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Opus Magnum
Puzzle 07 December 2017
A logic game created by Zachtronics Industries. The protagonist is Anataeus Vaya, the most promising scientist of his generation who has just took the position of Head Alchemist in one of the oldest and richest families in town. His new employers hide a dark secret. The players’ task is to discover what lurks behind the facet of the seemingly perfect family. To do so, they have to build alchemical machines that can create necessary products.
Alfred Chicken
Arcade 12 April 2002
Refreshed version of Alfred Chicken from 1993, in which players play the role of the title rooster, setting off to rescue his kidnapped girlfriend - Floella. As we play, we navigate through a variety of locations, jumping across platforms and bypassing ubiquitous pitfalls, eliminating enemies we encounter and piercing balloons found along the way, allowing us to gain access to the next stages.
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth 2
Adventure 03 February 2011
Another part of the acclaimed series of legal adventures of the Ace Attorney. It is the second time that the main protagonist is the prosecutor Miles Edgeworth, who comes to investigate a number of difficult criminal cases again.
Backyard Soccer
Sports 26 September 1998
Sports game dedicated to football. In the course of the game, players take control of a team of kids from the neighborhood, dreaming of a football career. The whole was kept in a pleasant cartoon style. Despite the fairy-tale environment and the presence of power-ups, the rules of the struggle do not differ from those we know from real stadiums.
Hammerwatch
RPG 12 August 2013
Hammerwatch is a combination of adventure action game and classic hack'n'slash. The story takes players to Castle Hammerwatch, where a team of daredevils embarks on a dangerous quest to kill the evil dragon. The game is designed to play in cooperation mode for up to four people.
OK K.O.! Let's Play Heroes
Action 23 January 2018
A classic 2D beat 'em up game with RPG elements, based on the Cartoon Network animated series OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes. You play as the characters from the series and fight the villain threatening the Lakewood Plaza shopping mall.
Scribblenauts Showdown
Puzzle 06 March 2018
The sixth installment in a series of logic-adventure games, which has gained approval both among the players and the industry media. The game stands out with the amount of freedom the player is given when it comes to approaching different puzzles. Scribblenauts Showdown was developed by 5th Cell and published by Warner Bros.
Fallen Legion: Sins of an Empire
RPG 25 July 2017
A 2D jRPG played from a side view and featuring elements borrowed from beat'em ups. The player takes on the role of the Princess Cecille, who tries to bring safety to her people after her father's death - the protagonist faces hordes of dangerous monsters. The experience places a special emphasis on real-time combat; the key to success here is to link the team's attacks into complex combinations.
Dream Alone
Adventure 28 June 2018
A 2D platformer with horror elements. You assume the role of a boy searching for the mythical Lady Death who can help him stop the disease spreading across his family village. The hero of Dream Alone has supernatural powers and can cross the boundaries of an alternative reality or copy himself (which helps in solving various puzzles and revealing secrets).
Deadbolt
Arcade 14 March 2016
An old-school two-dimensional platformer with elements of stealth. It was created by Hopoo Games, a studio known for Risk of Rain. In the game, the player becomes an embodiment of death itself, coming to Earth to stop an undead invasion. Both the sides of the conflict are a bit unusual, because the Grim Reaper uses knives and firearms instead of a scythe, and as for the undead, they are overly watchful and intelligent - they can even wield pistols and rifles.
Whizz
Arcade 15 February 1997
A colorful two-dimensional platformer, converted from personal computers, in which the action is presented in isometric projection. The title poses a number of logical and arcade challenges to the humanoid rabbit controlled by the players.
X-Men vs. Street Fighter
Fighting 26 February 1998
A beat developed by Capcom, which debuted on arcade machines and after some time also found its way to PlayStation 1. In X-Men vs. Street Fighter we are fighting in two-dimensional arenas, as one of seventeen different players.
Silhouette Mirage
Action 23 July 1998
An action platform game developed by Treasure studio. Players take on the role of a girl named Shyna, and their task is to undo the effects of the tragic catastrophe that made life on Earth unrecognizable. A characteristic feature of Silhouette Mirage is the high level of difficulty.
The King of Fighters '97 Global Match
Fighting 03 April 2018
The King of Fighters ’97 Global Match is an old-school 2D fighting game. The title is a port of The King of Fighters ’97, a game that debuted more than ten years ago. The new version enriches the title with an online multiplayer mode.
Zoop
Arcade 30 September 1995
An uncomplicated arcade game, developed by the Hookstone studio. In Zoop, the player controls a triangle in the center of a two-dimensional board, and his task is to shoot colorful objects coming from the edge of the screen.
The King of Fighters '98: Ultimate Match
Fighting 26 June 2008
Re-edition of classic two-dimensional beating. We choose between 64 warriors, among whom there are heroes of such games as "Fatal Fury" or "Art of Fighting". One of the main novelties is the addition of Ultimate Match mode.
Turnabout
Puzzle 06 April 2000
A puzzle game in which the gameplay takes place on a two-dimensional board covered with a grid of fields. It is your task to rotate the board and move the colored balls on it in such a way as to combine them with various colored objects. In Turnabout, more than a hundred such puzzles with an increasing difficulty level are waiting for the player to solve them. The title also allows you to design your own puzzles thanks to the built-in editor.
Ayo: A Rain Tale
Arcade 09 November 2017
Ayo: A Rain Tale is a 2D side-scrolling platform game utilizing a side-view perspective. It is set in the Sahara and the protagonist is Ayo, a young girl, who, like many other girls her age, helps in the search for water for her family.
Westworld
Strategy 21 June 2018
A combination of economic strategy and simulation game, based on the popular movie and TV series Westworld. The players assume the role of a new employee of the Delos corporation. He or she participates in a simulation that is meant to check whether he is good enough to manage the amusement park filled with androids. He or she must create laboratories and attractions, develop new technologies, make sure the guests are satisfied and supervise the behavior of robots.
Mega Man Legacy Collection 2
Arcade 08 August 2017
A collection of classic 2D platform games from the popular Mega Man series created by Capcom. This production is a sequel to Mega Man Legacy Collection, released in 2015, and it offers four games that were absent in the aforementioned collection. This time we get: Mega Man 7 released in 1995 on SNES console, Mega Man 8 released in 1996 on PlayStation and SEGA Saturn as well as two newest parts of the series: Mega Man 9 (2008) and Mega Man 10 (2010).
Slice, Dice & Rice
Fighting 27 April 2017
A 2D fighting game set in an alternative reality based on how the ancient Japanese imagined afterlife. We can choose from a roster of eight characters, each of them has different appearance, weapons and special abilities. Additionally, they all have their unique stories which we discover during the game. The feature that distinguishes this game, developed by an indie studio called DojoGames, is the lack of a health bar.
Song of Memories
Adventure 28 February 2018
An adventure game made in a visual novel style with elements of dating sims and jRPGs, created by Pure Wish studio. The story of Song of Memories is focused on two high school students: Minato Kamishiro who is raising his sister and his friend, Kanon Hiiragi. The lives of those two gain unexpected momentum when the world suffers from a dangerous virus that increases violence in women that are infected by it.
The Escapists
Simulation 13 February 2015
A prisoner simulator that combines features of many genres. It was developed by Mouldy Toof in cooperation with Team 17 Software. The player assumes the role of a prisoner who leads a “normal” life in one of several available penitentiary facilities. The main objective of the game is to plan a way of escaping from the prison.
South Park: Phone Destroyer
Strategy 09 November 2017
South Park: Phone Destroyer is a mobile strategy game based on a controversial animated TV series for adults. Developed by RedLynx – creators of the Trials game series – this South Park game installment is based on a free-to-play business model and features some microtransactions. During the game, the players have to collect cards representing characters known from the TV series and use them in order to build decks.