This week the GameStick Fans community reached a milestone: Of the 188 games that were once available for the PlayJam GameStick, 163 have been archived and only 25 remain missing. That's 86.7%; a huge success for the project that started in 2024-04.
Obtaining apks
The lack of a GameStick community meant that nobody had backed up the available games before PlayJam announced the micro console's death in 2017.
After collecting cache files from GameSticks, 37 games could be downloaded from their AWS S3 URLs without authentication.
Another way to get the games is to contact the developers, but we had only limited success in getting answers to our e-mails, let alone .apk that the developers often did not have anymore.
Extracting installed games from existing GameSticks was the third option to get the game .apk files into our hands. It took a while and quite some effort until we were able to copy files off GameSticks - the devices were locked down and allowed neither file access nor sideloading.
The following people helped by copying games off their GameSticks or contacting developers to get .apks directly from them:
- Alex Shorts
- Andyweli
- cweiske
- eyehorus (Wayne)
- jrronimo
- Kazdan R. Azahn (KRAZ Pro.)
- Lee Chapman
- Ryo
- Toast (Liam)
Missing games
We do not yet have the .apk files for the following GameStick games:
| # | Game name | Developer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Animalz: Super Squad | InvaderGames |
| 2 | Baa Baa Bomber | RatJar Games |
| 3 | Beast Boxing Turbo | GoodHustle |
| 4 | Canabalt HD | Kittehface Software |
| 5 | CR Footy | Sacred Duck Games |
| 6 | Crumble Zone | Rebel Twins |
| 7 | CUBISTIC | Pytebyte |
| 8 | Dead Rushing | Dancing Cat Development |
| 9 | Dr. Bulbaceous Puzzle Solver | Wetgenes |
| 10 | EDGE | Mobigame |
| 11 | Finger Hoola+ | Plantpot |
| 12 | Furfur and Nublo | DevilishGames |
| 13 | Fuz Rush | Jet Stone Studios |
| 14 | Groundskeeper 2 | OrangePixel |
| 15 | Nimble Quest | Nimblebit |
| 16 | Orborun | Tiny Lab Productions |
| 17 | Pix'N Love Rush | Advanced Mobile Applications |
| 18 | RED | Knife Media |
| 19 | Sci-Fighters | Headup Games |
| 20 | ShaqDown | One Spear |
| 21 | SpaceCat | Platty Soft |
| 22 | Space Grunts | OrangePixel |
| 23 | Space Vermin | GameDisciples |
| 24 | Usagi Yojimbo | Happy Giant |
| 25 | Wasteland Bar Fight | Kybernesis |
If you have a GameStick with one or more of this games - follow the apk rescue instructions, or ask for help in chat.
Archived games
The following games have been backed up and archived in the GameStick library at the Internet Archive.
Recent gameplay videos can be found on Wayne’s Gaming Den "PlayJam GameStick" playlist