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Wolfenstein: Youngblood
Wolfenstein: Youngblood

Action 26 July 2019

A Wolfenstein spin-off created by MachineGames. This time around, the game focuses on B. J. Blazkowicz's daughters. The twin sisters Sophie and Jessica get to Nazi-occupied Paris in order to aid the local resistance. Unlike the previous installments, apart from the single-player mode, the game introduces also the cooperative experience.

Beat Cop
Beat Cop

Adventure 05 March 2019

The result of the independent Polish studio Pixel Crow's cooperation with 11 bit studios, the creators of This War of Mine. Beat cop is a point-and-click time management game. You play as Jack Kelly, a former NYC detective who was framed for murder and demoted. Hated by everyone around, Jack is trying to reconcile his duties with conducting a private investigation in order to discover who framed him. The plot of Beat Cop is non-linear and its many endings depend on your decisions.

Firewatch
Firewatch

Adventure 17 December 2018

An indie FPP adventure game and the debut production of the American Campo Santo studio. The team comprises of veteran developers, previously working on such titles as The Walking Dead, Mark of the Ninja, BioShock 2, and Brutal Legend. The story of Firewatch takes place in an enormous forest in the American state of Wyoming, where our hero is trying to escape his day-to-day problems by becoming a ranger.

Phantom Doctrine
Phantom Doctrine

Strategy 13 June 2019

Phantom Doctrine is an espionage strategy game developed by the Polish developer CreativeForge Games. The action of the game is set in the 1980 and depicts an alternative version of the Cold War. The player spearheads a secret intelligence agency with the objective to stop a global plot to take control of the entire world. One has to recruit new agents, train and equip them, and provide them with false identities.

Kingdom Eighties
Kingdom Eighties

Strategy 16 October 2023

The fourth installment in a series of side-scrolling straegy games. Kingdom Eighties: Summer of Greed is set in an American town during the 1980s, which a group of kids must defend from monsters created by the mysterious Greed.

The Making of Karateka
The Making of Karateka

Action 29 August 2023

An interactive documentary dedicated to an iconic fighting game from the 1980s, developed by Jordan Mechner - the creator of Prince of Persia. The Making of Karateka showcases the creation process of one of the 1980s most iconic games.

Killer Frequency
Killer Frequency

Adventure 01 June 2023

An FPP adventure game in the tone of a horror comedy. Killer Frequency takes place in the 1980s United States. The main protagonist is a radio station employee, burdened with determining the fates of the residents of Gallows Creek.

Kingdom of Night
Kingdom of Night

RPG September 2024

Kingdom of Night is an RPG game with an isometric camera and an arcade combat system. Production takes us to a sleepy American town in the 1980s, where we have to face a demonic invasion.

Katana ZERO
Katana ZERO

Action 18 April 2019

A retro pixel art game developed by the independent studio Askiisoft. The title is a combination of platform game and a dynamic action game. Katana ZERO takes place in a city full of contrast, during the eighties’ of twenty century. Next to rich districts there are slums with night clubs that attract shady people. The player controls a ninja warrior who wants to have his revenge.

American Fugitive
American Fugitive

Action 23 May 2019

An action game with an open world, in which we find ourselves in the United States from the 1980s. The main character in American Fugitive is Will Riley; the protagonist escapes from prison to find his father's murderer. Observing the action from a bird's eye view, during the game we carry out various tasks commissioned by the representatives of the criminal world, gradually penetrating their ranks.

Mother Russia Bleeds
Mother Russia Bleeds

Action 15 November 2018

A brutal beat'em up game offering old-school, pixel-art visuals and paying a tribute to the classics of the genre. The game is set in the former Soviet Union in the 80s. The protagonist of the game is a former boxer, now a wrongly convicted drug addict. Having escaped the prison, he embarks on a bloody quest for vengeance. The protagonist traverses subsequent locations and eliminates the enemies he encounters with his fists or various items.

Stranger Things 3: The Game
Stranger Things 3: The Game

Action 04 July 2019

A two-dimensional walking beat'em up which action is set in the Stranger Things universe. The plot of this production is related to the third season of the series. BonusXP studio is responsible for its creation.

Crossing Souls
Crossing Souls

Action 26 July 2018

A retro-styled action-adventure game featuring RPG elements, created in cooperation by Fourattic and Devolver Digital. The story is set in California, in the year 1986, where a bunch of kids playing in the forest discover a mysterious artifact which allows them to bend the laws of physics and travel across the border between life and death.

Hotline Miami Collection
Hotline Miami Collection

Action 19 August 2019

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.

Dead End Job
Dead End Job

Action 13 December 2019

Dead End Job is an arcade twin stick shooter, in which we take on the role of a ghost hunter, we carry out orders, tame various creatures and look for a way to save our boss.

198X
198X

Action 23 January 2020

Atypical production, which is a kind of tribute to the old automatic games and combines several different genres, such as races, shooters or beat'em ups. The Swedish independent developer Hi-Bit Studios is responsible for creating this title.

Stories Untold
Stories Untold

Adventure 16 January 2020

An unique horror game by No Code, combining four separate stories. In Stories Untold you play as a person sitting in front of a computer, and your task is to acquaint yourself with a series of eerie recordings. In time, the protagonist immerses themselves in the stories so much that they begin to spot inexplicable things in the nooks of the shabby rooms. The game features a first-person view and you are free to look around your surroundings.

Knights and Bikes
Knights and Bikes

Arcade 06 February 2020

Knights and Bikes is a PC-based nostalgic action adventure game that takes us to a small British island in autumn 1987 and casts us as teenage girls trying to stop the ghostly invasion. The game is mainly about exploring and fighting, and in both of these aspects the use of bicycles plays a key role.

80's Overdrive
80's Overdrive

Racing 07 May 2020

A racing game inspired by arcade titles from 1980s, including the cult-classic OutRun. The players assume control of six retro supercars and take part in street races or timed circuits. The game sports old-school graphics and a synth/retrowave soundtrack, and allows us to create race tracks and share them with the online community.

Commander '85
Commander '85

Adventure canceled

Commander '85 is a sci-fi thriller in a retro style. Player impersonates a teenager, who for his birthday receives Commander, a computer with artificial intelligence. With his help, he gets to know a conspiracy that could endanger the existence of the world.

Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story

Action 13 March 2024

The second installment in a series of interactive documents dedicated to legendary figures of the gaming industry. Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story lets us look behind the scenes of Llamasoft's most important works and play through 42 games from their portfolio.

Witch on the Holy Night
Witch on the Holy Night

Adventure 08 December 2022

Witch on the Holy Night is a visual novel adventure game set in the same universe as Tsukihime and Fate/Stay Night. The game is set in 1980s Japan, starring a young witch learning magic from her powerful mentor. The story is fully linear, with no choices to be made.

Lake
Lake

Adventure 15 February 2024

Lake is an adventure game with an open world and a TPP view, set in the USA in the 1980s. As a woman named Meredith we travel around Providence Oaks, Oregon at the wheel of a car and deliver packages.

Venba
Venba

Adventure 31 July 2023

Venba is an intriguing cross between a narrative game and a cooking simulator, telling the tale of a family of Indian immigrants moving to Canada. The player must cook traditional Indian cuisine while witnessing the family's everyday problems.