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A new poll by OverThinking, Games with combat puzzles created November 3, 2026

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Starling, by Kevin Flanagan

Twine

Once Upon a Wound, by Xavier Carrascosa

Ink

The Seventeenth Name, by Nexa Lab

HTML5 (browser)

Noillirk Game, by Anonymous

Fablerift, by SleepyE5

MUD

Xalaria, by Julian Cochran

Custom

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Reviews

EJ reviews The Flourishing: "The Flourishing review"

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EJ reviews The Rat: "The Rat review"

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EJ reviews Out by Midnight: "Out by Midnight review"

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MathBrush reviews An Unlikely Demon: "Semi-Optimization game for killing mobsters Final Destination-style "

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Dan Fabulich reviews The Monster at the End of This Game: "This game is messing with you"

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Mike Russo reviews On Repeat: "Out of the loop"

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IF Comp | Spring Thing | XYZZY Awards

ECTOCOMP 2026 created November 2, 2026

32nd Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2026) created September 1, 2026

News on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 3): Iron ChIF S1E3 - Dishes are served! August 28, 2026 Details

Engine Jam created August 28, 2026

News on Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 3): Iron ChIF S1E3 - Turning up the heat! August 23, 2026 Details

Iron ChIF (Season One Episode 3) created August 23, 2026

IntroComp 2026 created August 10, 2026

1st Annual Thinky Awards 2023 created August 3, 2026

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Games with combat puzzles, by OverThinking

Games made with niche/odd engines, by Games from the Lightside

Games about mice, by Games from the Lightside

Games where cheating at a parlor game is a puzzle, by P-Tux7

Underrated parser games, by The Elusive9

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Research 'Em Ups, by RainbowDarter

Programming/command-line games?, by autumnc

Games with any kind of magic system, by The Elusive9

Games with graveyards, by dmarymac

Some of the best and most confusing mechanics you've ever played, by Max Fog

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Lists

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New walkthroughs for October 2026 by David Welbourn, 8 items

Personal Top 20 by dgtziea, 20 items

My favorite IF games. by Belrandyn, 34 items

IFComp 2026 games geoblocked in the UK by JTN, 14 items

macabre or surreal fairy-tale deconstruction adjacent by cakecavity, 10 items

New walkthroughs for September 2026 by David Welbourn, 8 items

Favorites by Angela He, 2 items

IFComp 2026 games playable in the UK by JTN, 57 items

New walkthroughs for August 2026 by David Welbourn, 8 items

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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...

The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson

You were recently acquired by the brave Ser Leonhart and his squire to sniff out the evil shapeshifting wizard. Unfortunately, you are...

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...

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