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Video Games Encyclopedia by Gamepressure.com
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Anomaly Collapse
Strategy 12 April 2024
A tactical turn-based strategy with roguelite elements. Anomaly Collapse has us control a group of 3 anthropomorphic characters, focused on learning more about the supernatural disaster in Epsilon City. The game offers a lot of battles taking place in a single line.
Slay the Spire 2
RPG 2025 (early access since 2025)
A sequel to a very popular game from 2019, combining RPG, roguelike and card elements. Slay the Spire 2 forces us to attempt to climb the titular spire again, participating in turn-based battles along the way and gradually unlocking new content for future runs.
Vernal Edge
Action 14 March 2023
Vernal Edge is a 2D fantasy metroidvania platformer. The game emphasizes exploration and combat against hordes of enemies using melee weapons and destructive spells.
Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
RPG 09 December 2022
A grimdark combination of a jRPG and survival horror. Fear & Hunger 2: Termina has us playing as a victim of a sadistic god's machinations. The game is distinguished by its oppressive atmosphere and high difficulty.
Revita
Action 21 April 2022
An action platformer with twin-stick shooter and roguelike elements. Revita's protagonist, Revita Kid, climbs a desolated clock tower to regain their lost memories, facing hordes of enemies along the way.
Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus
Action 17 July 2024
A crowdfunded indie game inspired by Japanese folklore. Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus is an action adventure game with metroidvania elements, in which we play as a mythical fox-like tentaihana.
Lost Epic
RPG 28 July 2022
An action RPG with soulslike and platform metroidvania elements. Lost Epic puts the player in the role of a God Slayer, traversing the fantasy realm of Sanctum in order to challenge a pantheon of six deities.
Your Only Move Is Hustle
Fighting 02 February 2023
An intriguing combination of a fighting game, turn-based strategy and fighting game. In Your Only Move Is HUSTLE, players can face each other in spectacular turn-based duels, planning and reacting to their opponent's moves in advance.
Death Roads: Tournament
Strategy 15 November 2023
A combination of a turn-based strategy, card game, roguelike and... a racing game. Death Roads: Tournament takes place in postapocalyptic America, the players participating in a crazy race from the west to the east coast.
Gris
Arcade 13 December 2018
Gris is an artistic 2D platformer. We are guided by the actions of the title girl trying to deal with the painful past. We travel through a beautiful, surreal world, solving puzzles and overcoming simple platform sequences. The game is the work of Nomad's debuting studio.
Stardeus
Strategy October 2024 (early access since 12 October 2022)
Strategy game with simulation elements, in which we play the role of AI in charge of a colonization spaceship. In Stardeus, everything related to keeping the ship and its crew in good shape rests on our shoulders.
Oblivion Override
Action 25 January 2024
Platform action game with roguelike elements. In Oblivion Override, we play as a robot who roams the Dulce base and eliminates enemies, learning more and more about the fate that has befallen humanity, as well as the limitations imposed on machines by their creators.
Peggle
Puzzle 11 March 2009
A puzzle game by PopCap Games studio, in which we shoot balls at colorful objects. It offers both solo gameplay and the possibility of playing with other users.
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
RPG 28 December 2007
An independent Japanese game combining economic strategy with RPG species. The game takes place on two levels. The first one is the economic plane in which we run the title store with items. The whole thing comes down to buying cheaply and selling expensive. The second level consists in hiring heroes so that those explored underground would bring us the treasures gained there.
Castlevania: Harmony of Despair
Arcade 04 August 2010
The next installment of one of the most popular game series by Konami, made in the classic formula of a two-dimensional platformer with hack'and'slash elements. The game mechanics of Castlevania: Harmony of Despair doesn't differ significantly from the previous parts of the series.
Dragon's Crown
RPG 25 July 2013
A 2D RPG developed by Japanese studio Vanillaware. The game combines elements of such genres as classic beat’em up games, platformers and fantasy RPGs. In Dragon’s Crown the player becomes a hero looking for gold and glory. Together with his companions, the protagonist is trying to obtain the eponymous treasure hidden deep in an underground labyrinth. In order to reach their objective, the heroes must pass through forgotten ruins and face monsters inhabiting them.
The King of Fighters XIII
Fighting 22 November 2011
The King of Fighters is the thirteenth installment of the fighting series. Players can take on the role of one of 30 warriors and fight spectacular duels in several hand-drawn 2D scenes. A novelty in the cycle is the EX mode, which allows you to improve your attacks with points gained during battles.
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend
Fighting 14 February 2012
An extended version of the 2D BlazBlue: Continuum Shift game, created by Arc System Works. The game introduces new characters and also offers additional gameplay modes: Abyss Mode and Network Mode.
Hoodwink
Adventure 29 June 2012
Hoodwink is a point&click interface adventure game produced by E-One studio. The action of the game was set in the future, and the player plays the role of a young inhabitant of the Global-01 metropolis, who gets caught up in the machinations of the authorities. The game is based on classic genre-based solutions, and the player's main tasks include exploring locations, conducting dialogues with NPCs and solving puzzles.
Cthulhu Saves the World
RPG 30 December 2010
A parody of RPG games referring with mechanics and graphic design to the production from the early 90s. We take control of Cthulhu and his small team, trying to make him a hero defending mankind, only to finally destroy the world.
Traffic Manager
Strategy 03 June 2011
Traffic Manager is an extensive economic strategy developed by the Hungarian development studio CyberPhobX. The player is responsible for managing transport in the virtual city, and his duties include taking care of the condition of roads, synchronization of traffic lights, planning of public transport routes and managing a team of employees.
Lone Survivor
Adventure 24 April 2011
Dark survival horror maintained in the climate of older parts of Silent Hill. The player takes on the role of a hero who tries to get out of the city captured by a mysterious plague. What is interesting, during the game you have to take care of the mental health of characters and regularly satisfy hunger. The whole is maintained in an unusual, two-dimensional setting.
Super Robot Wars UX
RPG 14 March 2013
Super Robot Wars UX is a jRPG game with tactical combat system, produced by Banpresto studio. The title is the first installment of the Super Robot Wars cycle created for users of the Nintendo 3DS console. The player directs the actions of the pilot of a futuristic combat robot and fights spectacular battles with the use of various weapons and special attacks.
Evoland
Adventure 04 April 2013
Evoland is a production that interactively illustrates the evolution of action adventure games. We start the game in simple monochromatic graphics, and then by completing the tasks we gain further improvements, both in terms of graphics and gameplay mechanisms.