform 6 |
This Island is Trying to Kill You, by spaceflounder |
Dungeon of Denial, by StrandGames |
Alyas of Starhollow, by Larry Horsfield ADRIFT |
The Priest and the Rennes Alignment, by catventure TAB |
Grand Island Bank Robbery, by mathbrush Inform 7 |
Reviews
Wade Clarke reviews GET MANIFE$TO: "Sort of wack adventure in which you don't just walk around typing GET MANIFE$TO."   |
aluminumoxynitride reviews The Archives of Trevosa: "Great way to spend an evening!" - See full review |
JohnD reviews The Axolotl Project: "Strong story ideas let down by an uneven tone and ineffective game design" |
Jo the Plunderer reviews Arcadie II: Cold Lands: "Adds some depth to the first game, though it's not as strong" |
Competitions
Add a competition listingIF Comp | Spring Thing | XYZZY Awards
News on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 2): Iron ChIF S1E2 - The battle has begun! May 24, 2026 Details
Polls
Create a pollHelp other IFDB members find the games they're looking for by voting in their polls. Here are a few recent ones:
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IFDB Recommends
| Toby's Nose, by Chandler Groover A murder most foul has been committed and Sherlock Holmes is on the case. You are his dog. |
| Open Sorcery, by Abigail Corfman You are online. You are fire and order. You are here to protect. ---- "Open Sorcery" is a game about technology, magic and becoming a... |
| Eat Me, by Chandler Groover In this castle, you'll eat or be eaten. May contain dairy, carnage, puzzles, nuts. |
| Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian A text-only space sim. Ply the spaceways. Make five million credits. Buy back your twin. (Superluminal Vagrant Twin is a shallow but... |
| Planetfall, by Steve Meretzky "Join the Patrol, and see the Galaxy!" You took the poster's advice, bait and all, and marched right over to the recruitment station near... |
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IFDB is managed by the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation.
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