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Somber Echoes
Action 2024
A 2,5D metroidvania with platforming elements, set in a sci-fi world inspired by Greek and Roman mythologies. Somber Echoes takes place on board of the Atromitos spaceship that's overrun by monsters. We explore, climb and deal with enemies using a futuristic spear.
Between Horizons
Adventure 25 March 2024
A detective adventure game set on board of a spaceship looking for a new home after Earth's destruction. Between Horizons has us play as Stella. The heroine must find and stop the conspirators who plan to sabotage the mission. The game features various cases, choices and endings.
Phantom Hellcat
Action 2024
Phantom Hellcat is an action-packed slasher with 2.5D platformer elements. Players take on the role of a young girl exploring a world built from plays deformed by demons. The gameplay focuses on spectacular battles.
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
Action TBA (early access since 2025)
An action adventure game with survival elements, which is a spin-off of the Into the Dead series. In Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days, we play the role of an ordinary man who, along with others like him, fights for survival in a world overrun by the living dead.
One Last Breath
Arcade 28 March 2024
One Last Breath is an action adventure game in 2.5D platform game convention set in the world after the destruction of humanity. As Gaia, endowed with powers of nature, tries to bring back to life the Earth devastated by human civilization.
Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite
Fighting 19 September 2017
The fourth full-fledged installment of the popular series of arcade fighting games in which characters known from Capcom games are facing Marvel Comics superheroes. In Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite two antagonists of both universes combine into one powerful creature known as Ultron Sigma. He is trying to take control of both worlds. In order to stop the villain the heroes from both dimensions have to find four Infinity Stones and face a group led by the so-called Jedah Dogma.
Team Kirby Clash Deluxe
Arcade 12 April 2017
A multiplayer action game by Nintendo, utilizing a free-to-play model. As the title implies, the players take on the roles of Kirbys, who participate in team battles with boss enemies threatening the Dream Kingdom. The team can consist of up to four players, and to win you have to cooperate with others and make use of your strengths. There are four kinds of Kirbys to choose from (Sword Hero, Hammer Lord, Doctor Healmore and Beam Mage), and every one of them has their own unique abilities.
Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia
Arcade 25 September 2020
Side-scroll platform game under license of the animated series Trollhunters. In Trollhunters Defenders of Arcadia, as Jim Lake Jr., we try to stop the Time-pocalypse by passing through levels full of obstacles and traps alone or with a friend.
Deadlight: Director's Cut
Arcade 21 June 2016
A remastered edition of a 2012's two-dimensional platformer by studio Tequila Works, designed for PC and eighth generation of video game consoles. The plot of the title is set in an alternative version of the 80s, in which, as a result of a mysterious virus, world was overrun by zombies. During the game we play the part of a survivor named Randall Wayne, who is trying to reach a safe place and meet up with his friends and family. When it comes to mechanics, the game is a 2.
Deadlight
Arcade 01 August 2012
Another production set in a zombie-infested world. Deadlight, however, is an atmospheric 2D platform game, inspired by classic hits such as Another World or Flashback. It's the first title produced by Tequila Works, whose members used to work for such companies as Blizzard or Sony. You play as a former national park ranger named Randall Wayne, who's trying to find his missing wife and daughter.
Unmechanical
Puzzle 08 August 2012
A puzzle platformer about a robot that tries to get out of a mysterious maze. The game consists of about 30 physical, mental or memory puzzles. Most of them are solved by interacting with the environment, e.g. moving objects. The production is distinguished by quite climatic graphics and music.
Ultra Street Fighter IV
Fighting 03 June 2014
The most complete version of the popular fighting game Street Fighter IV that received several editions since it debuted in 2009. This time, the developers from Capcom added 6 new arenas and 5 new characters to the already large roster of 39 fighters.
Zack Zero
Action 11 January 2012
Zack Zero is a colourful platformer that combines a classic gameplay model with contemporary graphics and ideas. Players take on the role of Zack Zero, a cosmic hero who tries to save his beloved from the hands of the evil Zulrog.
CastleStorm
Strategy 29 May 2013
CastleStorm is a tower defence strategy game. It takes place on a 2D map, on the edges of which castles of rival players are situated.
Double Dragon: Neon
Action 11 September 2012
New version of the classic walking Double Dragon fight from 1987. Like the original, it allows two people to have fun at the same time, who take on the role of brothers trained in martial arts, fighting with a dangerous gang.
Flashback
Arcade 21 August 2013
Flashback is a remake of a classic platform game in the climates of science fiction. The main character is Conrad B. Hart - agent of the Galaxy Bureau of Investigation trying to regain memory and stop the invasion of aliens. The game is the responsibility of VectorCell studio known from the horror movie Amy.
The Cave
Adventure 22 January 2013
A humorous adventure with elements of an arcade platformer and a puzzle game. The title was produced by Ron Gilbert and the development team from Double Fine studio (Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, Stacking and others). The action of The Cave takes place in the title cave, full of secrets and traps. The player directs the actions of a group of three heroes who roam the corridors of the cave in search of an enigmatic "something". (the goals vary depending on the chosen team composition).
Shadow Complex Remastered
Action 03 December 2015
A remastered edition of an action game that was originally released in 2009 on Xbox Live Arcade. This version has been developed for a wider variety of gaming systems. It was created by ChAIR Entertainment studio, which belongs to Epic Games. Among the creators of the story, a well-known American writer Orson Scott Card stands out. The story itself is about a young man who discovers a secret base during a mountain trip with his girlfriend.
Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-
Fighting 04 December 2014
After a few years of silence, here comes yet another installment in the popular fighting series Guilty Gear developed by Arc System Works. The game’s biggest feature is the use of Unreal Engine which supports 1080p, along with 3D backgrounds and 3D character models. The latter, implemented as a modified cel-shading style, strongly resembles original, two-dimensional sprites.
Tomba!
Arcade October 2024
Produced by Ukrainian studio Creoteam, a soccer game that combines elements of a virtual team manager with turn-based strategy. In the beginning of the game, you create your own club, and help it win the championship through a series of victories. Matches are played out in turn-based system, in which you give commands to your players, a formula quite unusual for this genre. In each turn you can execute up to 3 actions, and every action takes a number of movement points.
Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn
Action 05 June 2018
A reboot of a classic 1994 fighting game whose main protagonist is a former NBA player, Shaquille O'Neal. The new version was created by Big Deez Productions and contrary to the original game (which had as many supporters as it had opponents back in the 90s), Shaq-Fu: A Legend Reborn is a modern-day fighting game, which combines elements of such classics as Streets of Rage or Street Fighter with features of 3D action games, such as Devil May Cry.
Tetris Effect
Puzzle 09 November 2018
A production based on the license of the most famous video game in history. Tetris Effect draws not only from Alexey Pajitnov's work, but also from projects by Tetsuya Mizuguchi.
2XKO
Fighting 2025
A fighting game that uses characters known from the MOBA League of Legends strategy. The title belongs to the 2.5D sub-genre - it combines two-dimensional gameplay with three-dimensional graphics. Developers from Riot Games are responsible for its creation.
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Arcade 08 October 2019
The second installment of the series started in 2017 from Playtonic Games studio. Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is described by the creators as a "hybrid platformer", because the stages in which the action is observed from the side, appear here next to fully three-dimensional levels. This time the title characters' task is to defeat the sinister Capital B.