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To celebrate the fresh start of another year, let's look back at the memorable great games we highlighted in the last month of 2025. We had a short soccer incremental with dynamic animations, a surreal shape bending parody game, a creepy speed dating sim in which you have to find the weak spots of your dates, a hand-drawn city builder using illustrations by the creator's own son.

Have a look through our entire selection below. And if you want to find more convenient collections of games such as this, check out our round-up tag!

Ooqo (aznoqmous, Jérémie Frémont)Ooqo (aznoqmous, Jérémie Frémont)

"Collect fishes until the portal to the next level opens" - Author's description

Play here (Browser)

Lazy Kickers (Sos Sosowski)

"A short incremental soccer game" - Author's description

Play here (Browser)

Makeshift (Min Tram)

"Simply pressing arrows to win with slight conditions" - Author's description

Play / download on itch.io (Windows, Browser)

Mario 65 (henold)

"Not so super anymore. Deform mario just like the classic title screen." - Author's description

Play here (Browser)

My very photogenic mother died in a freak accident (picnic, lightning) (Kimera Royal)

"short game inspired by an excerpt from Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov" - Author's description

PWYC to download on itch.io (Windows)

Don't Stare (Gabe M Carvalho, Owen Melisek, Ozone Filmworks)

"Hover your cursor over your date's weak spot. Stare long enough, and they will get uncomfortable and flee." - Author's description

Play here (Browser)

how to walk out the door (Anton Pätsi, Lucy Woodall, Benjamin Pilbrow)

"instructions: walk out the door" - Author's description

Play here (Browser)

NYC Mouse Simulator (haoyanggg)

"Get Pizzas. Sniff Around. Do Whatever You Want. You are a mouse." - Author's description

PWYC to download on itch.io (Windows)

SUNFLOWER GAME (josiah_hendy)

"Descend into madness over the desecration of a passion." - Author's description

Download on itch.io (Windows)

Tom City (Tom and Dad Games, ‪Dave Lloyd)

"My kid Tom loves drawing cities, so we made a game where you can draw them like he does!" - Author's description

Play / download on itch.io (Windows, Mac, Linux, Browser)