Games like Gamer's Gambit: Global Game Jam 2021 Submission

This was my submission for the Global Game Jam 2026, the theme being "Mask"!https://globalgamejam.org/games/2026/backstage-mask-dude-4 ** HEADPHONES RECOMMENDED! **(For an immersive experience, whether you are playing the game or watching the gameplay footage, the use of headphones will allow the user to experience volume and panning settings within the game scene.)What is MaskLift?You are in… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MaskLift.

You find yourself stuck in a strange world. Time seems to work differently here, and almost everything in this dimension repeats in an endless loop. Including your actions. For a while, you just go with the flow, passing through the same rooms again and again. Without ever questioning why, you just do it. However, over time, you slowly start to lose sense of reality, including your own identity.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Breaking the Cycle.

This is a 2024 Kenny Jam submission The theme for this jam was 'Connected' With our game we have done a concept of connecting the people with the dead. Your task as the graveyard keeper is to listen to the dead as you take them to their graves, and then talking with people that come over to hear out who they came here for. Your job is to bring the dead back and connect them with the people that… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ghoasted.

You're a slime that's lost some of your blobs! Collect them and make your way to the exit while avoiding the vicious cave enemies - but be careful, as they are also your only means of maneuvering! This was made by: Connie WanDaisy MuradyanLevi LindseyZaven Muradyan This game was created as a submission for Global Game Jam 2021. All design, code, images, sound effects, and music were created in u… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to OoboloO.

Gameplay Trailer SummaryWelcome to Revealing Waves' submission for the 2021 Australian Global Game Jam. Anamnesis is an isometric point-and-click puzzle game where you control an unnamed and silent protagonist who is accompanied by a disembodied narrator. The protagonist has traveled to a remote cabin to tend to the land in the absence of its owner who is a dear friend. They are given different… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Anamnesis.

The Witchking's Gambit is a card battle game built for the game boy. The Witchking travels to the tower of sin to face their demons to win the ultimate treasure. The battles take place on a 3x3 grid. Take turns playing a card against your opponent. Each card that you play with be transferred to the opponent and be a choice for them to play on their turn.  This game was made for the global game jam… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Witchking's Gambit.

Game jam submission. Thought experiment on the illusion of free choice. Incomplete and without any levels. This will be in further development and a post-jam version with dialogue, playable levels, and a metanarrative stitched together by simple rules and impossible decisions will be released later. Hopefully within a couple of weeks. In concept: The only way to win a level is to predict perfectly… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alias (Game Jam Edition).

Please play the game in fullscreenor download the desktop version.GAME GUIDE AND MORE BELOW You can toggle Compo Mode in the settings at any time from the pause menu.(P or ESC) ETERNALLY NARCOLEPTIC ETERNARC is a strategic mini-roguelike game in which you guide Nar, an amnesic and narcoleptic opossum, through an eerie and ever-changing cave system. Despite her condition and lack of memories, s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ETERNARC.

Help Nani to solve the puzzle of where her children are located throughout the world. The challenge is tricky, but Nani has promised cookies as a thank you for helping her! Win or lose, you're taking home some cookies! Objects will highlight if you can interact with them (5 in total). Click on the different objects around her home to receive pieces of memory from Nani that will help you crack the … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nani's Memories.

Embark on a global journey with the game “Guess the Flag!”Guess the flag! is a quiz/trivia game that tests your knowledge of flags! Test your knowledge of 255 countries, islands and international organizations in 6 addictive modes. Test your memory by matching the flag to the name of a country or play the reverse mode. If you are already an expert in flag knowledge, you can try the mode in which y… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Guess the Flag!.

Analog point-and-click horror All the pictures were taken in a real basement, a REEEAL one. Controls: Left Mouse Button – Interact with yellow objects / select an item in your inventory and then click the yellow object again.Movement – Click the arrows at the edges of the screen. Esc – Exit the gameR – Restart the level (Hint: Look for numbers — they will come in handy.) Extra: The project w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HAPPY MAN.

(Unfortunately our submission build to the Game Jam is not optimised and as such is essentially unplayable. We do apologise.  We are planning on putting the optimised version up here alongside the original Game Jam submission. We have opted to keep the original submission accessible to respect the integrity of the Game Jam, and honour its spirit. "Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achie… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cinemasque.

De-File is a physics puzzle game about controlling what people notice. You’re a rookie redactor working for the righteous world government. The “attention” orb (cursor physics object) tumbles through documents analyzing available information, if it does not find sensitive info it leaves and the public is kept ignorant safe. Your job is to place redaction bars to guide its path, making sure it rea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to De-File.

A Dino in Time? Dinomask is a game that takes you, a cute little dino, on a dimension hopping adventure as you try to escape your prison cell. Using the powers of the Dinomasks, can our scaly hero escape their unfair imprisonment? Will there be anyone / anything outside to greet them? - Submission for the Global Game Jam 2026 Controls Gamepad D-Pad: MovementLeft Trigger: Past MaskRight Trigge… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dinomask.

Masking Up is a short puzzle game about the stressful but satisfying process of creating art.  Master Your Craft: Wield the essential tools of the trade. Lay down masking take to shape the client’s vision, splash colour into it with your paintbrush, and bring it to life by removing tape, carefully.   Colour Their Dreams: Take on clients in your own order and transform their visions into br… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Masking Up.

Neweset build: https://evanluo42.github.io/global-game-jam-2026/ Mask the Layer The truth is just a layer you haven't hidden yet. "I don't care about the facts. I care about the headline. Now fix this picture before the ink dries." — Your Boss Welcome to Green Press Congratulations, kid. You've graduated from N3 University School of Arts and landed a gig at Green Press, the city's most... eff… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mask the Layer.

INTRO Father Michele... We must ask for your help in solving an issue that plagues our great city's masquerades: demons, disguised as our fellow citizens, have been disguising themselves with masks to terrorize the good people of our city. Find and expel these devils. End their hellish reign! CREDITS Programming/Game Design - Lucas James (High Score: 44) Art/Music - Syndio Chun (High Score: 33… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blood Gala.

Submission to the 2026 Global Game Jam, hosted by the NYU Game Center. The theme for the game jam is "Masks".  Controls: Mouse or Trackpad, Drag & Drop. You find yourself in the study of an old manor. Before you is an absurd passage. Use the papermask cut outs on the left to scan the passage for hidden phrases. Within those phrases, click for key words until you've collected them all. These word… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Papermasks.

The Masksmith is a 3D rendered to 2D mask cobbler shop simulator. Set in the medieval kingdom of Velarium, the story centers upon a cobbler whose talent is crafting masks with mysterious properties. Patrons enter with problems that can only be solved with the magic touch of a mask. 2026 Global Game Jam submission If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Masksmith.

Solve the puzzle of perspective, and enter the temple! You may need to look with different eyes... For some people, up and down may be inverted to their preference. Sorry guys! Only so much I can do in the allotted 48 hours... My submission to the Global Game Jam this year. All art and programming done by Michael Macha... but I'm not going to short the brilliant teams behind Krita, Blender, Godo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mask of the Beholder.

Unmasked: Inside the Memory Dungeon Steal as many gems as possible in this memory inspired dungeon, but beware the dungeon master doesn't like you stealing. Don't worry though, the gods look kindly on you and bestow gifts upon you if you die, to retrieve their precious gems from the dungeon master in your next try. (This Game was made my Lennart Grittman, Finn Miebach and Matilda Dembowsk… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unmasked: Inside the Memory Dungeon.

Global Game Jam 2026 submission! Inspired by cyberpunk and art-deco mysticism, this is a puzzle platformer where you play as a sentient Mask. You don’t directly control characters — instead, you launch yourself onto Citizens and Brutes to possess them and influence their actions. On its own, the Mask slowly runs out of energy and can do very little. To progress, you must strategically move betwe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Visage Shell.

GLOBAL GAME JAM 2026 Game: Deep in Lost City Dates: Jan 26th to Feb 1st Theme: Mask The Story Meet Grot, the explorer! Grot lives for the thrill of the hunt, but this time, he’s found something far more dangerous than gold... Deep within a forgotten cavern, a single misstep changed everything. He tumbled into the depths, losing all his gear!  The good news? He’s still wearing his ox… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deep'in Lost city.

Think you have the steady hands of a treasure hunter? The Mask is a rotational puzzle-maze game where one wrong move means losing your fortune to the temple gods.Controls:Left and Right arrow keys to rotate the mazes. This game was developed for the Global Game Jam 2026 with the theme MASK. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Aztec Mask.

MASQUERADE "A person without a mask is nothing." Masquerade is a conceptual first-person stealth action game. In this world, your social status, safety, and your very right to exist are determined solely by the face you choose to wear. 01. MISSION You are a thief who has infiltrate… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Plan Masquerade !.

A cute puzzle platformer in which the player is a slime escaping the lab of their creation! Use your goomption to collect various masks which grant you control over the mysterious floating ring that masks some of the platforms. A slime of many masks, you will have to be clever to escape your confinement! Submission for the Global Game Jam 2026, with the theme "Mask". The theme is represented by p… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Masked Goo.

**Flippy Pairs - The Ultimate Memory & Matching Game** Flip cards, find pairs, and train your visual memory in this fun and challenging brain game! Compete globally on leaderboards. ✨ **GAME HIGHLIGHTS:** ✅ **MEMORY CHALLENGE** - Test your brain with 6 difficulty levels, from 6 to 72 cards! ✅ **MATCHING GAME** - Enjoy 6 beautiful card themes. A fresh puzzle every time! ✅ **GLOBAL RANKINGS** … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Flippy Pairs: Memory Game.

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

84% User Score Based on 19 reviews

Cozy Home, a journey to a peaceful home!Cozy Home is a calm and relaxing organizer game that helps you forget your daily stress as you sort and organize items. What do you do in Cozy Home?You organize, sort, place items and as you complete mini tasks, you gradually bring color to the paintings on the wall. Highlights of Cozy Home?You’ll enjoy a calm cozy experience with peaceful gameplay… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cozy Home.

Alice must have been falling for at least an hour. Or maybe longer- Alice has never been very good at keeping time. But the wind rushes in her hair, yanking at her clothes, and it's almost like she's flying. It's glorious. Until she hits the ground. HABROMANIA is a dreamy (or nightmarish) Alice in Wonderland-inspired RPG that follows 19-year-old Alice as she tries to escape the surreal, cozy h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HABROMANIA.

It is a game of schemes, shady deals, and the fine art of bending others to your will. It’s a sly blend of strategy and puzzle-craft, where your task is to tame the whims of peculiar Councilors. Each one has a distinct personality and absurd voting quirks, and it’s up to you to position them so that even the most stubborn contrarian ends up casting their vote your way. Plot, twist the ballots, bu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vox Manipuli.

"MANIKA" is a single-player, narrative-driven, first-person, short psychological horror and suspense game. You wake up in a dilapidated mental hospital room, yet you don't remember anything, including why you woke up there. You attempt to escape from the mental hospital and reclaim your memories by exploring your surroundings and filling in the gaps in your mind. "Welcome to the d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MANIKA.

53%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

90% User Score Based on 10 reviews

Solve, evolve, and let go. After Light Fades is a magical sokoban-style puzzle journey about grief, memory, and transformation. You play as Alice, who, after the loss of her partner Aura, discovers seven artefacts tied to powerful memories. To heal, she must revisit the places they once shared and cast each artefact into an abyss, where each world reflects a stage of Alice’s emotional journey. A… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to After Light Fades.

Project:  https://github.com/ChristosKrilisDev/FugueState You wake up with no memory of who you are, where you are ,and why. Your mind is a mess and terrible noises haunt you. Escape and find out what happened. ''Fugue State'' is a first person 3D mystery,puzzle game with a dark atmosphere. --------------------------------------------- FUGUE STATE by Lovecraft's Parable PROGRAMMING: Ch… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fugue State.

Darkness of Silence is a 2D story-driven game about depression, trust, and unseen struggles. You play as a therapist battling alcoholism, listening to patients share fragmented memories as visual backgrounds. As trust grows, you piece their stories into timelines — but one wrong order can push them deeper into despair. Help them heal… or risk losing both them and yourself. Made for the Interna… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Darkness Of Silence.

This is my submission for the June 2025 WOWCube Game Jam. Dance Heroin is a rhythm game for WOWCube. There are 16 different songs with different difficulty levels to choose from. When a song is selected, it is played with dancers appearing across the cube, dancing in different directions for each note of the song. The player has to memorise the order and direction of the moves, and then repeat th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dance Heroin.

22%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

36% User Score Based on 11 reviews

"Are you able to Unlock Me?"Unlock Me is a hyper casual puzzle mini game that you have to solve the 6 digit password by rotating the safe lock and hearing the sounds. Happy "Unlocking". The game was made for a personal game jam! Enjoy! It was fully developed by KurumiC, Solo Developer. How To Play?The Safe Lock will rotate toward the direction you pressed. That's all and hav… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unlock Me.

This is our submission for the Pocket Jam #8. The game was created in two days at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2025.  Play as Bonk,  a kaiju parent looking for their kid Blink in a human city. Break open building facades to find them before the humans get too annoyed by the destruction. Hint: Try to guess what Blink is looking for.  Art: Arren ZherbinProgramming: Jaakko SirenGame design and ad… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wreck-a-Boo.

Submission to the 'Falling Block Jam 2025' game jam, with the theme Analog Memory, and the constraint that the game "involve blocks and falling." Controls: Arrow keys or WASD to move. Spacebar to dash. Objective: Dodge blocks as you fall. Collect coins to level up. Crashing loses all your coins and resets to Level 1. Game #6 in my quest to start from participating in as many game jams as poss… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Falling Block Dash (GJ2GOTY #6).

Goal Move left and right or switch between cube net maps to create lines of 11 in the middle of the board. Intro Cubetris was developed over one weekend for the Falling Block Jam 2025 having been inspired by Tetris and Dungeon Dice Monsters (DDM). I am currently developing a longer game inspired by DDM and had spent nearly a month creating assets and complex gameplay loops when I saw the call … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cubetris.

You are a journalist who has been given a set of leaked documents. Your task is to analyze them and prove that a multinational firm knowingly bought land from a criminal and then conspired to cover it up.  Open documents on your desktop and highlight key phrases to create evidence. Take that evidence to your corkboard, drawing lines between the nodes to connect the dots and build your argument. O… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Desktop Detective.

Presence: Lookout is a "spot the difference" horror game - You play a surveillance worker, monitoring footage and looking out for anomalies. Anomalies can be anything from an object that has been moved to another location, rotated or even an unknown entity that shouldn't be. Report the Anomalies to win! To file a report, Presence Lookout uses only your mouse to point and click (hold) on… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Presence Lookout.

You wake up in a strange place with no memory of who you are or how you got here. To enter rooms, you'll have to solve puzzles... but this is not a regular escape room game. Finish the game to find out why... and keep an eye out on a hidden code, it will open a secret door and lead you to an alternative ending. This game is a submission for IndieCritical Summer Jam 2025 on a theme "It's not what… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Where Am I?.

[this game is a submission to the Iraq Game Jam] PLEASE READ TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO PLAY Ship Catalog [ #431] the ship got hit by an astroid which left it in a critical condition. the doors are not working and three crewmates got trapped, each in a room. we need around five minutes before landing on the nearest planet, but we don't know if we can make it in time Use E to interact with tasks, s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Significance.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization

100% User Score Based on 14 reviews

In CatMelon - Suika Game, you'll play with cute cats dressed as fruits! Since these cats love to play inside a cardboard box, your goal will be to drop each cat into the box, trying to match the identical ones. As you match, you evolve to an even bigger one! The bigger the cat, the higher the score! Get ready to see these fruity felines grow in size and points! Can you evolve all the way up to … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CatMelon - Suika Game.

Little gameplay explanation. Due to time limitations, it wasn't possible to add a little tutorial/game explanation, so we will do that here:Once in the game, you're task is to produce and administer the cure to the patients. To do that you have to go to the Medicine Lab. Once there, you have two buttons: bases and ingredients. These two are the ones you should focus on first. You have to always c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Non Doctor's Tale.

Our submission for Jeonju university International Game Jam. Team Infinite Jammy: Dong Geon Lee Ji Hong Kim  Seongbeen Yim Dawit Pyo Julius Kamphuis Changwoo Jang All in game assets created by us. Eat it!In eat it you play as the forest spirit that feeds the Jammies, the Jammies are an extremely advanced life form that have become hyperconnected. This means that anything that happens to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eat it!.

Inspect and certify a dangerously decrepit carousel for operation. [ HOW TO PLAY ] Spot what doesn’t belong. Objects will subtly change when you’re not looking. Mechanical functions might not operate correctly. New friends may pay you a visit. Be sure to check all your surroundings before making a submission. Press the green button to approve when all is in order, or slam the red button to re… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Totem.

Welcome to LoopBox: a puzzle platformer about looping boxes! To get the key that unlocks each chamber's door, you must pick-up and move some boxes. But beware: these boxes are equipped with strange recording devices. It seems that once a box is moved, they will repeat their movements in an endless loop. Welcome to LoopBox: a puzzle platformer about looping boxes! To get the key that Submission fo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LoopBox.

My submission for Shovel Jam 2025 : FIREKEEPER Tetris but outside! Just Get the fire Started, and keep it going as long as possible for a high score! This wasn't my main idea, but after spending most of the jam working on the main idea I ended up giving up because I was too deep into some complicated problems plus the idea was very ambitious for my nonexistent art skills. I almost didn't submit… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Firekeeper.

After watching her mother slowly succumb to The Withering, a mysterious and devastating illness, Claire now faces the unthinkable: her younger brother has fallen ill with the same disease. Desperate to save him, she sets off on a trek through a dark, twisted forest in search of a Witch, who is said to hold the cure for the affliction. Join Claire as she confronts painful memories of her mother'… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Under the Stars.