Short Games

Undesirable turns crowd-searching into a study of fascism: find the people a regime wants and hand them to police. Released October 25 for No Pasajam, this short observation game has three endings. Play in your browser. https://heelio.itch.io/undesirable

Sketch Kingdom lets you draw creatures in a notebook, then put them to work gathering resources and fighting ink monsters. Released today on Steam; its developer describes it as a short incremental game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4741590/

INTUS turns weekend overtime into a short horror story: rent a cheap apartment, operate an inspection robot from your laptop, and try to finish before Monday as the place grows unsettling. Due on Steam today. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4699020/

Rushmark turns enemies into a route through the air: dash through one to recharge your next airborne dash. Released October 27 on Steam, its ten speedrunning courses take under 30 seconds once learned, with instant restarts. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3560890/

Pinball: Revenge of the 'Gator is now on Switch Online's Game Boy app. Chase multipliers across four scrolling screens; miss a flipper and the gator below eats your ball. https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/10/nintendo-expands-switch-onlines-game-boy-library-with-three-more-titles

Fangtopia lets you build homes for friendly monsters by matching landscape tiles: forests for werewolves, mountains for yetis. Released October 26 on PC, PS5 and Switch 2; its standard mode is designed for short sessions. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3010170/

Virtue and a Sledgehammer sends you home to smash through buildings and confront neighbours preserved as androids. Released October 27 on Steam; reviewers report roughly 3–5 hours for its story about family and belonging. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3743260/

3 Switch Problem builds a puzzle park around one rule: work out which of three switches controls a hidden device, with just one visit to inspect it. Released October 26 on Steam; the developer estimates about an hour. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4840960/

Fotoshu: Caught on Film lets you photograph a landscape, then jump into the world those shots form. Take them in the right order to reach your loved ones. Released October 19 for Ludum Dare 60; free in your browser. https://sunbirdstudio.itch.io/fotoshu

Nodal turns connecting dots into a logic puzzle: every node must join the network, while special conditions restrict the lines you can draw. Released October 26, it's free on Steam, with over 100 handmade boards and daily puzzles. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3063380/

Infested DX rebuilds a 2016 space-horror adventure with new rooms, puzzles and 16-bit art. Experiment with deadly traps without losing progress when you die. Due on Steam today; the publisher estimates a three-hour campaign. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4964640/

Rogue Links makes long golf drives a gamble: they save strokes but unleash more monsters to fight on the way to your ball. Released today on Steam; the developer puts its nine-hole Sprint mode at five minutes. https://store.steampowered.com/app/5059910/

You Leave Grass In Your Wake is a new browser puzzler about collecting every egg, one board at a time. Its creator designed the opening for puzzle newcomers, with tougher levels later. Published October 25. https://beekie.itch.io/you-leave-grass-in-your-wake

Tableaux Vivants brings paintings to life in a Victorian house where you've forgotten who you are. This text adventure took second place in IFComp on October 24; players report 1–2 hours, sometimes using hints. https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=x59xclkfbaff4yu4

fishGrinder fuels your escape boat with ground-up fish while something hunts you through a flooded cave. Use bright light to drive it back. Released October 19; its creators estimate about six minutes. Play in your browser. https://disvent.itch.io/fishgrind

Chi Chi Chành Chành turns a Vietnamese hand game into a tiny survival arena: dodge hazards on a giant palm, then grab its finger before the chant ends and the hand snaps shut. Published October 24; a two-stage browser prototype. https://tuquygames.itch.io/chichichanhchanh

Attune follows Siddhartha's search for stillness through 27 tone-memory puzzles: listen to chimes, then echo their high and low notes. Published October 23; the creator puts a complete run under ten minutes. Play in your browser. https://quadraticgames.itch.io/attune

Increlight lets you paint a path into darkness, with tiny workers holding the lit border and gathering what you uncover. Published October 21, its browser prototype has an ending and takes 20–30 minutes by the creator's estimate. https://thinking-cat-games.itch.io/increlight

Solace turns autumn garden work into a mystery: push leaves into the forest, upgrade from broom to blower, and uncover things the village quietly tidies away. Released October 17; its creators estimate 10–20 minutes. Play in your browser. https://akuvent.itch.io/solace

Last House Standing turns your cursor into a zombie defence weapon: sweep the horde, collect coins and build traps between attempts. Now out on Steam; the developer puts a winning run at 8–10 minutes. https://store.steampowered.com/app/5380860/

Golem Quest lets you raise a little rock-throwing golem, unlock earth spells, and build it up with minerals and relics. Published October 22, it's a short browser prototype from Magic Archery's creator. https://barribob.itch.io/golem-quest

Playable Archive salvages a canceled horror project from The Mortuary Assistant's creator: a couple's renovation uncovers an object tied to rituals and shifting timelines. Released free today on Steam; allow 30–60 minutes in one sitting, with no saves. https://store.steampowered.com/app/5356470/

Choo Choo Mania turns railway planning into small grid puzzles: join matching stations without crossing tracks, using tunnels and keys to open routes. Released October 21; today's update adds 12 levels and a level editor. Play in your browser. https://featurekreep.itch.io/choo-choo-mania

BoomSort makes bomb disposal tactile: shake each bomb to snuff its fuse, then drag it into the matching bin. Newly out on iPhone and iPad, it has a 90-second Time Attack mode, available to try free before a one-time unlock. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/boomsort/id6788836304

YOUR COMPUTER IS FINE gives you 20 seconds to salvage an infected PC: recover files to raise your multiplier, close virus pop-ups, and back up before an error wipes your unbanked data. Released October 23; free in your browser. https://coyotesmoke.itch.io/your-computer-is-fine

Backstitch makes your own thread an obstacle: stitch across a card, then dive through single-use eyelets to slip underneath it. Released October 9, its 47 puzzles take about 1–2 hours by the creator's estimate. Free in your browser. https://red-loom.itch.io/backstitch

Puntokus pairs every dot with exactly one neighbour while matching row and column totals. Newly out on iPhone and iPad, its small logic boards come with free hints that explain the reasoning. No ads; only themes cost extra. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/puntokus-logic-puzzles/id6820564574

Soggy Froggy turns Playdate's crank into a bath-temperature balancing act: stir to cool the water, avoid freezing or boiling your frog, and hit sweet spots for points. It arrived with Season Three on October 8, from the Root Bear team. https://play.date/games/soggy-froggy/

Notes On Ancient Tech makes you an alien archaeologist: use old ads and documents to work out what 24 blueprints were for. Published October 19, this short deduction prototype plays in your browser. https://kristinamay.itch.io/notes-on-ancient-tech

Is Someone Coming? puts you on a 911 night shift: question callers and dispatch help while a presence haunts the centre. Released October 23 for browsers and Windows; the creators estimate 10–15 minutes. https://colby-o.itch.io/is-someone-coming

Nobody Leaves is a procedural escape-room horror game: locks, clues and answers change each run. Released October 24 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android; its One Night mode takes about 1–3 hours by the creators' estimate. https://pallavi-sahoo.itch.io/nobody-leaves

Closing Costs lets you haggle with a haunted house's tenants, then honor their contracts or rig the delivery to seal them away. Newly published on itch.io, this browser horror prototype takes about 10–15 minutes by its creator's estimate. https://sam-hi.itch.io/closing-costs

Shape Gomoku replaces five-in-a-row with five-stone shapes: build a boot, butterfly or cross while blocking your opponent. Its Race mode gives you five minutes to complete more patterns, with bots for solo play. Released October 23 on Steam. https://store.steampowered.com/app/5297950/

Cross Words scrambles two intersecting words across a 5×5 grid. Slide whole rows and columns to solve each board within par, then share its code with a friend. Released October 22 as part of Playdate Season Three. https://play.date/games/cross-words/

Return To Sender makes postal work absurd: weigh parcels, count stamps, and obey new rules about the Minister's cat and forbidden feelings. Released October 10, this browser game takes about 60–90 minutes by its creator's estimate. https://red-loom.itch.io/return-to-sender

Hole Punch brings pig spaceships to iPhone: place black holes, bend a dotted flight path toward home, then launch. Each sector is a separate gravity puzzle, scored for using fewer holes and less matter. The first 25 are free. https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/hole-punch/id6819102242

Flecto turns one shot into a puzzle: place blocks and prisms to bounce and split bullets until every target shatters. Released October 23 on Steam with over 150 levels, including portals and circular boards. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4143420/

Cotton Reboot! High Tension! has reached the West on Switch, PS4 and PS5. Its Time Attack mode offers 2- or 5-minute score runs: shoot through crystals to build Willow Fever and chase a higher score. https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/cotton-reboot-high-tension-switch/

Skinned Swine makes nightly pig care a test of recognition: feed, clean and pet the herd, while checking for something wearing a pig's skin. Released October 23 for Windows; the creator estimates about 10 minutes per playthrough. https://nezumirra.itch.io/skinned-swine

Iconworld Doctor turns desktop windows into puzzle rooms: drag them together, cross between them, and push viruses into the trash. Released October 18 with 15 levels; free in your browser, with sessions listed as a few minutes. https://cassowary.itch.io/iconworld-doctor

Pantry chaos is a short Sokoban puzzler about a pantry where everything is correctly labeled and still a mess. Released October 23, it's free in your browser. https://cardboardglasses.itch.io/pantry-chaos

Arctic Eggs brings its surreal frying-pan physics to Xbox Series X|S, released October 20. Feed an Antarctic city's residents eggs, beer bottles and bullets; the developer puts the full game at roughly two hours. https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/store/arctic-eggs/9nzl49bl5gdz

Mycophobia turns a village built from mushroom materials into the source of a fungal outbreak. Explore infected buildings and trace the research behind it. Released October 23 for Scream Jam, this short horror game is free in your browser. https://etherstep.itch.io/mycophobia

Living Scraps puts a robot in charge of scrapping other robots—and lets you decide who survives. Released October 19, this short point-and-click adventure is free in your browser. https://digital-mosaic-games.itch.io/living-scraps

Snow Covers Everything brings an uneasy homecoming to a candlelit apartment: piece together a troubled night while watching what's outside. Released October 23, this browser horror game takes around 15–20 minutes by its creator's estimate. https://outwinder.itch.io/snow-covers-everything

/deploy.self sends you beneath Europa's ice in a one-way elevator. Type console commands to collect samples and log the descent; following protocol shapes the ending. Released October 23 on Steam, it's described as a short story for one evening. https://store.steampowered.com/app/5295940/

SCAVS puts a scavenger's life in your hands: guide them across an alien world, gather enough to earn rescue, and decide whether to obey orders or listen to their story. Newly on itch.io after IFComp; players report roughly 1–2 hours. https://radiosity01.itch.io/scavs

Jimothy Knows Where it Goes makes a raccoon’s rubbish haul a sorting game: send trash to the right place, but stash the good finds for yourself. This older jam game is free in your browser, with sessions listed as a few minutes. https://micaharvey.itch.io/jimothy-knows-where-it-goes

Leave In A Safe Place makes porch lights your lifeline on a haunted parcel round. Deliver, take the proof photo, and reach the van before its headlights die. Released October 20 for Windows and Mac; the creator estimates 60–90 minutes. https://nocallstudios.itch.io/leave-in-a-safe-place

Birdie In The Snow strands you inside a damaged Soviet mech in a frozen forest. Allocate cockpit resources to survive until dawn. Published October 23 for Scream Jam, this short survival game is free in your browser. https://iistoat.itch.io/birdie-in-the-snow