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Carry a spool across a small planet and connect your thread to restore color. On GitHub since Oct 2026 New games are shipping faster than anyone can talk about them. Find the small, surprising projects hiding on GitHub.

Carry a spool across a small planet and connect your thread to restore color. On GitHub since Oct 2026 New games are shipping faster than anyone can talk about them. Find the small, surprising projects hiding on GitHub. Independent curation, with source code and play requirements. Carry a spool across a small planet and connect your thread to restore color. On GitHub since Oct 2026 Steer a growing hole through a low-poly city and swallow larger objects as you progress. On GitHub since Oct 2026 Fight bot opponents in a tactical browser shooter with sliding and weapon handling. On GitHub since Oct 2026 Fly a light helicopter over mountainous terrain with separate flight controls and cockpit views. On GitHub since Oct 2026 Travel between procedural islands, collect resources, and fight enemies along the way. On GitHub since Oct 2026 Build a hero, gather loot, and fight through a pixel action RPG manually or in idle mode. On GitHub since Oct 2026 Join round-based team battles set in the streets of Taipei. On GitHub since Oct 2026 Steer a boat through a Japanese river valley as the seasons and light change. On GitHub since Oct 2026 Fly through a dense vertical city and attempt its time trials. On GitHub since Oct 2026 Deduce dungeon walls from row and column clues while leaving every monster in a dead end. On GitHub since Oct 2026 Experiment with a cartoon ragdoll and a collection of physics contraptions. On GitHub since Sep 2026 Survive a figure-eight race or become the last car running in a demolition bowl. On GitHub since Sep 2026 Settle into a seaside village, choose a hero, and follow a pixel-art adventure alone or in Party Mode. On GitHub since Sep 2026 Wander a sunrise-lit beach, borrow a car, and explore a peaceful coastal sandbox. On GitHub since Sep 2026 Fight through a wuxia arena with real-time sword combat. On GitHub since Sep 2026 Descend a pixel-art tower with other players and fight its bosses. On GitHub since Sep 2026 Cut through crowds of voxel soldiers in a browser action game with officers, campaigns, and trials. On GitHub since Sep 2026 Pilot a ship through a three-dimensional rail-shooter course and fight a mechanical sea-dragon boss. On GitHub since Sep 2026 Play Pharaoh and Cleopatra campaigns with a new engine written in Rust. On GitHub since Sep 2026 Ride a bicycle past rice paddies and wooden shops as a Japanese summer afternoon turns to dusk. On GitHub since Sep 2026 Push crates onto goals across a collection of terminal Sokoban puzzles. On GitHub since Sep 2026 Set village objectives and watch residents gather, construct, recruit, and fight. On GitHub since Sep 2026 Wander an endless first-person maze presented through a damaged videotape aesthetic. On GitHub since Sep 2026 Move into a shared town, deliver newspapers, tidy gardens, and build a neighborhood with other players. On GitHub since Sep 2026 Tend a small sheep farm together in a shared browser world. On GitHub since Sep 2026 Lay out firewalls and security tools to stop malware waves while handling board meetings. On GitHub since Sep 2026 Build up a crystal core and balance idle progress against incoming waves in a tower-defense hybrid. On GitHub since Sep 2026 Fight through an AI research lab in a satirical first-person shooter. On GitHub since Sep 2026 Drive an open-wheel car through practice, qualifying, and a race against computer opponents. On GitHub since Sep 2026 Shape a pot on the wheel, mix a glaze, and see how it survives the kiln. On GitHub since Aug 2026 Fly a paper aircraft through gates while avoiding the ground and ceiling. On GitHub since Aug 2026 Explore a world populated by procedurally drawn doodle characters. On GitHub since Aug 2026 Take a six-wheeled survey rover across a lonely lunar basin and investigate a silent outpost. On GitHub since Aug 2026 Showing 36 of 166 games A great idea can come from a tiny repository. We look past the usual lists for new games you can actually try.
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