Simulation (175 programs)

Pros: A customizable avatar. Three love interests. Four endings. Dress-up gameplay.

Cons: Some customization options are limited. Some routes default to the love triangle regardless of your choice.

Pros: Create a realistic but vibrant garden. Includes a wide variety of flowers and leaves. Offered to players for free.

Cons: Currently in alpha testing. Contains critical bugs and errors.

Pros: Cute art style. Easy controls. 34 locations. 59 collectibles.

Cons: Tends to freeze. No tutorial on the trading system. No main story to follow.

Pros: Creepy low-poly graphics. Linear progression. Easy controls. Subtle jumpscares.

Cons: The ending feels too abrupt. No brief tutorial.

Pros: Easy controls. Silly boat simulation gameplay. No pressure to win. Can customize your ship’s name.

Cons: Doesn’t really reward you with a Victory screen. Not easy to actually win. The in-game physics is super janky.

Pros: Free. Easy controls. Can generate real Tweets from your feed. No pressure to solve puzzles or win minigames.

Cons: Not much gameplay involved. Extremely short. Needs an existing public Twitter account.

Pros: Inventive gameplay. Intriguing storyline. Quirky sense of humor. Original graphic style.

Cons: Fiddly controls. Swearing and horror make it inappropriate for children. Some elements assume familiarity with the YouTube character. Lacks replay value.

Pros: A parody of VTuber Akai Haato’s Haachama lore. Cute 2D graphics. Multiple endings. Creepy psychological horror elements.

Cons: Requires knowledge of the Haachama lore to enjoy all references.

Pros: Good visuals. Soothing music. Relaxed game pace. Comes with story narration.

Cons: Sometimes crashes. Requires mouse movement every five seconds. No challenge. Does not save your progress.

Pros: Can send and receive anonymous words of encouragement from other players. Beautiful and scenic background environment. Atmospheric ambient noise and day-night lighting. Lets you take screenshots with a hotkey.

Cons: Can’t move from your spot. No in-game tutorial. Game sometimes crashes.

Pros: Free and easy to play. Adorable 2D pixel graphics. Incredibly easy controls. Fanmade story of It: Chapter 2.

Cons: Simple linear storyline. Unofficial game from franchise. Vulnerable to bugs and crashing.

Pros: Expands Richie and Eddie’s story. 2d pixelated graphics. No fail states. Easy controls.

Cons: Prone to crashing. Tricky to install. Too linear.

Pros: Pixelated furry pets. Receive random motivational messages. Easy to install and use.

Cons: Lacks known security feature.

Pros: Free-roam and freeform art game. Three supported control sets. Interesting mind-bending visual mechanics.

Cons: No settings. No tutorial. No audio. Can be headache-inducing.

Pros: Two different POVs. A hassle-free linear story. Cute LGBT romance. Pretty art style and CGs.

Cons: Volume set to max at the start, which may startle players. Unequal splitting of POVs.

Pros: Engrossing text-based storyline. LGBT romance with 4 characters. Choices shape your personality. Lets you enable and disable R-rated scenes.

Cons: Some issues with saves not being available or have been erased.

Pros: Features new original characters. Features canon schools from the anime series. Anime-like art style. Uses small memory space.

Cons: Limited content. No canon characters. Limited to Karasuno High School. Very short runtime.

Pros: Easy pumpkin-carving and designing. Simple but beautiful 3D graphics. Lets you upload your work online to be displayed. Can check out other pumpkins and like them.

Cons: Servers won’t stay up for long. Some placement spots can’t accommodate certain pumpkin sizes. Mac version has extra steps for installation.