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A short, cozy platformer set inside a 1990s PC desktop, where you hop between windows and enjoy a new mechanical gimmick each level, with a generally positive but slightly uneven feel.

macdows 95
A compact, humorous parody game about a fake OS update, featuring clever puzzles and a ~3-hour playtime.
2019-09-05
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Indie

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Games like MainFrames

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Games like MainFrames

A short, cozy platformer set inside a 1990s PC desktop, where you hop between windows and enjoy a new mechanical gimmick each level, with a generally positive but slightly uneven feel.

macdows 95
A compact, humorous parody game about a fake OS update, featuring clever puzzles and a ~3-hour playtime.
2019-09-05
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Indie

Simulator

Desktop Explorer

An eerie, story-driven detective adventure through the abandoned files of an old PC, combining retro-90s simulation, psychological mystery, and creative file-based puzzles in a ~8-hour single-player experience.

2026-07-17

Puzzle
Thriller
Adventure
Indie
Simulator
Mystery

Mail Time

A single-player, cozy cottagecore light-platformer about a mail scout's short, charming letter-delivering adventure through a forest grove.

2023-04-27

Platform
Adventure
Third person
Indie
Open world

Factory 95

A compact single-player factory-builder where you craft PowerPoint slides in a Windows 95 interface, balancing space and Y2K worries.

2026-04-22

Simulator

Time Loader

A story-driven puzzle-platformer about a tiny robot in 90s alternate realities, with time-paradox puzzles and a compact ~5-6 hour playthrough.

2021-11-03

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Arcade
Racing
Kids

Outcore: Desktop Adventure

A free anime-styled desktop meta-adventure with Windows-app puzzles and a memory-based mystery, lasting about three to five hours.

2022-09-26

Action
Comedy
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Simulator
Text
Role-playing (RPG)
Pinball
Visual Novel

OneShot: World Machine Edition

A surreal, fourth-wall-breaking puzzle adventure starring a catlike child, set within a simulated desktop and shaped by choices across multiple endings.

2024-09-30

Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Text
Role-playing (RPG)

Stack Prootocol

A cute, compact puzzle-platformer about a USB-mouse stacking blocks through cyberspace to fix a toaster.

2025-12-04

Platform
Puzzle
Third person
Indie

Plant Budz 98

A short retro-desktop pet-raising sim that grows into four varied, challenging mini-games.

2026-05-29

Spark and The Digital Daydream

A melancholic, story-driven puzzle-platformer mixing live-action video and an original soundtrack, where a lost game character explores a computer world in a compact ~5-hour single-player adventure.

2019-05-07

Adventure
Indie

Super Cable Boy

A pixel-art action platformer about a living handheld that collects cartridges, featuring short puzzles, secret exits, local co-op, and a compact campaign.

2020-11-20

Action
Platform
Indie

The Deletion

A challenging, humorous puzzle-platformer about deleting files, offering a compact single-player experience of roughly five to six hours.

2015-07-30

Action
Indie

macdows 95