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River RebelClean a dying river one sack at a time. Wade in, dig the sludge, cut the hyacinth and talk litterers out of it, then hire a crew, buy a googly-eyed trash wheel and turn one boy with a shovel into a company.
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AQI 999Run Delhi's air from the command centre at ITO: put out garbage fires, seal smoking factories, clear the ITO jam, build monitors, smog towers and e-bus depots, flip the policy switches and bring the AQI down over India Gate.
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- River Rebel India. Clean a dying river one sack at a time. Wade in, dig the sludge, cut the hyacinth and talk litterers out of it, then hire a crew, buy a googly-eyed trash wheel and turn one boy with a shovel into a company.
- AQI 999 India. Run Delhi's air from the command centre at ITO: put out garbage fires, seal smoking factories, clear the ITO jam, build monitors, smog towers and e-bus depots, flip the policy switches and bring the AQI down over India Gate.
- Gully Cricket Sport. Three versus three in a narrow Indian gully. Bricks for stumps, one tip one hand, and into Sharma Aunty's house is out. A 9-chapter summer story across five different lanes, versus and practice.
- Rocket Roadster Space. Drive up the famous curved ramp upside down, fire the thrusters at the top and fly a flying sports car for 60 seconds through rings, fireballs and fire-breathing dragons. Then stick the landing.
- SIR: Door to Door India. Be the Booth Level Officer in a 3D Indian village during SIR: knock, sit down, ask questions, check the papers and decide who stays on the voter roll. Ten houses, ten minutes, a hundred cases.
- Gigawatt Money. An isometric neon puzzle game about AI data centers and the grid: place GPU racks, route power and cooling, and keep up as demand doubles without blacking out the neighbourhood.
- Gali Glow India. A pixel-art Diwali adventure: the power is out across the colony and you relight it one diya at a time. Light opens the way, the neighbours need favours and the cat keeps knocking diyas over.
- Swing State World. Run a Senate campaign in a made-up swing state: train canvassers, charter rally buses, run ad vans and send pollsters into the fog against an AI rival, then watch results night paint the map.
- Ghost Gig Pop culture. A Halloween rhythm game: you're the ghost in a haunted mansion's house band. Five original spooky-funk tracks, a new instrument in every room, and trick-or-treaters to scare with your streaks.
- Garba Nights India. Run a Navratri garba ground for nine nights, from the 6 pm sunset to the midnight cut-off: the gate, the band, real garba songs, contests, and you in the circle.
- Hormuz Standoff World. A 3D naval standoff told from three decks: a merchant captain, a US destroyer and an Iranian fast boat. Warn, bluff, intercept missiles and keep it from becoming a war.
- Monza GP Sport. Knockout qualifying, then race 19 AI cars at the Temple of Speed. DRS, ERS, tyre wear, pit stops and live commentary.
- Dish Pending India. Play Eon Husk chasing a licence, or the government holding the file. A story that remembers your choices: deals, promises and court cases come back to bite.
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- Garba Nights guide: five stars and a packed circle How to play Garba Nights well: the aarti, which garba step to call, power and lights, staff, food stalls, upgrades, the big moments and how the night score works.
- River Rebel guide: clean the river faster, hire well and form the company How to play River Rebel well: what to pick first, the best early upgrades, when to hire crew, which machines to buy, stopping garbage at the source, reels and fame, and every level and its unlocks.
- AQI 999 guide: run Delhi's air from the command centre How to play AQI 999: Delhi Control Room well: handling incidents, what to build first, the best fleet, which policies to switch on, the Clean Air Fund, levels and getting through stubble season.
- AQI 999 is back, and this time you run Delhi's air We tore down AQI 999 and rebuilt it as a 3D city game. You sit in the command centre at ITO, the ITO jam is still there, and the stubble smoke still arrives every November.
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