To get you started you can take a look at hgj-getting-started.
If you participated in the Hetzner Game Jam, please open a pull request adding your game to the list of games. It would also be nice if you could add a screenshot (either to your own repository, or here) If you need help with that, just contact us.
Here is a list of awesome games developed during the Hetzner Game Jam 2025:
- Link: https://github.com/Raevren/hetznergamejam2025
- Contributors:
- Description: In Paws on the Wire, you control a brave bear who must prove his balance on a high wire at dizzying heights. By alternately pressing A and D, you guide him step by step across the tightrope. Quick reflexes are essential — during the walk, quick-time events will test your nerves and timing!
- Link: https://github.com/baguette-ballett/baguette-ballett
- Contributors:
- Description: Mother duck needs to feed her children and luckily there's a boy with lots of baguettes. Be efficient and balance the baguettes on your head, so you need less trips to the pond to feed your ducklings.
- Link: https://github.com/nataly-devqa/gamejam-2025-food-balance
- Contributors:
- nataly-devqa
- devbydiana
- sasukiuchiha03
- Stefan Kuehne
- Description: Your body needs nutrients – and junk food won’t help! In Nutribalance, you catch healthy foods like milk, iron, and vitamins falling from the sky. But watch out: three donuts are enough to ruin everything. Find the perfect nutritional balance to win!
- Link:
- Contributors:
- HennieLP
- Joinsider
- Placeblock
- Thea
- Description: Ever wanted to build your own hosting company and be mean at the same time? Well, you're totally at the right place at the right time! Introducing: Pathetic Hosting! Start your company, upgrade your servers, and attack the enemy. But be careful! The load on your servers rises quickly! Do you upgrade your servers to withstand the load, or spend money to attack and damage your opponent? It's totally up to you, but your company is ruined blazing fast. The right balance is what matters!
- Link: https://github.com/MikaStiebitz/Mirror-Dash
- Contributors:
- Mika Stiebitz
- Nico Fuchs
- Matthias Laton
- Josef Graf
- Robin Korn
- Description: Experience a unique cooperative platform adventure where perspective matters! In this multiplayer browser game, players navigate through challenging levels with a twist - each player sees their own character in the top half of the screen while viewing their partner in a mirrored world below. Coordinate your movements, avoid hazards, and reach the finish line together as you navigate through increasingly difficult platforming challenges where what you see isn't necessarily what your partner sees.
- Link: https://github.com/hedwigmiau/Quaksalber
- Contributors:
- Nilo
- Annakonda
- Description: The duck pharmacist wants to heal its customers. Either it succeeds in restoring the animals' inner balance or its clients suffer negative consequences.
- Link: https://github.com/Entjic/silent-gardener
- Contributors:
- Description: Nurture your plants, grow a cute little garden and find your inner balance.
- Link: https://github.com/mychecknix/BalanceThePond
- Contributors:
- Felix
- Lisetta
- mychecknix
- Description: A fox (Foxo) is looking for a new home and wants to restore the balance there.
- Link: https://github.com/Changeable99/GameJam
- Contributors:
- Felix Nutz
- Paul Debus
- Markus Zankel
- Description: This Game is about managing your chaotic laboratory.
- Link: https://github.com/Schunik67/Balance2
- Contributors:
- Florian
- Niko
- Inga
- Johannes
- Description: Tunnel-digging game about maintaining balance between nature and machines.
- Link: https://github.com/HikerScout/blob-jump
- Contributors:
- HikerScout
- SomeDude-strgV
- Mareike Jennes
- Simon Lehmeyer
- Johannes Frey
- Description: Possibly the best game made. Local multiplayer platformer game featuring Blib and Blob.
- Link: https://github.com/Risen1801/HetznerGameJam
- Contributors:
- Description: A Game where two people Battle each other to disturb the balance of the opponents scale.
- Link: https://github.com/leonhard-behr/game_jam
- Contributors:
- Description: A small Escape Room game where the player communicates with an Ollama hosted LLM to solve the riddles.
- Link: https://elena0705.itch.io/thermalstability
- Contributors:
- Alexander Auer - Gameplay Programming & Logic
- Elena Jung - UI Design, Programming, 3D
- Jasper Fox - 3D Modeling
- Julius Löhner - 3D Modeling, Fire Particles
- Description: Keep the flames alive—but under control! Don’t let too many fueling items fall into the oven, or the fire will overheat. But watch out—if extinguishing items slip in, they might put your fire out completely! Maintain the perfect burn: when things get too hot, cool it down just enough with the right extinguishing items. How long can you keep the balance?
- Link: GitHub
- Contributors:
- Description: As a lone Samurai Cat, you must navigate the delicate balance between strengthening your village's defenses and honing your own combat skills, all while facing threats from various foes that are trying to conquer the village. By carefully managing your resources, you can emerge victorious as the legendary guardian of the feline community.
- Link: GitHub
- Contributors:
- Description: Welcome to Balance Bastion, a giant fortress sitting on a small pillar. Follow the fairy and collect as many treasures in the abandoned building as possible and try to escape back to the entrance before the whole thing falls over.
- Link: [add a link to your game here]
- Contributors:
- [add all game jammers that contributed to this game]
- Description: This Game is not a Game, it is an example only.
Interested in games developed during our previous Game Jams? You can find all previous events here: