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

1893: A World's Fair Mystery
1893: A World's Fair Mystery
46th place (4 votes)
80 Days
80 Days
4th place (13 votes)
Aisle
Aisle
29th place (6 votes)
Alias 'The Magpie'
Alias 'The Magpie'
Anchorhead
Anchorhead
3rd place (16 votes)
A Beauty Cold and Austere
A Beauty Cold and Austere
36th place (5 votes)
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.
Birdland
Birdland
11th place (11 votes)
Blue Lacuna
Blue Lacuna
Bogeyman
Bogeyman
Cactus Blue Motel
Cactus Blue Motel
Coloratura
Coloratura
Colossal Cave Adventure
Colossal Cave Adventure
Counterfeit Monkey
Counterfeit Monkey
1st place (21 votes)
Cragne Manor
Cragne Manor
Creatures Such as We
Creatures Such as We
Curses
Curses
13th place (9 votes)
De Baron
De Baron
Eat Me
Eat Me
17th place (8 votes)
The Edifice
The Edifice
Endless, Nameless
Endless, Nameless
Everybody Dies
Everybody Dies
Fallen London
Fallen London
Foo Foo
Foo Foo
Galatea
Galatea
The Gostak
The Gostak
Gun Mute
Gun Mute
Hadean Lands
Hadean Lands
9th place (12 votes)
Harmonia
Harmonia
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home
Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home
Horse Master
Horse Master
Howling Dogs
Howling Dogs
Human Errors
Human Errors
Inside the Facility
Inside the Facility
Junior Arithmancer
Junior Arithmancer
Kerkerkruip
Kerkerkruip
The King of Shreds and Patches
The King of Shreds and Patches
Lime Ergot
Lime Ergot
Lost Pig (And Place Under Ground)
Lost Pig (And Place Under Ground)
2nd place (17 votes)
Make It Good
Make It Good
Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis
Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis
Midnight. Swordfight.
Midnight. Swordfight.
A Mind Forever Voyaging
A Mind Forever Voyaging
Photopia
Photopia
Rameses
Rameses
Savoir-Faire
Savoir-Faire
Shade
Shade
Slouching Towards Bedlam
Slouching Towards Bedlam
12th place (10 votes)
Spellbreaker
Spellbreaker
Spider and Web
Spider and Web
Spy Intrigue
Spy Intrigue
Sub Rosa
Sub Rosa
Superluminal Vagrant Twin
Superluminal Vagrant Twin
Suspended
Suspended
Suveh Nux
Suveh Nux
Their Angelical Understanding
Their Angelical Understanding
Toby's Nose
Toby's Nose
Trinity
Trinity
Varicella
Varicella
Vespers
Vespers
Violet
Violet
The Wand
The Wand
Will Not Let Me Go
Will Not Let Me Go
Wishbringer
Wishbringer
With Those We Love Alive
With Those We Love Alive
The Wizard Sniffer
The Wizard Sniffer
Zork
Zork

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