Games like we worship at strange altars

Made for the HOUDINI Magazine's Zine-o-Rama Jam. old snippets of poetry I gathered together to make a zine about the Internet and its strange concepts, such as "friendship" and whatever lies behind those simple usernames we see all around us. The Net might be the door to freedom, where you may go to escape reality, or it could be a trap where you lose yourself and cannot tell what is right. ~~~… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CYBERISSUES // ulti-mate.

Zine making was new to me in May. In July, International Zine Month hit. I created a dozen for a jam. Then kept going. In this collection of 21 fresh zines, you will find a myriad of different media used for a bouquet of ideas. From art zines to cutesy nicknames, political rants to adorable pests, and illustrated cinema tropes to walkabout results, you'll find something for every mood. Each zine … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Zine Collection - International Zine Month 2025.

AshCan 2025 Featuring work from across the last few years, AshCan 2025 is a zine collection of art, essay and poetry from digital artist and writer, Ashby Daugherty. This digital version of the zine contains ten interior pages, with projects dating from 2017 through 2025 — from the stuff he was drawing by finger on his cell phone screen (Ohio Summer, 2021), to the newer, more polished work he’s … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ashcan 2025.

Orphic Dionysus was worshiped under many titles, "He of the Trees" among them. In contrast to the relaxed, languid, party-foremost persona he would later be associated with in Classical Antiquity, the original deity was a conqueror to be feared: a god of madness, possession, violent anarchy, and often horrific transformation. Colonel Avery Antioch has no taste for anything but plain straightforwa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to He of the Trees.

ISSUE #57 Cover - insects Hello and welcome to Indiepocalypse! Indiepocalypse is a curated monthly collection looking to highlight the very best of the alternative indie game scene.  Each month features games by 10 different developers, including a newly commissioned game exclusive to the anthology. The games cover a wide variety of styles, genres, and themes as they fight against an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Indiepocalypse #57.

HOLLOW BETWIXT, Or A Death Untamed is the third part of The Apotheosis Cycle, a narrative triptych told in prosaic and typographic verse. An experimental, three-part fantasy that explores faith, grief, sin, want and, ultimately, humanity. HOLLOW BETWIXT concludes the story of this world by putting readers in the weary body of a knight who washes ashore in a strange land and must find both answer a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HOLLOW BETWIXT, Or A Death Untamed - A Digital Poetry Zine.

ISSUE #49 Cover - Thalia Godbout Hello and welcome to Indiepocalypse! Indiepocalypse is a curated monthly collection looking to highlight the very best of the alternative indie game scene.  Each month features games by 10 different developers, including a newly commissioned game exclusive to the bundle-zine. The games cover a wide variety of styles, genres, and themes as they fight agains… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Indiepocalypse #49.

When Thought Runs Away is a short zine featuring poetry from Mavis Tian of Vimas Ecriture. These poems tell a story about mental health and healing, about the conscious, and the strange ways in which the brain works. This zine comes as a celebration of my birthday, and in celebration of October as mental health awareness month. This zine is priced on a PWYW (pay what you want) or donation basis. 5… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to When Thought Runs Away Zine.

[Media 20745986] Get instant access and start playing; get involved with this game as it develops. Learn more​ [Media 20712458] [Media 20712802] [Media 20712591] Project Utgardr is an... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Utgardr.

Jarboe’s outstanding debut collection demonstrates a flair for queer surrealism and an ear for lyrical prose. In the powerful “Self Care,” a nihilistic youth, who identifies as a “gay transsexual witch,” is displaced by apocalyptic flooding and takes refuge in Our Lady of Good Voyage, a Catholic church. “I Am a Beautiful Bug!” turns Kafka’s “Metamorphosis” on its head with a tale of a person under… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EVERYONE ON THE MOON IS ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL.

Surrounded by a flat area of scrubby grass stands a tall stone bird bath known as Raven’s Roost. The bird bath is home to a large black raven, who circles the area in search of mice to eat, as well as the mice cultists who worship The Raven and periodically offer it a mouse sacrifice on an altar positioned on top of the bird bath.  Ritual at Raven’s Roost is an adventure site and game module for M… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ritual at Raven's Roost.

1–4 old men. Cataract surgery tomorrow. Naturally, you’ve decided the smartest use of your last semi-functional evening is camping by the local lake. After setting up the campsite, things go spectacularly wrong. You’re knocked unconscious and wake up with vision so bad you could lose a staring contest with a potato. Now it’s on you, alone or with your equally impaired friends, to stumble arou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cataract Quest.

The banner of the Taiping Rebellion is raised, and the heavens have perished. You squeeze past the talisman water stand in the market of Zhuo County and bump into a young man weaving mats and selling shoes - Liu Xuan De. The troubled times of the Three Kingdoms are no longer just a footnote in history books. In "Strange Three Kingdoms Simulator", you are not a spectator - you are the on… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 奇怪的三国模拟器.

Your wife is coming home. The house is a disaster. You’d better get moving. She’ll Be Home Soon is a first-person horror-comedy about desperately trying to get your suburban home in order before your wife returns. What starts as an ordinary evening quickly turns into something much stranger. The dishes need washing. Dinner needs preparing. The house needs cleaning. Things are broken. The dog won… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to She'll Be Home Soon.

Visual Novel: ECHO is a visual novel with dark humor, absurdity, and a dark atmosphere, where a simple train delay turns into a journey between dimensions. Story Nikolay is an ordinary 29-year-old guy who loves kvass, dried fish, and TV series. He just wanted to take the train home to the neighboring town—it lives right next door. But the damned traffic jam and the old woman with the cart, movin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Visual Novel: ECHO.

TODAY'S SPECIAL: SOMETHING A LITTLE OMINOUSWelcome to this suspicious little sushi shop! Raise your sushi, merge them together, and enjoy a side of anomalies in this unusual conveyor-belt restaurant. Drop sushi from the belt into the tank whenever the moment feels right. When two matching pieces bump together, they evolve into something bigger and fancier. Start with a humble cucumber roll and wo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to OminouSushi.

You play as a marine biologist studying a rare phenomenon at the bottom of the ocean called a whalefall, a microecosystem that forms around the corpse of a whale in the deep ocean. Whalefalls are usually observed remotely by drones but the marine biologist you play as, Chessa, has been given the chane to study one in-person via an experimental capsule submarine. Study and document the whalefall by… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Whalefall.

About This GameClassWarfare is a free story RPG about one new student trying to survive the first week at Dagu Academy. Pick a race, class, talent, and starting path, then explore the island one day at a time. Train with classmates, take on strange errands, fight academy assessments, and decide who deserves your trust before the island asks for more than schoolwork. Combat is turn based and part… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ClassWarfare.

A road that never settlesInfinite Arcana is an endless dark-fantasy roguelite about pushing deeper into a shifting road of battles, shops, strange events, rest sites, ambushes, and cursed regions. Each run bends differently. The next step may lead to a safer path, a ruined merchant, a hostile ritual, or something that should have stayed buried.Risk one more stepAdvance, rest, detour, or accept the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Infinite Arcana.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

100% User Score Based on 13 reviews

Play as a Shark named Doc who is granted wonderful surgical abilities after given strange pills from a mysterious man. Doc excels at his surgeries, but suffers wild hallucinations. Progress each day with a variety of minigames and modifiers in order to become a surgery master! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dreaming With Sharks.

DIElectric World combines old-school MMORPG combat with the power to radically reshape the environment. Turn mountains into plains, transform deserts into lush jungles — the choice is yours, and the world will adapt to every change. Here, you are not the hero of someone else's story. You are the creator of your own. WHERE TECHNOLOGY DIES, CIVILIZATION BEGINS Imagine this: you're a citizen of a p… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DIElectric World.

Rune Caves: Eternal Echo is a dark-fantasy pair-matching puzzle game. Dismantle layered rune boards while moving Guardian Echoes interfere with your view and clicks. Decide which pair to clear—and when to act. Two layers, separate matchesOverlapping stones and logic locks restrict your choices. Clear available pairs to open the board and remove every required altar rune. Match moving Echoes to re… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rune Caves: Eternal Echo.

59%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, optimization

100% User Score Based on 10 reviews

A psychological horror prologue where a strange house, a silent church, and something lurking in the dark pull you into a waking nightmare. Explore, uncover hidden truths, and survive what waits beyond the last door. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Hollow Road: Prologue.

Are you ready for endless bureaucracy? Welcome to Pending Approval, the idle game where your only mission is to fill out forms, stamp them, and climb the ranks of a Kafkaesque organization that has no beginning, no end, and no meaning. FILL OUT. STAMP. REPEAT. Every form is a new bureaucratic hurdle. Fill out fields, stamp the approval seal, and rack up Bureaucracy Points. The higher you c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pending Approval.

My Girlfriend's Tapes is a choice-driven Adult Visual Novel focusing on the sex, romance, and intrigue that come with young college romance. Play as a young man who struggles with handling the attentions of the women around him and keeping them from the man who wants to take those women from him! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Girlfriend's Tapes.

F E A T U R E S: Player shows American sign language (ASL) animations in interaction with almost all things, persons, etc. No worries for people that don't understand sign language, because all forms of communication will be subtitled.   NPCs' dialogue with the Player will be interpreted by sign language interpreter in the dialogue box which the Player sees through her biotech glasses.  seve… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Just Prices.

Strange occurrences have been happening to the townspeople's pets, and it's up to you to treat them using topical products, injections and surgeries! Over the course of 7 days, use your trusty computer to research and find the best treatment to help these poor creatures. Strange Disease You've been working at a vet clinic for many years, but in recent times have noticed a strange occurrence in … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Opawration!.

OMVROS is a brand-new indie falling-note rhythm game. It expands upon traditional 4K gameplay by splitting the track into upper and lower sections, where notes strike from both sides simultaneously. 【Game Features】 Dynamic Chart Effects: Every chart features unique visual performances, including but not limited to scroll speed changes (BPM changes), speed offsets, fake notes, and color shifts… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to OMVROS.

You're not the villain. You're just doing your job.DOWNSIZING.EXE puts you in the chair of a corporate cost-cutter with one objective, save the company $300,000. Process employee reviews, approve terminations, and reinvest your savings into a growing suite of automation upgrades that keep the machine running with or without you. But the machine has teeth.Risk climbs with every decision you ma… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Downsizing.exe.

The Potato God has issued a challenge to all mortals: conquer its labyrinth and be granted a single wish of your choosing upon Ascension. You are a desperate soul willing to risk everything for the ultimate prize. Your convictions will shape your destiny. Death is certain, but with every run, you will learn, adapt, and step closer to your wish. FORGE YOUR BUILD Discover and draft an arsen… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dungeon Potato.

ONE ISLAND. THREE PREHISTORIC ERAS. Build a foothold in a world that existed long before you. Gather materials, craft your first weapons and venture beyond camp into an island shared by three prehistoric eras. You are Owen, an explorer caught in a fracture in time. To find a way forward, you will need more than a sharper spear: some obstacles have their answers in another era. BUILD YOUR … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dino Age: Survive the Era's.

Womb of Worms is a short horror game where a terrifying ancient god manifests itself through worms and maggots, looking to be reborn through someone's body. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Womb of Worms.

In the 1990s, there was a small, isolated mining town named "Lingshan Town", where the cold winds blow all year round and the economy relies on an aging coal mine that is gradually depleting. Most of the residents in the town are descendants of miners, and most people in the town believe in the "Mountain God Stele". However, recently, the Mountain God Stele has suddenly fallen … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shanwen.

The Apartment is a first-person psychological horror where a familiar space begins to live by someone else’s rules. You wake up in your apartment. At first glance, everything looks the same: the same rooms, the same objects, the same silence. But only at first glance. A strange feeling won’t leave you, as if something has changed. Suddenly, the silence is shattered by a deafening s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Apartment.

LOOPSCROLL is an installation that tricks its users to invest time in a simple yet addictive game. Through this altar, players worship a living imagery that demands frustration, competition, and obsession. It will keep you wanting to start over, never leaving the machine. Shaman garage invites us to “play” at doomscrolling. Is it fun? Using classical game mechanics “difficulty levels,  frustration… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Loopscroll.

The Bomb Split is a "split album" of 2 retro-styled platformers: Explo and Grenadier. Each game showcases a different game designer's twist on a shared mechanic: throwing bombs to propel yourself. Both games feature challenging screens with frequent checkpoints, in the tradition of precision platformers like VVVVVV or Celeste.     SIDE A: ExploExplode yourself to explore a mysteriou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Bomb Split.

with Poetry of Doubt Chapbook Companion Zine The poems in Walking in Circles are in English, with a few in both English and Tagalog. The watercolour cover art is by the author (me). There are no page numbers or table of contents but the file is in single pages and can be read online or printed in booklet format. The companion zine is a hand-written and very rough unnumbered issue of Poetry of Do… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Walking in Circles.

Welcome to Phinxel's Phield Notes Wowie Zowie, let's make things in Decker! A program where you can make art, games, zines, personal applications and more! It's a little hard to find your way around new software at first but if you're willing to put your hand in Phinxel's soft little paws he'll happily show you some things about Decker that might be useful to know when you're new. And a bunch of… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Phinxel's Field Notes.

Become a Zinester ($3) or higher on our Patreon before January 20th to get this zine for free! The Ghost of You and I is a collection of 6 short poems. In the past I've posted uplifting, and romantic poetry, and this is a bit of a shift in tone from those.  Over the years I've written a lot of poetry for writing prompt challenges and from my own perspective and experiences. This collection is a m… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Ghost of You and I.

Who knew a trip to the spa could be so refreshing and... fattening? Sapphire Shores is an anthology of furry weight gain stories. This collection includes six stories, featuring different kinks all related to weight gain and growth, all set in the titular magical spa. First Time follows Deek, who gets a lot more than she bargained for when her masseuse gets carried away with a very fattening and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sapphire Shores.

The anime girl shall forever protect the anime fan. And the anime fan shall forever protect the anime girl. Secret in my Room is a poetry+art zine focused on two of my OCs/original characters, Richell Roller (he/him, man with the striped sweater and fluffy hair) and Yamashita (she/her, floating woman with the big hair and horns), as well as their romantic relationship. Special Notes and Thanks … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Secret in my Room.

A mega-zine dedicated to a West Marches grand campaign of Wolves Upon the Coast by Luke Gearing. Thirty players. Three Referees. A year-long voyage across the whale roads, seeking glory, power, and a place to call home. WHALE ROADS chronicles the journey of the wandering flotilla, following their victories, challenges, and defeats across the Northern Isles. WHALE ROADS is and will always be a f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to WHALE ROADS.

Is home where the heart is? The Broken Tower is a poetry (and vent) zine about recent events in my life (and mind), as well as what feeling at home means to me. Notes and Special Thanks This zine was made by Magikya Studios lead Barbilou for the Sunday Zine Club #17 jam, based on its theme "HOME". Go check the other entries out! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Broken Tower.

Collector's Edition The spire sure knew how to keep a thing or two down its sleeve. Enrich your Spiredelve experience with never-seen before production art, sketches, music, mixes, and author notes from beyond the wicked tower itself. What's included: Dekkad's Log - Author's Notes DJ KIT 10 - Spiredelve OST Claymaker's Exhibit - Official Artbook Poems of Disregard - Curated Poetry C… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SPIREDELVE.

You have 24 hours before this land reaches it's doom. Use your limited time to: Explore:A small but dense and frequently changing world, with 4 distinct biomes, each with its own set of points of interest where you will encounter all kinds of creatures and constructs to fight. Knowledge about this land is the key to success, and the more you play, the more accustomed you will become to what enemi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ReTrime.

Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n.Waking with no memory on a strange planet. Your journey for answers and choices made will shape the course of history. Fall from Space is a non-linear​ open world RPG for the Gameboy, with an epic story spanning a solar system.Features Jet off to the stars! Multiple worlds to ​explore inside your Gameboy, with side quests, unique encounters, secrets and upgrad… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fall from Space.

Story Kyle wakes up with a headache, not realizing he has survived a helicopter crash. He finds himself alone on a farm, surrounded by wreckage. His team is dead, and he must recover the pilot's remains to complete their mission. As Kyle assesses his injuries, a bright flash of light envelops him. Suddenly, he is floating in space, wearing a space suit. Just then, a friend appears and tells hi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Nightmare of Pandemic - Kyle's Story.

Your role is to be the surgical assistant of an unusual surgeon: a blindfolded man terrified of the mythological creatures he must operate on. During each surgery, you’ll need to respond quickly to his demands. Hand him over tools, keep the cryptid’s vitals stable, and even fulfill absurd requests far beyond medical logic. Your actions, or lack of them, can shape the outcome of the procedure. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scalpel, Please!.

A faux pas at the Middle School dance reverts Nour back to their primordial state and sends them on a one-night maximalist transformative journey. Flop, slide, leap, and rocket around the city filled with zany future friends and mysterious architectures. Play eclectic mini-games where you will discover whether surgery can be joyful, if aliens have feelings, and how to deal with a bad boss. Contro… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Growth Spurt: A Meandering Intermission into the Afterhours of a Miscalculation.

Embrace the Art of WanderingJourney through a breathtaking world where wandering leads to wonder—a place where creativity and exploration intertwine. This hand-crafted open realm invites you to discover its secrets at your own pace, with no dangers to evade or countdowns to race against. Here, your only mission is to experience the joy of discovery and express your artistic vision across an untame… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to All Those Who Wander.