Arcade games
Direct controls and short runs. Every game runs in the terminal.
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Readable rules, immediate input, and scores worth chasing one run at a time.
ShiftSum
Shift rows of numbers until a column adds up to the target
Backspin
Play a vintage pinball table by hand or program its flippers, plunger and nudges.
Blockfall
Stack falling pieces and clear full rows, solo or in a two-minute race
Waterfall
Fire balls at a field of pegs to clear each level; you start with eight balls and each level has one spare-ball peg
Castline
Cast a line, reel in fish and keep or release each catch until your cooler is full
Cinderwake
Dodge the foes while your lantern fires on its own, collect embers for upgrades and survive three minutes
Claimline
Loop out and back to claim land and cut rival trails, solo or in a live two-player match
Crater
Trade artillery shots with a rival rig across a changing hillside, one duel after another or online
Crossbar
Play three-a-side soccer: pass, sprint into space, shoot and direct your teammates
Datagram
Throw a note across the rooftops, steer it past the crows and land it on the lit window
Dockhand
Fly a space tug that picks up heavy cargo and delivers it to its bay, through eight training jobs and an endless shift
Dunerider
Drive a rocket dune buggy across open desert, then build ramps, loops and roads with place and remove, by hand or from a script
Food Pyramid
Shift a 5 by 5 board so matching food merges up to Gold, then serve it with a rare sauce packet
Fusebox
Plant timed charges to disable rival robots in a crate maze, solo or in a live match
Glint
Swap neighboring gems to match three, build stripes and stars, and reach each level's target in 20 swaps
Groffer
Hop a frog across moving buses and over packet streams on lily pads to connect every socket
Hairpin
Drive a kart around six circuits with free steering, manual throttle and six gears, solo, against three rivals or against a friend live
Interlock
Run a small town's traffic signals by typing commands, and get as many cars through as you can before the shift ends
Retrace
Shoot down the invaders before they reach you, solo, in a race or with your crew
Knockabout
Knock rivals out or off the roof, solo or in a co-op run with a friend
Lamplight
Find the key and reach the stairs in three small puzzle rooms, with undo for every move
Latch
Steal cases from three locations and sneak past the guards to the exit
P-Squash
Collect bytes through five circuits and squash the processes chasing you
Magbubble
Fire bubbles to match three and pop them; any bubbles left hanging fall too
Coalesce
Drop discs into a jar and merge equal sizes into bigger ones before the pile reaches the line
Meter
Hit falling notes in four lanes in time with original music, build combos and finish the song
Muster
Send troops down three lanes and destroy the enemy camp, solo or in a live match
Packetguard
Build and upgrade towers along five roads to stop endless waves of machines
Paydirt
Dig for ore, sell it at the surface and upgrade your mining rig to reach deeper
Perigee
Launch a probe and let the planets bend it into the target
Rally
Paddle ball against the computer or another player, first to 7 goals
Radix
Pour colored liquid between tubes until every color has a tube of its own
Redoubt
Lead up to three soldiers on patrol and dodge the raiders' marked shots
Ridgetop
Ride a motorbike over six trails of ridges and broken bridges, scoring points for wheelies, flips and airtime
Runlevel
Run across rooftops, jumping and sliding past obstacles until three hits end the run
Safe Harbor
Free a grounded boat, tow a disabled launch and pull people from the water in a harbor with waves, currents and passing boats
Sandfall
Drive the hopper and fill each truck with sand or gravel before it leaves; five strikes end the game
Scrollback
Run and jump across rooftops to deliver twelve parcels, collecting lost letters and avoiding pigeons and cats
Short Order
Prep, cook and serve six dishes as orders fill a tiny diner
Sidepocket
Play eight-ball pool: pot your group, then the black eight, against a bot or another player online
Snaker
Eat the food and grow longer without hitting a wall or your own tail, solo or in a two-minute race
Spall
Bounce a ball off your paddle to break walls of blocks, catch multiball capsules and clear as many walls as you can
Thornhand
Win six card fights with a deck you build as you go, reading each enemy's next move
Wildcurrent
Follow your mother’s trail across an island, pairing with mechanical creatures from her old terminal and sparring with them