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Warparty
Strategy 28 March 2019
RTS is set in an alternative version of the Stone Age, in which people share the world with dinosaurs and mythical beasts, and their survival is enabled not only by natural resources, but also by the magical artifacts left by ancient civilization. In Warparty you can play alone or in multiplayer clashes over the Internet.
Iron Harvest: Operation Eagle
Strategy 27 May 2021
The first big expansion to Iron Harvest, released in 2020. Operation Eagle introduces, among other things, a fourth faction, Usonia, a campaign dedicated to it and new units for the original nations. It is both an expansion and a standalone game.
Project Wunderwaffe
Strategy 10 October 2022
Project Wunderwaffe is an indie historical simulation set in the realities of World War II, in which by managing and developing the base we strive to create weapons that could ensure victory for the Third Reich. Game was created by Gameparic studio.
American Arcadia
Adventure 15 November 2023
A cross between a first-person adventure game and an action platformer. American Arcadia is set in the titular metropolis, its people unknowingly participating in a reality show, where losing popularity among the audience gets them killed.
Dark Rose Valkyrie
RPG 06 June 2017
A classic jRPG game set in the alternative reality of 1929, in which humanity has to face an extraterrestrial virus that turns victims into dangerous beasts. Players take on the role of captain of a special unit of the Japanese army designated to eliminate the infected. In addition to the fight, players must closely follow the actions of the charges, as there is an enemy agent hidden among them.
Banner of the Maid
RPG 28 May 2019
A tactical RPG game in which we play as Pauline Bonaparte - Napoleon's sister - who dreams of social advancement, and is dragged into the French Revolution. The main focus of Banner of the Maid is on the turn-based battles, in which we command a team of several heroes.
Ironclad Tactics
Strategy 18 September 2013
Ironclad Tactics is a card game with elements of real time strategy (RTS), for which Zachtronics Industries is responsible. The plot presents an alternative vision of the history of the American Civil War, in which both sides of the conflict have steam-powered combat robots.
Aviary Attorney
Adventure 21 December 2015
A legal adventure game inspired by the works of J.J. Grandville, a French caricaturist. It was developed by the independent studio Sketchy Logic Games. The action of Aviary Attorney is set in an alternative version of the 19th-century Paris inhabited by humanoid animals. It tells the story of two characters: a falcon lawyer named Jayjay Falcon and his assistant, a sparrow by the name of Sparrowson, who try to clear their clients of charges during subsequent trials.
Blues And Bullets
Adventure 23 July 2015
A noir mix of an action and adventure game developed by the team at A Crowd of Monsters. We play as a former detective, Patton, who wants to face the wave of crime that plagues the city of Santa Esperanza, as well as the demons from his past. He must solve the case of a series of brutal murders, either by interrogating and speaking with key characters or through scenes straight from an action movie. Interestingly, the plot changes depending on our decisions.
Rebels Prison Escape
Strategy 20 July 2003
Rebels Prison Escape is a tactical strategy with arcade elements produced by Philos Laboratories development studio. The action of the game was set in an alternative world, modelled on the 1930s and 40s of the last century. The player takes on the role of the leader of the rebel group A.R.M., which is trying to overthrow the dictatorship of the wicked Friedrich.
Interstate '82
Racing 18 November 1999
Continuation of the great hit of Interstate '76, a variation on Mad Max with the centre of gravity transferred to car chases.
STORM: Frontline Nation
Strategy 10 June 2011
Frontline Nation is an extensive turn-based strategy, which takes fans of this type of struggle to the Old Continent in the near future. Employees of the Swedish development team Colossai Studios are responsible for the preparation of the whole project.
Supreme Ruler 2020: Global Crisis
Strategy 15 December 2008
Supreme Ruler 2020: Global Crisis is an extension to the real time strategy (RTS) published in 2008 by Battlegoat development studio. The add-on introduces, among other things, a new campaign consisting of 20 missions, as well as new units and technologies and improvements in the control interface and help system.
Sine Requie: Anno XIII
Adventure canceled
Sine Requie: Anno XIII is an action adventure game with RPG elements produced by Dreampainters studio. The title is based on a feature system (pen & pencil RPG) created by Leonardo Moretti and Matteo Cortini. The plot of the game presents a vision of an alternative world history from the middle of the 20th century, in which mankind is threatened by a zombie epidemic.
Gettysburg: Armored Warfare
Action 27 March 2012
A battle game combining TPS and RTS genres produced by Radioactive Software studio. Gettysburg: Armored Warfare tells the story of an alternative American civil war, changed by the interventions of people from the future. The whole thing is focused mainly on online gameplay, and the gameplay is based on battles in which thousands of units can participate.
Karma Online: Prisoners of the Dead
Action 22 January 2009
Betting on multiplayer FPS set on an alternative vision of history, in which the Second World War still lasts in the 1950s. Two factions take part in the conflict: Axis and Allies. The game offers both traditional Deatchmatch and Free for All, as well as more ingenious modes such as sabotage. There is also the equivalent of zombie modes, in which we have to face hordes of mutants.
Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington - The Betrayal
Action 19 March 2013
The second episode of the trilogy of expansions to Assassin’s Creed III released in 2012 by Ubisoft. The expansion, called The Tyranny of King Washington - The Betrayal, tells the next part of the story started in the first DLC. The protagonist of the basic game, Connor, awakens in a reality in which he never became an assassin.
Tom Clancy's EndWar Online
Strategy 04 February 2016
A browser version of the 2009 real time strategy signed by Tom Clancy. It was created by the developers of the original game – the team of Ubisoft Shanghai. The game takes place in year 2030, 10 years after the events of the first title. Due to a great war between the three great super-forces, the Earth has been ruined and plunged into chaos. Joining the game, we choose either United Europe or Russia and take part in battles taking place on the ruins of our world.
Command HQ
Strategy 01 January 1990
One of the first representatives of the real-time strategy genre. Ozark Softscape's masterpiece allows us to assume the role of commander-in-chief of a global superpower, under whose command we find infantry armies, mechanized divisions, groups of aircraft carriers, and even spy satellites and nuclear bombs. We control the warfare using the world map, on which the positions of all the forces of our faction and detected enemy troops are marked.
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - The Diaries of Agent Silent Death
Action 30 January 2018
One of several story expansions included in the season pass to Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - a well-received first-person shooter game developed by Machine Games. The main protagonist of Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - The Diaries of Agent Silent Death is Jessica Valiant, a former agent of the American Secret Service that operated during WWII. She is tasked with discovering the plans of Nazis operating in California and learn the details of Operation San Andreas.
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - The Amazing Deeds of Captain Wilkins
Action 12 March 2018
The fourth and the last DLC included in the season pass for Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus – a first-person shooter game developed by Machine Games and published in fall of 2017. The main protagonist of The Amazing Deeds of Captain Wilkins expansion is the character the players got to meet in the first expansion called Episode Zero. This time around, the titular Captain Wilkins fights Nazis on Alaska and is tasked with stopping them from executing a secret Operation Black Sun.
Timelines: Assault on America
Strategy 24 September 2013
Timelines: Assault on America is a real-time strategy. It shows us an alternative vision of the Second World War, in which the murder of Adolf Hitler led to a massive invasion of the United States, threatening them with annihilation. In addition to the single player campaign, in which our task is to repel the invasion, the game also offers a cooperative multiplayer mode.
Herald
Adventure 16 February 2017
A narrative-focused point-and-click adventure game and the debut project from the independent Dutch studio, Wispfire. Inspired by real events, the game is set in alternative version of the 19th century in which all western countries have been united under the banner of an empire known as the Protectorate. Players take the role a man named Devan Rensburgh, who seeks the truth of his origins while on his journey to Western Colonies of the empire.
Rocket Ranger Reloaded
Action canceled
Remake of the cult action game from 1988, developed by the creators of the original from the Cinemaware studio. The game takes us into an alternative reality in which Nazi Germany won the Second World War and conquered the whole globe. Equipped with a special rocket backpack, we go back in the past to thwart Nazi plans and change the course of history.