A grim tale of bureaucracy and poverty in a totalitarian state; Cart Life is the multi award winning, including the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the IGF in 2013, game from creator Richard Hofmeier. The game is described as a “retail simulator” but also focuses on eating, drinking, sleeping, friendship, loss, triumph, punishment and crime – in truth, it simulates a lot of the human experience.

It’s not a huge amount of fun though; the game is bleak, albeit excellent, in its execution. There’s three characters to navigate through Cart Life’s grim world; each with their own friendships and hardships, and best of all the game is now free.

Richard Hofmeier has removed his game from Steam and offering it for free alongside the source code, so people can now see the inner workings of the game itself and make their own content for it. Check out the game’s website for the free download.