You could almost call January the month of Hempuli, with 6 new free block-pushing games from the developer in this list, but even then they’re not the majority. We actually have a total of 14 free or experimental games for you to try, including a strategy game about experimental gardening, a brand new fan DLC for Portal 2, and a port of A Monster’s Expedition for your… TI calculator? Sure, okay then!

There are certainly many ways to enjoy some thinky problem solving without breaking the bank, so have a scroll down below and find something to tinker with. Enjoy!

MExp

Developed by pynl.

MExp is a calculator remake of A Monster’s Expedition, an open-world puzzling adventure by Draknek & Friends. Push, roll, and tumble logs to traverse the world and navigate from puzzle to puzzle!

Five Plants

Developed by McLean.

You’re a speculative horticulturist trying out some new seeds. Nobody’s ever grown them before; nobody knows what they do. But plenty of people have theories…

Portal: Revolution

Developed by Second Face Games.

The Portal Mod you’ve been waiting for. Delve into a new story with original characters, spanning over 8 hours of gameplay and featuring over 40 new challenging test chambers which make use of new mechanics.

26 Lobsters

Developed by dohz.

Get by the treasure and bust it open! Watch out for the lobsters, they’re a bit clingy!

Covemount

Developed by Hempuli.

Never-before-seen technology has allowed us to develop and present to you this innovative interactive media piece – use the arrow, or WASD keys, to guide a character on your “browser window” and have them, among other things, push items about and collide with walls!!!

Guaranteed Fascination!

That's a Warp

Developed by Hempuli.

We’ve done it again, and the genre of Covemountlikes has received a new feature – warping around! As we like to say, “now your thought processes are occupied by warping”!

Astounding!!

Synapsoil Prelude

Developed by Patricia Taxxon.

That strange powder, what could it be for?

Pultimush

Developed by Hempuli.

After the massive success of That’s a Warp, we decided that making good interactive media was boring and decided to embrace making bad interactive media instead. Behold!

Mechination

Developed by Machine Box.

Mechination is a Turing complete cellular automata. That may sound complicated, but it’s actually VERY simple!

Gameplay consists of placing blocks, called ‘Cells,’ onto a grid. After creating your design, press the Play button to watch the Cells interact with each other.

multi-screen sokoban

Developed by Omega_3301.

Lorgeban

Developed by Hempuli.

After finding a new deposit of pushable blocks, we decided to splurge on them to offer you not just pushable blocks, but more pushable blocks! Wahoo

Nabogorf

Developed by Hempuli.

Clearly large boxes weren’t the way to go after all. Therefore we present you a new kind of Covemountlike – the boxes are now frogs!!

Mountinuum

Developed by Hempuli.

As the family of covemountlikes has grown, we’ve adapted to increasing technological demands. Behold! The sprites have two shades of colour!

SnakeOut

Developed by AndreaBoroni.

SnakeOut is a game where you help a little snake escape from more than 200 hand-crafted puzzle rooms. You will encounter different objects with unique behaviours. The rules of the interactions between you and the objects are explained through the puzzles themselves, letting you experiment and figure it out on your own.