All-Time Most Popular Games Tagged 'Windows, playable, indie' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/alltime/Windows/playable/indie/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> All-Time Most Popular Games Tagged 'Windows, playable, indie' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg All-Time Most Popular Games Tagged 'Windows, playable, indie' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/alltime/Windows/playable/indie/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> en-us Defcon You play the role of a military Commander hidden deep within an Underground bunker. Your mission - to successfully exterminate your enemy's civilian population whilst disabling their ability to attack your own. Start by launching your battleships, subs and bombers in order to decimate your opponent's defences. Scramble together your alliances but remember only one can stand victorious.

Prepare your pre-emptive strike before one of your supposed allies gets the same idea. Choose the perfect moment for betrayal, obliterating your opponents with an apocalyptic thermonuclear barrage, but get it wrong and their devastating counter attack will bring you to your knees!

It's Global Thermonuclear War, and nobody wins. But maybe - just maybe - you can lose the least.
]]> 01 Dec 2006 03:32:09 Darwinia The world of Darwinia is a virtual themepark, running entirely inside a computer network and populated by a sentient evolving life form called the Darwinians. Unfortunately Darwinia has been overrun by a computer virus which has multiplied out of control. Your task is to destroy the Viral Infection and save the Darwinians from extinction.
]]> 02 Dec 2006 03:37:52 Uplink

High tech computer crime and industrial espionage on the Internet of 2010.


You play an Uplink Agent who makes a living by performing jobs for major corporations. Your tasks involve hacking into rival computer systems, stealing research data, sabotaging other companies, laundering money, erasing evidence, or framing innocent people.

You use the money you earn to upgrade your computer systems, and to buy new software and tools. As your experience level increases you find more dangerous and profitable missions become available. You can speculate on a fully working stock market (and even influence its outcome). You can modify peoples academic or criminal records. You can divert money from bank transfers into your own accounts. You can even take part in the construction of the most deadly computer virus ever designed.
]]> 02 Dec 2006 03:28:51 Soldat Soldat is a unique side-view multiplayer action game. It takes the best from games like Liero, Worms, Quake and Counter-Strike and gives you fast action gameplay with tons of blood and flesh. Soldiers fight against each other on 2D battle arenas using a deadly military arsenal. This is what multiplayer was invented for.

Most important features:
  • It's free to play
  • Game environment based on real physics rules
  • Over 18 weapons available: - guns like MP5, Ak-74, M79, M249 Minimi, Barret M82A1, XM214 Minigun
  • Multiplayer network game over the Internet or LAN
  • Intelligent bots
  • 7 game modes:
  • - Deathmatch
  • - Pointmatch
  • - Teammatch
  • - Rambomatch
  • - Capture the Flag
  • - Infiltration
  • - Hold the Flag
  • 51 different maps
  • Editors: Soldat Map Maker and Interface Maker
  • Lobby server and dedicated server for Windows and Linux
    • * Large community creating mods, maps and tools
    ]]>     02 Dec 2006 05:17:22     Truck Dismount - Rekkaturvat In this sequel to Stair Dismount - Porrasturvat, the player has to try to inflict as much damage as possible to a ragdoll stickman initially sitting in a truck. Things influencing how the ragdoll will behave is influenced by the placing of ramps, the figure itself and the speed of the truck, all set by the player.
    ]]>     05 Dec 2006 11:07:32     Stair Dismount - Porrasturvat It is a physics game where the goal is maximising the 'damage' done to a 3D stick figure; the player causes damage by briefly applying a force to the figure to make it fall down a staircase.

    Made by the same developer as Truck Dismount - Rekkaturvat.
    ]]>     05 Dec 2006 11:00:02     Armadillo Run Armadillo Run is a physics-based puzzle game. You have to build structures with the purpose of getting an armadillo to a certain point in space. There is a selection of building materials, each with different properties, which can be combined to form almost anything. The realistic physics simulation gives you the freedom to solve each level in many different ways.
    ]]>     09 Dec 2006 02:13:47     BreakQuest What makes BreakQuest so special? In a word, physics! Balls of different sizes bounce off springs, dampers, and bumpers of every shape and size. Bricks hang, fall, grow, shrink, appear, vanish, interact with other bricks, and even shoot back at you!
    ]]>     20 Dec 2006 09:54:48     Narbacular Drop In Narbacular Drop you explore a 3D dungeon and overcome obstacles using unique portal gameplay. Its non-violent, low-intensity, simple gameplay appeals to gamers of all ages and skill levels. The unique portal gameplay makes for a very fun and memorable game experience.
    ]]>     15 Dec 2006 08:33:36     Oasis You are the future Scarab King. Your father, the Falcon King, has been murdered. Egypt has plunged into chaos, and an evil fog has covered your father's empire. Using your magical staff, you will lift the fog and rebuild the empire. Your followers will flock to you and obey your commands.

    You will discover cities, build roads, and develop new technologies. Your goal is to seek out the Oasis and the Obelisk it contains, and to protect it from the barbarian hordes.

    Once your presence in a kingdom is discovered, you have a limited number of turns before the barbarian horde arrives. Spend your turns wisely, develop your kingdom carefully, or watch the barbarian hordes smash it to rubble!

    If your kingdom survives with the Obelisk intact, you will be able to retrieve its Glyph, and the power to restore order to the land. Earn twelve Glyphs from twelve different levels, and you will have the power to restore the empire, dispel the fog forever, and become the Scarab King.
    ]]>     19 Dec 2006 01:36:53     Peggle Deluxe Can you achieve Zen Master status with Peggle? It seems easy, at first. Almost too easy! But before too long you'll need amazing aiming skills to master this addicting game. Clear off the orange pegs by placing perfect shots. You only have 10 balls, so be careful! Peggle can get awfully tense if you start running out of extra balls. Score points and land in the free ball catcher to improve your skills!
    ]]>     30 Apr 2007 07:26:14     Rumble Box Rumble Box is a fast paced 3D action beat-em-up with a unique premise: all of the characters are made of simple objects which stay around in the level even after the character is defeated. The objects pile up, changing the gameplay landscape and altering your combat tactics.

    The game takes place inside a giant box, and the ultimate goal of the game is to pile up enough defeated enemies to get out of the box.
    ]]>     12 Dec 2006 01:17:32     Frets on Fire Frets on Fire is a game of musical skill and fast fingers. The aim of the game is to play guitar with the keyboard as accurately as possible.
    ]]>     06 Dec 2006 04:17:44     Torus Trooper Torus Trooper lets you control a speeding ship sailing through barrage.
    ]]>     12 Dec 2006 05:11:36     Liero Liero battle game between two worms armed with heavy weapons of all kinds. It is capable of both single player action against the computer or against a friend in a hot seat game. The game was created in 1999 but still has a strong following by dedicated fans.
    ]]>     22 Dec 2006 03:57:10     Cave Story - Doukutsu Monogatari Cave Story is a freeware sidescrolling action/adventure/platformer title with leanings towards Wonderboy and recent sidescrolling Castlevania titles. You control a little amnesiac who runs around helping out these rabbit-ish creatures called Mimigas while trying to find your way out of the giant cave inside the floating island which makes up the game's setting.

    This is a free game made by one man:

    Pixel said,
    It's been five years since I first thought to myself, "Hey, why not try making a game?" I developed Cave Story at my own pace, taking my time, and while doing so I released a few other smaller games as well.
    ]]>     26 Nov 2006 01:38:13     Facade You, the player, using your own name and gender, play the character of a longtime friend of Grace and Trip, an attractive and materially successful couple in their early thirties. During an evening get-together at their apartment that quickly turns ugly, you become entangled in the high-conflict dissolution of Grace and Trip's marriage. No one is safe as the accusations fly, sides are taken and irreversible decisions are forced to be made. By the end of this intense one-act play you will have changed the course of Grace and Trip's lives - motivating you to re-play the drama to find out how your interaction could make things turn out differently the next time.
    ]]>     02 Jan 2007 03:43:06     Triptych Triptych is a fast-paced physics based block dropping game that will keep you coming back for more. Maneuver and rotate blocks as they fall so that 3 or more of a color are adjacent to each other. By achieving this, the blocks will be destroyed and the player will collect points. As blocks are destroyed, connected blocks are freed to move independently and blocks above will fall to fill the empty spaces. Unlike other puzzle games, the game board is a living entity where the blocks obey the laws of physics. Every game is a unique experience!
    ]]>     29 Dec 2006 08:14:29     .kkrieger A really, really, really tiny first-person shooter, at least when it comes to download size, being under 100kB.

    The game features a number of different textures, enemies and weapons.
    ]]>     04 Dec 2006 06:33:02     Knytt The Knytt was abducted by an alien! Traveling through space, the UFO flies into a meteor and crashes on a nearby planet. Luckily, the Knytt and the alien survive, but the UFO is a wreck. How can the Knytt possibly find it's way back home again?
    ]]>     06 Dec 2006 12:42:22     gate 88 Relive a childhood daydream of deep space intergalactic battle inspired by Herzog Zwei, Star control, SubSpace, Homeworld, and PARSEC47.
    ]]>     13 Dec 2006 05:42:12     Warning Forever Warning Forever is a special shoot 'em up. Instead of flying around, dealing with hoards of enemies, and the occasional boss, it's just you, and the boss. And every time you beat the boss, it comes back, meaner than the time before.
    ]]>     04 Dec 2006 11:33:56     Freeciv Freeciv is a free turn-based multiplayer strategy game, in which each player becomes the leader of a civilization, fighting to obtain the ultimate goal:
    To become the greatest civilization.
    ]]>     10 Dec 2006 12:49:47     Seiklus This is an strange endearing relaxing game. All about exploring the world.

    It has many nice touches that come out if you take the time to play. Shows how much simple things and bare bones gameplay can still add up to an enjoyable experience.

    The environments are strange and unexpected.. Might be a bit challenging for some and frustrating at times, but I enjoyed it overall.

    This was made by a single guy using GameMaker, and given away for free! See developer's links below for more info

    clysm said,
    Well, when I make any game, I make
    a game that Id like to see made by someone
    else; like partly as just an effort to inspire other people to make little games. I know a lot of people who are really talented, or who have some ambition, but they dont do anything, because they just think they cant....
    ]]>     26 Nov 2006 11:33:25     Cloud Cloud is a third-person puzzle game based around weather and atmospheric aesthetics.
    ]]>     14 Dec 2006 03:50:56     Little Fighter 2 Little Fighter 2 is a fighting game in a classic beat 'em up style. You and up to three friends and eight computer controlled helpers fight your way through levels against hoards of enemies.

    Every player can pick a character from a long list, each character with its own special moves and powers.
    ]]>     06 Dec 2006 05:37:08     rRootage rRootage is an abstract scrolling shooter game, centered around fighting a continually reappearing boss.
    ]]>     11 Dec 2006 06:03:40     TUMIKI Fighters TUMIKI Fighters is a sticky 2D shooter. Stick more defeated enemies to your plane and become much stronger!
    ]]>     12 Dec 2006 05:29:42     Plasma Pong Plasma Pong is a variation of Pong that utilizes real-time fluid dynamics to drive the game environment.

    Players have several new abilities that add fun twists to the classic game. In the game you can inject plasma fluid into the environment, create a vacuum from your paddle, and blast shockwaves into the playing area. All these abilities have fluid-based kinetic effects on the ball, making Plasma Pong a fast-paced and exciting game.
    ]]>     27 Nov 2006 01:39:25     The Battle for Wesnoth The Battle for Wesnoth is a free, turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme. Fight a desperate battle to reclaim the throne of Wesnoth, or take hand in any number of other adventures.
    ]]>     13 Dec 2006 10:48:36     Bridge Builder Bridge Builder is a game where you build bridges. In each level you have a limited budget to buy materials with, materials with which you have to build a bridge which will hold a train passing over it.
    ]]>     25 Dec 2006 01:58:32     Within a Deep Forest Within a Deep Forest is a freeware 2D platform game for Windows, featuring challenging gameplay, beautiful music, an evil doctor, infinite cuteness, and a deep forest.
    ]]>     26 Nov 2006 02:38:21     Bontago Bontago is a single or multiplayer 3d real-time strategy/puzzle game. By stacking blocks each player increses their area of influence, and can build closer and closer to the goal in the middle of each level.
    ]]>     03 Dec 2006 10:02:40     Ray-Hound In Ray-Hound you control a space ship in a circular arena where you have to survive for as long as possible and eliminate all turrets that keep shooting on you. Unfortunately you don't have a gun yourself, so instead you capture the shots the turrets fire at you and use their own shots againts the turrets

    Ray-Hound is created by Hikoza Ohkubo, creator of Warning Forever.
    ]]>     08 Feb 2007 01:37:01     Head over Heels Control the two characters Head and Heels in this isometric arcade adventure/puzzle game.
    ]]>     09 Dec 2006 07:02:02     Mu-cade The Physics Centipede Invasion, where you fight to keep yourself from being pushed off the small arena and into the botomless void below it.
    ]]>     12 Dec 2006 05:45:53     Noiz2sa Noiz2sa is an abstract shoot 'em up game.

    You encounter waves of enemies and periodically a boss fight. You score by collecting the green squares left behind by defeated enemies.
    ]]>     11 Dec 2006 06:45:42     Pogo Sticker This is certainly not an average platformer! This is what you get when you make a "Jump'n'Run" game, but leave out the Run. It's all jumping from start to beginning, and you aren't allowed to stop bouncing around.

    Funky physics, stylish graphics, catchy music and bunch of weird levels to say it short.
    ]]>     07 Feb 2007 10:00:40     Jumper Two Jumper Two is the sequel to Jumper (obviously), and continues the story of Ogmo, the horrible experiment gone wrong, as he attempts to evade capture by various forces which want him for various reasons.

    You'll have to get Ogmo through 60 of the most devious single-screen platformer stage designs ever in his quest for freedom, using the various kinds of jumps at your disposal.

    Also included is the Jumper Two Editor v4.06, which lets you create your own 10-stage 'Sectors' with a variety of game objects, some of which exclusive to the editor, and even lets you edit the game physics!
    ]]>     19 Feb 2007 11:52:14     N-Ball N-Ball is a crazy physics-based 2D platform. In this game you control N-Ball, a kind of ever burning plasma ball, through 40 levels full of platforms, ropes, swings, vehicles and lots of other wierd structures. And with the editor you can also create your own levels or play those made by your friends! A bit tricky at first but lots of fun once you get the hang of it!
    ]]>     10 Dec 2006 06:16:07     Cortex Command Mine precious gold from the deformable terrain in order to buy better weapons, digging tools, and deployable defenses. Use these assets to defend your disembodied brain and bankrupt your opponent!

    Old-school 2D sidescroller pixel graphics coupled with an extremely detailed physics simulation makes for a mix of nostalgia and surprising gameplay.
    ]]>     12 Nov 2006 03:44:39     BZFlag BZFlag is a free multiplayer multiplatform 3D tank battle game. The name stands for Battle Zone capture Flag.
    ]]>     03 Dec 2006 09:27:06     Ocular Ink In a strange and twisted land where evil dismembered body parts roam the countryside, you play the role of a young paintbrush-wielding eyeball that is determined to free his home town from the fearsome clutches of the evil eye-pirate known far and wide as Patches Deadlights.
    ]]>     17 Dec 2006 12:57:28     Gunroar Gunroar is an 360-degree gunboat shooter.
    ]]>     11 Dec 2006 06:12:14     Neverball Tilt the floor to roll a ball through an obstacle course before time runs out. Neverball is part puzzle game, part action game, and entirely a test of skill.
    ]]>     15 Dec 2006 03:53:34     Digger Digger was released by Windmill Software in 1983, popular in the era of the IBM PC with a CGA graphics card and monitor. Digger was resurrected by Andrew Jenner in 1998, when he reverse engineered it to run using VGA on fast Pentium based computers. The source code of the remastered version was released under the GPL with permission of the original author Rob Sleath.
    ]]>     24 Dec 2006 02:53:39     Ragdoll Masters Ragdoll Masters is an experiment in the world of 2D beat 'em' ups with the use of ragdoll physics. In this game you control a stylized martial arts master, making his way through stronger and stronger opponents with spectacular moves and impressive blows. It features some of the most sophisticated physics ever used in 2D games and plenty of other neat effects.
    ]]>     10 Dec 2006 05:40:12     Master of Defense Master Of Defense is a strategy game that lets you assume the role of a brave hero, who has been chosen to save the ancient kingdom from the hordes of monsters. The challenge of the game is to ward off relentless attacks of monsters and prevent them from capturing people in your castle.
    ]]>     01 Jan 2007 05:22:56     Blockland The game where you build stuff.

    An open-ended, non-competitive, multi-player construction game. You build online with bricks.
    ]]>     09 Oct 2006 01:38:19     Liquid War Liquid War is a unique multiplayer wargame. Its rules are truely original and have been invented by Thomas Colcombet. You control an army of liquid and have to try and eat your opponents. A single player mode is available, but the game is definitely designed to be multiplayer, and has network support.
    ]]>     07 Dec 2006 08:09:39