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The Interactive Fiction Database (IFDB) is a database of metadata and reviews of interactive fiction.

In November 2023, the database contained 12,969 game listings, 12,784 member reviews, 51,762 member ratings, and 17,040 registered members.[1] Some games can be played in the web browser using links on the IFDB web site.[1]

History[edit]

The database was founded by Michael J. Roberts in 2007.[2]

The IFDB is currently (2023) maintained by the IFDB committee of the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation (IFTF).[3]

Top games[edit]

In 2023, Emily Short's 2012 game Counterfeit Monkey was listed as the #1 game on the IFDB Top 100 list.[4] An additional five of Short's games were in the top 100.[4] The game was also voted #1 Interactive Fiction of All Time in a September 2023 vote.[5]

The top 10 games on the IFDB Top 100 list, using an IMDb style Bayes estimator to calculate weighted ratings based on all IFDB ratings, are (2023):[4]

  1. Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short
  • Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
  • Hadean Lands, by Andrew Plotkin
  • Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian
  • 80 Days, by inkle and Meg Jayanth
  • Open Sorcery, by Abigail Corfman
  • Worldsmith by Ade McT
  • The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson
  • Will Not Let Me Go, by Stephen Granade
  • Eat Me, by Chandler Groover

    • Emily Short has six entries among the top 100. Andrew Plotkin, Buster Hudson, Chandler Groover, Steve Meretzky, inkle, Brendan Patrick Hennessy, mathbrush, Steph Cherrywell, Jon Ingold has 3 entries each.[4]

    William Crowther released Colossal Cave Adventure in 1976. In 2023, 47 years later, the game was voted #10 (tie) of best interactive fiction games.
    Don Woods expanded Colossal Cave Adventure in 1977.

    In a September 2023 vote among members, the following were voted the best games:[5]

    1. Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short
  • Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
  • Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin
  • Hadean Lands, by Andrew Plotkin
  • The Impossible Bottle, by Linus Åkesson
  • The Gostak, by Carl Muckenhoupt
  • Photopia, by Adam Cadre
  • Eat Me, by Chandler Groover
  • Lost Pig, by Admiral Jota
  • 80 Days, by inkle, Meg Jayanth
  • Adventure, by William Crowther and Don Woods
  • Blue Lacuna, by Aaron A. Reed
  • Curses, by Graham Nelson
  • The Wizard Sniffer, by Buster Hudson

    • See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b "IFDB the Interactive Fiction Database" (archived 23 November 2023), ifdb.org.
  • ^ "Programs", iftechfoundation.org. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  • ^ "Contacting Us", ifdb.org. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  • ^ a b c d "IFDB Top 100" (archived), ifdb.org, 13 November 2023.
  • ^ a b "Interactive Fiction Top 50 of All Time (2023 edition)", ifdb.org, 15 September 2023.

    • External links[edit]


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