Piggy Butchery

It is very hard to create a new game nowadays since the most basic archetypes already exist (RTS, RPG etc.) and the only new way you can draw attention to a new title is by mixing together the genres, or by wrapping it up with an interesting theme. One such example is Piggy Butchery, an 8-bit platformer where you play as a family of piglets trying to avoid becoming bacon as they run through a trap-infested slaughterhouse.

You play as a piggy that automatically runs for its life through a slaughterhouse designed in a platformer-like fashion. You then have to place ways for them to avoid the obstacles so that they can avoid an untimely death. The catch is this: you win money when a piggy dies, you love money with each contraction you buy that extends the piggy's life, but having the piggy die later on or finishing the obstacle course will result in even more money. So based on the level you've currently reached, you'll have to balance out the way you sacrifice your piggies so that as many of them can survive (or at least make it as close to the end as possible).

Every time a piggy finishes the obstacle course, the next piggy will have to face an even harder map filled with traps that are even more dangerous. Because of the whole animal cruelty-related issues, this game may not be suited to those of you that are squeamish, even if the blood is nothing more than splurging red pixels.

Because the entire game could be finished in less than 3 minutes without you ever pressing a single button, it becomes a great title to consider when you want a convenient and lightweight game to loosen some steam when you only have short breaks to spare.