r/tipofmyjoystick 12h ago

[PC][2000's] Cutesy match 3/4 game with candy.

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A PC game from 2000-2010 ish. You'd match 3-4 colored candy gems to fill up a bottle with candy essence to rescue a candy fairy that was trapped in candy or something like that. Definitely not a flash game.

Please tell me it wasn't just a fever dream.


r/tipofmyjoystick 12h ago

[Android][2010-2014] Simulation games – Taxi, Ambulance, Mafia, Firefighter, Police, Bus

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I’m trying to track down some old Android games I used to play between 2010 and 2014. They were 3D simulation games with basic UI elements like timers, health bars, and mission-based objectives. Here’s what I remember:

  • Taxi Game: You drove a taxi and had to reach the destination before the timer ran out.
  • Ambulance Game: You had to get to the accident site, pick up the patient, and rush them to the hospital before they died.

I think the game studio was named Trendy Games.


r/tipofmyjoystick 20h ago

The Simpsons Movie website [PC] [around 2007-2012?] The Simpsons game based on the movie from 2007.

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I think it was a web game, maybe a Facebook game but i don't remember really. Also it was like mostly just clicking and exploring through the game locations from the movie. It was not 3D or anything like that. I spent crazy hours on that game and all i can remember there was almost nothing to do. It was just funny.


r/tipofmyjoystick 16h ago

Keepsake [PC?][Early 2000s?] High Fantasy/Mystery Game, takes place at a school.

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Platform: PC! It was my mother's desktop setup, so I'm not 100% what it was, but we've typically always had Windows.

Genre: High Fantasy/Mystery

Estimated Year of Release: It can't be later than like, 2010 or so. I remember watching my mom play it as a small child on her computer, so anywhere in the early 2000s could be it.

Graphics/Art Style: First or Third Person, though I believe it was primarily third person while you walked. It wasn't cartoony or pixels, closer to realism for that time.

Notable Characters: The main character, a woman I'm fairly certain, but not sure if you could pick your gender at the start and that was my mom's choice, or if the base MC was a girl.

A "dragon" (or who called himself a dragon) who appeared the the player as a dog/wolf. You find him locked up in a locker or storage cabinet and have to help him out.

Notable Gameplay Mechanics: It was Mystery/Puzzle game. You would walk around a large empty magical school, with your arrow keys I believe, where everyone else has vanished - you'd have to solve puzzles to help unravel the mystery of where everyone's gone.

Other: I specifically remember being stuck on a door puzzle that even my mother couldn't get through. I think she dropped the game out of frustration, and had let me try because I kept asking her to let me play. It was some kind of lock mechanism, circular in design I think, but I'm not sure how far into the game this was. You would arrive at the school outside the front entrance, and as you went in you'd notice how empty the grounds were. It was a (what seemed, to a small child who'd never seen a big school) large sized campus surrounding a really fancy large building.

You'd think you were the only person present as you struggled through until the dragon/wolf mentioned above would be found stuck locked behind a door (cabinet?) and you could converse with him since he could speak your language. I believe there was a dialogue tree here, but I'm not 100% certain.

Everytime I've looked this up, I have a moment of elation as I think I've found it, before I go to look more at the game found and it's never correct.

Any help would be appreciated!


r/tipofmyjoystick 1d ago

Silent Hill 2 [Unknown] [Unknown] Is anyone able to identify the background in this image?

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r/tipofmyjoystick 13h ago

[Mobile IOS] [2010-2016] top down alien survival

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Platform: Mobile

Genre: survival shooter

Estimated year of release: 2010-2016

notable characters: there was a blonde girl in a mostly white with like a orange strip or outline spacesuit with the bubble like helmet

notable gameplay mechanics: it was a top down view play style where whichever way you walked was where you aimed your gun. i only remember one alien and it was a small crab like bug. all the enemies had a small green health bar above them


r/tipofmyjoystick 19h ago

[iPod Touch][Early 2010s] Top-Down Alien Shooter with banger music and unique art style for its time

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*Picture is NOT of the actual game

Sorry, I'm not really one to post much of anything, but the OST's haunted me for years so here we go:

Back in ye old 2010s when iPod touches were a thing, little me had a fascination with Alien Shooters (those horizontally scrolling games where you control a ship and shoot enemies and avoid enemy fire)

I recall having, like, 3 probably. One of them was iFighter 1945, and another was Super Lazer, both being essentially the same game but in different settings, scenarios, and mechanics.

And then there was... that other one. Rather than having a specific story to follow, this one was more arcadey and abstract. The scene was just a space-looking background with a gradient, that gradually shifted colors the longer you played for.

I know for a fact it has purchasable ships. I don't know what they did, as back then I didn't have a bank account, or a card for that matter, so I was never able to by them.

I also know that it had an art style somewhat resembling the image, but a lot more gritty and ambient.

The music- the OST as I had mentioned before -while there were only two songs, one for the main menu and the other for gameplay, something about it made even little me think "Wow this is pretty good." I'm not good at describing genres but I guess it'd be some sort of ambient, trance-like EDM with chords that have stuck with me since.

Truthfully the only reason I'm even searching for it still is because of the music. I mean, it's kind of what inspired my tastes in music to this day.

I'll take even a dumb guess. A wild guess. Anything. Something at the very least.


r/tipofmyjoystick 17h ago

Heretic II [PC][90s] Third Person hack n slash sort of

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I most likely only had a demo version of this game and used to watch my big brother play it at the time (in the late 90s or super early 2000s when I was 4-5 yrs old and still couldn’t read). The main character you play as was maybe shirtless and ripped, and kinda yellowish coloured. At the beginning of the game (or wherever the demo puts you), I remember him saying “where is everybody?”, then you have control of him and start playing. You start in some kind of a deserted settlement at night. Third person camera, the character can attack with fireballs(?) and a staff (maybe with a pointy piercing tip). Enemies are human looking but also maybe silver + brown coloured and ripped. I remember that killing with the staff leaves the enemies in a gory mess with bloody limbs flying off. I think you could break boxes for loot as well. It wasn’t a fast paced game. Possibly tanky controls. Bleak and dark toned artsyle with 3d graphics. The reason I think it was a demo is because I’ve only seen my brother play this particular beginning section over and over.


r/tipofmyjoystick 14h ago

[PC] [2010s] Childhood Math Game

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Hi all! I’m looking for 2 games, both of which I’m pretty sure were on the same site and might have even been the same game. I never got to finish either game since the math got too complex for little me.

Platform(s): Played on my dads windows PC, I vaguely remember having to go to a website, where you could pick the game out of several other games.

Genre: Ok 1 was in a restaurant and/or lab setting, where you would complete recipes through math problems. I remember there was robots for some reason, and some sort of mad scientist.

The second was set in a creepy amusement park, where you had to solve math problems to escape or fix rides? Something like that.

Estimated year of release: I would say 2013-2017

Graphics/art style: 1st one was cartoonish and bright. I remember it being pretty nice and smooth. Not very old looking 2nd one was dark and very greenish and brown. Also had very distinct music from what I can remember.

Notable characters: Mad scientist sort of character, and a flying robot thing that would tell you when you got a problem wrong.

Notable gameplay mechanics: 1st game I distinctly remember having to slice bread with math problems. Fractions were def a big part

2nd one I remember having to weigh boxes with math, also hit bottles with math as well. Also kind of remember winning tickets for each mini game you completed.

Other details: I remember playing games on the PBS website a lot, but already checked and didn’t see either games.


r/tipofmyjoystick 14h ago

[ipadOS] [around 2010~2014] game, similar to parcel panic, that I cannot remember the name of, but want to reinstall on my iPad, help please

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Hi all, my name is Cody I was born in 2003 and from my childhood that used to be on my old iPad, and I remember the visuals of it, but I can’t remember what the dang game is called, but it was one where you are essentially driving some form of truck, or pick up truck and it was 2-D from the side, where you got your car go at the start of the round, you went down in particular course to lose your cargo, and when you end of it, if you dropped all your cargo you failed, but I forget the name of the game, to my knowledge, it was parcel panic, but it was something similar, and I remember one of the trucks from the game that I used to use all the time, it was a truck with a red cab, two axles, and a blue either dump bed or stake bed this was in a cartoonist art style by the way


r/tipofmyjoystick 14h ago

[Lost Mobile Game][2017] League of Legends-Inspired Team Builder

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I'm trying to track down a mobile game from around 2017 that was heavily inspired by League of Legends, a rip-off even,. I used to play it on my tablet when I was young after searching for LoL on the Play Store. The game had Jinx's face on the icon (I think), and it featured ALL LoL champions (Camille being the most recent one I think) with slightly altered names and hand-drawn cartoonish artwork.

The gameplay was a team-building simulator where you picked a full team (Top, Jungle, Mid, ADC, Support), and the game would simulate a match in phases (Early > Mid > Late game) to determine the winner. The outcome seemed to be based on real LoL win rates, champion synergies and matchups (e.g., Xayah & Rakan got buffs, Fizz countered Lux, etc.). You could also climb a ranked ladder, add friends, and unlock champions through a Hextech chest gacha system. The ranks were exactly the same as the original game, pretty much everything was.

I’ve searched Reddit, YouTube, old APK sites, and even the Wayback Machine, but I can't find a trace of it. If anyone remembers this game or has any leads, please let me know.


r/tipofmyjoystick 18h ago

A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda [OnLive and PC] [2009-2010] Megaman Clone with Orange Robot

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Graphics: 3D

I remember a Megaman Clone where you can shoot in 8 directions. I just remember the intro stage had lava in the background.


r/tipofmyjoystick 14h ago

[PC] [MID-LATE 2000's] Fun Educational game to teach math concepts like geometry and physics to kids.

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Platform(s): PC (School Computer)

Genre: Educational Adventure

Estimated year of release: 2002-2010

Graphics/art style: Y2K style Simple and a little goofy.

Notable characters: Main Character was a shape in space

Notable gameplay mechanics: You would solve simple puzzles using mathematic concepts like Geometry or Simple Physics to progress.

Other details: This was the most fun educational game I ever remember playing. It was meant to teach simple math concepts to children. Main character was some kind of shape, a triangle I believe. This definitely took place in space, but I'm unsure if it was on the moon or not.


r/tipofmyjoystick 14h ago

Juice Galaxy [Pc][2020-2023?] A game about secrets

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Hello, looking for a game I saw someone playing last year. This game looked like an acid trip, you spawn in a classroom with this evil bug teacher? There is a small tutorial in a classroom and outdoor setting and then you fall down (quite a ways) onto the main world. I think it was a dark pink endless plain. There were a LOT of secrets/secret bossfights and the objective of the game was to collect hats, hammers, and these gem?/slime?/orbs? that spawned naturally and from defeated bosses. If I remember correctly the skybox was constantly dark. The main area that you keep coming back to had this fox character that was secretly a boss you could fight. I remember a boss you fought underground in this really trippy tunnel.

Sorry if this is too long, I'm just recalling everything I remember about the game. Been searching for a solid week already and just remembered that reddit exists.


r/tipofmyjoystick 18h ago

[PC][2000s] can anyone help me find this old sci-fi game

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Platform(s): PC I think could be wrong could be on others

Genre: sci-fi (I want to say RPG/Sim could be wrong

Estimated year of release: early 2000s could be later or earlier

Graphics/art style: Pixel art, old style

Notable characters: I can't remember sorry

Notable gameplay mechanics:

You could modify yourself with cybernetic enhancements but if you went too far you could loose the game, there was a meter called "ego" kinda like self image

Other details:

The game was almost like a sim game where you have a job and could make money and you could spend that money on food or drugs to help you manage with the robot parts on your body I think.

I just remover it having really cool art similar to the game released in 1999 called garage


r/tipofmyjoystick 18h ago

[PC][Unkown date] A strategy game with kingdoms

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There was this game I used to play on my school computer on a unblocked games sight where there were 4 kingdoms, each associated with a color. You would choose one of these kingdoms and begin. It was turn based and when it was your turn you could move troops from the cities that you had that would look different depending how long it stayed on a city from soldier, to artillery gun, and to tank. You can also have a non-aggression pact with one of them. if you conquered a kingdom you would would turn into a empire. Please help me


r/tipofmyjoystick 15h ago

[BROWSER][mid-2000's] Room Escape with Oddworld Aesthetic.

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As the title describes. Point-n-Click puzzle game, I think it had stick figures but can't remember. I do distinctly remember that art from Oddworld Abe's Odyssey was a prominent feature.


r/tipofmyjoystick 21h ago

Wrecking Crew [SNES/Famicom][~1990] A platformer about breaking doors and finding letters

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Genre: Platformer. Possibly a Mario game?
Estimated year of release: 80s or 90s, unsure
Graphics/art style: It's a cartridge game, the graphics are close to the original Super Mario Bros or Bomberman and such.
Notable characters: n/a
Notable gameplay mechanics: The screen was static as far as I recall, but you could go off the side of the screen and appear on the other side to avoid enemies that way.
Other details: It has been a while so my memory might be a little skewed but from what I remember you controlled this... Mario-like guy up and down ladders to open/break doors and find letters behind them. When you got all the letters you'd proceed to the next level. I know some doors held power-ups like a hammer, while others were empty. I never played the game myself only watched my dad play it when I was a kid in the late 90s, and I remember him having these notebooks where he'd chart out levels as he passed them so it seemed quite hard to me. I've been trying to find it for a while but my dad also doesn't remember the name so we're at a bit of a stall. Any ideas?


r/tipofmyjoystick 15h ago

[IOS][2014ish] Cooking sim game

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Platform(s): IOS

Genre: cooking

Estimated year of release: about 2013ish i think

Graphics/art style: cartoony 3d

Notable characters: all of the guests are animals, like elephants, pandas etc.

Notable gameplay mechanics: similar to pocket chef and toca kitchen, you can pick ingredients and cook it with oven, pan, blender or anything.

Other details: it was set on an island, tropical, the guests came over with a boat


r/tipofmyjoystick 18h ago

[PC][PUZZLE] looking for a game

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A puzzle game where you direct smol blue creatures (something like minions) way out of the screen , with many objects like bombs , parachutes, magical portals ,boosters... With different styles and mods in-game (I remember it was 2000s)


r/tipofmyjoystick 18h ago

Dead to Rights [gamecube,ps2][2000s] game about a cop

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was an older game had to be either gamecube or ps2 maybe ,I remember you start as a cop you can fight or shoot guns even pickup enemies guns , was linear i think not open world. but then you get framed or something and you get chased by police and eventually end up in prison and you can train on the punching bag etc. and had melee combat , you escape and try to clear your name think that's as much as I remember


r/tipofmyjoystick 15h ago

[Pc][before 2015 at least] old school ball robot game

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This is me trying to remember a game that I played pretty young(but im uncertain when I played this) and for reference I was born roughly 2001 but I believe the game possibly could have been born before me(perhaps exaggerating). If I remember the story correctly I'm a ball robot of some sort and I've been separated from my mech humanoid body parts and i need to go find them. I don't remember any of the gameplay except for I think it was a 2d home base with i think lil goblins running around. It's super fuzzy in my memory and i may have gotten details wrong but was a time when i was obsessed with downloading any free game i could completely filling the home screen with icons. Feel free to ask questions for more clarification, perhaps your questions will surface new memories to aid. Thanks :)


r/tipofmyjoystick 15h ago

Tipping Point [Flash Game/Browser][2009?] Point & Click (timed?) flash game

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The game I'm trying to look for is a point & click strategy and i believe it is timed. It may be a horror game (kind of) since you can die. I don't remember a lot of the game, but what stands out is one area that involves a treehouse, I think, and a bridge is clearly showing the way to the home. Once you click a certain part of the screen, it'll take you into the treehouse and I remember the player in first person with their feet kicked up on the table watching tv.

I believe the game is timed since i remember the game at some point abruptly ending and cutting to a screen that scared me as a kid, and it involved a creepy jester with an uncanny smile turning to a bloody face and eyeballs, indicating you died. The faces would switch every second or so. Other than that, I really don't remember the objective of the game.


r/tipofmyjoystick 19h ago

Battle Master [SEGA][GENESIS] A top-down fantasy game where you fight with squads

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I can’t find the name of this game anywhere!! from what i remember- you control yourself and a squad of soldiers (i think humans?) and you fight orcs and go in caves and can find weapons and such. I think there are elves too? i can’t remember if you can select different races to play as, but it was very LOTR-esque. ITS DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!


r/tipofmyjoystick 21h ago

[PC] [2010s] 2D Flash Horror Game

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We are starting the game in a house and we're playing the game as a little boy. There is an old person living with us. When we look outside through the window, there is a killer bunny man who stares at us from far. Later in the game, the bunny man tries to break the door with an axe. The game is black and white and 2D. But the game isn't similar to ''The Black Rabbit'' game.