NetHack

If you're more a fan of game play than graphics and you like games that need you to explore and think and explore some more, then NetHack could be a game for you! Filled with far too many different weapons, potions, creatures, tools, clothes and ascii characters NetHack is probably impossible to complete, but very fun to die trying. You have a choice of thirteen different rolls (Wizard, Archeologist, Tourist, Knight, ...) in five different races which all play very differently from each other. Admittedly learning the keys takes a few games, but you can see a list of the keys by pressing '?'. I've been informed that there are a lot of spoilers on the web, but have been quite content playing the game for the last two weeks without looking beyond the guidebook text file it comes with. NetHack generates a new world each time a new game is started - so no two games are ever the same.

Stickman Odo 1

It turns out that Stickman Odo was actually Stickman Odo 2. Stickman Odo is shares the same level of random guesswork as its older brother. However it's also humorously violent in a cartoon violence way and only takes about five minutes to complete, so is well worth a look.
 

Geoffrey's Quest

Geoffrey's Quest is a typical point and click escape game. Instead of escaping a room, you play Geoffrey who is searching an island for his kidnapped girlfriend Jen.

The game is ok but the ending is very creepy. Also, you can't see the items you pick up which is quite annoying.
 

Crazy Doors of Rainbow Colours

First of all ask yourself - how could you not play a game with this title? Some crazy doors? Complete with rainbow colours? Sounds like a great place to be.

You have to find objects, throw them against the correct walls to make doors, open the doors, and repeat! You never need to reset (although you might need to if you can't remember things), which makes this a fairly straightfoward game. However it's not an easy game, which makes it fairly satisfying too.

Galves Adventure

Apparently Galves is a baby known by the maker of the Grow series (eg. Grow Cube) and this is a point and click adventure game made about him. It's very similar in style to the creator's earlier games, and equally fun. At times you need timing, and it's possible to get stuck, so use the reset button frequently.

Warning: There's a rude bit which can happen if you let the crab and the baby get too near to each other!

Planets (A different one)

In this game the aim is to get all the planets aligned. As of yet I haven't worked out how to do this, but I have worked out a few things which I'll put in the comments. If anyone works out more feel free to help me out a bit!

The game itself has a hints button, but that didn't really help me much/at all. Basically this game is extremely weird, but it looks fun all the same.

Submachine

Submachine is a simple point and click adventure, but I'm sure people will be quite relieved if they've previously got stuck on Hapland, or any of the 'coloured room' series (Crimson, Viridian, etc.)
Nicely animated and very intuitive, I give this game a nine! (Though I'm not saying what out of)

Diversity

Another escape from the room type game, but quite a good one! There's about four levels and none of the things are too hard to do. We managed it without any help (go us!)

Ps. Hopefully Soph will understand it ;-P
 

Overtime at Santa's factory

A festive treat for you here (I think it's about six years old, but nevermind!) You forgot to write a letter to Santa, and so you have to get your present requent to him. If you select that you've been naughty then it's a very short game, but if you select nice then there's quite a bit more of it! You should put in a real present request, because there's one part of the game which is more fun if you do!
Anyway it's probably aimed at kids, but it entertained me for five minutes or so.

Stickman Odo

If you get worried when you don't understand what a game is about then this game might concern you a bit. Basically the aim is to do stuff without dieing. It doesn't take very long to complete, and I don't get what level 3 (the one in plan view) is about.

 

The White Chamber

The White Chamber is an escape from the room game, and is made by the same people as The Crimson Room and The Viridian Room. However it is less weird than both of those, and for a change it's possible to solve just using logic and a bit of guesswork. Also there aren't that many tiny things you have to click on (I can only think of one key that's difficult to spot).
 

The Blue Chamber

The third in the escape-from-the-room game series is a real disapointment. Although it's slightly more logical than the Viridian Room (that's not difficult), it lacks in graphics, depth and also fails to be as interesting as the other two.
In short if you're a big fan of the other two then you might want to try this, otherwise give it a miss.

The Viridian Room

The follow up to the Crimson Room, is the Viridian Room (where do they get these crazy colours?). Surprisingly bad really. Although the game is still very frustrating, the causality seems a little bit warped in places.

Hapland 2

The follow up to the sensation of Hapland is called Hapland 2 (genious). Again you're trying to light those torches to start the portal.
This one is extremely tough. And anyone who completes it without looking for help attains the title of Leg End (from me).

MOTAS

Mysteries of Time and Space
Ok, now this is really classy. This game gave escape from the room a whole new meaning for me. For a start it has levels.
Definitely worth playing, although I can almost guarentee you don't have time to finish it in one go.

UPDATE: There is now a level 13, although it's still "To be continued..." How mysterious.

The Crimson Room

An escape from the room game. Easily one of the most well known. It needs some very careful clicking to find everything, and some things you may need to try more than once...

Free the balloon

A three level game, the first of which is to free the balloon (the second of which is disappointingly easy). It's not as good as Hapland, but I found it helped to stem my cravings for a while.

Hapland

For those of you who haven't seen it yet, this is Hapland. It's fairly slickly put together, and frustrating as trying to thread a needle with a very frayed piece of rope.