Pinboard Popular
Pinboard is an actively maintained, independent bookmarking service with strong community curation. It embodies the indie web philosophy and surfaces quality human-curated content rather than algorithmic feeds. The site emphasizes browsing for discovery, has minimal corporate influence, and features genuinely interesting links from independent creators, researchers, and technical communities.
Checkbox Race
Playful multiplayer game where you race by checking boxes. A delightful example of creative constraint and playful web design.
Hackers (1995) - Animated Experience
An immersive WebGL-powered tribute to the 1995 cult film Hackers. Created by David Vidovic, this interactive experience features stunning 3D animations, the iconic soundtrack, and captures the aesthetic of 90s hacker culture and cyberpunk design.
Red Blob Games
Amit Patel's interactive tutorials on pathfinding, map generation, and game algorithms.
Chronophoto
Guess when photos were taken. Historical photo dating game.
NES Homebrew
New games for the NES. Modern creations for classic hardware.
Choice of Games
Publisher of choice-based interactive novels. ChoiceScript engine and hosted games.
Failbetter Games
Creators of Fallen London. Narrative games with exceptional writing.
itch.io Physical Games
Indie tabletop games. Zine RPGs, solo games, and experimental designs.
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
Open source survival roguelike. Post-apocalyptic simulation with incredible depth.
DoomRL / Jupiter Hell
Doom-themed roguelike. Fast-paced tactical combat with procedural levels.
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
Open source roguelike. Play online, download, or contribute to development.
Fabien Sanglard
Game engine deep dives. Code reviews of Doom, Quake, and other legendary engines.
eieio.games
Nolen Royalty's game experiments. Creator of One Million Checkboxes and other delightful web toys.
Kern Type
A kerning game. Drag letters to achieve perfect spacing. Fun way to train your typographic eye.
oimo.io
Beautiful interactive web experiments. Includes Bubbles and an infinitely zoomable Game of Life.
2048
The addictive sliding number puzzle game that took the internet by storm. Simple, elegant, endlessly replayable.
Dog Bunny Puzzle
A new type of puzzle game that went viral on HN. Simple rules, surprisingly deep gameplay.
Airmash
Multiplayer aerial combat HTML5 game. Fast-paced missile warfare in the browser.
Almost Pong
Minimalist take on Pong with a twist. Part of a series of one-game-per-week experiments.
Tiny Planet Messenger
WebGL game where you deliver messages on a tiny planet. Beautiful aesthetic, relaxing gameplay.
Newgrounds
Indie games, animation, and art since 1995. Where Flash games lived.
Awesome Games
List of open source games. Play and learn from game source code across all genres.
Awesome Open Source Games
Curated list of open source games organized by genre. From FPS to puzzle games.
Philome.la
Free hosting for Twine interactive fiction. Many mental health and personal story games.
Project Euler
Challenging mathematical/programming problems. 800+ problems requiring code and math.
Kongregate
Free browser games. Thousands of indie games playable instantly.
js13kGames
JavaScript games in 13KB or less. Annual competition pushing constraints.
PICO-8 BBS
PICO-8 game community. Thousands of tiny games with source code.
Glorious Trainwrecks
Celebrate messy, creative game-making. Game jams and experimental games.
BoardGameGeek
The definitive board game database. Reviews, rankings, and community.
RPGGeek
Tabletop RPG database and community. D&D, Pathfinder, and thousands more.
Game Jolt
Platform for indie games and game jams. Discover weird, wonderful games from independent developers.
PICO-8
Fantasy console for making, sharing, and playing tiny games. Strict limitations spark creativity.
PuzzleScript
Open-source puzzle game engine. Make Sokoban-like games with a simple scripting language.
Bitsy
Tiny game maker for tiny games. Create small narrative experiences with simple pixel art.
GeoGuessr
Geography guessing game. Drop into Street View and figure out where in the world you are.
Factorio
Factory building game with fanatical attention to detail. Build and optimize automated production chains.
tixy.land
Creative code golfing. Write a function to control a 16x16 grid of dots. Minimalist creative coding playground.
Internet Archive Software Library
Thousands of old programs, games, and operating systems playable in your browser. Computing history preserved.
Windows 93
Fictional operating system that never was. Art project, game collection, and absurdist software.
Foldit
Protein folding game. Play to help scientists understand diseases.
ScummVM
Run classic adventure games on modern hardware. LucasArts, Sierra, and hundreds more preserved and playable.
Monkeytype
Minimalist typing test. Track your speed, practice with custom texts, compete with others.
RetroGames
Retro gaming database. Information on classic games and consoles.
The Useless Web
Button that takes you to random useless websites. Celebrate the weird, creative, pointless corners of the internet.
Hundred Rabbits
A small studio aboard a sailboat making open source tools, games, and documenting off-grid creative computing.
Nicky Case
Interactive explorable explanations of complex topics. Game theory, anxiety, social networks visualized.
Neal.fun
Collection of delightful interactive experiences. Spend Bill Gates' money, explore the deep sea, draw perfect circles.
itch.io
Marketplace for independent games. Pay-what-you-want model, creator-friendly revenue split, vast catalog of experimental work.