Games like Ashcan 2025

"The consciousness dawning inside of an aquatic egg is prodded alert. It is a male whale calf, stirring with a newfound awareness of body." South Scrimshaw uses the linear VN format to create a science fiction documentary about fictional science. It is composed of over 400 illustrations, painted in a mix of watercolor, ink, and digital media, set against a rich audio backdrop of music…

Dear Future is a multiplayer wandering game where you photograph a cryptic city using an inherited camera. Working collectively with every other player in the world, you must document the ruined land of your predecessors and lift an ancient curse. Tread across a procedurally-generated world of pseudoclassical architecture and take photographs in it, saving a single one to pass down to future play…

"Mech Builder" is a relaxing puzzle game inspired by model building, where you can cut out, assemble, paint, and customize 50+ model kits with complete freedom. Unlock kitbash mode to create your own models and time trial to challenge yourself against the clock. With carefully crafted models and pieces, building takes around 7-9 hours, while time trial takes 2-3 hours. This game offers endless repeatability and creativity in building mechs, waifus, armors, figures, and more.

"Odesi Music Composition" is a software designed for music creation, serving as a sketchpad that exports projects to Audio and MIDI files. It accelerates the creative process by providing rapid MIDI functionality, allowing users to generate fully composed tracks in various genres, suitable for bands, personal production, game development, and more.

"Half-Life: A Place in the West" is a fan-made comic, playable through a special app or as a PDF, set in Valve's Half-Life universe. The story follows the aftermath of a teleportation experiment gone wrong, leading to a totalitarian occupation by the Combine. A mysterious cosmic tower's appearance in a hidden city presents a potential salvation or downfall for humanity. Achievements are included in the first two chapters, with more chapters to come. Please note that achievements are currently disabled due to a library issue.

"Of Bird and Cage" is a unique story-driven music game that uses symphonic metal music to guide players through a dark, mature narrative based on "Beauty and the Beast." As Gitta Barbot, a 25-year-old drug addict, players must make quick choices to escape her captor and confront the violence in her life, ultimately determining their own fate through their actions. The game features a star-studded lineup of artists, including former members of Guns N' Roses, Epica, and Within Temptation.

Tractatus is a game inspired by philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and his studies about the limits of word, thought, and language. When reading Wittgenstein’s work, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus waves of understanding wash over the reader as you decipher profound ideas within very plain language causing his statements to dance like washes of thought, or like words just on the tip of your tongue, or…

Astral Lodge is a short, atmospheric 2D point-and-click room escape game featuring hand-drawn, surreal environments. Players solve 3–4 environmental puzzles across seven fixed camera views by interacting with objects and using a visible inventory. With no menus or save states, it offers a linear, eerie experience reminiscent of early 2000s Flash games.

"Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines" is a standalone game that follows Penny, a corporate worker and procrastinator, in her quest to finish a project before the deadline. Players can explore the office, seek inspiration from coworkers, and face various distractions. The game features multiple endings, hand-drawn visuals, and an original soundtrack. It supports various input devices for player convenience.

"Where They Cremate the Roadkill" is a surreal, immersive game with a cast of 700 unique characters and 700 hand-drawn landscapes. Players navigate through four distinct, visually striking chapters, each following an "incarnation of an outsider" confronting their own personal and existential struggles. The game features a rich musical score and a fully animated, interactive world where everything from vendors to worms can be targeted for battle.