diff --git a/pkgs/games/instead/default.nix b/pkgs/games/instead/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..344daca2a0d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/instead/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, SDL, SDL_ttf, SDL_image, SDL_mixer, pkgconfig, lua, zlib, unzip }:
+
+let
+  version = "1.2.2";
+
+  # I took two games at random from http://instead.syscall.ru/games/
+  games = [
+    (fetchurl {
+      url = http://instead-games.googlecode.com/files/instead-apple-day-1.2.zip;
+      sha256 = "0d4m554hiqmgl4xl0jp0b3bqjl35879768hqznh9y57y04sygd2a";
+    })
+    (fetchurl {
+      url = http://instead-games.googlecode.com/files/instead-cat-1.3.zip;
+      sha256 = "0vmsn7jg2vy5kqqbzad289vk4j3piarj1xpwyz72wgyc3k7djg4v";
+    })
+    (fetchurl {
+      url = http://instead-games.googlecode.com/files/instead-cat_en-1.2.zip;
+      sha256 = "0jlm3ssqlka16dm0rg6qfjh6xdh3pv7lj2s4ib4mqwj2vfy0v6sg";
+    })
+    (fetchurl {
+      url = http://instead-games.googlecode.com/files/instead-vinny-0.1.zip;
+      sha256 = "15qdbg82zp3a8vz4qxminr0xbzbdpnsciliy2wm3raz4hnadawg1";
+    })
+  ];
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "instead-" + version;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://instead.googlecode.com/files/instead_${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "178xxqvjl5v1bhjrlf8cqpkw85j25fldf0wn6bgyzicr6fspxb25";
+  };
+
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-llua -lgcc_s";
+
+  buildInputs = [ SDL SDL_ttf SDL_image SDL_mixer pkgconfig lua zlib unzip ];
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    sed -i -e "s,DATAPATH=.,DATAPATH=$out/share/${name}/," Rules.make
+  '';
+
+  inherit games;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    ensureDir $out/bin $out/share/${name}
+    cp sdl-instead $out/bin
+    cp -R games languages stead themes $out/share/${name}
+    pushd $out/share/${name}/games
+    for a in $games; do
+      unzip $a
+    done
+    popd
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Simple text adventure interpreter for Unix and Windows";
+    homepage = http://instead.syscall.ru/;
+    license = "GPLv2";
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ab80db518063..9e4219af0664 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6492,6 +6492,10 @@ let
 
   hexen = callPackage ../games/hexen { };
 
+  instead = callPackage ../games/instead {
+    lua = lua5;
+  };
+
   kobodeluxe = callPackage ../games/kobodeluxe { };
 
   lincity = builderDefsPackage (import ../games/lincity) {