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Mystery of the Ancients: Curse of the Black Water
Adventure 31 October 2012
Mystery of the Ancients: Curse of the Black Water is a hidden object adventure developed by the Mariaglorum team. The plot was inspired by Greek myths and the game is mainly about solving riddles and finding objects.
Department 42: The Mystery of the Nine
Adventure 12 July 2009
Department 42: The Mystery of the Nine is a detective adventure game produced by the Frogwares studio. The player plays the role of Alice Wright, the agent of a secret government organization to counter the threat from paranormal forces. The heroine is given the task of finding nine powerful items that disappeared during a mysterious fire at Grimestone Residence.
Elder Sign: Omens
Strategy 31 October 2011
Adaptation of a popular dice game based on the literary work of H.P. Lovecraft. The player directs the actions of a group of several heroes who try to prevent the arrival of Azathoth, the most dangerous of the Great Ages, to Earth. The game was produced by Fantasy Flight Games.
Estranged: Act I
Adventure 16 January 2014
Self-modification to Half-Life 2, in which we play the role of a lonely fisherman trying to face the dangers on a mysterious island. The project, which turned into a fully-fledged, but free production, runs on a Source engine known from the second installment of the famous Valve series.
Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake
Adventure 20 November 2012
Mystery Case Files: Shadow Lake is a Big Fish Games adventure game enriched with elements of the casual hidden object genre. The action takes place in a small town, on which a monstrous curse has fallen, and we play the detective who has to defeat it.
Raindrop
Adventure canceled
Raindrop is an independent survival FPP game, whose action was set in an open world, consisting mainly of a ruined research and residential complex in the Soviet Union. In a dangerous exploration, we use an extensive system of craftsmanship to create makeshift weapons and tools. There are also vehicles and logical riddles.
White Heaven
Adventure TBA
A horror adventure game developed by the independent studio Dreampainters, the creators of Anna. White Heaven takes place in an abandoned hotel located deep in a grim forest. The player assumes the role of Eric Blanc, a rich young man kidnapped for ransom by a group of criminals. One day he wakes up and discovers that the door to his prison is open. However, in the meantime Eric had fallen in love with Linda, a member of the gang.
Heathen: The Sons of the Law
Action canceled
A multiplayer-only first-person shooter/role playing game developed by Frog Factory. The story of Heathen was inspired by The Island of Dr. Moreau, a cult-classic novel by H.G. Wells describing a mysterious island inhabited by Beast Folk, human-animal hybrids created by the aforementioned scientist. After the death of its benefactor, the island has been rediscovered by a biologist and an entrepreneur, who had picked up the research in order to create a source of cheap workforce for humanity.
Coma: Mortuary
Adventure 13 May 2014
First-person adventure game, maintained in the convention of horror and telling the story of a man who decides to commit suicide out of longing after losing his beloved. He manages to survive, but falls into a coma and ends up in a mysterious world of the dead. The character of the game changes gradually as the plot progresses, moving from a calm adventure to a dynamic survival horror.
Sadness
Adventure canceled
Sadness was supposed to be an adventure in the convention of survival horror, maintained in black-and-white tone and gothic style. Unfortunately, the plans of Polish developers were taken to the head and the game never saw the light of day.
The Last Crown: Blackenrock
Adventure TBA
Another installment of the adventure game series about ghost hunters. It was developed by the independent studio Darkling Room, the creators of the critically acclaimed Dark Fall series. The Last Crown: Blackenrock is a story spin-off which focuses on the unresolved mystery from The Lost Crown: A Ghosthunting Adventure. This way, the production is a sort of a interquel of the first and the second part of the story.
Just Survive
Action 17 February 2016
An MMO game referred to as a "survival sandbox" by its creators, Daybreak Game Company. H1Z1 takes place in an alternate world, 15 years after the discovery of the titular virus that caused a world-wide zombie epidemic. The few survivors fight for their lives, struggling against zombies, wild animals, and other surviving factions. During the game, players get the chance to build a shelter or even entire cities somewhere in the United States.
Lucius II: The Prophecy
Adventure 13 February 2015
A sequel to the unusual adventure game developed by Shiver Games in 2012. Once more the player assumes the role of a six year old boy who is in fact the son of Lucifer himself. The story of the game continues the plot of its predecessor. Lucius, the only survivor of a massacre in his family mansion, is moved to a mental hospital in Ludlow city, where, while initially missing his paranormal abilities, he starts another massacre.
Silence of the Sleep
Adventure 01 October 2014
Original side-scrolling adventure game, maintained in a psychological horror convention and developed entirely by Jesse Makonen from Finland. We play as Jacob Reeves who lost the will to live and decided to commit suicide. This attempt, however, instead of ending his torment, became the beginning of a whole new nightmare.
NightCry
Adventure 29 March 2016
An action-adventure game stylistically inspired by Japanese horrors. The game was developed by Nude Maker studio in cooperation with many genre veterans, who have created such franchises as Clock Tower, Silent Hill, and the Ju-On movie series. Night Cry takes place on a passenger ship. A series of brutal murders that take place there scares the passengers and makes it impossible to continue the cruise.
Survive the Nights
Action 21 December 2017
A multiplayer sandbox survival simulator. The action is set in a world overtaken by zombies. Emphasizing realism, the game takes the best features from other games from the genre and improves them. Daily routine activities as exploration and searching for food and items serve only as a preparation for surviving the night.
Eden
Adventure canceled
A survival horror adventure game, which is a computer adaptation of Lars von Trier's famous film Antichrist. The production brutally tells the story of Eden, a land full of contrast and the place where our fears occur. The title has an innovative and individual approach to the player, by completing personality surveys or weaving news from the world into the story. The director himself supervised the play, and the voice was lent by famous actors from the film.
Dark Salvation
Action 28 July 2009
Dark Salvation is a dark, gothic first person shooter, based on id Tech 3 engine, driving, among others, Quake III Arena.
Dante's Inferno: Trials of St. Lucia
Action 29 April 2010
Add-on to Dante's Inferno. The DLC has introduced a cooperation mode, in which together with other friends we can play a battle in one of the specially prepared arenas. One player can play St. Lucia, assisting Dante in his special attacks. The second novelty is the editor of the previously mentioned arenas and scenarios, which we can share and pass with other players.
Dementium II
Action 04 May 2010
Full-fledged continuation of the brutal and dark horror of 2007 created by Renegade Kid studio. We walk through dark corridors, fighting terrifying enemies and solving various riddles.
Contagion
Action 12 April 2014
A first person shooter in the horror convention, in which we move to a world dominated by zombies. Production is based on modification of Zombie Panic! Source. While having fun, we fight the undead in a solo campaign or multiplayer mode. The authors have prepared a large arsenal of weapons. The game is kept in a dark and heavy style.
Shadows of the DAMNED
Action 21 June 2011
Shadows of the Damned to keep the convention of a horror action game with a third person view (TPP) by Grasshoper Manufacture studio. Players take on the role of the demon killer Garcia Hotspura and set off on a crusade to hell. The game abounds in exciting clashes with hordes of beasts, which can be exterminated with a variety of weapons - from guns, through crossbows and rifles, and on elements of the environment.
Distorted
Adventure canceled
An independent adventure game developed by Polish journalist Marcin M. Dres (author of Magritte). Our protagonist investigates a series of strange events and accidents in Lower Silesia, which took place after a sudden mining bump. A large number of modern graphic effects and faithfully reproduced locations give the game a dark atmosphere.
The Last Crown: Haunting of Hallowed Isle
Adventure 31 October 2013
The Last Crown: Haunting of Hallowed Isle is an adventure game with a point-n-click interface, in which we play the role of modern gadgets for ghost hunters. The whole was developed by an independent Darkling Room led by Jonathan Boakes.