Games like Hang In There

Match shapes or everything comes tumbling down. Ages and ages ago, a friend of mine did a series of paintings of fictional 1980s arcade machines. His paintings were little more than a name and a picture of an arcade cabinet, but they were unique and odd and packed full of nostalgia. I decided to bring a few of the paintings to life by jamming out little games based on his concepts. Square Peg, Rou…

"Clones" is a comedy hack and slash game that offers both single-player and multiplayer options. In the single-player campaign, players can explore over 150 puzzles and defeat 11 CloneMaster bosses across five regions of the Clones Planet. The game's multiplayer mode allows for real-time head-to-head competition with other players. The clone's unique ability to morph into different shapes adds an extra layer of problem-solving to the game.

The "Epic Battle Fantasy Collection" contains updated versions of 8 early internet games, including the RPG Epic Battle Fantasy 1, shoot-em-up Bullet Heaven, and platformer Adventure Story. Each game offers re-playability with difficulty options and achievements, and the collection includes a 65-track soundtrack. Upgrades, new characters, levels, and abilities have been added to enhance gameplay.

Crazy Machines 3 is a physics-based puzzle game that lets players build and solve intricate Rube Goldberg-style machines. With a variety of tools, materials, and objects at your disposal, you can create machines that use electricity, explosions, lasers, and more to accomplish unique and often humorous tasks. The game features a deep level of customization, allowing you to tweak every aspect of your machines and create something truly unique.

The Henry Stickmin Collection is a humorous, choose-your-own-path game series, where each decision you make can lead to different outcomes, including success or various fails. This 6-game saga offers multiple canon endings, resulting in a unique and entertaining experience with each playthrough. Failing is half the fun, as it showcases the game's creativity in coming up with wacky and unexpected consequences.

"Worms Pinball" is a pinball simulation game featuring the classic Worms characters. The table is detailed with 3D LED displayed sub-games, transparent ramps, and moving mechanical parts. It offers a variety of exciting features including tilt functions, hit combinations, and animated parts, providing a deep and engaging gameplay experience.

"Fate is a single-player Fantasy Role Playing game with outstanding gameplay, pretty visuals, and compelling music. The game offers a classic dungeon crawler experience, with vicious creatures to battle, unique weaponry to collect, and powerful spells to learn. Fate also includes new Steam features like trading cards, badges, emoticons, and profile backgrounds, making it very replayable."

Operation Warcade VR is a virtual reality shooter game inspired by '80s arcade classics, allowing players to enter the game and interact with the environment using a gravity gun. The game features a classic mode for a nostalgic experience, with six levels and a final boss to defeat. Using the gravity gun, players can manipulate objects in the environment as weapons, adding a unique twist to gameplay.

"Platypus is a sci-fi shooter game with great mechanics, sensational visuals, and excellent music. The game features local multi-player options for up to 2 players in a split screen format, as well as single-player mode. The story revolves around the invasion of the neighboring country of Mungola by the industry-laden Collosatropolis, with the latter expecting little resistance."

"Commandos 2: Men of Courage" is a tactical action/strategy warfare game set during WWII, where players control an elite group of commandos in mission-based objectives. The game features a new 3D engine, enabling 360-degree environment interaction and seamless movement in/out of buildings, submarines, planes, and underwater. The game supports single-player, 2-player multiplayer, and co-op modes, with an intriguing story, perfected game mechanics, and compelling music.