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Video Games Encyclopedia by Gamepressure.com
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Browse the Encyclopedia by genre and tags. Each game has one main genre: Action, Fighting, Puzzle, Adventure, RPG, Sports, Strategy, Simulation, Party, Racing, Arcade. You can search multiple tags and filter games by platforms, scores, or release dates.
OD: A Hideo Kojima Game
Adventure TBA
A unique production co-created by Kojima Productions and Xbox Game Studios. OD utilizes cloud technology and the Unreal Engine 5 engine to create a "new medium", blurring the line between a video game and a movie.
Inward
Simulation 02 February 2023
An experimental game difficult to classify genre-wise. Inward tasks us with building mindfulness habits and work on our well-being by creating a personalized Sanctuary and meditating alongside a guide (meditation sessions can be adjusted to our preferences).
Harmonium: The Musical
Adventure 2025
A musical-adventure game starring a deaf girl, trying to create music one can see and feel. Harmonium The Musical lets us witness her symphony come to life. The game makes use of American Sign Language, other kinds of non-verbal communication and features many accessibility options.
Nirvana Noir
Adventure 2025
A detective adventure game and a sequel to the critically acclaimed Genesis Noir. Nirvana Noir stars No Man, dealing with the consequences of his actions and opposing the threat of the mysterious Bigger Bang.
Pony Island 2: Panda Circus
Puzzle 2026
A phantasmagorical journey through time, myth, divinity and video games and a sequel to Pony Island by Daniel Mullins. Playing as a young nomad, the player must escape the deities of an underworld prison while staying sane and keeping their soul intact.
Humanity
Arcade 16 May 2023
An arcade-puzzle game tasking us with leading crowds of people through complex stages. Humanity was created by Tha and Enhance, also responsible for Tetris Effect and Rez Infinite.
Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
Adventure 08 June 2023
A narrative adventure game created by Don't Nod. In Harmony: The Fall of Reverie we play as Polly, tasked with restoring balance between her world and the realm of Reverie, inhabited by personifications of human aspirations.
The Vale
Adventure 19 August 2021
An action adventure game with RPG elements, which is entirely based on the sound. In The Vale: The Shadow of the Crown we play the role of a blind heir to the throne, who traverses The Vale, trying to find his way home.
The Master's Pupil
Puzzle 28 July 2023
An artistic puzzle game inspired by the life and works of Claude Monet. The Master's Pupil has us solving puzzles by mixing different colors, moving objects and making use of the laws of physics.
Goodnight Universe
Adventure 2025
A narrative FPP adventure game, created by the authors of Before Your Eyes. Goodnight Universe has us playing as a 6-month old boy names Isaac. He has supernatural psychic abilities. The protagonist must interact with the family, but also avoid a sinister tech corporation.
The Exit 8
Adventure 29 November 2023
An unusual FPP adventure game with some horror vibes, inspired by Japanesee underground passages. The Exit 8 has us travelling through a mysterious and seemingly non-ending corridor. The key of the game is to make our way to the exit while avoiding anomalies.
Immortality
Adventure 30 August 2022
The third narrative adventure game from Sam Barlow, author of the popular Her Story and Telling Lies. Immortality, maintained in the atmosphere of a horror film, tells the story of a young actress who disappeared before the films starring her were released.
Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Action 13 March 2024
The second installment in a series of interactive documents dedicated to legendary figures of the gaming industry. Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story lets us look behind the scenes of Llamasoft's most important works and play through 42 games from their portfolio.
Kind Words 2
Simulation 2024
The sequel to a warmly received game by Popcannibal. Kind Words 2 lets players forget about overwhelming daily life, focusing on kindness towards others, sending each other letters and talking to others in the street.
Sunlight
Adventure 14 January 2021
Exploration FPP adventure game with a philosophical twist, in which we play the role of a character travelling through a picturesque forest. In Sunlight we are led by trees speaking to us in various languages and dialects.
The Plan
Arcade 10 February 2013
A free out-of-the-box indie game. In The Plan from Krillbite Studio you take control of a fly that tries to leave the dark forest. On its way above the treetops the insect encounters numerous obstacles, such as branches, falling leaves and cobwebs.
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
Simulation 27 October 2016
A strategy-simulation game developed by German studio Osmotic Studios. The title references the Orwellian theme of Big Brother and the internet surveillance of the modern society in face of global terrorism. The titular Orwell is the name of a computer system that tracks the citizens and finds people suspected of criminal activity.
No Thing
Arcade 07 April 2016
A surrealistic arcade game from the Polish Evil Indie Games studio, set in an alternate version of the year 1994. It shows a grim, retrofuturistic vision of future, as imagined in the 70’s. In the age of a totalitarian regime that tries to break all opposition, we play as an ordinary clerk, who is given the task of delivering a message to someone known as the Ice Queen.
Unmemory
Adventure 13 October 2020
The original noir adventure game realized in the form of a text-visual novel. In Unmemory we play the role of a hero trying to find the killer of his girlfriend. To do this, we have to go through a journal and solve a number of puzzles.
Orwell's Animal Farm
Adventure 10 December 2020
Production combining elements of economic strategy and adventure game, which is an adaptation of the book Animal Farm by George Orwell. The action begins on the eve of the putsch, as a result of which the animals were banished from the farmer's farm and took over power in it - playing one of them, players gradually discover that what was supposed to be a real paradise for animals on Earth, quickly turns out to be a prison.
Neurodeck
RPG 18 March 2021
Neurodeck: Psychological Deckbuilder is an independent card game focused on mental problems and human phobias, shown as monsters. Building a deck, developing the characters and a disturbing atmosphere are the characteristics of the game.
Iris.Fall
Puzzle 07 December 2018
An adventure game with logical elements. While playing in Iris.Fall we get to know the fate of the title Iris - a girl who travels the mysterious theatre, following her cat. The title was created thanks to NEXT Studio.
White Shadows
Arcade 07 December 2021
White Shadows is a narrative platform game with black and white graphics, which takes place in a strange and dark world built on lies and obedience. We have to help Ravengirl to escape from the last city on Earth.
Grotto
Adventure 26 October 2021
Grotto is an unusual adventure game, in which we play the role of a fortune-teller who advises fellow tribesmen and predicts the future from the constellation of stars and dice. The game allows you to shape the fate of individuals and influence the life of the whole community.