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Eiyuu Senki: The World Conquest
RPG 05 June 2014
Eiyuuu Senki: The World Conquest is a tactical RPG in which the player's task is to gain control over the world. In the alternative reality, we are facing the world's leaders personified by beautiful but dangerous girls, leading the army of similar characters to battle on its own.
MechRunner
Arcade 15 July 2016
An original combination of a third-person action game with endless runner mechanics. MechRunner was created by Spark Plug Games - an independent developer. The plot is set in an alternative reality of the 20th century. In 1940s, Russian scientists discovered a wreck of an alien spacecraft and used the technology obtained from the craft to create an incredibly powerful weapon for the KGB.
Mother Russia Bleeds
Action 05 September 2016
A brutal beat'em up game offering old-school, pixel-art visuals and paying a tribute to the classics of the genre. The game is set in the former Soviet Union in the 80s. The protagonist of the game is a former boxer, now a wrongly convicted drug addict. Having escaped the prison, he embarks on a bloody quest for vengeance. The protagonist traverses subsequent locations and eliminates the enemies he encounters with his fists or various items.
Timelines: Assault on America
Strategy 24 September 2013
Timelines: Assault on America is a real-time strategy. It shows us an alternative vision of the Second World War, in which the murder of Adolf Hitler led to a massive invasion of the United States, threatening them with annihilation. In addition to the single player campaign, in which our task is to repel the invasion, the game also offers a cooperative multiplayer mode.
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - The Amazing Deeds of Captain Wilkins
Action 12 March 2018
The fourth and the last DLC included in the season pass for Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus – a first-person shooter game developed by Machine Games and published in fall of 2017. The main protagonist of The Amazing Deeds of Captain Wilkins expansion is the character the players got to meet in the first expansion called Episode Zero. This time around, the titular Captain Wilkins fights Nazis on Alaska and is tasked with stopping them from executing a secret Operation Black Sun.
Command HQ
Strategy 01 January 1990
One of the first representatives of the real-time strategy genre. Ozark Softscape's masterpiece allows us to assume the role of commander-in-chief of a global superpower, under whose command we find infantry armies, mechanized divisions, groups of aircraft carriers, and even spy satellites and nuclear bombs. We control the warfare using the world map, on which the positions of all the forces of our faction and detected enemy troops are marked.
Blues And Bullets
Adventure 23 July 2015
A noir mix of an action and adventure game developed by the team at A Crowd of Monsters. We play as a former detective, Patton, who wants to face the wave of crime that plagues the city of Santa Esperanza, as well as the demons from his past. He must solve the case of a series of brutal murders, either by interrogating and speaking with key characters or through scenes straight from an action movie. Interestingly, the plot changes depending on our decisions.
We Happy Few: We All Fall Down
Action 19 November 2019
We All Fall Down is the third addition to the We Happy Few action adventure game by Compulsion Games studio. Production focuses on the secrets of the city of Wellington Wells and its inhabitants.
We Happy Few: They Came from Below
Action 04 April 2019
Roger & James in: They Came from Below! is the first addition to the We Happy Few action adventure game by Compulsion Games studio. It focuses on the adventures of two twisted characters known from the "stand": Roger and James.
Soviet Lunapark VR
Action 23 July 2018
A first-person shooter game, set on an island full of retro-futuristic inventions created in the alternate Soviet Union. In Soviet Lunapark VR, you try to escape a facility controlled by rogue machines and zombies.
Murderous Pursuits
Action 26 April 2018
A multiplayer stealth-action title. The players assume the roles of contestants in a game which consists of eliminating other participators role-playing the HMCS Britannic passengers.
Dark Rose Valkyrie
RPG 06 June 2017
A classic jRPG game set in the alternative reality of 1929, in which humanity has to face an extraterrestrial virus that turns victims into dangerous beasts. Players take on the role of captain of a special unit of the Japanese army designated to eliminate the infected. In addition to the fight, players must closely follow the actions of the charges, as there is an enemy agent hidden among them.
Sine Requie: Anno XIII
Adventure canceled
Sine Requie: Anno XIII is an action adventure game with RPG elements produced by Dreampainters studio. The title is based on a feature system (pen & pencil RPG) created by Leonardo Moretti and Matteo Cortini. The plot of the game presents a vision of an alternative world history from the middle of the 20th century, in which mankind is threatened by a zombie epidemic.
Gettysburg: Armored Warfare
Action 27 March 2012
A battle game combining TPS and RTS genres produced by Radioactive Software studio. Gettysburg: Armored Warfare tells the story of an alternative American civil war, changed by the interventions of people from the future. The whole thing is focused mainly on online gameplay, and the gameplay is based on battles in which thousands of units can participate.
Karma Online: Prisoners of the Dead
Action 22 January 2009
Betting on multiplayer FPS set on an alternative vision of history, in which the Second World War still lasts in the 1950s. Two factions take part in the conflict: Axis and Allies. The game offers both traditional Deatchmatch and Free for All, as well as more ingenious modes such as sabotage. There is also the equivalent of zombie modes, in which we have to face hordes of mutants.
Hotline Miami
Action 23 October 2012
Developed by independent studio Dennaton Games, a brutal retro-style action game resembling the classic first installment in the Grand Theft Auto series. The action takes place during the 80s in the titular Miami. The main hero is a muscular ruffian who after receiving mysterious calls recorded on an answering machine commits a series of violent acts. Missions come down to murdering everyone in a given location. The protagonist can execute stealth attacks as well as engage in open combat.
Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington - The Infamy
Action 19 February 2013
The first of three DLCs constituting the additional story campaign for Assassin’s Creed III. The expansion, called The Tyranny of King Washington - The Infamy, shows an alternative version of history. Consumed by the lust for power, George Washington proclaims himself as the king and becomes a brutal tyrant that intends to gain complete control over the country. Connor, the main protagonist, does not accept that; he decides to stop the madman from ruining the country.
Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington - The Betrayal
Action 19 March 2013
The second episode of the trilogy of expansions to Assassin’s Creed III released in 2012 by Ubisoft. The expansion, called The Tyranny of King Washington - The Betrayal, tells the next part of the story started in the first DLC. The protagonist of the basic game, Connor, awakens in a reality in which he never became an assassin.
Tom Clancy's EndWar Online
Strategy 04 February 2016
A browser version of the 2009 real time strategy signed by Tom Clancy. It was created by the developers of the original game – the team of Ubisoft Shanghai. The game takes place in year 2030, 10 years after the events of the first title. Due to a great war between the three great super-forces, the Earth has been ruined and plunged into chaos. Joining the game, we choose either United Europe or Russia and take part in battles taking place on the ruins of our world.
Supreme Ruler 2010
Strategy 17 May 2005
Supreme Ruler 2010 is a war strategy enriched with elements of economic simulation, for which the Battlegoat Studios development team is responsible. The action of the game has been set in the near future. The player leads the international organization "World Market", trying to maintain peace between conflicting states.
Supreme Ruler 2020: Global Crisis
Strategy 15 December 2008
Supreme Ruler 2020: Global Crisis is an extension to the real time strategy (RTS) published in 2008 by Battlegoat development studio. The add-on introduces, among other things, a new campaign consisting of 20 missions, as well as new units and technologies and improvements in the control interface and help system.
Rebels Prison Escape
Strategy 20 July 2003
Rebels Prison Escape is a tactical strategy with arcade elements produced by Philos Laboratories development studio. The action of the game was set in an alternative world, modelled on the 1930s and 40s of the last century. The player takes on the role of the leader of the rebel group A.R.M., which is trying to overthrow the dictatorship of the wicked Friedrich.
Interstate '82
Racing 18 November 1999
Continuation of the great hit of Interstate '76, a variation on Mad Max with the centre of gravity transferred to car chases.
Enigma: Rising Tide
Simulation 26 September 2002
Maritime simulation intended for thousands of players on the Internet. Currently released in single player version only. The action takes place in the alternative reality of World War II.