Good, Short, and Free

This is mostly a list I'm making in hopes of getting people to check out some more small indie games that I think deserve a lot more attention than they've gotten.

Also I think a few of these might not be free but as long as they're very cheap I'm including them. ("cheap" meaning "like, two or three bucks at most")

"Short" is relative, but I'm mostly thinking two hours or less with most of these being under one hour.

Games aren't in an exact or specific order but the ones I feel most strongly about come first.

78 Games

After a Long Journey
After a Long Journey
All Things Equal I Would Prefer It If We Were Safe & Lonely Instead of Together & Afraid But I Cannot Deny That It Is Hard; or: A Solitary Spacecraft.
All Things Equal I Would Prefer It If We Were Safe & Lonely Instead of Together & Afraid But I Cannot Deny That It Is Hard; or: A Solitary Spacecraft.
content warning, it's about the pandemic
Answer These 10 Questions And I'll Tell You What Kind of Lover You Are
Answer These 10 Questions And I'll Tell You What Kind of Lover You Are
The Bombs Have Been Dropped, I am Listening to Steely Dan and Wearing Cheap Sunglasses.
The Bombs Have Been Dropped, I am Listening to Steely Dan and Wearing Cheap Sunglasses.
cw for discussion of sex acts
Boodunnit
Boodunnit
Cloud Climber
Cloud Climber
Dear Devere
Dear Devere
Death Zone
Death Zone
Discover My Body
Discover My Body
Doomsday Dreamgirl
Doomsday Dreamgirl
content warnings; heavy atmosphere, sadomasochism, violent lesbian sex, delusions, despair and existential crisis
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
Eight Thirty, Nowhere
Eight Thirty, Nowhere
Electric Highways
Electric Highways
Engolasters January 2021
Engolasters January 2021
Entity
Entity
The Exile on the Long Shore
The Exile on the Long Shore
Explore Fushimi Inari
Explore Fushimi Inari
Frick Frack
Frick Frack
content warning: the crushing weight of capitalism, environmental/ecological disaster
Froggy Pot
Froggy Pot
Gacha
Gacha
Get sword, kill dragon, save princess
Get sword, kill dragon, save princess
Good Morning Drifter
Good Morning Drifter
Grandma Eugenia's Foolproof Plum Pudding for the Holidays
Grandma Eugenia's Foolproof Plum Pudding for the Holidays
Gravity Bone
Gravity Bone
Greaser
Greaser
CW for descriptions of body horror
A Heart between Parts
A Heart between Parts
He Fucked the Girl Out of Me
He Fucked the Girl Out of Me
definitely read the list of CWs offered at the start of the game, it gets quite heavy
Holy Ghost Story
Holy Ghost Story
How We Know We're Alive
How We Know We're Alive
The Indifferent Wonder of an Edible Place
The Indifferent Wonder of an Edible Place
In the Pause Between the Ringing
In the Pause Between the Ringing
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines
It's Paper Guy!
It's Paper Guy!
I Woke Up Next to You Again
I Woke Up Next to You Again
Junk Shop Telescope
Junk Shop Telescope
Landlord of the Woods
Landlord of the Woods
content warming for teeth and body stuff

not free but it costs one united states dollar
Lieve Oma
Lieve Oma
Light Borrower
not free; 3 usd on Steam or 2 usd on Itch (also was in the big Palestinian Aid bundle so you may already own this one)
Like Gulls Crying at the Dawn
Like Gulls Crying at the Dawn
Liminal Ranger
Liminal Ranger
Lizzi Crossing
Lizzi Crossing
"Short" is relative here because this doesn't have an ending so you could, hypothetically, play this for hundreds of hours
Mandagon
Mandagon
Mémoire 0079
Mémoire 0079
The Midnight Bakery
The Midnight Bakery
Missed Messages.
Missed Messages.
content warning for suicide and self-harm
a Museum of Dubious Splendors
a Museum of Dubious Splendors
Nanopesos
Nanopesos
Novena
Novena
Our Damned Machine
Our Damned Machine
content warning: the crushing weight of capitalism
Packing Up the Rest of Your Stuff on the Last Day at Your Old Apartment
Packing Up the Rest of Your Stuff on the Last Day at Your Old Apartment
Perfect Vermin
Perfect Vermin
content warning for blood, gore, and cancer.
also a photosensitivity warning (but there is a photosensitivity mode in the options menu)
Queers in Love at the End of the World
Queers in Love at the End of the World
the writer, anna anthropy, is widely recognized with in games communities as an abuser and a dangerous person.
Ramiel
Ramiel
Refunct
Refunct
costs three united states dollars
Saturnalia
Saturnalia
Saving You From Yourself
Saving You From Yourself
content warning for transphobia. "good" is subjective, and I have a lot of Thoughts on if this is good or not, please just read my review of it: https://www.backloggd.com/u/AlexaLily/review/145648/
Screw You, Bear Dad
Screw You, Bear Dad
Silverybield Foss
Silverybield Foss
Solitune
Solitune
costs two united states dollars
Strings/Threads/Burdens
Strings/Threads/Burdens
Sunlight In A Tin
Sunlight In A Tin
Swallow the Sea
Swallow the Sea
content warning for blood and gore and the death of fetal animal(s)
Teleportower Plus
Teleportower Plus
They Came From a Communist Planet
They Came From a Communist Planet
Titan Chaser
Titan Chaser
Normally 5 united states dollars but often times on sale for less
Topography
Topography
Transcender
Transcender
Trash the Planet
Trash the Planet
content warning: the crushing weight of capitalism, environmental/ecological disaster
Tree Trunk Brook
Tree Trunk Brook
Tukoni
Tukoni
Two girls punch me repeatedly
Two girls punch me repeatedly
Under a Star Called Sun
Under a Star Called Sun
A Walk Among the Wild Garlic
A Walk Among the Wild Garlic
A Walk, the Morning After the Storm
A Walk, the Morning After the Storm
When It's Safe Again
When It's Safe Again
Winter
Winter
Wurroom
Wurroom
You and I and the Long, Long Drive
You and I and the Long, Long Drive

2 Comments

RumbleRose

1 year ago

This is a great list!! Thanks for pulling all these smaller games together :)

rodlucero

1 year ago

Suggestion: Babbdi
AlexaLily

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