Not a huge run of games in the back half of the month, but there is some SERIOUS quality on display! Featured image: Arco.
Ready-to-Run PortMaster Games
These ones are the easiest to get going: just download from PortMaster and play. This list of freeware, demos, and open-source projects is ready to play on dozens of devices.
- Mage Recall: A short (1 – 2 Hour) experimental Gameboy-styled adventure inspired by the likes of Golden Sun. Vrin is a mage down on her luck as she finds herself in a small town on the brink of rebellion.
- Scavenger: A fun 2-D game like Lode Runner, with 196 very good puzzle screens to solve.
- Songo #5: A music player app focused on a clean and fast UI/UX. Currently supporting Mp3, Flac, and Ogg.
- Stunt Car Racer: This is a port of Stunt Car Racer Remake, a windows remake of the old Stunt Car Racer from the AtariST/Amiga time.
Free (Additional Files Required)
This title is also free, but requires an extra step, in this case a free-to-play Steam title, linked below.
- Yugioh 2: Yugioh 2 is a roguelike SRPG based on the Yugioh card game. Before each duel, you spend SOULS to summon monsters to your team, and if you win the match, you either get more monsters or more souls (so you can summon more monsters). Also, more powerful monsters COST more souls to summon, so you need to decide if you want MORE guys or STRONGER guys. The game ends if you win 15 duels (good) or lose 3 duels (bad). Along these duels, you will also face 4 randomly selected bosses from your favorite children’s card game.
Paid Games
These ports bring fantastic commercial games to your handheld, but require you to provide the data files from a copy you own on a platform like Steam or GOG.
- Arco: A Mesoamerican fantasy RPG that blends turn-based and real-time combat. Explore the world through three handcrafted stories forged in bloodshed, laced with magic, and united by revenge. This port does not work with the demo files!.
- Farm Keeper: A tile-based farming game where success means maximizing yields to survive the rent, expanding your farm through random tile choices.
- Heirloom: A small 2D platformer. Run, jump and avoid obstacles through 4 challenging levels. Explore a beautiful, hand-crafted pixel world. Meet captivating NPCs and reach the Old Summit to retrieve the family Heirloom.
- Koboo The Tree Spirit: Koboo is a fast paced action rogue-lite platformer where you battle against towering hunters as a small tree spirit by attacking their weak points. Forge powerful synergies, explore the Ancient Forest’s branching paths, fish, catch bugs and garden to rebuild your home!
- Toziuha Night: This is the story of Xandria, an iron alchemist. She seeks revenge regardless of the consequences. To achieve it, Xandria fights with a powerful whip and the power of chemical elements. Find out more about her in this modern metroidvania adventure.
- Xenosensory: Xenosensory is a short incremental casual game with horror themes. Use your cursor to bust Xenos and save convicts, then spend your research points on skill tree upgrades, actions, gadgets, and uncover the true horrifying nature of this space station nightmare.
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