Most unique games - an IFDB Poll
by Jeremy Freese
RSS FeedWhatever else might be said about ___________, there's not another game like it.
| The Gostak, by Carl Muckenhoupt 5 votes "With doshes all distimmed. And stuff." [+]"With doshes all distimmed. And stuff." --Ghalev... "Other games may..." [+]"Other games may feature a language puzzle, but here, the entire game is a language puzzle." --David Welbourn... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --rec53... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) --House on a Tree Studios...  Vote for this game | |
| Cheiron, by Elisabeth Polli and Sarah Clelland 3 votes "Definitely different." [+]"Definitely different." --Merk... "The only..." [+]"The only medical-education IF I know of." --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) --rec53... Vote for this game | |
| Rematch, by Andrew D. Pontious 2 votes "A one-turn game..." [+]"A one-turn game but one with an excellent puzzle, good NPCs, and an extended parser. Nothing else out there like it." --David Welbourn... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Cragne Manor, by Ryan Veeder, Jenni Polodna, Adam Whybray, Adri, Andrew Plotkin, Andy Holloway, Austin Auclair, Baldur Brückner, Ben Collins-Sussman, Bill Maya, Brian Rushton, Buster Hudson, Caleb Wilson, Carl Muckenhoupt, Chandler Groover, Chris Jones, Christopher Conley, Damon L. Wakes, Daniel Ravipinto, Daniel Stelzer, David Jose, David Petrocco, David Sturgis, Drew Mochak, Edward B, Emily Short, Erica Newman, Feneric, Finn Rosenløv, Gary Butterfield, Gavin Inglis, Greg Frost, Hanon Ondricek, Harkness Munt, Harrison Gerard, Ian Holmes, Ivan Roth, Jack Welch, Jacqueline Ashwell, James Eagle, Jason Dyer, Jason Lautzenheiser, Jason Love, Jeremy Freese, Joey Jones, Joshua Porch, Justin de Vesine, Justin Melvin, Katherine Morayati, Kenneth Pedersen, Lane Puetz, Llew Mason, Lucian Smith, Marco Innocenti, Marius Müller, Mark Britton, Mark Sample, Marshal Tenner Winter, Matt Schneider, Matt Weiner, Matthew Korson, Michael Fessler, Michael Gentry, Michael Hilborn, Michael Lin, Mike Spivey, Molly Ying, Monique Padelis, Naomi Hinchen, Nate Edwards, Petter Sjölund, Q Pheevr, Rachel Spitler, Reed Lockwood, Reina Adair, Riff Conner, Roberto Colnaghi, Rowan Lipkovits, Sam Kabo Ashwell, Scott Hammack, Sean M. Shore, Shin, Wade Clarke, Zach Hodgens, Zack Johnson 2 votes "No other game has this many authors!" [+]"No other game has this many authors!" ( - Full review) --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Lance Cirone... Vote for this game | |
| A AAAAA AAAAAAAAA, by AAAA AAAAAAA 2 votes "AAA AAAAAA AAAAA AA AAA AAAAAAA." [+]"AAA AAAAAA AAAAA AA AAA AAAAAAA." ( - Full review) --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) --David Welbourn... Vote for this game | |
| Byzantine Perspective, by Lea Albaugh 2 votes "A maddening, memorable puzzle game" [+]"A maddening, memorable puzzle game" ( ) --rec53... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| Attack of the Yeti Robot Zombies, by Øyvind Thorsby 2 votes "The challenge to..." [+]"The challenge to win on a single play without any saves or undos makes this game feel very different from most IF, with different pacing and sense of suspense." --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| The Space Under the Window, by Andrew Plotkin 2 votes "Somewhere between..." [+]"Somewhere between IF and hypertext." --Emily Short... "More of a prose..." [+]"More of a prose poem than a game, but not quite that, either. Interactive fiction, in the most literal sense of the words." ( ) --Christina Nordlander... Vote for this game | |
| Aisle, by Sam Barlow 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) --JonathanCR... (No comment) [+](No comment) --lagran-G-an... Vote for this game | |
| Stiffy Makane: The Undiscovered Country, by Adam Thornton 2 votes "Most famous for..." [+]"Most famous for its moose-sex content, but it also contains a parodic rebuff of various arguments in gaming/new media theory. " --Emily Short... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Lance Cirone... Vote for this game | |
| Praser 5, by Andrew Plotkin 2 votes "Trippy and surreal. I'm led to understand that it's solvable in some way, too." [+]"Trippy and surreal. I'm led to understand that it's solvable in some way, too.: But honestly, I think I must be content to just enjoy the trippy and surreal parts." ( ) --Ghalev... "A '1-word parser'..." [+]"A '1-word parser' game ported to the Z-machine. And those words can be quite unusual." --David Welbourn... Vote for this game | |
| Suspended, by Michael Berlyn 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Fredrik Ramsberg... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Ghalev... Vote for this game | |
| Weird City Interloper, by C.E.J. Pacian 2 votes "No conventional..." [+]"No conventional IF narrator." ( - Full review) --Sobol... "Unique..." [+]"Unique conversation system, kinda a one-word parser system" ( - Full review) --verityvirtue... Vote for this game | |
| IFDB Spelunking, by Joey Jones 1 vote "Takes meta IF to a new level, simulating a romp through 10 random games on IFDB." [+]"Takes meta IF to a new level, simulating a romp through 10 random games on IFDB." ( - Full review) --verityvirtue... Vote for this game | |
| Custard, by Evin Robertson 1 vote "Makes use of the..." [+]"Makes use of the empty spaces unused by the game text. I've never seen anything like it." --David Welbourn... Vote for this game | |
| Kallisti, by James Mitchelhill 1 vote "It's not an abuse, except of the player." [+]"It's not an abuse, except of the player." --Emily Short... Vote for this game | |
| Worldsmith, by Ade McT 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Denk... Vote for this game | |
| Being There, by Jordan Magnuson 1 vote ""...a little like..." [+]""...a little like watching slides of your neighbours' recent trip to Korea. Only, the pictures are seriously better than your average neighbour's. And, the way your neighbour talks about them, he's obviously stoned. And you're obviously stoned, too, the way you buy what he says." (From a review by Felix Larsson)" ( ) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |
| I'm Gonna Take You To The Video Bar!, by James Mitchelhill 1 vote "Other games may..." [+]"Other games may have ASCII art animation, but this is the only one I've ever seen with ASCII art *video* animation." --David Welbourn... Vote for this game | |
| Six Stories, by Neil K. Guy 1 vote "Makes unusually..." [+]"Makes unusually heavy use of images and (even more unusual) voice acting." ( ) --Emily Short... Vote for this game | |
| Carma, by Marnie Parker 1 vote "Unusual use of..." [+]"Unusual use of Glulx." --Emily Short... Vote for this game | |
| The End Means Escape, by Steve Kodat 1 vote "Memorable..." [+]"Memorable handling of inanimate objects, plus some gameplay manipulating words. " --Emily Short... Vote for this game | |
| rendition, by nespresso 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --sushabye... Vote for this game | |
| Fusillade, by Mike Duncan 1 vote "Trippy,..." [+]"Trippy, disconnected scenes set to music." --Emily Short... Vote for this game | |
| Lists and Lists, by Andrew Plotkin 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Sobol... Vote for this game | |