| 1st place | Detectiveland by Robin Johnson |
| 2nd place | Color the Truth by mathbrush |
| 3rd place | Cactus Blue Motel by Astrid Dalmady |
| 4th place | Stone Harbor by Liza Daly |
| 5th place | 16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds by Abigail Corfman |
| 6th place | Pogoman GO! by Jack Welch |
| 7th place | Fair by Hanon Ondricek |
| 8th place | Night House by Bitter Karella |
| 9th place | Hill Ridge Lost & Found by Jeremy Pflasterer |
| 10th place | How to Win at Rock Paper Scissors by Brian Kwak |
| 11th place | To The Wolves by Els White |
| 12th place | Ariadne in Aeaea by Victor Ojuel |
| 13th place | Inside the Facility by Arthur DiBianca |
| 14th place | The Game of Worlds TOURNAMENT! by Ade |
| 15th place | The Queen's Menagerie by Chandler Groover |
| 16th place | Ash by Lee Grey |
| 17th place | Darkiss! Wrath of the Vampire - Chapter 2: Journey to Hell by Marco Vallarino |
| 18th place (tie) | The Shoe Dept. by Aquanet |
| 18th place (tie) | 500 Apocalypses by Phantom Williams |
| 20th place | The Little Lifeform That Could by Fade Manley |
| 21st place | Eight characters, a number, and a happy ending by K.G. Orphanides |
| 22nd place | Mirror and Queen by Chandler Groover |
| 23rd place | A Time of Tungsten by Devin Raposo |
| 24th place | SCREW YOU, BEAR DAD! by Xalavier Nelson Jr. |
| 25th place | Stuff and Nonsense by Felicity Banks |
| 26th place (tie) | Letters by Madison Evans |
| 26th place (tie) | Rite of Passage by Arno von Borries |
| 28th place | Take by Katherine Morayati (writing as “Amelia Pinnolla”) |
| 29th place | This is My Memory of First Heartbreak, Which I Can't Quite Piece Back Together by Story, Art, & UX Design by Jenny Goldstick, Development by Stephen Betts & Owen Roberts |
| 30th place | Black Rock City by Jim Munroe |
| 31st place | Zigamus: Zombies at Vigamus by Marco Vallarino |
| 32nd place | Tentaculon by Ned Vole |
| 33rd place | Quest for the Traitor Saint by Owlor |
| 34th place | Evermore by Adam Whybray and Edgar Allan Poe |
| 35th place | Yes, my mother is... by Skarn |
| 36th place | Not Another Hero by Cecilia Rosewood |
| 37th place | Riot by Taylor Johnson |
| 38th place | Labyrinth of Loci by anbrewk |
| 39th place (tie) | Sigil Reader (Field) by verityvirtue |
| 39th place (tie) | Slicker City by Andrew Schultz |
| 41st place | The Mouse by Naomi Norbez (call me Bez, e/he) (writing as “Norbez”) |
| 42nd place | Ventilator by Peregrine Wade |
| 43rd place | The Skyscraper and the Scar by Diego Freire, Ruber Eaglenest |
| 44th place | Take Over the World by Marie L. Vibbert |
| 45th place | The God Device by Andy Joel |
| 46th place | Theatre People by Michael Kielstra |
| 47th place | Steam and Sacrilege by Phil McGrail |
| 48th place | You are standing in a cave... by Caroline Berg |
| 49th place | The Skull Embroidery by Jeron Paraiso |
| 50th place | Snake's Game by Nahian Nasir |
| 51st place | Aether Apeiron: The Zephyra Chronicles by Hippodamus & Company |
| 52nd place | Moonland by BillyJaden |
| 53rd place | Thaxted Havershill And the Golden Wombat by Andrew Brown |
| 54th place | All I Do is Dream by Megan Stevens |
| 55th place | Fallen 落葉 Leaves by Adam Bredenberg, Danial Mohammed Khan-Yousufzai |
| 56th place | Cinnamon Tea by Daffs O'Dill |
| 57th place | Manlandia by Rob Chateau |
| 58th place | Toiletworld by Chet Rocketfrak |
The organizer of the 2016 Annual Interactive Fiction Competition was Jason McIntosh.