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Endling: Extinction is Forever (2022)
As the last mother fox on Earth, your cubs need all your care to survive in a merciless world that slowly destroys itself. You have to help them, teach them…
Subnautica: Below Zero (2021)
Dive into a freezing underwater adventure on an alien planet. Below Zero is set two years after the original Subnautica. Return to Planet 4546B to uncover the…
Degrees of Separation (2019)
Degrees of Separation is a puzzle platformer where cooperation is built into every move. Two contrasting souls, Ember and Rime, fall in love, but are separated…
The Wanderer: Frankenstein's Creature (2019)
In this exploration/adventure game, you play Frankenstein's Creature, a being with no memory and past. At the start of the game you know neither Good nor Evil,…
Labyrinthine (2023)
LABYRINTHINE, a first-person, multiplayer cooperative horror game, offers an unforgettable journey into the realm of nightmares. With an emphasis on…
Time Loader (2021)
Time Loader is a story-driven, physics-based puzzle platformer with a twist. At the helm of a small robot, you'll travel back to the 90s to prevent a tragic…
Loop Hero (2021)
The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place…
Season: A Letter to the Future (2023)
Close your eyes, take a deep breath and let yourself be carried away by the great journey of Season, a third-person atmospheric adventure bicycle road trip…
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (2022)
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative life sim with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and…
Planet of Lana (2023)
A young girl and her loyal friend embark on a rescue mission through a colorful world full of cold machines and unfamiliar creatures. Planet of Lana is a…
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (2023)
Take on the role of one of the notorious Slaughter family, or their victims, in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a third-person asymmetrical horror experience…
Monument Valley: Panoramic Edition (2022)
Discover Monument Valley - A quest for forgiveness in a strikingly beautiful and mysterious world. Embark on a journey of forgiveness along with Ida, the…
Lethal Company (2023)
Lethal Company is a co-op horror roguelite game about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Tiny Glade (2024)
Tiny Glade is a small relaxing game about doodling castles. Explore gridless building chemistry, and watch the game carefully assemble every brick, pebble and…
Pseudoregalia (2023)
Sybil finds herself in a distorted castle and must find her own way out. Grow strong and unlock new abilities to build up a deep movement system, fight…
Sword of the Sea (2025)
Sword of the Sea is an action-adventure game developed by Giant Squid, the studio behind Abzû and The Pathless. Set in a vast desert landscape, players…
Mosa Lina (2023)
A hostile interpretation of the immersive sim, where nothing is planned, and everything works
Soulslinger: Envoy of Death (2025)
You are a gunslinger in limbo, involved in a gritty war against "The Cartel", a ruthless organization harvesting souls to break free of the shackles of the…
Total Chaos (2025)
Total Chaos is a relentless survival horror experience from Trigger Happy Interactive (creator of Turbo Overkill) and Apogee Entertainment. Washed ashore on…
The Dark Queen of Mortholme (2024)
You are the Dark Queen—the most powerful being of your entire universe. Your lair is breached by an aspiring hero—a pitiful thing, easily crushed. Except they…
Marvel Cosmic Invasion (2025)
Marvel Cosmic Invasion is a side-scrolling beat 'em up featuring 15 playable Marvel heroes. Designed in the style of classic 1990s arcade brawlers, the game…
Rune Dice (2026)
Throw dice, create explosive chain reactions, and defeat waves of enemies in Rune Dice! Collect ancient runes with diverse abilities, add synergies between…
Godbreakers (2025)
Absorb enemy powers and turn them against their masters in this frenetic, up to 4 player co-op hack’n’slash. Cancel actions for total control, chain…
Windrose (2026)
Embark on a PvE survival adventure in the Age of Piracy. Fight on land and sea, solo or with friends. Build, craft and explore vast open world filled with dark…
Game Dev Tycoon (2012)
In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games.…
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (2014)
In The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, you play as Paul Prospero, an occult detective who receives a disturbing letter from Ethan Carter and realizes that the boy…
Audiosurf (2008)
Audiosurf is a puzzle/rhythm hybrid game created by Invisible Handlebar, a personal company created by Dylan Fitterer. It's track-like stages visually mimic…
Shadowrun Returns (2013)
The year is 2054. Magic has returned to the world, awakening powerful creatures of myth and legend. Technology merges with flesh and consciousness. Elves,…
Broken Age (2014)
Broken Age is a point-and-click adventure telling the stories of a young boy and girl leading parallel lives. Vella Tartine has been chosen by her village to…
Solar 2 (2011)
Dynamic abstract sandbox universe. Changes and evolves as you do.
Papo & Yo (2012)
A semi-autobiographical 3D puzzle platformer in which a boy named Quico is transported from his abusive home into a dreamlike favela where he has to lead an…
Symphony (2012)
Your music is under attack… You must liberate it! In Symphony, you fight through levels uniquely generated by your own song collection, discover items and…
Insurgency (2014)
Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply in this…
RiME (2017)
A third-person exploratory action/adventure title in which a boy ends up on a mysterious island and makes his way through its highly stylized environments,…
Ittle Dew (2013)
Adventuress Ittle Dew and her sidekick Tippsie crash onto a strange island, filled with loot and mysterious inhabitants. It quickly dawns on the duo that this…
Orcs Must Die! 2 (2012)
Orcs Must Die! 2 thrusts players and their friends back into battle against a terrifying mob of orcs and other monsters. With a redesigned spellbook, players…
A Bird Story (2014)
A Bird Story is a simple, surreal short about a boy and a bird with a broken wing. Its sole purpose is to tell a story, and can be viewed as a…
80 Days (2014)
The year is 1872. Welcome to the future. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the globe. Hundreds of journeys, thousands of routes. Travel by…
Out There Somewhere (2012)
You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever…
Cogs (2009)
Cogs is a puzzle game where players build machines from sliding tiles. Players can choose from 50 levels and 3 gameplay modes. New puzzles are unlocked by…
Thumper (2016)
Thumper is a rhythm violence game. It combines classic rhythm-action with breakneck speed and brutal physicality. Thumper strips rhythm gaming down to its…
Geometry Dash (2013)
Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer. Prepare for a near impossible challenge in the world of Geometry Dash. Push your…
Shoot Many Robots (2012)
The title sums it up pretty well, but if you still need convincing: A 4-player co-op run-n-gun action shooter that throws you into a tidal wave of degenerate…
Chicken Invaders 2: The Next Wave (2002)
Just when you thought it was safe to eat chicken again, the chickens have returned with an organized invasion to take over the entire solar system! Journey to…
Distraint (2015)
Distraint is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. You step into the shoes of an ambitious young man named Price. In order to forge a partnership…
Jotun: Valhalla Edition (2015)
Jotun is a hand-drawn action-exploration game set in Norse mythology. In Jotun, you play Thora, a Norse warrior who has died an inglorious death and must prove…
Pony Island (2016)
Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It…
That Dragon, Cancer (2016)
An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green's 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores…
Slime Rancher (2017)
Slime Rancher is a charming, first-person, sandbox experience. Play as Beatrix LeBeau: a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years…
The Room Three (2015)
Lured to a remote island, you find yourself confined within the rooms of an ominous mansion. You must draw upon all your puzzle-solving ability to navigate a…
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