Popular games built on game engine Inform

22.01.2018

Anchorhead is a text adventure game in the style of classic Infocom games from the 1980s. Travel to the haunted coastal town of Anchorhead, Massachusetts and uncover the roots of a horrific conspiracy inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft. Search through musty archives and tomes of esoteric lore; dodge hostile townsfolk; combat a generation-spanning evil that threatens your family and the entire world. To mark the twentieth anniversary of its initial publication, Anchorhead is now available in a special Illustrated Edition with rewritten code, revised prose, additional puzzles, and illustrations by Carlos Cara Àlvarez.

31.12.1995

Walking away from a picnic, you are suddenly caught in a country storm. You must protect a bridge from being destroyed. A game by Andrew Plotkin he describes as his "first serious work of interactive fiction".

29.04.2005

Wander around. Puzzles will be posed. Eventually you win. A work of interactive fiction by Andrew Plotkin, recreating one he originally made in 1989.

01.04.1997

Interactive Fiction created by Andrew Plotkin, being more of an experiment than usual.

01.10.2014

Eyes can see, and a mind can think. Insanity is just one step away. You are in a room. That's where you are, and you know exactly what is going on. But the truth is hard to take.

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01.10.2004

An interactive fiction interpretation of the Hamlet story, blended with Jewish culture and mysticism.

28.07.2020

The first Taleframe game based on the 90s children's horror soap opera.

29.09.2003

Enter a steampunk adventure set in a London that might have been. The year is 1885. Bedlam Hospital still stands in Moorsfield, a decaying shell used to house the poor and the hopeless. Steam-driven mechanical wonders roam the streets. Gear-wheeled analytical engines spin out reams of thought onto punched paper tapes. And in the darkness – in the alleys and the side shops – hide secrets. A piece of interactive fiction written by Star Foster and Daniel Ravipinto.

01.01.1970

A Western by IkeC

01.09.2024

A Western by IkeC

01.10.2005

A mysterious death, a secret to be revealed… and someone who wants to know the truth, at any cost.

01.10.1997

It's been a hectic year, and it's time to get away. He told you that, and you agreed. Now you're here, in a grove of aspen, and long for a good, long bath in the nearby hot spring.

31.12.2004

Fantasy Interactive Fiction created by Andrew Plotkin, as both a game and an introduction to the genre.

01.10.2020

An account of the disastrous sidewalk chalk tournament of August 27, 2011.

09.03.2020

An interactive fiction about perfume, memory and new meanings, with heavy use of procedural generation.

01.10.1998

This game is a joke. This game is a warning. This game is a satire. This game is inspired in equal parts by Vaclav Havel's "The Memorandum" and Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas". This game is a big, stupid shaggy dog story.

24.12.2007

In the cruel kingdoms north of the Viraxian Empire, a barbarian seeks treasure - and vengeance! A faux-retro adaptation of a nonexistent 1979 text adventure from an alternate timeline, itself based on a nonexistent 1979 pen-and-paper RPG (a complete scan of which is included).

01.09.2015

If you’ve never played interactive fiction before, or have poked at a few games but didn’t feel like you really knew what you were doing, start here. A short text adventure guided towards helping newcomers to the genre understand the rules and nature of IF.

29.09.2013

Stolen away by apathetic Blind Ones, your only desire is to return to your Cellarium and the Song of the Universe. They should understand. You shall make them to understand. A piece of interactive fiction written by Lynnea Glasser.

01.10.2009

A blurb? They expect you to write? You're Lottie Plum so you're not going into writing. You sing. And dance and act up a storm while everyone else can only manage a puddle. You belong at Bridger. No matter what it takes.

17.08.2010

It figures that your pickup would die on a night like this and leave you stranded in the dark New Mexico desert. But nothing else figures about this night, man. Nothing at all. An example game for Aaron A. Reed's book Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7.

01.01.2014

A game written by Hugo Labrande for the 21st Annual Interactive Fiction Competition.

31.12.2016

An accurate recounting of recent kitten-related events.

01.10.2020

A millionaire guards a fabulous ruby in her private train car. Countless thieves have failed to steal it. But they weren't the Magpie!