# ShortPlay: Indie Games

> Hand-picked short indie games, instant play. No downloads, no ads. Free.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/app.shortplay](https://chrome-stats.com/d/app.shortplay)

## Overview

- **ID:** `app.shortplay`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** From The Reeds
- **Category:** GAME\_CASUAL
- **Downloads:** 13
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-20
- **First published:** 2026-08-31
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 17 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-10-28
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.shortplay)
- **Website:** [https://shortplay.io](https://shortplay.io/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://shortplay.io/privacy](https://shortplay.io/privacy)

## Description

ShortPlay is where great indie games get discovered — and played the instant you find one.<br><br>No downloads. No installing a game just to learn it&#39;s not for you. Open it and a game is right there the moment it catches your eye — a tiny arcade gem, a clever puzzle, a one-more-go challenge you didn&#39;t know you were looking for. Just great games, one after another.<br><br>Every game is hand-picked from real indie makers — no junk to wade through. And ShortPlay is completely ad-free: no ads, no interruptions, just one great game after another. Your feed answers to you, too: heart the ones you love, wave off the ones that aren&#39;t for you, and what you see is yours.<br><br>WHY YOU&#39;LL LOVE IT<br>• Instantly playable — no downloads, no installs, no commitment<br>• Completely ad-free — no ads, no interruptions<br>• Hand-picked — the good stuff, surfaced, not buried<br>• Yours to shape — heart what you love, hide what you don&#39;t; your feed responds on the spot<br>• Always something new — a fresh lineup every visit<br>• Free, from real indie makers<br><br>FOR MAKERS<br>Your #1 problem is getting played. ShortPlay is built for exactly that — real distribution, surfaced fairly, no ad budget, no ranking to game. Just your game in front of players who came to discover something new. Get discovered.<br><br>Your next game awaits.

## Rankings

- #2,932,801 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC`
- `android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS`
- `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `app.shortplay.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/app.shortplay)