IFDB Top 100

Recommendations by Pegbiter (Malmö, Sweden)

An automatically updated list utilizing an IMDb style Bayes estimator to calculate weighted ratings based on all IFDB ratings. Questions and comments can be placed here.

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(r × v + c × m) ÷ (v + m)

Where:
r = average of ratings for the work
v = number of ratings for the work
c = the mean rating on all of IFDB (3.92)
m = minimum amount of ratings required (13)

Last updated: 2024-03-18

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1. Counterfeit Monkey
by Emily Short
(2012)
Average member rating: (231 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.77

2. Anchorhead
by Michael Gentry
(1998)
Average member rating: (380 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.63

3. Superluminal Vagrant Twin
by C.E.J. Pacian
(2016)
Average member rating: (115 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.59

4. 80 DAYS
by inkle, Meg Jayanth
(2014)
Average member rating: (87 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.59

5. Hadean Lands
by Andrew Plotkin
(2014)
Average member rating: (62 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.59

6. Open Sorcery
by Abigail Corfman
(2016)
Average member rating: (64 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.52

7. Worldsmith
by Ade McT
(2016)
Average member rating: (30 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.51

8. The Wizard Sniffer
by Buster Hudson
(2017)
Average member rating: (126 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.50

9. Will Not Let Me Go
by Stephen Granade
(2017)
Average member rating: (55 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.48

10. Cragne Manor
by Ryan Veeder, Jenni Polodna et al.

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(2018)
Average member rating: (22 ratings)

Pegbiter says:
Weighted rating: 4.48

11. Trinity
by Brian Moriarty
(1986)
Average member rating: (99 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.47

12. Eat Me
by Chandler Groover
(2017)
Average member rating: (93 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.47

13. Toby's Nose
by Chandler Groover
(2015)
Average member rating: (106 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.46

14. Lost Pig
by Admiral Jota
(2007)
Average member rating: (485 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.46

15. A Beauty Cold and Austere
by Mike Spivey
(2017)
Average member rating: (55 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.45

16. Savoir-Faire
by Emily Short
(2002)
Average member rating: (128 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.45

17. SPY INTRIGUE
by furkle
(2015)
Average member rating: (35 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.44

18. Worlds Apart
by Suzanne Britton
(1999)
Average member rating: (88 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.43

19. Junior Arithmancer
by Mike Spivey
(2018)
Average member rating: (49 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.43

20. The Impossible Bottle
by Linus Åkesson
(2020)
Average member rating: (77 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.43

21. Planetfall
by Steve Meretzky
(1983)
Average member rating: (117 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.43

22. Coloratura
by Lynnea Glasser
(2013)
Average member rating: (109 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.43

23. Alias 'The Magpie'
by J. J. Guest
(2018)
Average member rating: (63 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.42

24. The Gostak
by Carl Muckenhoupt
(2001)
Average member rating: (86 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.39

25. Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom
by S. John Ross
(2007)
Average member rating: (48 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.39

26. Sorcery! 2
by Steve Jackson and inkle
(2013)
Average member rating: (20 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.39

27. Violet
by Jeremy Freese
(2008)
Average member rating: (381 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.39

28. Spider and Web
by Andrew Plotkin
(1998)
Average member rating: (304 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.39

29. Blue Lacuna
by Aaron A. Reed
(2008)
Average member rating: (106 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.39

30. Absence of Law
by mathbrush
(2017)
Average member rating: (44 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.38

31. Known Unknowns
by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
(2016)
Average member rating: (58 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.38

32. A Long Way to the Nearest Star
by SV Linwood
(2022)
Average member rating: (35 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.37

33. Sunless Sea
by Failbetter Games
(2015)
Average member rating: (19 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.37

34. Stay?
by E. Jade Lomax
(2020)
Average member rating: (22 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.37

35. Repeat the Ending
by Drew Cook
(2023)
Average member rating: (22 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.37

36. Birdland
by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
(2015)
Average member rating: (154 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.35

37. Cannery Vale
by Hanon Ondricek (as Keanhid Connor)
(2018)
Average member rating: (27 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.35

38. Dr Ludwig and the Devil
by SV Linwood
(2023)
Average member rating: (33 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.35

39. Make It Good
by Jon Ingold
(2009)
Average member rating: (82 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.34

40. Midnight. Swordfight.
by Chandler Groover
(2015)
Average member rating: (77 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.33

41. The Mulldoon Legacy, by Jon Ingold (1999)
Average member rating: (42 ratings)
Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.33

42. Endless, Nameless
by Adam Cadre
(2012)
Average member rating: (52 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.32

43. City of Secrets
by Emily Short
(2003)
Average member rating: (102 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.32

44. A Study in Steampunk: Choice by Gaslight
by Heather Albano
(2015)
Average member rating: (21 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.32

45. Bronze
by Emily Short
(2006)
Average member rating: (285 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.32

46. Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One
by Mishka Jenkins
(2018)
Average member rating: (22 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.31

47. Zozzled
by Steph Cherrywell
(2019)
Average member rating: (45 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.31

48. And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One
by B.J. Best
(2021)
Average member rating: (65 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.31

49. Eric the Unready
by Bob Bates
(1993)
Average member rating: (39 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.31

50. Weird City Interloper
by C.E.J. Pacian
(2014)
Average member rating: (53 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.30

51. Tally Ho
by Kreg Segall
(2017)
Average member rating: (20 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.30

52. A Mind Forever Voyaging
by Steve Meretzky
(1985)
Average member rating: (110 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.29

53. Turandot
by Victor Gijsbers
(2019)
Average member rating: (45 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.29

54. Cryptozookeeper
by Robb Sherwin
(2011)
Average member rating: (21 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.29

55. 4x4 Archipelago
by Agnieszka Trzaska
(2021)
Average member rating: (21 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.29

56. The Axolotl Project
by Samantha Vick
(2013)
Average member rating: (42 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.29

57. According to Cain
by Jim Nelson
(2022)
Average member rating: (40 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.28

58. Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two
by Mishka Jenkins
(2020)
Average member rating: (19 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.28

59. The Lurking Horror II: The Lurkening, by Ryan Veeder (2018)
Average member rating: (23 ratings)
Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.28

60. The Weight of a Soul
by Chin Kee Yong
(2021)
Average member rating: (23 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.28

61. Harmonia
by Liza Daly
(2017)
Average member rating: (71 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.27

62. Choice of Robots
by Kevin Gold
(2014)
Average member rating: (42 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.27

63. Photopia
by Adam Cadre
(1998)
Average member rating: (551 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.27

64. Foo Foo
by Buster Hudson
(2016)
Average member rating: (61 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.27

65. Inside the Facility
by Arthur DiBianca
(2016)
Average member rating: (55 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.26

66. Sub Rosa
by Joey Jones, Melvin Rangasamy
(2015)
Average member rating: (40 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.26

67. Slouching Towards Bedlam
by Star Foster and Daniel Ravipinto
(2003)
Average member rating: (209 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.26

68. Chlorophyll
by Steph Cherrywell
(2015)
Average member rating: (57 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.26

69. Enchanter
by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling
(1983)
Average member rating: (105 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.25

70. Excalibur
by J. J. Guest, G. C. Baccaris, and Duncan Bowsman
(2021)
Average member rating: (19 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.25

71. With Those We Love Alive
by Porpentine and Brenda Neotenomie
(2014)
Average member rating: (101 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.24

72. ♥Magical Makeover♥
by S. Woodson
(2014)
Average member rating: (53 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.24

73. Grimnoir
by ProP
(2018)
Average member rating: (24 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.24

74. Beautiful Dreamer
by S. Woodson
(2015)
Average member rating: (29 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.24

75. Suveh Nux
by David Fisher
(2007)
Average member rating: (225 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.23

76. The Impossible Stairs
by Mathbrush
(2022)
Average member rating: (25 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.23

77. The Shadow in the Cathedral
by Ian Finley and Jon Ingold
(2009)
Average member rating: (30 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.23

78. Fairest
by Amanda Walker
(2022)
Average member rating: (26 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.23

79. Digital: A Love Story
by Christine Love
(2010)
Average member rating: (22 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.23

80. Heretic's Hope
by G. C. Baccaris
(2019)
Average member rating: (19 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.22

81. Dr Horror's House of Terror
by Ade McT
(2021)
Average member rating: (19 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.22

82. All Things Devours, by half sick of shadows (2004)
Average member rating: (91 ratings)
Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.21

83. Oppositely Opal
by Buster Hudson
(2015)
Average member rating: (63 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.21

84. Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis
by One of the Bruces and Drunken Bastard
(2011)
Average member rating: (30 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.21

85. Erstwhile
by Aster (formally Maddie) Fialla, Marijke Perry
(2018)
Average member rating: (56 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.20

86. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky
(1984)
Average member rating: (180 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.20

87. Babel
by Ian Finley
(1997)
Average member rating: (150 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.20

88. What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed
by Amanda Walker
(2021)
Average member rating: (38 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.19

89. First Things First
by J. Robinson Wheeler
(2001)
Average member rating: (23 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.19

90. Tangaroa Deep
by Astrid Dalmady
(2016)
Average member rating: (40 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.19

91. The Missing Ring
by Felicity Drake
(2019)
Average member rating: (19 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.18

92. Swan Hill, by Laura Michet (2013)
Average member rating: (19 ratings)
Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.18

93. Fallen London
by Failbetter Games
(2009)
Average member rating: (52 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.18

94. Grooverland
by Mathbrush
(2021)
Average member rating: (25 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.18

95. Lists and Lists, by Andrew Plotkin (1996)
Average member rating: (25 ratings)
Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.18

96. Tavern Crawler
by Josh Labelle
(2020)
Average member rating: (36 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.18

97. You Will Select a Decision
by Brendan Patrick Hennessy
(2013)
Average member rating: (70 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.18

98. Sorcery!
by Steve Jackson and inkle
(2013)
Average member rating: (37 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.18

99. The Wand
by Arthur DiBianca
(2017)
Average member rating: (55 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.18

100. Cactus Blue Motel
by Astrid Dalmady
(2016)
Average member rating: (78 ratings)

Pegbiter says:

Weighted rating: 4.17


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