Winners of the 2025 IFComp

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1st place Detritus by Ben Jackson
2nd place The Wise-Woman's Dog by Daniel M. Stelzer
3rd place Lady Thalia and the Case of Clephan by N. Cormier and co-written by:
4th place Saltwrack by Henry Kay Cecchini (writing as “Antemaion”)
5th place Slated For Demolition by Meri Something
6th place The Secrets of Sylvan Gardens by Lamp Post Projects
7th place Fantasy Opera: Mischief at the Masquerade by Lamp Post Projects
8th place The Witch Girls by Amy Stevens
9th place Phobos: A Galaxy Jones Story by Phil Riley
10th place The Little Four by Allyson Gray (writing as “Captain Arthur Hastings, O.B.E.”)
11th place The Path of Totality by Lamp Post Projects
12th place (tie) Who Whacked Jimmy Piñata? by Damon L. Wakes
12th place (tie) The Semantagician's Assistant by Lance Nathan
14th place Pharos Fidelis by DemonApologist
15th place (tie) Murderworld by Austin Auclair
15th place (tie) The Promises of Mars by George Larkwright
17th place The Tempest of Baraqiel by Nathan Leigh
18th place (tie) you are an ancient chinese poet at the neo-orchid pavilion by KA Tan
18th place (tie) Penthesileia by Sophia Zhao
20th place Us Too by Andrew Schultz
21st place A Rock's Tale by Shane R.
22nd place The Reliquary of Epiphanius by Francesco Giovannangelo
23rd place Monkeys and Car Keys by Jim Fisher (OnyxRing)
24th place The Kidnapping of a Tokyo Game Developer by P.B. Parjeter
25th place Anne of Green Cables by Brett Witty
26th place (tie) The Litchfield Mystery by thesleuthacademy
26th place (tie) whoami by n-n
28th place WATT by Joan and co-written by: , and
29th place Crescent Sea Story by Stewart C Baker
30th place 3XXX: NAKED HUMAN BOMBS by Kastel
31st place Frankenfingers by Charles Moore
32nd place Operative Nine by Arthur DiBianca
33rd place (tie) Fable by Sophia Zhao
33rd place (tie) Warrior Poet of Mourdrascus by Charles M Ball
35th place *OVER* by Audrey Larson
36th place Cart by Brett Witty
37th place The Olive Tree by Francesco Giovannangelo
38th place Moon Logic by Lancelot
39th place Grove of Bones by Jacic
40th place HEN AP PRAT GETS SMACKED IN THE TWAT by Coral Nulla (writing as “Larissa Janus”)
41st place Backpackward by Zach Dodson for Interactive Tragedy, Limited
42nd place Fired by Olaf Nowacki
43rd place INPUT PROCESS by chyrono (writing as “HY”)
44th place The Burger Meme Personality Test by Carlos Hernandez
45th place Eight Last Signs in the Desert by Lichene (Laughingpineapple & McKid)
46th place Just Two Wishes by Pablo Martínez Merino (writing as “Kozelek”)
47th place Clickbait by Reilly Olson
48th place Temptation in the Village by Anssi Räisänen
49th place Mooncrash! by Laura
50th place (tie) Pharaohs' Heir by smwhr
50th place (tie) Mr. Beaver by Stefan Hoffmann
52nd place PURE by PLAYPURPUR
53rd place Let Me Play! by Interactive Dreams
54th place Violent Delight by Coral Nulla
55th place A Visit to the Human Resources Administration by Jesse
56th place Errand Run by Sophia Zhao
57th place Your Very Last Words by Interactive Dreams
58th place (tie) A Smörgåsbord of Pain by FLACRabbit
58th place (tie) High On Grief by Norbez Jones (call me Bez, e/em/eir)
60th place Retrograding by Happy Cat Games
61st place A Conversation in a Dark Room by Leigh
62nd place Willy's Manor by Joshua Hetzel
63rd place Imperial Throne by Alex Crossley
64th place Escape the Pale by Novy Pnin
65th place A Day in a Hell Corp by Hex
66th place Not so Happy Easter 2025 by Petr Kain
67th place Rain Check-in by Zeno Pillan
68th place The Breakup Game by Trying Truly
69th place Dead Sea by Binggang Zhuo
70th place The Transformations of Dr. Watson by Konstantin Taro
71st place Fascism - Off Topic by eavesdropper
72nd place You Cannot Speak by Ted Tarnovski
73rd place Under the Sea Winds by dmarymac
74th place A murder of Crows by Anjali Shibu (writing as “Design Youkai”)
75th place The Island Of Rhynin by Ilias Seferiadis
76th place A winter morning on the beach by E. Cuchel
77th place (tie) Hobbiton Recall by MR JD BARDI
77th place (tie) One Step Ahead by ZUO LIFAN
79th place valley of glass by Devan Wardrop-Saxton
80th place (tie) My creation by dino
80th place (tie) By All Reasonable Knowledge by BMB Johnson
82nd place Horse Whisperer by nucky
83rd place Penny Nichols, Troubleshooter by Sean Woods
84th place Uninteractive Fiction 2 by Damon L. Wakes (writing as “Leah Thargic”)
85th place Space Mission: 2045 by Benjamin Knob

The organizer of the 2025 Annual Interactive Fiction Competition was Jacqueline Ashwell.