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NEO Scavenger
Strategy 15 December 2014
A turn-based strategy game with survival elements, set in near post-apocalyptic future. Earth has been invaded by nightmarish legendary monsters that ruined the cities and slaughtered almost all humans. The survivors hide in fortified metropolises and small, forgotten villages, hoping to live through at least one day more. You play as a person, who wakes from cryogenic sleep and wants to find out who they are and what happened to humanity.
Don't Starve Together
Action 21 April 2016
A standalone expansion for the 2013’s well-received survival sandbox game, Don’t Starve. The main goal of the add-on is to transfer the core premise of the original title into cooperative multiplayer gameplay. In the game, we still explore the world, gather food, build a shelter, fight various enemies, and take care of the protagonist’s physical and mental health.
Ylands
Adventure 05 December 2019
A survival-oriented sandbox created by an in-house studio of Bohemia Interactive. Ylands allows the player to create their own interactive world. Building your own worlds is one of the mainstays of the game. They can be placed in a number of settings and conventions: from Wild West, through forests and farms, and up to medieval castles and arenas inspired by Feudal Japan. The player can modify the topography, as well as build objects and items.
Forza Horizon 3: The Blizzard Mountain
Racing 13 December 2016
The first major expansion for the bestselling racing game, Forza Horizon 3, by Playground Games. The Blizzard Mountain takes us back to Australian roads and off-road tracks where yet another edition of the Horizon moto festival takes place. The most important element of the DLC comprises of fifty new events and challenges taking place in previously unavailable locations: on snow-covered mountain routes that, contrary to popular belief, can also be found in Australia.
Diluvion
Simulation 02 February 2017
An arcade submarine simulator with crew management elements. The game was developed by an independent team known as Arachnid Games. The story of Diluvion takes place in the distant future, where an apocalyptic flood has forced humanity to colonize the ocean depths. The gameplay is focused around exploration of a marine world of a considerable size, completing various tasks, and combat with encountered opponents.
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.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D
RPG 02 April 2015
A 3DS port of Tetsuya Takahashi's jRPG, which was originally released in 2010 for Nintendo Wii. The story is set in dualistic world made of two bodies of gods who fought each other and died in the battle. While one is inhabited by humans, the other is dominated by hostile mechanical beings. The story focuses on a young orphan called Shulk, who, along with his team, is trying to prepare humanity for the incoming enemy.
Sleeping Dogs: The Year of the Snake
Action 12 March 2013
The Year of the Snake is a six mission long feature add-on DLC for Sleeping Dogs. This time, Wei Shen, a detective, has to face the cultists who took to the streets of Hong Kong and began murdering people in order to secure their place in paradise.
Rust
Action 08 February 2018
Survival sandbox FPP game prepared by the creator of one of the most popular Source engine modifications – Garry Newman and his Facepunch Studios. The game’s universe is inspired by titles like DayZ and S.T.A.L.K.E.R., featuring large open world, where your character struggles for survival. In terms of gameplay mechanics Rust was modeled after sandbox games like Minecraft.
Drifter
Arcade TBA
A simplified space simulation game created by the independent studio Celsius Games. The action of this production takes place in a distant future, where humanity has developed enough to colonize other planetary systems. The player assumes the role of a spaceship captain, and decides what path will the protagonist take. We can deal in trade and mining or even choose the career of a bounty hunter, an interplanetary convoy guard, or a pirate.
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.
Galactic Civilizations III
Strategy 14 May 2015
The third installment in the popular space 4X strategy game series which is the flagship franchise of Stardock Systems, previously known mainly for developing utility software. The action takes place several years after the events presented in the expansion to the game’s predecessor. Thanks to this, we can make use of all the previously featured races, factions, and technologies.
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3D
Strategy 19 October 2012
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3D is the next installment of the popular strategic and economic series in which we manage a modern amusement park. This is the first edition of the cycle on the Nintendo portable console.
Sir, You Are Being Hunted
Action 01 May 2014
An unusual first-person shooter featuring open-world environment, created by an independent studio, Big Robot. The game ridicules the habits of British aristocracy. The action takes place in an alternative version of Great Britain, swarming with intelligent robots that wish to destroy every human they lay their lenses upon. The player takes control of one of their potential victims, whose mission is simply to survive.
Burnout Paradise
Racing 22 January 2008
The full-fledged sequel to the series of racing games started in 2001 by Criterion Games. The game takes place in the fictional Paradise City, which consists of an island with an airport, a bay with skyscrapers and hills that are free of any infrastructure. The game combines dynamical driving with impressive crashes and breaking the traffic regulations in a way that is typical for the series. Burnout Paradise slightly refreshes the classic formula of the series.
SimCity Societies
Strategy 13 November 2007
SimCity Societies is another part of the best-selling strategic-economic series, developed since the late 1980s. This time, however, the production process did not involve Maxis, but the Tilted Mill Entertainment studio, from which games such as Caesar IV came out. Along with the change of the traditional developer, the concept of fun has been slightly modified.
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked!
Strategy 21 June 2005
The first official extension of the third part of the cycle of strategy and economic games, initiated in 1999 by the famous Chris Sawyer (creator of, for example, the memorable brand Transport Tycoon).
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Play the World
Strategy 05 November 2002
An official expansion for the third installment of the cult turn-based strategy game series by Sid Meier and his newly established studio, Firaxis Games. Sid Meier's Civilization III: Play the World is based on the gameplay mechanics of the vanilla game. Therefore, we still lead a chosen civilization to domination over others by conquest, cultural development, or strong economy.
Rollercoaster Tycoon II: Time Twister
Strategy 21 October 2003
The second official addition to RollerCoaster Tycoon 2. It expands the basic version of the game by the possibility of creating an amusement park in a style referring to different historical eras; from the prehistoric and mythological era, through the Middle Ages, to the Rock & Roll era (1950s) and the future.
Sid Meier's Civilization II: Multiplayer Gold Edition
Strategy 30 April 1998
A special edition of Sid Meier's Civilization II. This version of the game came with a highly-anticipated multiplayer mode. In Multiplayer Gold Edition gameplay remains the same - we still lead a chosen civilization over the centuries to world domination by military or economical conquest.
Grand Theft Auto Advance
Action 19 October 2004
Pocket version of one of the most popular and controversial games of all time. Grand Theft Auto Advance takes fans of the gangster lifestyle to the city known from the third part of the cycle, i.e. Liberty City.
The Sims
Simulation 02 February 2000
A bestselling life simulator developed by Maxis, a studio that specializes in the genre (they've created SimCity, SimTown and other titles). The Sims enables the player to take care of a virtual family of Sims. During the game the player must take care of various needs of his characters – starting with typically physiological ones (eating, toilet, hygiene etc.), through social relations, to career.
The Sims: Deluxe Edition
Simulation 16 September 2002
Deluxe Edition contains the original game The Sims, along with the first World Life plugin. In addition, a special character editor and completely new, unprecedented elements of home furnishings have been added.
Galactic Civilizations
Strategy 25 March 2003
A type 4X strategy whose action has been placed in space. Take on the role of the leader of the Earth race and ensure its survival and undisturbed development. Both the management of the galactic empire and the fight are played in turn-based system.