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Zork I: The Great Underground Empire

Zork I: The Great Underground Empire is a fantasy text adventure game originally developed between 1977 and 1979 by stud...

Fantasy Classic Exploration Parser

9.2 Excellent

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Planetfall

Planetfall is a 1983 science fiction text adventure game developed by Steve Meretzky and published by Infocom. The playe...

Sci Fi Classic Comedy Parser

9.2 Excellent

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Anchorhead

Anchorhead is a parser-based interactive fiction game written by Michael Gentry and published in 1998. The narrative dra...

Modern Horror Lovecraftian Parser

9.2 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

9.2 Excellent

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Suspended

Suspended is a 1983 interactive fiction game developed and published by Infocom, designed by Michael Berlyn. The player...

Sci Fi Classic Puzzle Parser

8.9 Great

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Coloratura

Coloratura is an interactive fiction game created by Lynnea Glasser and released in 2013. The narrative features an alie...

Modern Sci Fi Alien Parser

8.7 Great

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Starcross

Starcross is a 1982 science fiction interactive fiction game published by Infocom, written by Dave Lebling. The player c...

Sci Fi Classic Puzzle Parser

8.2 Great

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Floatpoint

Floatpoint is a 2006 parser-based interactive fiction game by Emily Short, written in Inform. The player takes the role...

Modern Sci Fi Exploration Parser

8.2 Great

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Stationfall

Stationfall is a 1987 science-fiction interactive fiction game from Infocom and a sequel to Planetfall. The player inves...

Sci Fi Comedy 1987 Parser

8.2 Great

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Timequest

Released by Legend Entertainment in 1991, Timequest is a parser-based text adventure written by Bob Bates. The game asks...

Sci Fi Time Travel 1991 Parser

8.2 Great

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Superluminal Vagrant Twin

Superluminal Vagrant Twin is a 2016 interactive fiction work by Liza Daly that reworks the tradition of text-based space...

Sci Fi Space 2015 Parser

8.2 Great

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Elysium Enigma

"Elysium Enigma" is a parser-based interactive fiction game written in TADS 3 by Eric Eve. Released in 2006, the game ti...

Modern Sci Fi Mystery Parser

8.1 Great

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Gateway II: Homeworld

Gateway II: Homeworld is a 1993 interactive-fiction adventure game developed and published by Legend Entertainment, and...

Sci Fi 1993 Parser Legend Entertainment

8.1 Great

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Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

Callahan's Crosstime Saloon is a 1997 science-fiction adventure game developed and published by Legend Entertainment, ba...

Sci Fi Comedy 1997 Parser

8.1 Great

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Rover's Day Out

Released in 2009, Rover's Day Out is a science fiction interactive fiction game co-authored by Jack Welch and Ben Collin...

Modern Sci Fi Comedy Parser

7.9 Good

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City of Secrets

Emily Short's 2003 interactive fiction work, set in a richly detailed urban fantasy city, was notable for its extensive...

Modern Sci Fi Mystery Parser

7.8 Good

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The Worm in Paradise

The Worm in Paradise is a 1985 text adventure game developed and published by the British software company Level 9 Compu...

Sci Fi Classic Parser Dystopia

7.7 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

7.7 Good

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Seastalker

Seastalker is a science-fiction interactive fiction game published by Infocom in 1984 and written by Stu Galley with aut...

Sci Fi Classic Beginner Parser

6.8 Fair

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Strange Odyssey

Strange Odyssey is a science-fiction text adventure by Scott Adams, released in 1981 as the ninth game in his Adventure...

Sci Fi Classic Exploration Parser

6.6 Fair