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Cool Games You Can Play for Free on Itch.io!

Did you know you can play a bunch of games for free (& some donation based) on itch.io and check out a bunch of people's work?

Anyways, here's some cool stuff I've been checking out. They're all Mac compatible, because I am in the hell that is using a Mac.

Ruin

- point-and-click

- story-driven 

- atmospheric

This game is cool as hell. It's presented as a 35th anniversary release of an old game (it's not actually) and plays with that format.

It's definitely more art than "game", and can be completed in like ~10 minutes, or way longer if you get into snooping around for secrets in the first part.

I played it, went and played a bunch of Official Electric's other games, and came back to play it again and understood way more how their games and secrets work, but it's still an excellent time to play through with no background knowledge. You will be confused. That seems to be their whole vibe.


Dressmaker

  • simulation

Currently the 'prototype' is available on itch.io, and the rest of the game will be released on Steam later. But it's still a fully playable and incredibly charming game. You play as a new dressmaker in town, taking and completing orders.

You go through the full process of designing, shopping for materials, cutting out your design, and sewing it together (the sewing machine can be a bit tedious... the developer defends it as making you work for your end result so you can take pride in it but idk if that holds up because many of the other steps are abbreviated and gamified).

There's a loose story happening with the characters that come into the shop, but if you're not into that it's very skippable.


Nozomu Games

This is a developer, but they have a wide variety of short, charming games, all available in browser. Here's some I enjoyed.

Burn With Me is a card game/deck builder in which each round you try to beat a set score with the points and abilities your cards give you. It's styled around demons and summoning, so each round you get to pick a new card to summon into your deck.


Love Letters is a puzzle-ish story based game in which you play as a shy kid with a crush and collect letters to write messages to her. It takes less than 10 minutes to play through and is super sweet!




Fox Tower is a platformer where you play as a fox climbing a tower! There's 3 short phases and lovely graphics and music. It's got a fun mechanic where the fox never stops moving -- your only control is jump.


Honorable Mention: Poco
  • point-and-click
  • story driven

Poco is on Steam, not itch.io, but I gotta mention it. It's adorable.

You play as a tiny clown that got kicked out of the circus, trying to build a rocket to get back. The parts have been scattered around a place that a family of homunculi and other small creatures live. You collect items, perform favors, and do little tasks. It only takes a few hours to complete.

Also, there are 2 secret missions throughout the game ;) Don't worry, you can backtrack to complete them if you find them late.



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