| 1st place | Andromeda Apocalypse by Marco Innocenti |
| 2nd place | Eurydice by Anonymous |
| 3rd place | Guilded Youth by Jim Munroe |
| 4th place | Changes by David Given |
| 5th place | Sunday Afternoon by Christopher Huang (writing as “Virgil Hilts”) |
| 6th place | Spiral by Justin Morgan |
| 7th place | Shuffling Around by Andrew Schultz (writing as “Ned Yompus”) |
| 8th place (tie) | Body Bargain by Amanda Lange |
| 8th place (tie) | A Killer Headache by Mike Ciul |
| 10th place | In a Manor of Speaking by Hulk Handsome |
| 11th place | howling dogs by Porpentine |
| 12th place | Fish Bowl by Ethan Rupp and Joshua Rupp |
| 13th place | Escape From Summerland by Joey Jones and Melvin Rangasamy (writing as “Jenny Roomy and Jasmine Lavages”) |
| 14th place | Lunar Base 1 by Michael Phipps |
| 15th place | Murphy's Law by Scott Hammack |
| 16th place | J'dal by Ryan Kinsman |
| 17th place | Living Will by Mark C Marino |
| 18th place | Irvine Quik & the Search for the Fish of Traglea by Duncan Bowsman |
| 19th place | The Test is Now READY by Jim Warrenfeltz |
| 20th place | Kicker by Pippin Barr |
| 21st place | Last Minute by Ruderbager Doppelganger |
| 22nd place | The Sealed Room by Robert DeFord |
| 23rd place | Castle Adventure! by Ben Chenoweth |
| 24th place | Transit by Shaye |
| 25th place | The Island by Andrew Brown (writing as “Old Andy”) |
| 26th place | Signos by Mauricio Diaz Garcia (writing as “M4u”) |
| 27th place | Valkyrie by Emily Forand et al |
| 28th place | The Lift by Colin Capurso |
The organizer of the 2012 Annual Interactive Fiction Competition was Stephen Granade.