Independent games · playable now
Small worlds.
Sharp edges.
Short games about pruning, language, strange worlds, and the choices that refuse to stay small.
Play today’s Topiary↗A few minutes. One shared seed.
Today’s rituals
Every day
Daily puzzle · 2–4 min
Topiary
Prune an overgrown hedge. Protect the nest, open the flowers, and face the evening wind.
Take up the shears →
Daily word battle · 5 min
Hexcraft
Shape spells from a finite rune pool. Read the foe, spend your letters, and make every word hurt.
Enter the dungeon →
Daily deduction · 4–7 min
Waystation Bloom
A traveler arrives with a failing world. Ask careful questions and prepare the right botanical treatment.
Open the clinic →Dream Beyond Games makes compact games with systems worth thinking about after the tab closes.
No account. No launcher. Just play.