The tenth annual Game Off just wrapped up with a jaw-dropping 562 entries—all created in less than a month. 7,284 ratings and thousands of hours of playtime later, we are pleased to announce the winners! The theme for the 2022 competition was “cliché” and the submissions were anything but.
We had everything from fresh takes on old classics to fast and furious first-person shooters with all sorts of unique styles and mechanics, and perplexing puzzle games to novel platformers putting your prowess and patience to the test.
Hundreds of games written in C, C#, C++, Go, Java(Script), Kotlin, Lua, and more are available to fork, play in your browser, and/or download for your favorite operating system. Something for everyone, basically.
Here are the winners along with some of the other top games as rated and reviewed by the participants themselves. Enjoy!
Taking some time to reflect on this after playing, and mirroring what some of the reviewers said, I can confirm Knight in Shining Armor fits the theme incredibly well and provides a polished puzzle game.
1st place theme interpretation – Everything! (but the kitchen sink) 🥇
Fantastic fling-em-up game! Nice twist on the original. Very professional.
View all the submissions on itch.io, where you can filter by operating system and scroll until you find something that catches you attention.
Thank you everyone who took part in the Game Off and spent time playing, rating, and reviewing all the submissions. You made this the biggest and best Game Off yet!
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