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

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

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