October 19th free games roundup

Today's roundup covers four free indie releases and a 136-project mutual aid bundle on itch.io. Whether you're looking for a 1990s-style business tycoon or a chaotic 30-player browser party game, you can grab or play all of them today without spending a dime.

Free games on itch.io

1. Unhoused Fundraising Bundle With Awesome Peeps!

Organized by Beth and Angel Make Games alongside 55 other independent creators, the Unhoused Fundraising Bundle With Awesome Peeps! packs 136 indie games, tabletop RPG systems (like the one-page sci-fi ruleset Infinite Horizons), and zines into a single pay-what-you-want package. While the bundle is raising $1,250 to help the hosts secure housing, the organizers explicitly enabled free downloads for anyone who clicks the download link without donating. It's a generous gesture, though tossing a few bucks their way is obviously the move if you have the spare cash, and the whole bundle expires today, October 19.

2. Net Worth

Net Worth is a solo-developed business and wealth management simulation from debut creator burton78 that pairs realistic building and vehicle backdrops with pixel-art characters. Inspired by 1990s tycoon classics, the game starts you off with a small operation as you broker deals, expand from farming into retail, and eventually play the stock market. It's permanently free to play directly in your web browser on itch.io as an early access build with no expiration date.

3. Ram Man: Half Goat, Half God

Built by Azreal the Fallen using three.js and cannon-es, Ram Man: Half Goat, Half God is a 3D cyberpunk brawler starring a goat-legged demigod fighting through Neon Row and procedurally generated city districts. Its recent 3.7.0 update added gamepad support, a running lariat clothesline, and the ability to suplex enemies or hurl parked taxis and pachinko machines across the street. The game is permanently free on itch.io for browsers and Android devices with no ads or microtransactions.

4. Rotor Rescue

In solo developer allarakik's first-person survival game Rotor Rescue, you're stranded on a skyscraper rooftop above a metropolis drowned in toxic gas. Because descending into the fog on foot is fatal, you have to pilot a battered remote drone down through broken windows and city streets to scavenge food, water, and parts before its battery dies, all while preparing for hostile alien scrap drones that attack every seventh night. The 56 MB Windows prototype is available as a permanent free download on itch.io with no expiration date, and the premise of scavenging exclusively via remote camera is a clever hook.

5. Dodge Relay

Created by vangrid5857, Dodge Relay is an asymmetric multiplayer party game where a single runner sprints down an obstacle course while up to 29 other players wait in line and drop hazards onto the road. As soon as the runner gets flattened, they're sent to the back of the queue and the next person in line takes over the sprint. It supports up to 30 active players and 200 spectators per room (with bots filling in during quiet hours), and it's permanently free to play in your browser on itch.io.

While the standalone titles are currently listed as permanently free, indie developers frequently transition early prototypes into paid commercial releases, and the 136-project fundraising bundle disappears before tomorrow. Claim and download what you want while these offers are still live.