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Action 25 August 2023

The second part of the shoot'em up series, in which we sit at the helm of a space fighter, fighting with numerous enemy forces. The high pace of Jets'n'Guns 2 is amplified not only by the ubiquitous explosions, but also by the dynamic soundtrack.

Action 25 March 2022

Two-dimensional beat'em up with elements of roguelike and beautiful, hand-drawn graphics. The production also offers a 4-person local cooperation mode. Developers from Leap Game Studios are responsible for its creation.

Action 25 July 2017

A remastered edition of the 3D platform game CloudBuilt by Coliworks, originally released in 2014. The games focuses on the story of Demi, a soldier who's been wounded in battle and who ends up in a special facility, where both her body and mind are to be healed. Most of the gameplay takes place in the protagonist's mind and completing challenges helps her to come to terms with her traumatic war memories. Mechanics-wise, Super CloudBuilt is a platform game, utilizing a third person perspective.

Action 17 October 2017

A refreshed version of a shooter game developed by Rebellion (Sniper Elite, Aliens vs. Predator) and released back in 2006. The player takes on the role of a genetically-modified soldier of the future. The game begins soon after the arrival of the protagonist's squad in a strategic warzone, where they got betrayed and slaughtered. As the sole survivor of the massacre, the protagonist has to avenge their comrades and by eliminating those who wronged them.

Action 11 July 2017

A dynamic action game, in which you play as the eponymous hero possessing supernatural powers. His task is to break into one of the most secure facilities in the world and discover the secrets hidden within. Mr. Shifty utilizes a top-down perspective. The gameplay focuses on eliminating hordes of enemies — the protagonist can phase through walls, teleport himself away to dodge attacks, and slow down time.

Action 25 February 2021

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil Remastered is a remaster of the cult FPP shooter, developed by Night Dive. Many changes were made in the game: visuals, interface, gameplay mechanics, etc. The game now runs on Kex Engine 3.4, the enemies' A.I. was improved (now they can attack in groups and run away if required) and so was the character's movement (i.e. the hero can now climb onto some of the environmental elements).

Action 28 February 2017

Ghost Blade HD is a shoot'em up game developed by indie devs from Hucast Games. We take on the role of the Earth Defense Force's best pilot whose job is to defeat Shira, a rogue A.I. that was installed on an abandoned space station located on the outer rim of the Solar System. In Ghost Blade HD we control one of the three superbly armed combat space ships. Gameplay focuses on eliminating hordes of enemies and gigantic bosses.

Action 14 March 2017

An arcade action-platformer created by Cogg Games Ltd and based on a series of comic strips by William Morris-Julien. The protagonist, a brave Eskimo by the name of Eekeemoo, is the last representative of an ancient order of Eskimo fighters. One day, the land where Eekeemoo lives gets attacked by the evil Dark Shard, who kidnaps his friends, steals the artifact known as the Star Heart, and sends hordes of the undead to this world.

Action 08 August 2017

Developed by THQ Nordic, Sine Mora EX is a remastered version of the well-received 2012 shoot’em up game. The game takes players to a retro-futuristic world engulfed in a continuous war between the forces of the Empire and their adversaries. One gets to pilot diverse airplanes, featuring various weapons and gadgets, and participate in dynamic and spectacular battles against both standard enemy units as well as much more powerful bosses.

Action 05 February 2019

AWAY: Journey to the Unexpected is a cartoonish action-adventure game. It was developed by Aurelien Regard, creators of The Next People, and Jim Genisson, level designer of a couple of Rayman games. AWAY: Journey to the Unexpected was inspired by the Japanese children cartoons, both in terms of visuals and atmosphere. The game takes us to a world where modern technology and fantastic beings collide.

Action 26 October 2018

An independent action game with RPG elements and roguelike mechanics, featuring pixel art visuals. Freaky Awesome takes the players to an alternative version of our world, where all sorts of monsters live next to humans. As you play, you observe the events from an isometric perspective, while exploring procedurally generated locations set in places like factories, underground tunnels and sewers. An essential element of gameplay is combat with various opponents, including powerful bosses.

Action 29 March 2016

A classic shoot'em up that takes us on a journey to a fantastic world. In eight different stages we face hordes of enemies - from hostile people, through smaller and larger monsters, to powerful bosses. The whole was enriched with pleasing pixel art graphics.

Action 27 June 2017

Ancient Amuletor is a VR action game with tower defense elements developed by the Chinese studio TiGames. Players are taken to a unique universe where mages and gunslingers fight with enemies on maps inspired by ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Action is presented from a first-person perspective (FPP). Gameplay focuses on defending magical crystals against waves of enemies. The game offers four playable heroes: mage equipped with a characteristic staff, gunslinger, archer, and doll maker.

Action 24 July 2018

A hybrid of survival horror and a roguelike game, designed exclusively for Virtual Reality headgear. Developed by Firesprite, The Persistence takes the players to the year 2521, when the interstellar voyages are a part of people’s everyday life. The main protagonist is a member of a spaceship crew, which, as a result of an unsuccessful experiment, has been turned into bloodthirsty mutants.

Action 06 February 2018

An old school mix of platformer and metroidvania elements, created by independent studio of Long Hat House. Dandara takes us on adventure in a fantasy world where basic laws of physics, such as gravity don’t apply. The titular heroine is awoken to restore the order of old.

Action 08 August 2017

A classic 2D shoot'em up action game, created by Vertex Pop and released on Nintendo Switch. Graceful Explosion Machine allows the players to fly a futuristic space ship. The titular GEM is an advanced, well-equipped vehicle whose pilot is stuck deep in space. In order to find his way back he must face a horde of aggressive aliens. The game is presented from a side view and we must constantly move right throughout more than 30 levels located in four different worlds.

Action 30 June 2017

AereA is an action RPG created by Triangle. The game focuses on real-time battles and the development of the hero and his equipment. The player has four heroes to choose from, and by defeating enemies he strives to bring back order to the land of Aezir. The universe is inspired by music – both the heroes and enemies resemble musical instruments, such as a harp or an accordion. Collecting notes gives experience points that can be spent on upgrading the character or equipment.

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A unique platform game by the Polish studio Robot Gentleman Studio, developed using filmed scenes featuring actors and animals. In Stray you play as a dog, which got lost in a forest and is trying to find its way home. On its way, he has to face many dangers, such as predators or hunters. The gameplay focuses on exploring the forest, avoiding obstacles and traps, and surviving in the hostile territory. To succeed, you have to properly use the dog's instincts and senses.

Action 30 August 2017

Developed by an independent studio called Exor, X-Morph: Defense is an original twin-stick shooter with tower defense elements. The game shows an unpleasant vision of the future, in which the Earth has fallen victim to an alien invasion. Instead of defending the Blue Planet, the player assumes control over an Alien ship with an objective to face waves of human adversaries and defend enormous devices extracting resources and altering the Earth’s atmosphere.

Action 17 October 2019

Another entry in the series of action games about the serial killer Travis Touchdown. The title was developed by the creators of the previous games in the series and supervised by Suda 51.

Action 12 March 2019

The Wizards is a VR action-adventure game developed by the Polish studio Carbon Studio. The game takes us to a fantasy world where we play as one of the titular mages. Our job will be to travel in time in order to save the Kingdom of Men from the impending doom. We observe the action from a first-person perspective. As we play, we will explore all kinds of diverse locations, where we will face your typical fantasy beasts and enemies.

Action 08 May 2020

A dynamic action platform game with roguelike features. The game was developed by the Polish studio Awesome Games. In Badass Hero the action is presented from a side perspective. The game focuses on exploration of a randomly generated comic book-like world, avoiding many traps and obstacles, and on combat with encountered enemies. The protagonist can use various shotguns, machine guns, rocket launchers, and grenade launchers.

Action 30 January 2017

The fourth installment in the legendary beat ‘em up series, developed by Arc System Works. The development was supported by the persons responsible for the cult-classic previous installments of the series, including Takaomi Kaneko, Yoshihisa Kishimoto, Koji Ogata, and Kazunaka Yamane. Similarly to the previous installments of the Double Dragon series, the gameplay focuses on traversing 2D locations and eliminating hordes of approaching opponents.

Action 28 March 2017

The first paid expansion pack for Battlefield 1 - a popular online shooter game set in the World War I period. They Shall Not Pass brings a new game mode called Frontlines, which combines the Conquest and the Rush modes. Two sides of the conflict fight one another for control over certain, interconnected spots. Once the headquarters and all the outposts controlled by a team, a sequence resembling the Rush mode begins - the teams attack the telegraph posts or defend them against the opposition.