About PastForward Games

We make free story games about where people came from and where we're going. Some are set in the past: a castle on a ridge, a 90s city with a rent problem. Some are set in the near future: rockets, the Moon, a first winter on Mars. That's the name. Every game on the site is marked Past or Forward.

The games

• Standing Orders: Captain a starship. Make the calls, send the away team, and live with who doesn't come back. Story missions in your browser, on phone, tablet or PC.
• UpMass: Pack a reusable rocket, land the cargo on the Moon, and grow a city on the rim. A daily packing-and-flying game in your browser, on phone, tablet or PC.
• One Small Fact: Five facts a day, the same for everyone, hosted by Glim, a small see-through alien with one very large eye. True or false, which is bigger, which came first: every answer comes with a one-line why and a real source.
• The Third Leap: Hand-fly a reusable rocket to orbit, catch the booster at the tower, and keep twelve people alive through their first winter on Mars.
• Hardpoint: Wake in a cell in Castle Varn and shoot your way out, floor by floor: keycards, secret walls and a tally at the end of every floor.
• Ramjet: Rex Ramjet, an out-of-work stunt pilot with a jetpack, takes on the alien landlords who came to collect Earth's rent.

Why they're free

No ads, no purchases you need to keep playing, and no account required. An account is optional. It keeps your saves on every device and puts your scores on the leaderboards. We don't sell data and we don't use third-party trackers; the privacy page lists exactly what we keep.

If we ever offer something extra, such as an early-access edition of a bigger PC game, the free games stay free.

Who we are

PastForward Games is part of LTC Labs, a software studio. LTC Labs builds software for businesses, including bringing older systems up to date, and runs its own products on the same tools. The games are made the same way, on the same servers and the same code, so they keep us honest about what we build.

If your business has software that needs building or modernizing, talk to LTC Labs.

Get in touch

Bug, idea or question about a game: Help & contact. A person reads every message.