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Proun
Arcade 24 June 2011
Unusual races, in which we rush along routes filled with geometric objects. The initial routes are simple, but over time their difficulty level increases, and the latest maps are challenging even for very experienced players. An additional attraction is a strongly abstract graphic design.
Trauma
Adventure 08 August 2011
Trauma is an independent game by Krystian Majewski, which escapes attempts to categorize the genre. It tells the story of a woman who found herself in hospital as a result of a car accident. The player observes the patient's dreams and, by interfering in their course, tries to improve her mental state. The game won two nominations in the prestigious Independent Games Festival Awards 2010 competition.
Papo & Yo
Adventure 15 August 2012
Papo & Yo is a three-dimensional adventure-logical game in which we play as a teenage inhabitant of South American slums. The hero and his faithful robot try to find a way to get the best friend out of his addiction.
Proteus
Adventure 30 January 2013
Proteus is an exploratory adventure by Ed Key. The game consists mainly of travelling through a randomly generated world, discovering its secrets and learning how the environment reacts to the player's presence.
Cart Life
Adventure 29 July 2010
An independent two-dimensional adventure game. She tries to present the monotony and stagnation of life of her three main characters who face personal problems, lack of a well-paid job and prospects for the future. The title was awarded at the IGF festival in 2013.
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Adventure 11 August 2015
An unusual FPP adventure game that lets you relive the last day of several characters facing impending apocalypse. The game was created by The Chinese Room, the developer known for Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs and Dear Esther. The game is set in a small village in Britain. Each playthrough lasts 60 minutes and you have no clear objectives to follow. The open world is inhabited by 6 independent characters, each one having their own ideas on how to spend the last moments of life.
The Stanley Parable
Adventure 17 October 2013
Original adventure game, which is an improved commercial version of Half-Life 2 modification released in 2011. Responsible for its creation is Galactic Cafe independent studio, founded by the creators of the original mod. We play as title Stanley - employee of big corporation whose task is to execute commands that appear on the computer screen.
9.03m
Adventure 12 September 2013
A game by the independent studio SpaceBudgie escaping attempts at strict genre classification. The production pays tribute to the victims of the tsunami that struck Japan in 2011. The player takes on the role of an anonymous character who, one year after the tragic events, discovers on Baker Beach Beach in San Francisco, where the sea has thrown away the remains of objects taken away by the deadly wave.
4PM
Adventure 09 July 2014
Independent adventure game created by Bojan Brbora - Serbian cinematographer and author of many short films. The plot tells us about one day in the life of an ordinary woman named Caroline. Our protagonist wakes up after a stormy night convinced that another boring day of a big corporation employee awaits her. Soon it turns out to be completely unusual and changes her life forever.
Fatale
Adventure 05 October 2009
Another unusual work by the authors of The Path and The Graveyard. This time in an unusual way we are acquainted with the story of Princess Salome, who deprived John the Baptist's head.
NieR Replicant
Action 22 April 2010
NieR Replicant is a third-person action game developed by the popular Japanese company Square Enix. The story is set in a world overrun by monstrous creatures and a virus called Black Scrawl. As the titular Nier, we set out to find a cure for the infected daughter.
Bientot l'ete
Adventure 12 December 2012
Bientôt l'été is an adventure of the Tale of Tales studio. The action takes place in a virtual reality filling the interior of a space station. The whole is more of an artistic experience than a traditional game and focuses mainly on exploring the locations prepared by the authors.
A Bird Story
Adventure 07 November 2014
A Bird Story is an adventure game produced by independent Freebird Games studio. The action takes place in a universe known from To the Moon, and players get to know the story of a boy and a bird with a broken wing. The production is distinguished by the narration of the story and the atmospheric audiovisual setting.
Metrico
Arcade 05 August 2014
Metrico is an original two-dimensional arcade game with a large dose of logical puzzles. The action of the title takes place in a world made up of infographics, charts and tables used in statistics. The production was created by Digital Dreams studio.
The Novelist
Adventure 10 December 2013
An independent adventure game by Kent Hudson, a former LucasArts employee. In the production we play the role of a ghost who lives in a house where the writer Dan Kaplan and his family move in. The title tells the story of a father who has to work and at the same time wants to devote as much time as possible to his family.
The Black Glove
Adventure canceled
The Black Glove is a unique combination of FPP adventure game with arcade retro style games. The action takes place in a surrealist theatre from the 1920s, in which time and space are curved. The protagonist uses these phenomena to change reality by playing slot machines for 80's productions. It is the work of an independent studio Day For Night Games, founded by former employees of the Irrational Games team (responsible for the BioShock series).
Wander
Adventure 04 June 2015
An unusual MMO game, focusing completely on relaxing exploration, which you do on your own or with other players. Unlike other games in the genre, Wander features absolutely no rivalry element. The game is set on an alien planet. The protagonist wakes up in the middle of a tropical forest, unable to remember how she got there, and, to her surprise, discovers that she can shapeshift. She embarks on a journey through the mysterious world, trying to learn all its secrets.
Wattam
Puzzle 17 December 2019
Wattam is a debut project of Funomena studio, for which the creator of the game Catamari Damacy is responsible, as well as people working on such hits as Journey. The subject of production is the process of combining different things.
Deep Under the Sky
Arcade 23 August 2014
A simple arcade game in which we play the jellyfish, crossing the fantastic landscapes of the dark side of Venus and avoiding traps and dangerous parasites lurking in wait for us. The game is characterized by an artistic, slightly psychedelic frame and an intuitive one-button control model.
Pretentious Game
Arcade 20 May 2014
Minimalistic two-dimensional platform game that uses uncomplicated gameplay and level projects to tell the story of loneliness, love and the way to achieve happiness in life. The main character of the title is a blue square to madness in love with his pink heart choice.
Sunset
Adventure 21 May 2015
A unique adventure game from independent studio Tale of Tales, set in 1972 in a fictional South American metropolis. We play as Angela Burnes – a maid hired by a influential business tycoon Gabriel Ortega. Every evening she cleans the millionaire’s house and then snoops around his private things, soon she discovers a wide-scale plot to overthrow the military regime that rules the country. What role will Miss Burnes play in this intrigue depends entirely on player’s actions.
Bloom: Memories
RPG canceled
An original action RPG featuring a highlighted narrative and created by the independent developer Studio Fawn. The game is set in a fantasy world created by Dani Landers, who is a screenwriter and the creator of the game's visuals. In the universe dominated by mysterious, soulless mechanical abominations, the humans were quickly marginalized. The player assumes the role of a character who was born away from the world of machines and becomes humanity's last hope to defeat the oppressors.
Tentacles: Enter the Mind
Arcade 15 May 2014
Tentacles: Enter the Dolphin, which debuted in 2012 on mobile devices. In the game we play the role of a tendril-shaped creature named Lemmy, who sets out deep into the brain of the mad Doctor Phluff. His mission is to eliminate more and more crazy ideas that will conquer the scientist's mind, leading him to inevitable madness.
Short Peace: Ranko Tsukigime's Longest Day
Arcade 16 January 2014
Compilation of four animated Japanese short films and a game created by Goichi Suda, known in the industry. Production is a spectacular 2.5D platform, in which we play the teenage killer. The task of the players is to eliminate the opponents and reach the end of the board as quickly as possible.