This game is one of the biggest reasons that I love Newgrounds. Seriously–I LOVE this place exactly for games like this.  It’s called Survival Lab, and it may well be one of the best little games that you’ve never played before.  But that’s why I’m here, to point you in the direction of some of these nifty little titles that you may not have otherwise stumbled upon.

Survival Lab is, essentially, a volunteer test subject locked in a small room with a variety of automated weapons, all of which will be firing various kinds of projectiles at you.  Your job is to survive and collect coins as they appear.

The interesting part of this is, the longer you survive, the more you’re allowed to “learn” from your time in the lab.  You can purchase upgrades for yourself that allow you to move faster, jump higher and take less damage.  It’s a small, very simple game that manages to pack a lot more gameplay and variety than you’d expect, and thus, it’s well worth playing.