swap_horiz Shrapnel Alternatives

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Anchorhead

Written by Michael Gentry and released in 1998, Anchorhead is a parser-based work of interactive fiction influenced by H...

Modern Horror Lovecraftian Parser

9.20 Excellent

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Counterfeit Monkey

Counterfeit Monkey is a text-based puzzle game written by Emily Short and released in 2012. Set in a fictional version o...

Modern Comedy Wordplay Parser

9.20 Excellent

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Photopia

Adam Cadre's Photopia, released in 1998, places narrative and character ahead of the demanding puzzles associated with m...

Modern Narrative Literary Parser

9.15 Excellent

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Spider and Web

Andrew Plotkin's 1998 parser-based interactive fiction places an espionage mission inside an interrogation. The captured...

Modern Puzzle Thriller Parser

9.10 Excellent

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Lost Pig

An escaped pig sets the adventure in motion in Lost Pig, Admiral Jota's 2007 comedic interactive fiction, which won that...

Modern Puzzle Comedy Parser

9.00 Excellent

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Galatea

Written by Emily Short and first published in 2000, Galatea reworks the classical myth of Pygmalion as an intimate encou...

Modern Literary Conversation Parser

8.90 Great

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Aisle

Aisle is a 1999 interactive fiction game created by Sam Barlow using Inform. The game is notable for its single-turn str...

Modern Literary Parser Inform

8.60 Great

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So Far

"So Far" is a surrealist interactive fiction game written by Andrew Plotkin and published in 1996. It challenges players...

Modern Literary Surreal Parser

8.35 Great

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The Edifice

The Edifice is a text-based interactive fiction game written by Lucian Smith using the Inform programming language. It n...

Modern Historical Literary Parser

8.30 Great

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Blue Lacuna

Blue Lacuna is a 2008 interactive fiction game written by Aaron Reed using Inform 7. It is set on a mysterious, deserted...

Modern Exploration Literary Parser

8.25 Great

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Metamorphoses

Metamorphoses is a critically acclaimed interactive fiction game written by Emily Short and released in 2000. Built usin...

Modern Literary Surreal Parser

8.25 Great

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For a Change

"For a Change" is a surreal parser-based interactive fiction game written by Dan Schmidt in the Inform programming langu...

Modern Experimental Surreal Parser

8.05 Great

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Losing Your Grip

"Losing Your Grip" is a work of interactive fiction by Stephen Granade that uses a parser interface and spans multiple a...

Modern Literary Surreal Parser

8.00 Great

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Whom the Telling Changed

"Whom the Telling Changed" is a 2005 interactive fiction game developed by Aaron Reed using the Inform programming langu...

Modern Mythological Literary Parser

7.95 Good

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De Baron

De Baron ("The Baron") is a 2006 interactive fiction work by Dutch author Victor Gijsbers, written in Inform and origina...

Modern Dark Literary Parser

7.80 Good

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Deadline Enchanter

Deadline Enchanter is a surreal 2012 interactive fiction game by Porpentine, known for its dense, poetic prose and disti...

Experimental Literary 2007 Parser

7.78 Good

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Rameses

Rameses is a text-based interactive fiction game written by Stephen Bond and released in 2000. It was developed using th...

Modern Narrative Literary Parser

7.70 Good

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Bad Machine

Released in 1998, Bad Machine is an experimental interactive fiction game programmed by Dan Shiovitz using the Inform la...

Modern Sci Fi Experimental Parser

7.65 Good

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Narcolepsy

Narcolepsy is a parser-based interactive fiction game written by Adam Cadre in 2003. The narrative centers on a protagon...

Modern Literary Surreal Parser

7.55 Good

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The Space Under the Window

The Space Under the Window is a 1997 interactive fiction work by Andrew Plotkin and part of a collaborative art project...

Experimental Literary 1997 Parser

7.18 Good