Pluto Night Labs // Experimental Division

The Lab

Small games, strange ideas and experiments from Pluto Night Labs. Try the playable builds, explore the work in progress and help us decide which questionable ideas deserve another shift.

8 playable builds · 1 in development

CURRENT EXPERIMENTS

Explore the experiments.

9 EXPERIMENTS
EXP-01
Playable
Actual Personal Effects gameplay showing a suitcase packed with the Magician's belongings

Personal Effects

Pack a stranger's final belongings into one suitcase while obeying the increasingly particular requests they left behind.

PuzzlePacking5–10 min
Play Personal Effects
EXP-02
Playable
Chunky pixel-art concept poster for Gladiator MayhemConcept illustration

Gladiator Mayhem

Choose three ridiculous actions, arrange their order and watch Barry and Dr Stitch turn the car park into a tactical disaster.

TacticsCard planningPlayable prototype
Play Gladiator Mayhem
EXP-03
Playtest

Word Lab

Try Distill, Shelf Sort and Chain Reaction: three cosy word-game experiments for a quiet break.

WordsThree gamesPlaytest
Open playtest
EXP-04
In progress

Necromancer's Horde

Build an undead army, position your squads and choose a resurrection doctrine before the horde fights for itself.

AutobattlerStrategyDark fantasy
Prototype in progress · not playable yet
EXP-05
Playable Prototype

Double or Doom

Death's Parlour

A dark-fantasy coin-flipping roguelike. Make deadly wagers, manipulate the odds and bargain with Death.

Coin roguelikeDark fantasyPlayable prototype
Play Now
EXP-06
Playable Prototype
Actual Operation Wildfire gameplay showing a helicopter flying over a jungle battlefield

Operation Wildfire

Take command of a combat helicopter in a jungle rescue mission. Destroy enemy defences, rescue the scientists and make it back to base.

ActionHelicopterPlayable prototype
Play Game
EXP-07
Playable
Actual Night Parcel Office gameplay showing a parcel routing decision, paperwork and regulations

Night Parcel Office

Work the final sorting desk for suspicious late-night parcels. Follow the regulations. Try not to make things worse.

SortingRules5 min
Play Night Parcel Office
EXP-08
Playable
Actual Anomaly Lab gameplay showing the specimen-selection board

Anomaly Lab

Inspect strange specimens, learn the rules and decide what should — and absolutely should not — leave the lab.

LogicDeduction5 min
Play Anomaly Lab
EXP-09
Playable
Actual Tiny Heist Planner gameplay showing guards, loot and a heist blueprint

Tiny Heist Planner

Choose a crew, plot a route and watch your supposedly foolproof robbery unfold.

HeistPlanningSimulation
Play Tiny Heist Planner