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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.

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Strategy 19 June 2012

The first major expansion for the 2010’s strategy game by Firaxis Games. Sid Meier’s Civilization V: Gods & Kings offers a myriad of novelties, among which the expanded religion module is probably the most important one. It introduces a new aspect to the game, namely faith, thanks to which we can establish and develop our own religion. This, in turn, allows us to gain useful bonuses and gives us access to specific units (missionaries, inquisitors) or buildings (cathedrals, mosques).

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Action 29 December 2015

A first-person MMO shooter set in the post-apocalyptic setting of S.T.A.L.K.E.R., which was based on the motifs from Roadside Picnic, a novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. sZone is the debut production from the Russian studio Cybertime Systems. The players assume the role of stalkers – daredevils brave enough to venture deep inside the restricted area surrounding the destroyed nuclear plant in Chernobyl in search of valuable artifacts.

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RPG 17 April 2012

The second expansion for a third-person action RPG set in a fantasy world and developed by 38 Studios and Big Huge Games. The plot of the DLC is centered around a race of mysterious and powerful Kollossae. Along with a group of warriors, a woman called Secandra asks the protagonist for assistance in solving a mystery relating to those gigantic creatures. However, an enigmatic power forces the characters to go the way they would not have chosen otherwise.

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Action 30 June 2020

A third-person action game focusing on cooperative gameplay. It was developed by the Polish division of Epic Games (formerly known as People Can Fly). The action of Fortnite takes place in a world haunted by zombie-like demons. The players assume the role of operators whose task is to stop the monsters that invade the Earth through a network of portals. The gameplay is divided into two phases — during the day, we have to build a stronghold that repels demon attacks at night.

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Simulation 15 November 2013

The seventh instalment of the X space simulator series, created and developed by German development studio Egosoft. The action of X Rebirth takes place many years after events presented in previous games from the series. As a result of a gigantic supernova explosion many important centers of civilization in the galaxy were destroyed.

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Action 09 October 2012

Retro City Rampage is a humorous action game created by Vblank Entertainment studio. The title is a parody of such series as Grand Theft Auto. Players move on until 1980 and take on the role of a mentally unbalanced criminal from Theftropolis. The game is stylized on production from the era of 8-bit computers and contains many references to mass culture.

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Action 08 March 2011

The Da Vinci Disappearance is a paid DLC addition to Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, the third installment of Ubisoft's best-selling cycle. The plot revolves around the kidnapping of Leonardo DaVinci by the cult of Hermeticists. The extension also offers a new map, the Alhambra, which is located in Grenada.

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Strategy 28 September 2008

Sim City Creator is another part of an extremely popular series of economic strategies, in which the player is given the opportunity to play the role of the builder and mayor of the metropolis he has created.

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Strategy 24 June 2008

Destinations is the first addition to SimCity Societies, an economic strategy in which we play the role of mayor managing all aspects of the new metropolis.

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Action 15 February 2019

The third installment in a series of popular, open-world futuristic action games. Crackdown 3 introduces the franchise to the eighth-gen consoles. The game was created by Cloudgine – a British studio led by David Jones, who is the father of the series. Similar to the previous installments, the player is taken to a futuristic city of an open structure, assuming the role of a futuristic officer of the law who faces organized crime.

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Puzzle 03 March 2015

A unique simulation game, in which you construct increasingly wacky rollercoasters, and then test them on thrill-seeking people. The game was created by Frontier Development, known for e.g. the latest installment in the Zoo Tycoon and the Thrillville and Rollercoaster Tycoon series. Unlike the latter one, ScreamRide does not feature an economic aspect, and your actions serve science and research on the limits of human beings.

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Action 18 December 2018

A sandbox TPP game developed by the debuting Entrada studio, created with online play and survival in mind. It is set in post-apocalyptic wasteland of a world destroyed by a nuclear war, with players taking roles of survivors who try to survive in this unfriendly environment. During the game we must constantly check our levels of hunger, thirst, and radiation, with the latter being very relevant to the overall condition of our body.

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Strategy 16 November 2016

RollerCoaster Tycoon World is the fourth installment in the popular economic strategy game series and the first one to be released after an over ten years long hiatus. Atari entrusted the game's development to a relatively new studio, Nvizzio Creations, for which RollerCoaster Tycoon World is the first major production in its portfolio.

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Action 30 May 2014

The first large expansion to the popular survival game State of Decay. This sandbox title created by Undead Labs takes the player to a post-apocalyptic world overrun by a zombie plague. The player must rebuild the human society. The expansion adds a new campaign, the completing of which takes a few hours. The campaign tells a completely new story. The game takes place in a small city called Denforth, where the protagonist is sent in order to save the scientists that are there.

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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.

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Simulation 28 February 2019

A sandbox simulation game developed by the independent studio Keen Software House. The action of Space Engineers takes place in space, and the players assume the role of engineers whose task is to build bases, gather resources, and ensure the colony’s survival. The title was created based on the NASA forecasts concerning the conditions of space colonization in the coming years. There are two game modes to choose from: creative mode and survival mode.

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RPG canceled

The third installment in the popular MMORPG series, which aims to present a new approach to the franchise. It was developed by Sony Online Entertainment and is distributed in the free-to-play business model. Once again, the players have the opportunity to go the fantasy land of Norrath to learn over 10 thousand years of its history.

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Strategy 20 September 2018

Star Control Origins is a space sandbox developed by Stardock Entertainment. The player assumes the role of a captain of a space ship and he or she explores a dynamically changing galaxy. During the game the player discovers new planets, gathers resources, trades, participates in battles and performs diplomacy.

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Adventure 07 June 2016

A science fiction survival sandbox game that combines arcade elements with numerous logic puzzles. It was developed by Teotl, a Swedish studio known for such productions as Unmechanical or The Ball. The story of The Souls Project is set in the world of the latter game, although the action takes place in the distant future where the Earth is at the verge of an ecological disaster. In the game, we assume the role of a space colonist, a member of an expedition to find new inhabitable worlds.

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Adventure TBA (early access since 30 January 2015)

Eden Star is a FPP survival sandbox set on a foreign planet. The task of the players is to explore the open world and to collect raw materials, which are used to construct ever more powerful structures or objects. You can play alone or in a multiplayer (cooperation and PvP).

PC

Arcade canceled

Terraria: Otherworld is the second part of the popular sandbox platform game, developed by Andrew Spinks and his independent studio Re-Logic. In the game, referred to as “two dimensional Minecraft”, we are given the ability to shape a randomly generated world without restrictions and to create a number of useful tools, utility objects and structures via its crafting system.

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Action 15 October 2013

Another item in the genre of hunting games branded with the logo of the American chain of shops with equipment for hunters. In accordance with the title, in Cabela's African Adventures we take part in a virtual hunt for the most popular specimens living in African areas.

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RPG canceled

An online installment in the strategy game series created in 1991 by a gaming industry legend, Sid Meier. It was developed by XL Games, a South Korean studio. The title combines the classic gameplay mechanics of the franchise with solutions typical of the contemporary MMO productions. The players assume control of one of four different cultures that compete against one another in a procedurally generated and constantly changing world.

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