Story Rich
Old Man’s Journey, a soul-searching puzzle adventure, tells a story of life, loss, reconciliation, and hope. Entrenched in a beautifully sunkissed and handcrafted world, embark on a heartfelt journey interwoven with lighthearted and pressure-free puzzle solving. A visual narrative about life’s precious moments, broken dreams, and changed plans, uncover stories of the old man’s life told through beautiful vignettes of his memories. Interacting with the serene and whimsical environment, solve playful puzzles by shaping the landscape, growing the hills to create the old man’s path forward. During this compact gameplay experience, you’ll be transported to a vibrant and wishful world, exploring life’s complexities through the old man’s eyes. Meditatively delightful and reflective, Old Man’s Journey invites you to immerse yourself in quiet and inquisitive puzzles, and experience the old man’s heartache, regret, and hope. Features: A powerful and emotional narrative told only through imagery Gorgeously whimsical landscapes with hand-drawn art and frame-by-frame animations Handcrafted, pressure-free puzzles Unique delightful landscape-shaping mechanic A compact game experience perfect for a wanderlust-evoking escape Original and emotionally compelling soundtrack by SCNTFC Awards: Apple Design Award 2017 Best Art Award 2017 Sense of Wonder Night Excellence in Art Award 2017 Busan Indie Connect Best Art and Innovation Award 2017 BIG Festival Media Choice Award 2017 Indiecade Europe Leftfield Selection 2017 EGX Reezed GDC Selection 2017 Unity Showcase Official Selection 2016 PAX Digital Selection 2016 Indiecade Official Selection 2016 Day of the Devs
Evan's Remains is a mystery-thriller puzzle adventure about finding a missing boy: Evan. The game combines logic-based platform puzzles with narrative inspired by Japanese graphic adventure games. Gameplay: Every time the player solves from two to three puzzles, the story goes forward and new mechanics are introduced. The challenge of the puzzles lies in the player’s ability to figure out what do rather than solve challenges based on skill. As the difficulty curve increases, the puzzles become more complex by combining two or more previously introduced mechanics. Story: Evan, the genius boy, has been missing for years. One day, a letter signed by him is received, claiming he’s on an uninhabited island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Nobody knows why, but he asked specifically for a girl named “Dysis” to go and look for him. The player will take control of this girl, who we don’t know much about. As we follow Dysis’s adventure, questions will start to be answered little by little. All of the little puzzle pieces which seemed unrelated in the beginning will now begin to slowly fit together as the truth is slowly revealed.
Wytchwood is a crafting adventure game set in an expressive land of gothic fables and fairytales. As the mysterious old witch of the woods, you will explore a strange countryside, collect magical ingredients, brew sorcerous enchantments, and pass your twisted judgement upon a capricious cast of characters and creatures. After all, how will they ever learn if you don’t teach them the moral of the story? Lovingly rendered storybook art style Gather, collect, grow and craft bizarre ingredients: Toxic toadstools, eye of newt and bottled fear. Research and concoct devious spells and sorceries. Turn the greedy into frogs! Trick the wicked with cunning curses! Explore an allegorical world of tall tales, uncovering colourful personas and fantastical narratives. Use your wit and guile to solve puzzles and best the strange monsters of the forest.
A dark, story-driven RPG set in the dying kingdom of Luvarith. Lore of Luvarith follows scavengers, traitors, and survivors caught in a cycle of sacrifice and hidden truths. Walk the blackened stones of Vespera’s Cradle and the halls of Orr-Sihm Castle toward the Throne of Aether, where every answer costs blood. Features: 2Deco Visual Style: Features classic 2D pixel-art character sprites navigating fully 3D low-poly environments with real-time dynamic lighting. First-Person Turn-Based Combat: Engage in tactical party-based battles viewed from a first-person perspective. Asymmetrical Character Kits: Every companion brings distinct battle systems, ranging from spellcasters and brute-force fighters to utility specialists using specialized dungeon tools. Non-Linear Storylines: Tackle character-specific narratives in any order you choose before their paths converge at the empire's heart. Dark Fantasy World: Explore a bleak realm where companions can be broken, stolen, or lost to betrayal as the stakes rise.
JRPG · Story Rich · Lore-Rich
Embark on a 2D pixel-art adventure as a brave knight navigating medieval landscapes and interacting with items discovered along the way.
Step into the ultimate digital arena in a cyberpunk card-battling RPG featuring deep deckbuilding and procedural challenges. Broadcast to billions, the Global VR Challenge has selected you to enter its lethal digital grid. Facing adaptive opponents in strategic, collectible card duels, you must construct powerful decks, navigate shifting combat zones, and climb the global leaderboards for a 25 million credit prize while unraveling the dark truth behind the Black Signal. Features: Tactical Card Battles: Deep, turn-based card combat with complex resource management, monster summoning, and spell interactions. Deckbuilding & Strategy: Collect cards, synergize abilities, and build specialized decks to outsmart adaptive AI opponents. Procedural Arenas: Navigate ever-shifting digital zones with randomized encounters, rewards, and hazards. Global Leaderboards: Perfect your deck strategy and compete for top ranks on the global stage. Cyberpunk RPG Narrative: Explore the corporate-run VR tournament and uncover what the Global AI Entertainment Consortium is truly testing.
Card Battler · RPG · Sci-fi
A traditional 16-bit JRPG renaissance featuring side-view tactical combat, rich lore, and modernized quality-of-life design. The Northlands lie trapped under eternal snow, a freezing wilderness guarding the secrets of the Ancients and their fallen Goddess-Queen, the Timeless Widow. Thrust into a tragic tale of betrayal and ancient power, the legendary Black Knight must rally an unlikely crew of misfits to stop a calamity centuries in the making. Key Features: Classic 16-Bit Aesthetic: Beautifully refined 2D sprite art, highly detailed environments, and expressive combat animations. Turn-Based Side-View Combat: Strategic, spell-heavy battle mechanics built on traditional JRPG party foundations. Living, Story-Rich World: Dozens of sidequests, hidden secrets, and unique dialogues for every NPC encountered across the realm. Modernized Exploration: Quality-of-life enhancements including an organized quest log to track main and side objectives effortlessly. Epic Hybrid Soundtrack: An atmospheric score by Alexander Ehlers blending traditional orchestral arrangements with modern electronic elements.
⚖️ Play as an entrepreneur building a business to scale! You're an entrepreneur with just 21 days to build a business that can scale. Make choices, manage your resources, and navigate the ups and downs of startup life. Grow too quickly and you could run out of money; play it too safe and you might miss your chance to grow. Features A visual-novel story with RPG-style stats and choices A day-and-night cycle where every action spends energy and time Daily events that could help or hinder your business A 21-day run with multiple endings Estimated playtime: 30 minutes (5,000 words) Credits Art Uncle Mugen Mad Scientist (NSAID) Photo by Andrew Neel on Unsplash Audio Kenney Interface Sounds Text/Dialogue Bleeps Pack Sound effects from Pixabay Font Queensides Font Music Guilain de Coligny
A Backrooms-inspired, real-time 3D text adventure / interactive fiction horror game. You don’t control the character with WASD - you tell them what to do using text. Explore endless yellow corridors, investigate strange rooms, use items, hide, run, and survive a creature that reacts to sound, light, and movement. The world continues in real time while you type, making every command part of the tension. Features Natural-language text commands with a highly reactive custom parser Fully explorable 3D horror environment Real-time creature AI that reacts to sound, light, and movement Atmospheric story, environmental exploration, multiple endings, and no combat-focused gameplay Keep moving. Listen carefully. And whatever happens - don’t follow the voice.
🕛 Death by Midnight is a time-loop murder mystery where the night resets every time someone dies. You're a detective hired to read a dead man's will at midnight—but when someone dies, the night resets. Trapped in an endless cycle, you must uncover the truth, prevent the deaths, and escape the loop. Features An in-game clock where every action advances time Point-and-click exploration Interact with characters and unlock new dialogue Collect and use inventory items Multiple endings, including good, bad, and true endings Estimated playtime: 15–30 minutes (3,000+ words) Warnings Jumpscares Depictions of death, murder, and suicide Blood Credits Art 3DModelsCC0 Free Visual Novel Backgrounds (Mansion Pack) by Potat0Master Vector Books Icon Pack Visual Novel Horror Asset Pack by Kalaverita Audio Free music pack by Sinetient Kenney Interface Sounds Love & Terror [BGM Pack - Vol 01] by Melancholy Marionette Sound effects from Pixabay Text/Dialogue Bleeps Pack
A dark gothic horror JRPG for mature audiences, serving as a sequel to the classic novel Carmilla. When a grieving father fails to rescue his daughter from Carmilla's castle, a group of heroes sets out one year later to confront the vampire. Experience a story of loss, betrayal, and sacrifice through an atmospheric narrative designed for adult players. Gameplay Features: Time-Based Combat System: Strategic active-time battles focusing on turn timing, magic management, and elemental weaknesses. Defined Character Roles: Command a roster of 6 distinct party members with set classes and abilities. High stakes mean not everyone survives to the end, narrowing your final party down to 4. Randomized Stage Layouts: Fixed narrative progression combined with stages selected from a pool of randomized map layouts for fresh exploration on every run. Gothic Audiovisual Presentation: Dark environments ranging from bone-filled catacombs to glittering crystal caverns, paired with a soundtrack featuring classic compositions by Bach. Content Warning: Mature Audiences Only: Contains non-explicit nudity, violence, and dark psychological themes. Intended strictly for adult players.
A third-person sword-action game set inside one castle that remembers itself twice — and your blood can force it from one memory to the other, mid-fight. You are the Uncrowned, the last unbound heir of House Vaelor. Beneath Caer Veyr lies the Crownheart, the ancient engine that tore the keep into two memories when its last king tried to hold it forever. Call on it and the ruin around you becomes the living castle it was: walls rise, torches burn, the old guard wakes. A door sealed in the Past lies broken open in the Present; a stair that collapsed centuries ago still stands in the other memory. • Fast, weighty sword combat — five-cut chains, a Great Sword route, guard and parry, ripostes, executions and cinematic finishers. • Fight to earn Resonance, then spend it to shift between the Past and the Present right where you stand. • Three floors: the lower keep, the Royal Floor and the descent to the Crownheart — Echoes, monsters, mini-bosses and the Last Crown waiting at the bottom. • Unlock two hold techniques: the Crownbreaker and the Whirlwind. • A narrated, illustrated chronicle of the fall of Veyr, 26 achievements, and cloud saves at every Blood Sigil. • Play with keyboard and mouse, or on your phone held sideways.
Create a planet. Seed life. Watch it evolve. Genesis is a calm strategy game where you shape a living world from the first spark to cities and stars. Guide your people through choice cards, nudge fate with gentle God powers, and hear it all narrated in a soft voice. Every world ends differently. Challenge a friend with the same planet, or play today's shared world.
Rogue machines have overrun the city's sectors, and only Flux can take them back. Beam into each sector, explore rooms and corridors, and blast Hardhats, drones and brutes with your charge cannon. Hold to charge, release at the perfect moment for a critical hit, raise your shield to block, and parry right as the ring closes. Open supply chests for new gear, level up, wire your skill circuits, and defeat each Core Master to copy its special weapon.
Robots · Platformer · RPG
Lead four companions through an illustrated tactical RPG set in ancient Rome. In the port of Ostia, a simple delivery draws Marcus into a struggle over work, loyalty, and freedom. Plan each turn, use cover, inspect enemy reach, and combine your companions’ weapons and techniques across 18 story chapters. Rescue allies, secure objectives, and guide your party to safety. Optional practice battles and promotion choices let you shape the group along the way. The guided opening teaches movement, enemy range, and box cover with an optional gold route. Review lessons at any time, adjust the pace, or use reduced motion. Play solo with keyboard and mouse or touch controls. Progress saves in this browser; export a backup to move your chronicle. Wavedash cloud saves and cross-device sync are not included in this version.
Spend three sun-soaked days in a North Indian village. Draw water from the creaking well and carry the matka home without spilling a drop. Herd runaway goats through the mustard fields, dive off the canal bridge, win rooftop kite battles and race the village kids to a falling kite. Then beat Golu at gilli-danda and light every diya before the evening aarti. A cosy open-village story with 13 quests and 8 mini-games Spend your coins on outfits, sharper manjha and a bicycle Find 30 hidden marbles and unlock 20 achievements Leaderboards for every mini-game Every model, sound and note of music is generated live in your browser
Adventure · Story Rich · 3D
Rootbound, a cozy 3D narrative gardening prototype about inherited bonsai and the people of Hollow Pine.
Relaxing · Casual · Simulation
Two pet rats are lost in a big, cold city and try to find their way home. You play as both and switch between them at any moment, even mid-air: Sal double jumps and climbs, Ben dashes and rams through obstacles. Most of the way home needs both of them. Rooftops, a dark collector, a mine, an aqueduct full of bats, a race in the rain and boss fights. A complete first chapter, about an hour of play, in English and Ukrainian. Made by one developer; the code was written with Claude Code and Codex, and the art is AI-generated and animated in code.
One dose. One virus. Ten organs to cross before the sequence is complete. From the skin to the brain, every organ fights back. Your virus fires on its own: you weave through antibodies and darts, graze enemy fire to charge your powers, and collect codons to encode new genes between sectors. Trigger a power right after a fatal hit and you can still pull through. 10 sectors, from the Dermis to the Brain 10 guardians, each with a second phase Under a minute of waves, then the guardian 14 enemy families, logged in a bestiary 12 mutations to rank up, 6 genome slots to fill 5 superpowers, 3 equipped at once A story told in 15 illustrated scenes Explorer mode for less incoming damage Controls Keyboard: arrows, WASD or ZQSD to move, Shift to focus, Space or 1-3 for powers, Esc or P to pause. Mouse or touch: drag to move, tap the power buttons. On Wavedash: 12 achievements, 4 leaderboards and cloud saves.
You came to switch off the last station in a dead sector. Then the beacon woke up, and a transport listed as evacuated called for help. Fourteen people are still out there, and nobody is coming for them. BEACON 9 is a low-poly sci-fi rescue adventure: repair a station, investigate what went wrong, fight the machines still following an old shutdown order, and get everyone home. • A complete story campaign: a prologue and nine sectors, about 60–90 minutes from first light to the final evacuation. • Fight a shutdown order nobody cancelled: drones, crawlers, turrets, mortars and colossus walkers. Fly with the jetpack, dodge, fire your pulse and chain kills up to ×5 for overdrive. • Drive and fly: a rover, two cargo trucks, an articulated mobile base, and orbital runs through asteroid fields, interceptor squadrons, boost rings and hyperspace jumps. • Repair, investigate, rescue: carry parts, follow physical clues, route power through terminals and keep the survivors alive. • Upgrade as you go: salvage from every fight funds five workshop upgrades. Hidden supply caches and per-sector medals reward a second run. • Arena: endless survival under rising pressure, with a high score to beat. • Narrated in English and Spanish (Spain), with subtitles and an original cinematic score. • Keyboard, gamepad or touch. Progress saves automatically. Controls Keyboard: WASD move · J or left click fire · K or right click dodge · Space jetpack (brake in vehicles) · Q pulse · E interact · F vehicle · M map · Esc pause. Gamepad: left stick move · X fire · A interact · B pulse · Y vehicle · RB jetpack · LB dodge · Menu pause. Touch: on-screen joystick and buttons. Turn the sound on: the story is narrated. Credits: station kit KayKit Space Base Bits by Kay Lousberg (CC0). Interface font Space Grotesk by Florian Karsten (SIL OFL 1.1). Built with Babylon.js, Nuxt and Blender.
A paper army marches across a pop-up storybook, and you are the hand that folds it. Swipe the dotted creases to raise walls, snap ravines shut on marching knights, fling catapults back with a flap and tear the castle towers flat. Six hand-crafted pages build from a border skirmish to a siege, then the castle itself unfolds into an origami dragon. Break its creases, make the last fold, and watch it become a very confused frog.
Play as Chester, the Pony battling to restore color to his dreary world! He moves as a knight on a chess board, battling all the other chess pieces the bad guys can throw at him. Controls: Click a bright square to move Chester. That’s it! This was my submission to the 2026 JS13KGames competition! I plan on adding some improvements and breaking the 13k limit, but I wanted it here exactly as I submitted it there. If you like it, you can vote on it here, https://js13kgames.com/games/chester, until October 5th, 2026! If you don't like it, don't!
A short and melancholic visual novel. Yuuto has been hospitalized for a long time. The days pass, all the same. Until he meets Rei. A strange promise. A lemon cake. And perhaps, a reason to keep going? Features: Available in French, English, Russian and Ukrainian. Developed with Ren'Py. Made by a single person (me). Can run on any computer (even a potato). Short narrative visual novel (30 to 50 minutes). Inspiration: Higurashi Narcissu WARNING: The game deals with sensitive topics. It is not a horror game.
Anime · Visual Novel · Short