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All Updates | Site News | RSS FeedA new Recommended List by writersarchive, Surreal, experimental, psychological, weird, unusual, historical January 16, 2026
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Games
Add a game listingNyoperativsystem, by Nakade Custom |
it sucks to be us, by tofurocks Twine |
The Island, by Ken Bond PAW |
Neon Case, by Diaries from Future Custom |
Throne of Blood, by Kezia S. ChoiceScript |
La casa nella nebbia, by XaltotunITA Inform 7 |
Reviews
MostImmortalSnail reviews Nyoperativsystem: "Fascinating near-future scifi where you explore files on someone's computer"   |
MostImmortalSnail reviews it sucks to be us: "Short queer Twine game about abuse and community" |
Kinetic Mouse Car reviews Behind the waterfall: "Excellent atmosphere, balanced minimalist gameplay" - See full review |
MathBrush reviews Fallen Hero: Retribution: "Existential crises, romance and villainy" - See full review |
Passerine reviews The iCarly RPG: "Everything I know about iCarly I learned from this game" |
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IFDB Recommends
| Type Help, by William Rous A puzzle-mystery game inspired by Return of the Obra Dinn, Her Story, Unheard and The Roottrees are Dead. Investigate the files on an old... |
| Eat Me, by Chandler Groover In this castle, you'll eat or be eaten. May contain dairy, carnage, puzzles, nuts. |
| Hadean Lands, by Andrew Plotkin Marooned in an alien, airless wasteland -- your starship fractured -- your crewmates missing. Can an apprentice alchemist learn how to... |
| 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... |
| 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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