2019 Interactive Fiction Top 50(+) Poll

been wanting to get deeper into IF and idk how much stock i should put into this but it seems like as good a place as any to start

the most recent iteration of a quadrennial poll conducted by Victor Gijsbers. not using the ranked list display due to numerous ties, including large tie for 46th place (thus, why there are 68 games in this list rather than 50)

links to info/full results (as well as for the 2011 and 2015 iterations) here: http://www.ifwiki.org/index.php/Interactive_Fiction_Top_50

Midnight. Swordfight.
Midnight. Swordfight.
The Wizard Sniffer
The Wizard Sniffer
Trinity
Trinity
Make It Good
Make It Good
Bee
Bee
23rd place (7 votes)

separate note: Emily Short's "Bee" was originally designed for Varytale, a now-defunct platform for choice-based IF that functioned a bit like Fallen London. A version that was ported to another system called Dendry can be played at http://dendry.github.io/bee/ but seeing as this port was never much of an official release, best to go in knowing there may be bugs.
Their Angelical Understanding
Their Angelical Understanding
Suveh Nux
Suveh Nux
Spy Intrigue
Spy Intrigue
The Gostak
The Gostak
A Mind Forever Voyaging
A Mind Forever Voyaging
Counterfeit Monkey
Counterfeit Monkey
1st place (21 votes)
Anchorhead
Anchorhead
3rd place (16 votes)
Curses
Curses
13th place (9 votes)
Howling Dogs
Howling Dogs
The King of Shreds and Patches
The King of Shreds and Patches
Toby's Nose
Toby's Nose
Spider and Web
Spider and Web
Hadean Lands
Hadean Lands
9th place (12 votes)
Cactus Blue Motel
Cactus Blue Motel
Varicella
Varicella
Galatea
Galatea
Birdland
Birdland
11th place (11 votes)
80 Days
80 Days
4th place (13 votes)
Fallen London
Fallen London
Creatures Such as We
Creatures Such as We
With Those We Love Alive
With Those We Love Alive
Vespers
Vespers
Eat Me
Eat Me
17th place (8 votes)
Lost Pig (And Place Under Ground)
Lost Pig (And Place Under Ground)
2nd place (17 votes)
A Beauty Cold and Austere
A Beauty Cold and Austere
36th place (5 votes)
Blue Lacuna
Blue Lacuna
Kerkerkruip
Kerkerkruip
Rameses
Rameses
Savoir-Faire
Savoir-Faire
The Wand
The Wand
Photopia
Photopia
Wishbringer
Wishbringer
Horse Master
Horse Master
Violet
Violet
Slouching Towards Bedlam
Slouching Towards Bedlam
12th place (10 votes)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
De Baron
De Baron
Gun Mute
Gun Mute
Junior Arithmancer
Junior Arithmancer
Superluminal Vagrant Twin
Superluminal Vagrant Twin
Suspended
Suspended
Shade
Shade
Zork
Zork
Spellbreaker
Spellbreaker
Coloratura
Coloratura
Colossal Cave Adventure
Colossal Cave Adventure
Everybody Dies
Everybody Dies
Inside the Facility
Inside the Facility
Lime Ergot
Lime Ergot
Aisle
Aisle
29th place (6 votes)
The Edifice
The Edifice
Sub Rosa
Sub Rosa
Cragne Manor
Cragne Manor
1893: A World's Fair Mystery
1893: A World's Fair Mystery
46th place (4 votes)
Alias 'The Magpie'
Alias 'The Magpie'
Bogeyman
Bogeyman
Endless, Nameless
Endless, Nameless
Foo Foo
Foo Foo
Harmonia
Harmonia
Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home
Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home
Human Errors
Human Errors
Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis
Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis
Will Not Let Me Go
Will Not Let Me Go

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