October 17th free games roundup

Today's roundup features 7 free games across itch.io, the iOS App Store, and the web, ranging from a green-phosphor terminal hacking sim to a daily dungeon crawler. One mobile unlock disappears after tomorrow, while the standalone indie and browser builds are free to play right now without spending a dime.

Free games on itch.io

1. Overripe

Developed by solo creator Straightforward Games, Overripe takes the compounding score multipliers that made LocalThunk's 2024 deckbuilder Balatro a breakout hit and transplants them into a fruit-crushing match-3 roguelite. Every swapped fruit triggers cascading combos that deal direct damage to monsters while scaling your Juice and Zest stats, and you can spend rewards between fights on relics and one-shot items during 15-minute runs. It's permanently free to play in your browser on itch.io with no expiration date, and watching a modest fruit match snowball into absurd damage numbers is an immediate hook.

2. Altamyra

Built in Godot by developer loveandpe4ce, Altamyra drops you inside a monochrome green terminal modeled after an old IBM 3270 display to infiltrate a corporate office network one machine at a time. You use actual Linux shell commands to snoop through workstations, servers, and an unsecured smart toaster while a voice named Patch types hints from the bottom of the screen and an IT sysadmin named Steve plants honeypots to trace your connection. The three-level Act One build is permanently free on itch.io with no expiry, and I'm curious to see how unforgiving Steve's network traps get once the remaining six planned levels arrive.

3. Fluxfall

Fluxfall is an early access real-time tower defense and strategy hybrid set on Lumen Reach, a violet world pelted by crystal asteroids. Instead of passively waiting for waves, you pilot a ship through the falling debris to smash rocks into your own towers, harvesting the spilled Flux crystals to fund defensive mazes and dispatch eight unit types across a 20-level campaign against an expanding AI base. Developer Chaserchim's current build (v0.6) is free to download and keep on itch.io with no stated end date, though you'll want to stick to single-player or Parsec for now since native network multiplayer isn't working yet.

4. The Last Beacon

In GarGames' survival town-builder The Last Beacon, you wash ashore beside a dark lighthouse and have to gather wood and stone to survive the cold nights until you can recover its missing lens. Once the beam is relit, lost ships begin appearing out in the dark waters, and you steer them safely past jagged rocks with your mouse so the rescued sailors can stay ashore and help expand your settlement. This early Godot prototype is permanently free to play in your browser on itch.io with no expiration date.

5. Cunning Fox

Created in Unity by German hobbyist developer Grinseengel, Cunning Fox is a 2D pixel-art platformer starring a fox named Max who sets out to investigate rumors of a ravenous forest monster, only to discover it's an illusion conjured by a greedy wizard. The game spans roughly five hours of classic side-scrolling stage hazards, enemy encounters, and treasure hunting as you work to outsmart the magician. It's a permanently free PC download on itch.io with no time limit on the offer.

Free on the iOS App Store

6. My Stable: Horse Games

Solo developer Christian Hermann has made the complete full-game in-app unlock for My Stable: Horse Games free on iPhone and iPad, waiving the usual $4.99 price tag. Built for younger players aged 5 to 9, the offline, ad-free sim includes six ponies, ten locations, and eight calm mini-games covering hoof care, grooming, feeding, and hurdle jumping. You'll need to grab the 100% discount inside the app before the offer expires at the end of the day on October 18, 2026, after which it locks securely to your Apple account to keep.

Free on Web Browser

7. One More Crypt

Borrowing the daily shared-puzzle discipline that Josh Wardle's Wordle popularized in 2021, solo developer Notjstn's One More Crypt generates a single turn-based dungeon every day at midnight Central Time and gives everyone in the world one attempt to clear it. You pick from seven hero classes, bump into enemies to trade blows, fuse 41 stackable relics at the Soul Forge, and face bosses like the Bone Warden and Lich King every five floors, alongside an uncapped Endless mode where top runs have already pushed past floor 228. The game is permanently free to play on desktop and mobile browsers with no account required, though each daily crypt seed locks down for good once the 24-hour clock runs out.

If you want to lock in the mobile full-game unlock or test your luck on today's shared dungeon seed, claim and play them soon before the time-limited windows close.

Pick up Balatro on Humble Bundle.

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