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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Action 03 March 2017
Another installment in the popular action-adventure game series by Nintendo, and also the first game in the series for WiiU. In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, you play once again as the main character of the franchise, Link, who gets involved in yet another exciting and dangerous adventure as he tries to learn what led to the downfall of the land of Hyrule. The gameplay is a combination of several genres: adventure, action RPG, and even survival.
Detroit: Become Human
Adventure 25 May 2018
An action-adventure game set in a science-fiction world, created by developers from the French studio Quantic Dreams – creators of such games as Fahrenheit, Beyond: Two Souls and the bestselling Heavy Rain. Detroit: Become Human expands on ideas present in the 2012 year’s demo Kara, which depicted a female android developing human emotions. The game takes place in the futuristic version of Detroit, where humanoid robots are a common sight.
Toy Soldiers HD
Strategy 21 October 2021
Toy Soldiers HD is an improved edition of the 2010 tower defense strategy in which we control an army of plastic soldiers. The game was created by developers from Signal Studios.
The Forgotten City
Adventure 28 July 2021
Forgotten City is a FPP adventure game developed for PCs. The action takes place in a lost Roman city, where one of the contemporary researchers committed a serious sin, for which supernatural powers punished the whole group with death. The player must go back in time and change the course of events to discover a sequence that will save all victims.
Spore
Simulation 03 September 2008
An unusual simulator, in which your objective is to bring to life a perfectly functioning species of organisms, starting from the lowest step on the evolution ladder. The game is developed by the legendary studio Maxis, led by Will Wright – the man responsible for such cult series as SimCity and The Sims. Mechanics combine elements of many game genres and each stage of your organism’s evolution offers a bit different quests and altered gameplay.
Tandem: A Tale of Shadows
Puzzle 21 October 2021
Interesting platform and puzzle game hybrid. In Tandem: A Tale of Shadows we control a girl named Emma and her teddy bear - Fenton. Protagonists explore a 19th century mansion, solving clever puzzles and facing dangers.
Heavy Rain
Adventure 23 February 2010
An interactive thriller adventure game developed by studio Quantic Dream (Fahrenheit, Omikron: The Nomad Soul). The player controls several seemingly unrelated characters, each with their own storylines and motivations. How the story develops depends greatly on the decisions made by the player as all plots intertwine until they meet at the game's finale. What’s characteristic for the game is its focus on matters of morality and ethics.
Astria Ascending
RPG 30 September 2021
JRPG with platformer and adventure game elements. In Astria Ascending we go to the fantastic world of Orcanon. As one of eight heroes we save this land from chaos and we also get to know more about brave people, who join him during the adventure.
Call of Cthulhu
Adventure 30 October 2018
Call of Cthulhu is a dark adventure game in a horror setting, based on the works of an American writer, H.P. Lovecraft. The game’s story is based on Lovecraft's fictional universe, first popularized by the, written in 1926 and published 2 years later, short story “Call of Cthulhu”.
Spiritfarer
Adventure 18 August 2020
A hybrid of adventure game, platform game and economic strategy, whose main theme is... dying. In Spiritfarer, the player takes on the role of a girl who, like a mythical Charon, takes the dead to the underworld on her boat. The production was developed by the Canadian independent studio Thunder Lotus Games.
Portal 2
Puzzle 19 April 2011
The second part of an outstanding first-person logic game from Valve Software, powered by the improved version of Source Engine, mainly known from Half-Life 2. The story starts a few hundred years after the events of the original game. Once again you play as Chell, who is awaken after having spent a long time asleep in a hibernation chamber. Trying to find her way out of Aperture laboratories, she gets stopped by an artificial intelligence that manages the compound.
Beyond: Two Souls
Adventure 08 October 2013
A thriller movie-inspired action adventure game. The game was developed by French studio Quantic Dream, creators of such hits as Heavy Rain and Fahrenheit. The plot of Beyond: Two Souls shows fifteen years of life of Jodie Holmes (who is modeled after and voice acted by Ellen Page, Oscar nominee). Since birth, the woman was connected to Aiden, an incorporeal creature that ventured into our world.
Undertale
RPG 15 September 2015
An old-school RPG from the independent developer Toby Fox, referencing the Earthbound series. Undertale's story takes place in a world that was witness to a lengthy, cruel war between humans and monsters after a long period of coexistence between both races. It ended with humans driving the monsters underground.
Five Nights at Freddy's
Adventure 08 August 2014
An original horror game created by Scott Cawthon, an independent gamemaker. The player assumes the role of a watchman who takes up a seasonal job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. What is important about the restaurant, is that mechanical mascots are its main attraction. A seemingly easy job turns into a true nightmare during the very first night, when the protagonist discovers that the sympathetic animatronics come to life after dark and display a hostile attitude towards humans.
Sword & Fairy 6
RPG 08 July 2015
An RPG game in which we find ourselves in a world inspired by Chinese mythology. In Sword & Fairy 6, we travel across a vast land, perform tasks assigned by residents and face enemies in real-time or turn-based battles.
Backbone
Adventure 08 June 2021
Adventure with elements of a sneaky and action game, in which we get to the retrofuturistic version of Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. While playing in Backbone we play Howard Lotor's shed, which is a private detective who undertakes various tasks.
Portal
Puzzle 10 October 2007
First-person action game, innovative logical production by Valve studio, created while working on second expansion to cult Half-Life 2. In the game we play as a woman named Chell, who wakes up inside of scientific research complex Aperture, where she has to go through a series of tests. Our task is to get through the maze of rooms and corridors of the facility using a prototype weapon with properties reminiscent of Gravity Gun known from Half-Life.
Sable
Adventure 23 September 2021
Three-dimensional exploratory adventure game in which we play the role of a young girl named Sable crossing the desert filled with ancient ruins and forgotten wrecks of spacecraft. The production has a large open map, the structure of which encourages players to explore the fictional world by themselves.
The Escapists 2
Simulation 22 August 2017
A sequel to the 2015 game by Mouldy Toof which was a unique arcade 2D platformer with elements of logic and RPG productions. In The Escapist 2, the players assume the role of inmates locked up in heavily-guarded prisons, and their task is to work out the security system and to escape. To do so, we have to look for allies and items that can be crafted into useful tools while pretending that we tend to our usual prison routines.
Five Nights at Freddy's 2
Adventure 10 November 2014
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 provides a continuation to an unusual game created by Scott Cawthon and awarded a series of prizes - it was considered the most original horror title of 2014. In this second installment, the player takes on the role of a new watchman working at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Despite the warnings received from his predecessor, he decided to give it a try and stay at the restaurant overnight.
My Beautiful Paper Smile
Adventure 14 October 2021
A horror adventure game with a 2.5D perspective. My Beautiful Paper Smile tells the story of the inhabitants of a dark kingdom ruled by a mad ruler who wants every child in his state to be perfect.
Danganronpa Decadence
Adventure 03 December 2021
Danganronpa Decadence is a collection of four games from Spike Chunsoft - Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony in Anniversary Edition versions, and the new Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp.
Space Crew
Strategy 15 October 2020
Space Crew is a strategic and simulation survival from the creators of Bomber Crew, Runner Duck studio. This time the player, directing the crew of the spaceship, must defend the Earth from alien attacks, taking care of the development of people as well as the machine itself.
Total Tank Simulator
Strategy 20 May 2020
The hybrid of RTS and action game, set during the Second World War. At Total Tank Simulator, we not only command units representing the six countries involved in the conflict, but we also take direct control over them.