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Video Games Encyclopedia by Gamepressure.com
PC (Personal computer) - one of the most popular home platforms and the only one which doesn’t offer playing video games as its main purpose. PC was born in the 1970s, but it is impossible to give an exact moment of its birth or even a name of its creator. However, IBM is the one who gave computers their present shape, using, at the beginning of the 1980s, an idea of open architecture – which is today one of the most important differences between computers and consoles.The foundations of PC as a gaming platform are currently systems of digital distribution of video games (Steam, Origin, Uplay) and MMO games that mostly work in f2p (free-to-play) model.
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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
RPG 04 March 2021
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante is a narrative RPG that refers in its gameplay model to classic paragraph games. The game is set in a dark fantasy world, and the storyline focuses on an attempt to overcome destiny.
Cryptmaster
RPG 09 May 2024
A unique hybrid of RPG and adventure game, made in the convention of FPP dungeon crawler. In Cryptmaster we take control of four heroes traversing the dungeon, and interacting with the world and fighting are based on typing in keywords.
Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Purgatory
Adventure 23 July 2024
A text adventure game with RPG elements. Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Purgatory allows us to play as Samira - a werewolf refugee finding herself in a crisis situation on the Polish-Belarusian border. She's trying to solve a murder mystery and learn about a local werewolf pack.
Dreamsettler
Simulation December 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.
Bitburner
Simulation 11 December 2021
An unusual idle game, Bitburner lets you play as a hacker and discover the secrets of the cyberpunk world using a real programming language. The game is available completely for free.
Simulacra 3
Adventure 25 October 2022
Third part of the series of adventure games, the action of which takes place on the screen of a smartphone. In Simulacra 3 we find ourselves in the town of Stonecreek, and our task is to unravel the mystery of mysterious disappearances.
Roadwarden
RPG 12 September 2022
A text-based RPG with adventure and survival elements. In Roadwarden we take on the role of one of the rangers, and our task is to investigate a mysterious peninsula.
The Wizard's Castle
RPG 31 December 1981
One of the first games released for PCs with MS DOS. The title is a simple text RPG in which, as an adventurer, we enter the castle of a sorcerer in search of treasures and a powerful artifact.
Sorcery! 2
Adventure 02 February 2016
A sequel to a unique adventure RPG by inkle studio, and an adaptation of a popular gamebook by Steve Jackson and John Blanche. The story of Sorcery! 2 continues the tale of its predecessor and takes us to Khare, town of outlaws, where The Festival of Thieves is celebrated. Players have to discover the mysteries of the town, overthrow the council ruling it, and stop an incoming invasion.
Sorcery! 3
RPG 05 April 2016
Third entry in the series of fantasy gamebook RPGs, started in 2013 by inkle Ltd.. The story of Sorcery! 3 connects to two previous titles, but it is not necessary to know them in order to play the game. That’s because we are taken to a completely new region, Kakhabad, where a powerful artifact known as The Crown of Kings is hidden in one of cities.
Epistory: Typing Chronicles
Adventure 30 March 2016
An action-adventure game with metroidvania features. The player assumes the role of a muse, one of the goddesses of fine arts from the Greek mythology – the main protagonist is tasked with finding inspiration for the female writer who asked her for help in writing a new book. In order to complete this objective, the protagonist will travel through a fantasy, fairy-tale world, face various dangers and solve numerous environmental riddles.
Antioch: Scarlet Bay
Adventure 25 November 2022
A text adventure game focusing on co-op experience and investigation-related aspects. It was created by Mi-Clos - a French developer. The year is 1983 and the plot is set in the titular Antioch - a fictional town surrounded by sea and mountains. The game follows the adventures of two detectives working on an exceptionally complicated case.
The Executioner
RPG 25 September 2019
An R-rated hybrid game combining elements of RPG and visual novels. The players assume the role of the executioner who handles torturing and killing people on a daily basis, and at the same time is trying to take care of his mental health.
Zarya-1
Adventure 30 May 2017
A text adventure maintained in the convention of horror science fiction. Players direct the actions of four astronauts sent to the Moon to investigate the source of the disturbing signal that reached Earth in 2021. During the game we get acquainted with the text messages sent by our charges (from time to time enriched with graphics stylized on photographs) and we make decisions that lead us to one of the several endings.
Mage: The Ascension - Refuge
Adventure 16 February 2017
An adventure storytelling game for mobile devices, created by White Wolf Entertainment and Swedish novelist Karin Tidbeck. Mage the Ascension: Refuge is based on a tabletop role-playing game. The production takes place in today's Sweden, and you play as a woman, who recently learned that she's a mage and gradually discovers her powers, which allow her to shape reality. Unfortunately, enemy factions want to use her powers to conquer the magical society.
Nighthawks
RPG February 2025
Nighthawks is a text RPG in which we play the role of a young vampire trying to survive in a world where humanity has learned the truth about the existence of bloodthirsty people. The game places great emphasis on the storyline, offering a non-linear adventure and forcing us to make difficult choices.
Simulacra
Adventure 26 October 2017
Original adventure game, in which our task is to find the owner of the found phone. We need to collect information by chatting with her friends, checking the content of files stored on the device, and sometimes fixing corrupted data.
A Case of Distrust
Adventure 08 February 2018
A Case of Distrust is a text noir adventure game set in San Francisco in the 1920s. In the production of the independent studio The Wandering Ben, we play the role of a young woman, Phyllis, who decided to become a private detective.
The Innsmouth Case
Adventure 23 June 2020
Adventure game realized in the form of a virtual gamebook, based on the work of H.P. Lovecraft. In The Innsmouth Case we play the role of a detective who comes to the town to solve the mysterious disappearance of little Tabitha Marsh.
Letters: A Written Adventure
Adventure 09 February 2022
Adventure platform game in which we accompany a teenage Sarah in her adolescence. In Letters: A Written Adventure the gameplay is about filling in gaps in texts with selected words, which we literally push into the right places.
Space Rangers: Quest
Adventure 05 September 2016
A text-based science-fiction adventure game from SNK Productions, loosely related to the previous games from the 2002’s series of Space Rangers. It tells a story of mysterious threat that can eradicate all living creatures in galaxy. We play as a space pilot that tries to find out the source of this danger and stop it. We travel across many parts of galaxy, completing plot quests.
Emily is Away
Adventure 20 November 2015
A nostalgic text-based adventure game developed by the independent developer Kyle Seeley. The game calls back to the beginnings of the internet boom and the first instant messengers that made it possible to befriend people online. The objective of the game is to develop an internet friendship with a student named Emily. The gameplay consists of typing commands and selecting dialogue sequences using interface that looks like classic communicators such as AOL Instant Messenger.
Sorcery! 4: The Crown of Kings
Adventure 22 September 2016
The fourth (and, according to its creators, final) entry in the warmly-welcomed adventure RPG series from inkle based on Sorcery!, a popular gamebook from 1983. Like the three previous titles, Sorcery! 4 offers a completely new story, so knowledge of the earlier games isn’t necessary to play. Once again, we can create a completely new character or import our old hero from the previous parts of the series. The gameplay of Sorcery!
Star Trek (1981)
Strategy 30 November 1981
A strategic text game in which the player's task is to defeat a certain number of Clingo ships and prevent them from attacking the command center of the Federation. This is one of the first games released on IBM PCs.