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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.
Scythe: Digital Edition
Strategy 05 September 2018
Video game adaptation of a tabletop game set in the 1920+ Universe created by Jakub Rozalski. In this universe, the battlefields from the first half of the 20th century are filled not only with units one might know from history books but also mechs. In Scythe: Digital Edition the players become leaders of chosen factions with a mission to dominate Eastern Europe. The game features both single and multiplayer modes.
Close to the Sun
Adventure 02 May 2019
Close to the Sun is a horror adventure game developed by Storm in a Teacup. The production takes us to an alternative version of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, where thanks to Nikola Tesla's inventions the development of civilization has significantly accelerated. The player takes on the role of a journalist who, while searching for her missing sister, finds himself on board a giant seagoing ship designed by Tesla for research and experimentation.
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.
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.
Warparty
Strategy 28 March 2019
RTS is set in an alternative version of the Stone Age, in which people share the world with dinosaurs and mythical beasts, and their survival is enabled not only by natural resources, but also by the magical artifacts left by ancient civilization. In Warparty you can play alone or in multiplayer clashes over the Internet.
Secret Government
Strategy 15 April 2021
A global strategy game in which we play the role of a member of a secret organization straight from conspiracy theories, and our task is to secretly manipulate the course of events around the globe. The game takes place from the 18th century to the present day. Secret Government was developed by the Russian GameTrek studio and released by 1C Entertainment.
Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot
Action 26 July 2019
Wolfenstein Cyberpilot is an action game developed for PCs using virtual reality devices. The player takes on the role of a hacker who helps the Parisian resistance movement to fight the Nazis by breaking into German systems and taking control of their combat robots.
Wolfenstein: Alt History Collection
Action 25 June 2020
Collection of four Wolfenstein FPP shooters, developed by the Machine Games team. The Wolfenstein: Alt History Collection consists of games: Wolfenstein: The New Order, Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus and Wolfenstein: Youngblood.
Paradise Lost
Adventure 24 March 2021
Paradise Lost is a first-person adventure game with puzzle elements, in which we have the opportunity to influence the future and present of the world, where World War II is not over and the Nazis carry out a nuclear attack destroying Poland.
1428: Shadows over Silesia
RPG 04 October 2022
Dark action RPG, which takes place in Silesia from the time of the Hussite Wars, or more precisely - its fantastic version. In 1428: Shadows over Silesia we play the role of a monk trying to confront an ancient evil threatening the inhabitants of the land.
Showa American Story
RPG 2024
Showa American Story is an action-RPG. The game is set in an unusual alternate version of the 1980s, in which the United States has been dominated economically and culturally by Japan.
Dreamsettler
Simulation 2024
Sim adventure game, which is a spiritual successor of Hypnospace Outlaw. In Dreamsettler we play as a private detective who surfs the Sleepnet, looking for secret information necessary to solve new cases.
Combustion
RPG TBA
A noir action RPG set in the city of Norrune, inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. Combustion has us playing as a rookie cop, hunting down a serial killer terrorizing the metropolis.
Babylon X
RPG 2025
Babylon X is a third-person action RPG, set in an ancient, magically and technologically advanced Mesopotamia, where a runaway prophet-slave and a young priestess of the moon try to save the world and find a new meaning in their lives.
Steelrising: Cagliostro's Secrets
RPG 10 November 2022
The first story expansion to Steelrising, a soulslike action RPG set during an alternate French Revolution. Cagliostro's Secrets introduces a new area, a new boss fight, enemies, items and quests.
Liberte
Action 23 May 2023
A hack'n'slash with roguelike elements, inspired by the French Revolution and body horror. In Liberte we play as Rene, ordered to find a new ruler by the interdimensional Lady Bliss.
Kosmokrats
Puzzle 05 November 2020
An adventure and logic game created by the debuting Olsztyn-based studio Pixel Delusion. We play the role of a Soviet drone pilot and create a space fleet of different objects that will set out to conquer the space.
Rogue Lords
RPG 30 September 2021
Roguelike maintaned in turn-based RPG convention. In Rogue Lords we play the role of the Devil, who sows chaos in an alternative version of 17th century New England, with the help of his faithful Disciples of Evil.
1971 Project Helios
Strategy 09 June 2020
A tactical turn-based strategy set in an alternative history where the world is plunged into eternal winter. In 1971 Project Helios we take control of a group of heroes who form an alliance to save a person who is the only hope of saving humanity.
Hotline Miami Collection
Action 10 October 2017
Hotline Miami Collection is a compilation of two action games in retro style. Their story revolves around a man who, influenced by mysterious messages recorded on an answering machine, carries out macabre murders and the consequences they bring.
ATOM RPG: Trudograd
RPG 13 September 2021
A standalone ATOM RPG add-on that continues the threads started in the original. In ATOM RPG: Trudograd we talk and perform tasks for the inhabitants of the Trudograd city, and we also have turn-based battles.
Vigor
Action 19 August 2019
An online shooter with survival features, created by Bohemia Interactive studio. We are taken to Europe after a nuclear war and compete with other players for resources needed for survival in the postwar Norway.
Sakura Wars
RPG 28 April 2020
The next installment of the Sakura Wars series, which was born in the mid-1990s on the Sega Saturn console. Like its predecessors, the title combines elements of classic visual novelty and tactical RPG. The action was set in the 1940s in an alternative version of Japan, where young women fight demons using steam-powered mosses.