Verba

N/A

Verba is a simple educational game that allows you to expand your vocabulary as long as you have Microsoft Word installed, as it uses Word's spell-check system to decide whether you wrote a word correctly or not. The gameplay is very straightforward: letters will slowly appear on the screen as you try to use them to make the longest possible words. The only problem is if, as I mentioned in the first paragraph, you don't have MS Word installed on your computer. Without Word's spell-checker, Verba will accept all words as valid and take all of the fun out of the game. Verba is an interesting game which will help both kids and grown-ups learn new words.

The Cat and the Coup

Brinson and ValaNejad

The Cat and the Coup is a very odd playable experience where you play the cat of Mohammed Mossadeghdel, the first democratically elected prime minister in Iran. Your task is to guide your owner through the different stages of his life as played out with images and messages you read on the screen. To that end, you have to interact with the setting by throwing objects on the floor and pushing Mossadeghdel around. The Cat and the Coup is a very strange game, and while it may not be especially fun, it will indeed teach you a lot of interesting stuff as you play.

Execution

N/A

Execution is a pretty strange experimental game. It's really best not to say anything about it at all, so as not to ruin the impact it has the first time you play it. Without giving anything away, the only thing we can say is that Execution is a game about making decisions and your choices determine the result of the game. Whether you win or lose depends on your actions.

Adivina

MecaNet

Adivina is a simple game that entertains you while you spend some time trying to figure out how the computer can guess what you are thinking. If you take some time to think about it, you will end up figuring out the mathematical workings of this unique program, which is based solely on a mathematical algorithm. The novice user will probably end up perplexed upon realizing that the computer was able to guess the number being thought of without doing anything specific, such as touching a part of the screen or other instructions that could make it easy for the program to guess. But, of course, it is just a trick. Adivina is a game designed for any user who wants to have some fun or mess with some friends.

Way

WayForward

Way is a puzzle and platform game that sets itself apart from the genre with one key detail: you must play it together with a stranger over the Internet. You can also play with a friend... but in that case the experience won't be the same. If you find another person looking for a partner, you can start a game, which places your character on the top part of the screen and the character controlled by your partner on the bottom (or vice versa). At this time you'll probably realize that you'll need to cooperate with your partner on the other side of the screen if you expect to solve any of the puzzles presented by the game. Most of the puzzles require two people to perform actions together, like in cooperative mode in the game Portal 2. And, also like in Portal 2, you'll have a series of gestures and commands to help you establish communication. With all of this in mind, your objective is to reach the end of the adventure (which shouldn't last much longer than 20 minutes if you have a competent partner) by solving all of the puzzles that are put in front of you. Most of these puzzles are not very complex, but they do require that you communicate with your partner. Way is a unique experience that uses simple puzzle and platform game features to teach a valuable lesson about nonverbal communication.

Pragmatica

Hive

Pragmatica is a puzzle game that will test your intelligence. To play, you'll have to establish a set of parameters to guide the robots, helping them get from one box to another. The process to do that is simple: you program a series of orders before the robots begin to leave their hiding spots. For example, you can set up a rule that tells them to turn left when they get to a wall, or to turn right when they get to a dangerous box. If they crash into anything while carrying out the orders, they'll explode. Your aim is to help all the robots in each level (at the start you'll have just one) reach the other box without exploding into a thousand pieces. To do so, you'll need to take a good look at the scenes, calculate the possibilities, then test them out (with the resulting explosions) as many times as it takes. Pragmatica is a fun puzzle game that's reminiscent at times of ChuChu Rocket!, but has more depth than the SEGA Dreamcast classic.

Cloud

N/A

Cloud is a game of exploration with some simple puzzles mixed in. It has been created by thatgamecompany, developers of titles like Journey and Flower. In it, you control a small child with two very special skills: flying and interacting with the clouds. The game consists of several levels in which you have to fly through the sky while interacting with clouds. In the first level, for example, the mission is to bring a particularly bright cloud together with other clouds to create a larger cloud. In another level, however, you have to take many smaller clouds and create different shapes in the sky with them. The gameplay, in any case, generally asks you to fly through the sky and move the clouds from side to side. Visually, Cloud is a very nice title, which has thatgamecompany´s finger prints all over it. While not as spectacular as Flower or Journey, it does have some outstanding graphics. Cloud is an entertaining title that tries to get closer to the concept of interactive experience than create a traditional video game.

Edmund

N/A

Edmund is an interactive story in 2D in which you control Edmund, a mysterious character who, after getting in a cab and stopping near a bus stop, assaults an unknown woman. This game tries to go deep in the mind of a serial rapist, going all the way back to the Vietnam War. You can play during the war, too, and find out what exactly happened there. Because of the theme, the gaming experience is naturally pretty heavy and might be offensive to some people, so it's not recommended for everyone. Besides the theme, Edmund has a simple 2D gameplay. You can jump (which is necessary) and shoot a gun (which is only occasionally necessary). Edmund is a strange adventure. Beneath the gloomy graphics, there's a strong adult story that is rarely explored in the world of video games. It's a unique experience for sure.

Monsters in the Basement

N/A

Monsters in the Basement is a strange mix between the gameplay from Pac-Man and the setting from Silent Hill. In it you play the leader of a group of friends trapped inside a maze full of aberrations. The story begins when your young characters enter Doctor Klein's mansion and get trapped in the basement, which ends up being a dungeon full of creatures straight out of hell itself... or, rather, out of the Doctor's most terrifying experiments. Your objective in each level is to collect all the flashlight batteries scattered throughout the basement's corridors, while avoiding the monsters trying to kill you. Normally you'll have to avoid the monsters but sometimes you'll find ammunition that you can use to shoot and kill them. That said, use your ammo with care since it's a limited resource. Monsters in the Basement is a fun Pac Man clone that offers a simple, entertaining gameplay set in an environment that's sure to give you more than one scare.

Royal Match

Dream Games

There are many benefits to exercising and training your memory, including speeding up mental functions, improving reading comprehension, and lowering stress levels. Royal Match is a game designed to train your intelligence by having you find matching pairs of cards in a set. The objective of Royal Match is to find all of the card pairs in three different levels of difficulty. As you play, you can set your own records, and then break them. Playing is simple: just click a card to turn it over, displaying its suit and number. Then you need to find its mate. If you make a mistake, don't worry - the cards will simply be turned face down again and you can try again. Once you match all of the pairs, your time will be recorded and you can play again.

BrainSport Extreme

Stahnu.cz

The legendary game Sokoban, in which you push boxes to their proper places, has found a satisfying continuation brought to you by the same bright minds: BrainSport Extreme. BrainSport Extreme has 100 levels, all of which are extremely difficult. To play, you'll have to move boxes just like in Sokoban, only now you can only move them forward or sideways, but never backwards. The squares where you want to put the boxes are marked with a clover, and those you have to move are marked with a red X. Once the box is in the right place, it turns green - but don't be fooled, since one box can have more than one correct placement. If a level is too difficult, you can change the level so long as you've earned enough coins from solving other puzzles. BrainSport Extreme is one of the most challenging puzzle games you can play. No installation is needed, so to save your game, just open it from the same PC to continue from where you left off.

Chaser

Connor Carpenter

Chaser is a short gaming experience where you play a green character lost in the middle of space. On the screen, you see just your little green protagonist and another blue character to his right that runs away from you when you try to get closer. The controls in Chaser are simple: use the arrow keys to move your character, keeping in mind that the longer you run in one direction, the faster you'll go. The faster you go, the more points you get. That said, if you run into any of the obstacles that appear along the way, you'll lose all your points. It won't take long to discover that the faster your little green guy runs, the faster the blue one runs, too, making it impossible to catch up to him. Therefore, the key to the game lies in thinking about the situation from a different perspective. What if the person you're chasing is not YOUR person? Chaser is a fantastic gaming experience that can be finished in just five minutes and will make you reflect on greater things. The game's music is also excellent.

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Sudoku Portable

PortableApps.com

Day by day we see that we use different computers in just one day: at home, in the office, our friend's house... that's the reason why we usually see how applications are also made to be stored in a pendrive and used on a y PC just pluging the pendrive. Sudoku Portable is one of those applications and it gives you the possibility of playing sudoku on any PC without installing anything. You can play it just pluging in the pendrive and running the executable file. Sudoku Portable offers four different difficulty levels and the possibility of solving the game when you think it's impossible. If you like Sudoku, now you can play it anywhere. Sudoku Portable is a really good idea.

Sudoku Susser

Robert Woodhead

Have you ever wondered if you can solve any Sudoku puzzle on your own? Now we offer you a good help: Sudoku Susser. It is a good Sudoku Puzzle where you can play sudoku and it will help you solve the different puzzles. Not only does it tell you why it chooses a number but it tells you the reasons attending to 14 different simple and advanced Sudoku patterns. Everything from simple forces and pins up to mega-expert techniques like forcing loops and chains. It is a good helper because It can give you hints on how to proceed, or solve the puzzle by human-style logic, with detailed explanations of the steps. No known puzzle can stump the Susser's heuristic deduction engine. When you have used it some times you'll be able to solve it on your own and go step by step to solve more difficult puzzles. Finally, you can download sudoku puzzles for free or you can drag Sudoku graphics from just about any webpage and they'll be scanned and loaded into the application.

Zombies

2 Guys Games

Deads have escaped from their graves and they want to convert all people into Zombies, of course your mission is to finish them all. That is what you will have to do when playing this free game where you will have to show that your intelligence id good enough to pull the brake to the plague of zombies. Zombies is turn-based and you will have three movements per turn to approach the zombies or avoid their attacks. Take advantage of your armory and the ones around the scenery to kill them. Be careful, because if ou do not take care, you will face a dangerous double attack, zombies are more intelligent and fast than what you think. Zombies can be a bit bloody, but you can set the violence level.

flOw

thatgamecompany

flOw is the ideal game for those relaxing minutes at work when you can't get up from your chair. It's an exceptional developed game with incredible graphics, where you get the chance to test the evolution of microorganisms. This game is developed by Jenova Chan although it was recently purchased by Sony and is set to be added on PlayStation 3. flOw is nothing like the most famous games that exist on the market. In this case, the difficulty of the game consists in making the microorganisms evolve. To do that, it will have to feed itself with the lesser organisms on the screen. flOw also includes background music and very relaxing visual content.

Fortix

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And Then There Was One

Bleep Bloop

And Then There Was One is an unusual stealth game in that the players have to kill a series of targets within a crowd, where the targets can blend in to go undetected. You can play And Then There Was One alone, or with up to four other players on the same computer. The last option is what's recommended. The reason is because your character can die just as easily as the rest of the characters on the scene, so you have to be very careful of the other players. The objective of each level, in any case, is to get rid of all of the targets and be the last assassin standing. To do this, you have to run through the scene, attacking people, and even faking your own death so that you can't be killed. And Then There Was One is a very fun game that can be hilarious when played with others. The only 'downside' is that you need as many Xbox 360 remotes as players who want to participate.

Word U

iwin, Inc.

Word U is a fun game in which you'll put all of your language and spelling skills to the test and create words using letter tiles on your board. The combinations you can make to move the tiles are not limited to using the ones located right next to them, rather you'll also be able to exchange the tiles diagonally. The longer the words the more points you'll get, although you'll have to bear in mind that some of the letters give you more points than others, so if you make good combinations you can add up many more points. The more points you obtain, the sooner you'll go up a level and the more advantages and help you'll get. This way, when you pass on to different levels, Word U gives you a series of bombs that explode and give you additional points.

USB Sudoku Portable

Rare Ideas

This program gives you the ability to play the famous Sudoku game without needing to install it on your computer. It has three difficulty levels to challenge you: easy, medium, and hard. Your game is automatically saved each time you leave the program, so you can pick up where you left off whenever you want. You can also check your progress or view the solution to the game that you're playing. It's possible to modify the game's interface so you can change the size of the numbers to fit your liking.

Arasan

Jon Dart

Arasan is a 2D chess game has achieved an average level in several computer chess tournaments. Although it has its own graphical interface, its engine can be used with other chess programs like Winboard and Arena. You can play some great games without overly testing your patience, as the response time is pretty quick compared to other applications. Arasan's board can be customized for size, the shape, and colour. You can save the game to continue later, undo a move, and pause the timer. Arm yourself with courage and patience and go for a checkmate!

Dr. Kawashima's Brain Exercise

Namco Bandai

Dr. Kawashima's Brain Exercise is a memory and brain ability game where our shrewdness is continously tested. During the game you'll be presented some intelectual challenges which must be solved as best as you can. Depending on the results, the game will assign you a mental age. Although the demo version is short it gives you a good idea of what you get if you buy the full version. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Exercise is very funny, and at the same time is very good for your brain, because it keep it fit. Suitable for any kind of user.

Probably Archery

South East Games

Probably Archery is a first-person archery game that, instead of employing a shooting system typical of its genre, opts for a style that is much more similar to titles like QWOP and Surgeon Simulator. The hardest part about playing Probably Archery is figuring out its complicated control system, although luckily you have the option to leave a cheat-sheet of instructions stuck to one corner of your screen. And that's a relief, seeing as how you'll need to master up to six different key combinations to be able to fully manipulate your arms and fit your arrow into place. Like Surgeon Simulator, Probably Archery is a very difficult-to-control game, and so skillful control will be your main objective. Watching how your avatar erratically moves its arms can be pretty funny... especially if you just end up sending your arrow straight into the ground. Probaby Archery is a fun game that, despite being made in just one week, includes some outstanding graphics, original controls, and playing modes for one or two players.

Scrabble3D

ocye

Scrabble3D is a digital version of the classic Scrabble board game that lets you enjoy two different versions of this popular game: the traditional mode and the three-dimensional mode, only for the brave. Before starting to play for the first time you'll have the option to download as many language packs as you want from the many different ones the game has. That said, downloading the dictionaries (which you have to do for the game to work properly) can take a bit of time. Once you have the language packs it's easy to start playing with a friend on either a local network or the same computer, or against the computer. Keep in mind, in any case, that the computer is quite powerful and might always end up winning. Scrabble3D is brilliant for lovers of this famous board game, who'll find several game modes, several views and a very simple and smooth interface where you can enjoy a quick game with no problems.

A Good Husband

allen

A Good Husband is an interactive experience developed by the creator of King of the Wood. In this game, you play as a husband who, after arriving home from work, finds his wife watching television. Everything may seem normal, but you'll soon find out that this relationship has problems. Not only does the wife yell at you and insult you if you walk in front of the TV, but she will throw dinner in your face if you've made it poorly. Worst of all, some parts of the house cause you to relive bad moments from the past, like the time you caught her cheating on you. When you reach that memory, your character takes his pistol from the nightstand and decides to return to the living room where his wife is watching TV. A Good Husband is a peculiar interactive experience that perhaps needs a little more freedom built into it. It's still interesting, but could definitely benefit from additional content.

The Plan

Auspicia AB

The Plan is a very special interactive experience in which you, the player, take on the role of a simple fly who should fly from the floor to... wherever it can go. And how far can a fly go? That's up to you to find out. The mechanics of this 'game' are quite simple: you control the fly with your arrow keys and nothing more. So, pressing the up arrow will make the fly go upwards, and with the left and right arrows you can change its direction. It's that easy. The game can be played pretty easily. Except for a moment in which your fly may be caught in a spiderweb, The Plan doesn't demand any great level of skill. All you need is the determination to keep playing and discovering the unknown world of the fly. As you advance through the game, you'll discover wonderful places. In the beginning, it's just brush and trees, but as you continue upwards, you'll arrive to the sky and even see the famous Pillars of Creation. The Plan is an introspective, interactive experience that will inspire some questions in its players, and perhaps some answers as well. Dark, beautiful graphics and a solid soundtrack combine to captivate the player.

World of Goo

2D Boy

World of Goo is one of those games that seem to be easy to play, but they are really difficult to master. First levels are easy, they are good to get used to the way you have to play, but as long as you pass levels, they get harder and harder and it's really challenging. The main objective of the game is to get a requisite number of goo balls to a pipe representing the exit. In order to do so, the player must use the goo balls to construct bridges, towers, and other structures to overcome gravity and various terrain difficulties such as hills, spikes or cliffs. You'll find several types of goo balls in the game, each of which has unique properties. Exploit combinations of these goo balls in order to complete each level and you'll be the king of World of Goo. The game is divided into five chapters, each containing several levels. Each level has its own graphic and musical theme, giving it unique atmosphere, so fun is sure. Don't hesitate, World of Goo has surprised millions of users all around the world, play it and you'll get hooked.

GNU Chess

Free Software Foundation

GNU Chess is a totaly free chess game for those users who are tired of playing Windows Solitaire and want to find a new game to enjoy their free time. With this special game you will be able to custom nearly all the parameters of the game. You will be able to modify the table colour or change the perspective view of the table. In addition GNU Chess includes several difficulty level and you will be able to setup a time limit so you will know when the game is going to be finished. And if you have to leave the game you can save and resume it later. If you like chess but you don’t find a friend to play with, install GNU Chess and you will improve your tactics more and more.

Papers, Please

Lucas Pope

Papers, Please is a quirky little independent game, in which the player has to stop certain people from crossing the border into their country. The twist that makes this game unique comes in the form of your main weapon, which instead of some kind of machine gun, is a passport stamp. Taking the role of a customs agent you must check the passports and visas of everyone who arrives at the border, and decide whether or not to let them enter the country. How? Very easily, you must review the documentation for any errors, contradictions or problems with their paperwork. The important thing is that nobody is allowed to enter who shouldn't... and not to leave any legitimate citizens stuck outside. Every day, you will be assigned a number of hours to work, and your mission is to get as many people through the border check point as possible to get points. Papers, Please is an original and fun puzzle game, which despite not having a spectacular graphics, a story full of surprises or explosive action, engages the player with a risky and unique idea.