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A short, humorous 2D climbing game about a violinist scaling endless staircases with simple mouse controls to reach a royal performance.

Batography
A cosy, hand-drawn 2D short game where a bat glides, climbs, and runs to photograph the moon and collect mooncakes.
2025-01-29
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- Puzzle
- Adventure

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Games like Bow and Banister

A short, humorous 2D climbing game about a violinist scaling endless staircases with simple mouse controls to reach a royal performance.

Batography
A cosy, hand-drawn 2D short game where a bat glides, climbs, and runs to photograph the moon and collect mooncakes.
2025-01-29
- Platform
- Puzzle
- Adventure

Indie

Side view

Rainy Day

A cozy hand-drawn 2D obstacle-dodging game set on rainy days, with a gentle tone and a roughly half-hour runtime.

2024-09-20

Action
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view

Elong Plug

A silly, short casual adventure about stretching an elastic plug to rival LORD ELON's length through climbing, dangling, and coin collecting.

2023-02-24

Adventure
Indie

Postmouse

A cozy, free single-player adventure about a tiny mouse delivering mail through an abandoned mansion, with puzzles and charming characters in a short ~2-hour package.

2023-01-30

Adventure
Fantasy
Third person
Indie

Merp in Merpworld

A short, cozy single-player adventure through Merpworld, with accessible controls and beautiful art and music.

2025-11-12

Platform
Adventure
Side view

Klifur

A short, single-player minimalist 2D bouldering game with hand-made routes, a level editor, and physics-based climbing puzzles.

2026-05-14

Puzzle
Indie
Sport

Rollick N' Roll

A short, joyful single-player physics puzzler about guiding marbles through marble runs, with a time-limited multi-car challenge mode for added replay.

2026-04-23

Action
Puzzle
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Arcade

Go Up Frog

A single-player 2D precision platformer about climbing upward through trial and error, praised for teaching self-control and offering a short, focused challenge.

2026-02-27

Action
Platform
Indie
Side view

Summit Drive a game by Luke Kim

A brief, physics-based single-player drive up a mountain in a camper van using mouse controls — clunky at first, then charming and relaxing.

2025-12-19

First person
Comedy
Adventure
Indie
Simulator

Handy Helper

A brief free-to-play puzzle-action game about launching tiles, freeing tool friends, and escaping a vanishing system, with gentle mouse-only challenges and a cute retro look.

2025-11-07

Action
Strategy
Indie

Ritualis: Summoner Simulator

A compact ~2-hour casual summoning sim about bargaining with townsfolk, uncovering an amnesia mystery, and exploring an ancient town's secrets with mouse-only controls.

2026-05-28

Fantasy
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)
Mystery

Potter About

A bite-sized, cozy adventure where a broken flower pot explores a home with plant-inspired powers; very short, easy, and meditative.

2026-06-23

Adventure
Indie

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