pushing it [browser]

Jack Lance is back with a head-scratching puzzlescipt puzzler: Pushing It. (Z key to undo a move, R key to restart a level)

inner tao [download paid]

Lucas Le Slo is regularly featured here on the blog and today he releases his first commercial game: Inner Tao, a meditative puzzle game where duality fills the whole. You can get this relaxing (and difficult) puzzle game from Steam or Itch.io

9999 [browser]

After an absense of many years MyGames888 is back in the browser with an escape the room game. Can you solve all the riddles to escape from room 9999?

patrick's parabox puzzlescript demake [browser]

A recursive puzzle game about boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes: Patrick's Parabox PuzzleScript demake by Competor. The game is a puzzlescript demake of some levels of the upcoming puzzler Patrick's Parabox by Patrick. (Z key to undo a move, R key to restart a level)

cursed travels: flame of the banshee [browser]

A small town has been cursed by a powerful malevolent force and it's up to one investigator highly experienced with curses, and his scary-looking helper, to put an end to this in the latest game by Ferociter: Cursed Travels: Flame of the Banshee.

gravisquare [browser]

The latest puzzle game by Robert Alvarez: Gravisquare, a puzzle platformer where gravity is controlled by different colored sections.

sugar, sugar 3 2021 and sugar, sugar app update [browser, mobile]

The next part of my Flash sugar browser games has been resurrected and converted to html5 thanks to the partnership with Poki. So you can now enjoy sugar, sugar 3 in your browser again! And I have some more sugar, sugar news: I have just updated the mobile sugar, sugar app with another 20 new levels! So make sure to update the app or check it out on the Apple app store or the Google Play store if you do not yet own the game on your mobile device. The new levels give an interesting spin to the game... enjoy!

scope [browser]

You find yourself locked in a strange house, in a strange place. Have you got what it takes to escape in the escape the room game Scope by Studio L00K? (warning: progress is not saved when leaving the game)

mimic [mobile]

After some years of absence Kotorinosu is back with a brand new escape the room game, this time for mobile only. For some reason you are trapped in a mysterious room with a large window. Can you escape? You can download Mimic from the Apple app store or the Google Play store.

shall we golf? [browser]

Are you worried that your golf skills are not improving? Don't take it all on yourself. Playing with your friends is a great way to solve this problem. Let's play golf together! Everybody can use the club in the puzzlescript puzzler Shall we golf? by Noso. (X key to hit the ball, Z key to undo a move, R key to restart a level)

boolean bloom [browser]

Welcome gardener, please make sure all the plants stay in their assigned location in the puzzlescript puzzler Boolean Bloom by Vexorian. (Z key to undo a move, R key to restart a level)

the bart bonte collection [news]

Time for a bontegames announcement! Since last year I've received lots of concerned messages from you about the end of Flash in the browser and the consequences for my Flash games. Well... I have been very busy creating something to cherish on your pc...
Flash is dead, long live The Bart Bonte collection! A collection of 28 Flash games carefully packaged and remastered for you, all accessible from a menu loaded with achievements, playable on the big screen of your pc!
Wishlist the collection right here right now, thanks for your support!

supra animus quo [browser]

Solve a set of interconnected puzzles in Supra Animus Quo by Karvan and say hello to the cat on your way out.

neko donut room [browser]

Can you find the key and escape from Neko Donut Room, a puzzle game by Neko Donut? Move around with the left and right cursor keys, move a room up or down with the up and down keys, and interact with items using the space key.

cube escape collection [mobile]

Rusty Lake have bundled 9 Cube Escape chapters and released it as one app on mobile today. Get this classic point-and-click adventure anthology now for free from the Apple App Store or Google Play.

mitoza [mobile, download]

It all starts with a seed but what you will end up with depends entirely on your point and click decisions in the surreal game Mitoza by Gal Mamalya. Originally this was a Flash game released many years ago (see this post here on bontegames) but today the game gets a re-release on mobile and pc, thanks to Second Maze, the publishing part of Rusty Lake. Get this free game now for mobile from the Apple App Store or Google Play or for pc from Steam or Itch.io.

sugar, sugar 2 2021 [browser]

The next part of my Flash sugar browser games has been resurrected and converted to html5 thanks to a partnership with Poki. So you can now enjoy sugar, sugar 2 in your browser again!

grids of thermometers [browser]

Fill a grid of thermometers inspired by picross in each level of the pico-8 puzzle game Grids of Thermometers by Frozax. Note: you use the Z-key to start and select.

press button [browser]

Try to press the button in the short puzzle game Press Button by Yusuke Nakajima and find the hidden element after clearing the game.

cell machine [browser]

Arrange cells, build machines and destroy enemies in the puzzler Cell Machine by Sam Hogan based on cellular automata like Conway's Game of Life.

boxpushmen [browser]

Carry boxes of various weights to their destination in the puzzle game BoxPushMen by Matsu Friends. If the boxes are too heavy to move, the pushmen will have to work together.

sticky slimes [browser]

Stick together to reach new places and get to the exit of each level in the puzzle game Sticky Slimes by Somin Studios.

room to grow [download paid]

Become a master of moving like a cactus and make your way back to the desert in the clever and cute prickly puzzle game Room to grow by Mischka Kamener, available on Steam.

trust the blackbird [browser]

Follow the hand-drawn story about meeting a new friend and solve a couple of light puzzles on your way in Trust the blackbird, a game by Anastasia Merzlaya.

green is a mobile game of the year nominee [news]

A bit of bontegames news: it's Pocket Gamer's mobile game awards time and I'm honoured to be nominated! Both my games 'Green' and 'Words for a bird' are nominated for mobile game of the year! This time you can decide the winner and I would be very grateful if you all could vote for Green here, it only takes a click (and another click at the bottom to submit), if you think the game is worthy of course ;) Oh and if you are really feeling in a voting mood and enjoyed that clicking, I'm nominated also in the best puzzle category this time with Blue here. Thank you so much!

paul's cube roll [browser]

Roll and assemble cubes to pass obstacles and press all the buttons in the puzzler Paul's Cube Roll by bl4st.

self [browser]

A short platformer about a lost soul recovering fragments of itself and being touched by the higher being: SELF by Matt Ugh, Dev Dwarf and Connor Grail.

sugar, sugar 2021 [browser]

I can't believe it's been 10 years since I released the original 'sugar, sugar' browser game, but with the dead of the Flash player at the beginning of this year it was no longer possible to enjoy the game in your browser. Well I have some sweet news: thanks to a partnership with Poki, the original game has been resurrected and converted to html5, so you can now enjoy the orginal sugar, sugar in your browser again!

qomp [download paid]

It started as a small browser game that you've maybe discovered here on this blog back in 2016, but now it evolved into a fully fun commercial game: You control the ball, not the paddle, in the pong world of qomp by Stuffed Wombat, Miroko, Clovelt and Britt Brady, available on Steam or Itch.io.

gridblocked [browser]

A puzzle game about driving home in a city with 24 rush hours a day: Gridblocked by Auroriax. (Z key to undo a move, R key to restart a level)

loop deleter [browser]

A puzzlescript puzzler about getting things stuck in loops and then removing them from existence: Loop Deleter by Zachary Barbanell. (Z key to undo a move, R key to restart a level)

madeleine [browser]

Madeleine is a short nostalgic puzzle game by Ivan Voirol made for the Global Game Jam 2021 edition.

escape game flower [browser]

Sheep is taking a walk and wants to offer some nice flowers so please help her in the the latest escape the room game by Nicolet: Escape Game Flower.

safe cracker [browser]

Assume the roll of an international safe cracker saving for retirement in the short puzzle game Safe Cracker by Ben James. Each of the 12 safes requires a 5-digit code to open. Guess the code and receive clues as to whether your digits are high or low.

polarity switch [browser]

Repel and attract objects to move them to their goals in each level of the latest puzzle game by Robert Alvarez: Polarity Switch.

indiana hat and the temple of puzz [browser]

Indiana Hat and the Temple of Puzz is the companion game to the puzzle game below, another new puzzlescript puzzler by Thinky Collective, a collaborative game starting from the same first level by a group of developers passing on the game. (Z key to undo a move, R key to restart a level)

ahoist cratey [browser]

Ahoist Cratey is a new puzzlescript puzzler by Thinky Collective, a group of developers where each person added on a little bit to the game (a level, a mechanic, and/or polish) and then passed it on to the next person. (Z key to undo a move, R key to restart a level)

a new bontegame: pink [mobile]

After YELLOW, RED, BLACK, BLUE and GREEN, my new mobile colour puzzle is out today! And it's PINK! If you are familiar with my colour puzzles, you know the drill: can you make the screen pink in each of the 50 levels?
I also created a new song for the game, available on Spotify and Bandcamp, but I'm sure you'll want to click on your favourite app store right away to download the free game now, so I won't stop you, go ahead:

The game is free but if you want to support my games there is a 'premium unlock' in-app purchase. Enjoy the new game! Play it, rate it, share it 🦩

berserker and thumbnail maker [browser]

Berserker runs and climbs on his own but your help is needed to make thumnails to be able to escape the dungeon in the puzzle platformer Berserker and Thumbnail Maker by Andretchen.

laqueus escape - chapter 4 [browser]

Your escape from this strange place continues: Laqueus escape - chapter 4, the latest escape the room game by SmartCode.

platfoban [browser]

Collect all the coins in each level of the puzzle platformer Platfoban by Adgard. You will be switching between two game modes: platform mode, in which you can run and jump, and sokoban mode, in which you can move blocks.

whale room [browser]

Whale room seems like a cozy room, but can you solve all the puzzles to escape in this escape the room game by Migulia?

cats on mars [browser]

Play a dancing space cat on a mission to win a dance competition on Mars in the rhythm adventure game Cats on Mars by Jon Topielski, Thoof and Mafgar.

steps [browser]

Explore the cursed island, solve the puzzles and find the wings as it is the only way to escape in Steps by Amidos, a short game where you die each time after a certain amount of steps. (controls: arrow keys to move, X key to start and to activate the boots when you found them)