# Games [**OneShot**](http://www.oneshot-game.com) | Nightmargin, 2016 An RPG maker adventure game. Mixture of Undertale and OFF vibes. Great story, great characters, incredible gameplay mechanics. [**Hack 'n' Slash**](http://www.hacknslashthegame.com) | Brandon Dillon/Double Fine Productions, 2014 A combination hacking/adventure game where you get in-game tools to modify aspects of the game's actual code. From DoubleFine, the developer of Psychonauts. [I wrote an article about it here!](/blog/2022/01/07/hack-n-slash-is-awe-inspiring/) [**The Stanley Parable demo**](https://store.steampowered.com/app/221910/The_Stanley_Parable/) | Galactic Cafe, 2013 Did you know The Stanley Parable has a free demo? Did you know it's completely original content? Go play that sucker. [**Hypnospace Outlaw**](https://www.hypnospace.net) | Jay Thoolen/No More Robots, 2019 90s internet simulator in an alternate history. Explore a network of terrible geocities template sites and find out a plot along the way. [**Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer**](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1931020/Slayers_X_Terminal_Aftermath_Vengance_of_the_Slayer/) | Jay Thoolen/No More Robots, 2023 [**Glittermitten Grove**](https://www.adultswim.com/games/glittermitten-grove) | 2016 [**2064: Read Only Memories**](http://2064.io) | Midboss, 2015 A Snatcher-like point-and-click adventure game. It's got a robot friend! **The Turing Test** | Bulkhead Interactive/Square Enix, 2016 An interesting Portal-like from Square Enix. "Talos Principle meets Portal" vibes. [**The Talos Principle (Series)**](https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/35240/The_Talos_Principle__The_Talos_Principle_2/) | Croteam, 2014-2023- [**The Beginner's Guide**](http://www.thebeginnersgui.de) | Davey Wreden/Everything Unlimited Ltd., 2015 From Davey Wreden, the creator of The Stanley Parable. "The story of a person struggling to deal with something they do not understand." An incredible experience. [**Gunpoint**](https://www.pentadact.com/category/gunpoint/) | Suspicious Developments, 2013 A break from all the high-concept stuff. A stealth puzzle platformer set in a noir conspiracy plot. [**Superliminal**](http://www.pillowcastlegames.com) | Pillow Castle Games, 2020 A 3D non-euclidean puzzle game that uses forced perspective and strange loops to explore dreamscapes. I remember seeing the first tech demos for this, way before the game released. [**Antichamber**](http://www.antichamber-game.com) | Alexander Bruce, 2013 A 3D non-euclidean puzzle game that uses an upgradable cube gun to solve a very wide array of lateral thinking puzzles. [**CrossCode**](http://cross-code.com/en/home) | Radical Fish Games, 2018 A mock mmorpg with a pixel art top-down perspective. Really interesting combat, great characters, interesting story. Has a few rough spots difficulty-wise, but includes options to tweak that if you need to. [**Bad End Theater**](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1764390) | NomnomNami, 2021 [**Environmental Station Alpha**](https://www.hempuli.com/games/games.php?title=esa) | Hempuli, 2015 [**Manifold Garden**](https://store.steampowered.com/app/473950/Manifold_Garden/) | William Chyr Studio, 2020 [**Analogue: A Hate Story**](https://store.steampowered.com/app/209370/Analogue_A_Hate_Story/) | Christine Love, 2012 [**Factory Idle**](https://factoryidle.com) | 2016 A free "idle clicker" style game where you automate a factory workflow to make a profit. A combination between a clicker game and Factorio. Play with [fimod](https://github.com/sidke/fimod). [**Universal Paperclip**](https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/) | Frank Lantz, 2017 Another web clicker game, this time where you play as an AI whose job it is to make paperclips. An experiment in scale and AI objective optimization. [**Megaman Christmas Carol**](http://sprites-inc.co.uk/sprite.php?local=/Gamedia/) | ACESpark, 20XX A series of megaman fan games. Boss rushes against christmas themed enemies, with very nice feeling mechanics and easter eggs to explore. [**Not Tetris (2)**](https://stabyourself.net/nottetris2/) | Stab Yourself games, 2011 Tetris but with physics. [**Rimworld**](https://rimworldgame.com/) | Tynan Sylvester/Ludeon Studios, 2018 A dwarf fortress/gnomoria like sci-fi settlement simulation game. [**VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action**](https://store.steampowered.com/app/447530/VA11_HallA_Cyberpunk_Bartender_Action/) | Sukeban Games, 2016 [**Not For Broadcast**](https://www.notforbroadcastgame.com) | NotGames, 2022 A FMV game where you manage the broadcast of the TV news during dystopian political upheaval. Also very funny. People compare it to *Papers, Please* but it's much more like [The Republica Times](https://www.dukope.com/trt/play.html). Jeremy, you're an inspiration. [**Virtual Virtual Reality**](https://tenderclaws.com/vvr) | Tender Claws, 2017 A VR game about VR, inception, tech bros, and late capitalism. [**What Remains of Edith Finch**](http://edithfinch.com) | 2017 A walking simulator that explores the strange house and lives of the Finch family tree. [**The Hex**](https://www.the-hex.com) | Daniel Mullins, 2018 A mystery about a video game universe, explored from the perspective of six characters in their own games. By Daniel Mullins, who wrote Pony Island. [Play that too](https://store.steampowered.com/app/405640/Pony_Island/). [**Inscryption**](http://www.inscryption.com/) | Daniel Mullins, 2021 A strategy card game. Sacrifices must be made. [**The Forgotten City**](https://forgottencitygame.com) | Modern Storyteller, 2021 Originally [a Skyrim mod (2015)](https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/70219/), lovingly adapted into a standalone mythographical time-loop mystery adventure. [**Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling**](https://bugfables.dangenentertainment.com) | Dangen Entertainment, 2019 [**ANNO: Mutationem**](http://anno-m.com) | 2022 A cyberpunk RPG. Personally I felt there were some rough spots in the plot and translation but I love the characters and the visuals are gorgeous and fascinating, and it’s worth playing through the game for them alone. [**Evoland 2**](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1020470/Evoland_Legendary_Edition/) | Shiro Games, 2015 Evoland walked so Evoland 2 could fly. [**Hexcells Infinite**](https://store.steampowered.com/app/304410/Hexcells_Infinite/) | Matthew Brown A logic puzzle game that sits somewhere between Minesweeper and nonograms. And by "sits between", I mean "does both, all the way, at once." [**Ikenfell**](https://www.humblegames.com/games/ikenfell/) | Happy Ray Games, 2020 [**Buddy Simulator 1984**](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1269950/Buddy_Simulator_1984/) | Not a Sailor Studios, 2021 **Nier: Automata** | Yoko Taro/Square Enix, 2017 Okay, I said I wouldn't include the obvious stuff on this list, but Nier Automata is so incredibly good I can't *not* recommend it. Possibly the best video game. ## Mobile [**Device 6**](https://itunes.apple.com/app/id680366065) | Simogo, 2013 [**Downwell**](https://downwellgame.com) | 2015 [**Flipflop Solitaire**](http://www.flipflopsolitaire.com) | Zach Gage, 2017 [**The Silent Age**](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-silent-age/id580991034) | House on Fire, 2012 [**You Must Build a Boat**](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/you-must-build-a-boat/id811397653) | EightyEight Games, 2015 --- [Old Newgrounds flash games](https://giovanh.newgrounds.com/favorites/games)