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Meteor 60 seconds!
Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game
AvoCavo
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Simulation
Astro Gets A Snack at 2:34 AM | Playable Engine
A silly little demo for an upcoming RPGMaker inspired "horror game".
AceTechno
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Role Playing
Play in browser
Homeless Dog Motel
Explore the nightmares that the Homeless Dog is experiencing. Could they reveal more about her..?
PONPORIO
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Hobo Simulator
fuelvin
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(27 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
GIF
MultiBrawl
Fantastic game for friend BATTLES! up to 8 players!
EGOPOS
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Fighting
BZZZT - 2023 DEMO
Jump into the retro-future world inspired by the golden era of 16-bit platformer classics.
Ko.dll (Karel Matejka)
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Platformer
PACKING
Pack quick! You're gonna miss your flight!
owokamii
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Keybound
2D platformer with a twist!
KeyBoyz
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Project Perception Prototype
2d animated psychological narrative game
Yana Fian
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Adventure
ExpandCiv
Civilization builder
1StepCloser
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Strategy
Play in browser
GIF
RoyalButts
Short game about killing corrupt politicians.
gath
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Action
Nyghtmare: GB Demo
A classic side-scrolling dark-fantasy for the GameBoy
Elvies
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
SeaCrit
Deceptively Deep!
illtemperedtuna
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
BomberPibe
Explode through every level until you reach the end
Club De Programación
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Platformer
UNMASKED Demo
Find your missing parents in this narrative platformer!
JDBRYANTdev
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Platformer
Zindan
Find the magic diamond, at the depths of the dungeon!
Yiğit Gökalp
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Platformer
Into the Weed
The Timer's pursuit of budfection
p7games
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Platformer
Bear in the Snow
The Spookfish
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Dark Souls Side Scroller
What if Dark Souls was in 2D???
DESKRAGE
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Action
A Twisted Place - Demo
Worse than your darkest nightmares.
atwistedplace
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Adventure
Play My Level! (version 0.2.9)
2D Platformer Maker
Tymski
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
SAMAIA
Test your skills in the Cave of SAMAIA
itchyaido
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Platformer
Herbtales
An herb picking RPG.
ficuno
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Role Playing
GIF
Little Dew Drop
Find the perfect sunlit spot to sparkle.
Seidel Games
Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Imobilidade urbana
Junte os passageiros e tente sair de um trem privatizado e parado numa noite de terror
Núcleo de Tecnologia do MTST
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
GIF
The ECLIPSE of HUMANITY
С неба упала чёрная звезда, внутри которой спал древний дух...
JuliaSoikel
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Platformer
Pluto: Cave Mission Prologue
A short mission among the stars.
thatjoshoverthere
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Platformer
Not You Mary Lu
Jumping twice make things really hard for Mary Lu, the chicken!
Luski Game Studio
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Abracadabra, Innovative Therapy for Children with Dyslexia
Dyslexia Won't Stop The Magic Of Reading!
HapiHapiCreative
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Adventure
Aquillanto (Free Demo)
A super-tight platformer with a reactive style of play and a huge variety of unique and fun challenges.
aquillanto
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Platformer
Manipulator
Pixel art endless-runner game where you play as the God, aiding a traveler in time.
Tereza Válková
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Action
Whiskers and the Wily Squirrels
A game about a cat who loves catnip
Padaf3t
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Platformer
Salvation
You’ve escaped oblivion but you might not be as lucky next time.
Joseph Walden
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
ShotGun Fever
cutter609
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Branch Battles
2D RTS with Vikings, Dio, and John Wick
Ratske
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Strategy
Play in browser
Escape the Bullpen
Queer indie platformer! Save your friend and get an abortion!
Aaron El Sabrout
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Platformer
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