Minimalist games

Browse 77 short Minimalist games you can play on ShortPlay.

Ghost Click cover

Ghost Click

By Fava Beans

A little Halloween game with a minimalist design and no text

action

Mint Snow Cone cover

Mint Snow Cone

By Fava Beans

A small puzzle platformer with visuals inspired by retro games made for the Nokia

platformer

Vera X Rosa Refresh cover

Vera X Rosa Refresh

By Fava Beans

a short game in which you slash hundreds of little demon skeletons

action

Quarks cover

Quarks

By Bastinus Rex

Resolve little puzzle - Extremely short game

puzzle

Make 10 cover

Make 10

By miyabeeee

Four numbers.

puzzle

Graph Ball cover

Graph Ball

By Walaber Entertainment

Physics puzzle where you have only 1 "parameter" you can draw a graph to control for each level.

puzzle

Jazz In Black And White cover

Jazz In Black And White

By O. & Co. Games

(1st Place Overall - B&W Jam 2021) A chill puzzle game built on 1920s Jazz music using only the colors black and white.

puzzle

Resonance cover

Resonance

By the.rozen.tal

Earth is fragile, can you keep it alive?

rhythm

Driftr cover

Driftr

By kindanice

roguelike drifting shooter

shooter

Cereus cover

Cereus

By Boz of Aesth

Roguelite arcade base defense enemy clicker with permanent and in-run upgrades.

action

Rouge Logistics cover

Rouge Logistics

By sandroleon

Manage your export business while demand increases rapidly

strategy

Repower cover

Repower

By Ravernt

Puzzle game with grappling hook and power mechanics

puzzle

Sub String cover

Sub String

By Onefin

A puzzle adventure about sound and guidance.

adventure

Base 10 cover

Base 10

By pixelrobin

Play inside the countdown and beat the clock!

racing

Nxtwpn10 cover

Nxtwpn10

By graebor

Every 10 seconds your weapon changes!

action

Vaapas cover

Vaapas

By Anurag1212

A journey back in time.

platformer

Dropboy cover

Dropboy

By Torcado

a small movement-based puzzle game

puzzle

Lotor cover

Lotor

By Torcado

there is no level.

platformer

Rat King cover

Rat King

By Torcado

a broughlike about a rat and a rat

puzzle

Shape Shipper cover

Shape Shipper

By Torcado

create items from shapes and ship them off!

puzzle

Wiz cover

Wiz

By Torcado

one-dimensional magic

shooter

Bit Shift cover

Bit Shift

By Hyperspace Wizard

A minimal, gravity shifting runner.

action

Hyper Drone cover

Hyper Drone

By Hyperspace Wizard

An asteroids inspired game where you must pilot a drone through chain reaction explosions to get back to hyperspace.

action

Power Tower cover

Power Tower

By Hyperspace Wizard

A tower defense game where you are the power source.

strategy

Waterfowl cover

Waterfowl

By Hyperspace Wizard

A procedurally generated platformer about a duck who fell into an abyss.

platformer

Hot Soup cover

Hot Soup

By Gabriel Cornish

A Cozy Micro Twine for Rainy Days

narrative

Double Sided cover

Double Sided

By Escada Games

Platformer with almost synchronous characters.

platformer

Birb Peak cover

Birb Peak

By Escada Games

Go on a search for a golden bird egg!

platformer

Blackened cover

Blackened

By Escada Games

A Sokoban-esque game.

puzzle

Delay Mage cover

Delay Mage

By Escada Games

A game where spells have random directions, effects, and cast times

action

Headbutt cover

Headbutt

By Escada Games

Just another simple game for the Trijam #133

platformer

Horse Knight cover

Horse Knight

By Escada Games

Puzzle game where you control only the knight

puzzle

Jank Warrior cover

Jank Warrior

By Escada Games

Survive in a coliseum using only junk as weapon!

action

Jump3match cover

Jump3match

By Escada Games

Endless runner where you match colors while jumping between platforms

platformer

Lights Out cover

Lights Out

By Escada Games

It's up to you to fix a lightbulb on a factory

platformer

Planet Waves cover

Planet Waves

By Escada Games

Protect a small planet from invasors

strategy

Quadra cover

Quadra

By Escada Games

Physics based tetris

puzzle

Randungeon cover

Randungeon

By Escada Games

Roguelike with random characters

rpg

Ring Runner cover

Ring Runner

By Escada Games

Short and challenging arcade game where you need to leave the ring at the last moment

action

Got Coffee cover

Got Coffee

By Nangi

A game where you study and drink coffee to get energy.

adventure

Meeting The Parents cover

Meeting The Parents

By manonamora

An interactive story on going through the hoops of meeting your partner's parents for the first time.

narrative

Matts Opportunity cover

Matts Opportunity

By Sol

Send Matt Damon (or a look-alike) to save Mars Opportunity (Oppy)

sim

Ninja Vs Knights cover

Ninja Vs Knights

By Mr.Rafael

Could one single assassin conquer over an army of iron warriors?

platformer

Dead Sticks cover

Dead Sticks

By supernapie

minimalistic physics cleaning

puzzle

Unmatch cover

Unmatch

By supernapie

minimalistic inverse match3

puzzle

Droptic cover

Droptic

By enotofil

Flood Fill Game

puzzle

Neon Blade cover

Neon Blade

By littlepuly

Abstract, fast paced minimalist action game #CultOfTheBucket

action

Murph's cover

Murph's

By eef

A Severance inspired roguelike where you must learn how to escape the mysterious company you work for.

arcade

g8s! cover

g8s!

By Cody Ward

Try to get a high score in this low resolution, fast paced, pacifist arcade game!

arcade

Get Some Helium cover

Get Some Helium

By LightPotato

Inflate (or scale) balloons to solve puzzles!

puzzle

Moving the Golfpost cover

Moving the Golfpost

By NitoDoodles

Roguelike golf game, where you build the golf track yourself

strategy

RAT ALERT cover

RAT ALERT

By ajsmith1506

Protect the button, nothing can go wrong...

action

Above cover

Above

By QueroFelix

Above is a casual game, get as high as you can, avoid obstacles and try not to rage.

puzzle

Another Day cover

Another Day

By sharpfives

A short platformer about, well, just another day.

platformer