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Trauma
Adventure 08 August 2011
Trauma is an independent game by Krystian Majewski, which escapes attempts to categorize the genre. It tells the story of a woman who found herself in hospital as a result of a car accident. The player observes the patient's dreams and, by interfering in their course, tries to improve her mental state. The game won two nominations in the prestigious Independent Games Festival Awards 2010 competition.
Papo & Yo
Adventure 15 August 2012
Papo & Yo is a three-dimensional adventure-logical game in which we play as a teenage inhabitant of South American slums. The hero and his faithful robot try to find a way to get the best friend out of his addiction.
Pathologic
Adventure 09 June 2005
A horror-style adventure action game with RPG elements. The player ends up in a mysterious village that has been infected by a deadly virus. In discovering the gloomy history of the inhabitants, he has to find the causes of the disease and tame it.
The Void
Adventure 17 April 2008
The Void is a dark climate adventure game with elements of survival horror. The title was produced by the Russian studio Ice-pick Lodge. The action of the game was set in the surreal world of Void, inhabited by the breeds of Hunters and Sisters. The player directs the actions of the hero, who tries to get out of the reality to which he accidentally found himself. The creators predicted 12 possible endings of the plot.
9.03m
Adventure 12 September 2013
A game by the independent studio SpaceBudgie escaping attempts at strict genre classification. The production pays tribute to the victims of the tsunami that struck Japan in 2011. The player takes on the role of an anonymous character who, one year after the tragic events, discovers on Baker Beach Beach in San Francisco, where the sea has thrown away the remains of objects taken away by the deadly wave.
4PM
Adventure 09 July 2014
Independent adventure game created by Bojan Brbora - Serbian cinematographer and author of many short films. The plot tells us about one day in the life of an ordinary woman named Caroline. Our protagonist wakes up after a stormy night convinced that another boring day of a big corporation employee awaits her. Soon it turns out to be completely unusual and changes her life forever.
The Old City: Leviathan
Adventure 03 December 2014
An independent adventure game focused on exploration and plot. The title, developed by American studio PostMod, takes the player to an abandoned city, where they are tasked with discovering the reasons why the place became desolated. During the journey the player is looking for answers to philosophical questions related to humans and the choices they make. The action is slow-paced and the gameplay focuses on traveling through half-open levels and interacting with items and witnessed events.
Bloom: Memories
RPG canceled
An original action RPG featuring a highlighted narrative and created by the independent developer Studio Fawn. The game is set in a fantasy world created by Dani Landers, who is a screenwriter and the creator of the game's visuals. In the universe dominated by mysterious, soulless mechanical abominations, the humans were quickly marginalized. The player assumes the role of a character who was born away from the world of machines and becomes humanity's last hope to defeat the oppressors.
Tentacles: Enter the Mind
Arcade 15 May 2014
Tentacles: Enter the Dolphin, which debuted in 2012 on mobile devices. In the game we play the role of a tendril-shaped creature named Lemmy, who sets out deep into the brain of the mad Doctor Phluff. His mission is to eliminate more and more crazy ideas that will conquer the scientist's mind, leading him to inevitable madness.
Short Peace: Ranko Tsukigime's Longest Day
Arcade 16 January 2014
Compilation of four animated Japanese short films and a game created by Goichi Suda, known in the industry. Production is a spectacular 2.5D platform, in which we play the teenage killer. The task of the players is to eliminate the opponents and reach the end of the board as quickly as possible.
Pretentious Game
Arcade 20 May 2014
Minimalistic two-dimensional platform game that uses uncomplicated gameplay and level projects to tell the story of loneliness, love and the way to achieve happiness in life. The main character of the title is a blue square to madness in love with his pink heart choice.
Beyond Eyes
Adventure 04 August 2015
An unusual adventure game by tiger & squid, and independent Dutch studio. The protagonist of Beyond Eyes is a ten-year-old girl named Rae who lost her sight in an accident while firing up fireworks. Ever since that day, she spends most of the time in the garden next to her house, accompanied by a cat named Nani. One day, the animal disappears, and Rae decides to leave the house for the first time in a long time to find her lost pet.
The Black Glove
Adventure canceled
The Black Glove is a unique combination of FPP adventure game with arcade retro style games. The action takes place in a surrealist theatre from the 1920s, in which time and space are curved. The protagonist uses these phenomena to change reality by playing slot machines for 80's productions. It is the work of an independent studio Day For Night Games, founded by former employees of the Irrational Games team (responsible for the BioShock series).
Wander
Adventure 04 June 2015
An unusual MMO game, focusing completely on relaxing exploration, which you do on your own or with other players. Unlike other games in the genre, Wander features absolutely no rivalry element. The game is set on an alien planet. The protagonist wakes up in the middle of a tropical forest, unable to remember how she got there, and, to her surprise, discovers that she can shapeshift. She embarks on a journey through the mysterious world, trying to learn all its secrets.
Wattam
Puzzle 17 December 2019
Wattam is a debut project of Funomena studio, for which the creator of the game Catamari Damacy is responsible, as well as people working on such hits as Journey. The subject of production is the process of combining different things.
The Room
Puzzle 12 September 2012
The Room is a novel production combining elements of HOPA and logic game genre. The game is a remake of a critically-acclaimed mobile title, and was developed by an independent studio, Fireproof Games. The action of The Room takes place in the eponymous space, in which an extraordinarily complicated safe hides many secrets. The task is to get into the safe by solving a set of logic puzzles.
Framed
Puzzle 13 November 2014
An independent puzzle game maintained in an eye-catching comic setting. The player's task is to adjust the individual elements of the interactive comic book in a way that will allow the wall hero to escape safely.
Icycle: On Thin Ice
Arcade 27 November 2013
Original surreal platformer, set in the postapocalyptic realities of Earth after the ice apocalypse. We play the role of a naked man in a bowler who travels the world on an old-fashioned two-wheeled bicycle. In an unusual world, the hero is faced with a whole host of imaginative traps, which will require dexterity and the ability to think in an instant.
Deep Under the Sky
Arcade 23 August 2014
A simple arcade game in which we play the jellyfish, crossing the fantastic landscapes of the dark side of Venus and avoiding traps and dangerous parasites lurking in wait for us. The game is characterized by an artistic, slightly psychedelic frame and an intuitive one-button control model.
Elegy for a Dead World
Adventure 10 December 2014
An unusual adventure game in which the player explores three unique worlds. Their observations are written as a diary. Elegy for a Dead World was developed by an independent studio Dejobaan Games, known for games like AaaaaA!!! A Reckless Disregard for Gravity and Drunken Robot Pornography. The main protagonist travels across the surfaces of three planets in search for the remains of a forgotten civilizations.
Zero Age
Puzzle 09 October 2014
Zero Age is a logical game created by Hosni Auji and Majd Akar. The production takes us to the surreal world of structures drifting in the air, which we have to overcome as a hero with the power to manipulate elements of the environment.
The Sailor's Dream
Adventure 05 November 2014
The Sailor's Dream is an adventure game by Simogo. The production focuses only on telling an interesting story and is devoid of traditional logical or agility challenges. Instead, the whole game is about discovering fragments of the narrative and trying to understand the whole story.
White Night
Adventure 03 March 2015
A third-person survival horror from the independent French studio OSome, inspired by the Alone in the Dark series. White Night takes place in 1930’s, following a hero trapped in an old family mansion that hides a dark secret of the past. Our main enemy are the dark and mysterious creatures that dwell in it, forcing us to solve many puzzles based on light and dark mechanics.
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
Adventure 23 March 2011
A climatic adventure game originally released for iPad in 2011. The mechanics of the game is based on the point-n-click interface, so the game is mainly about searching the locations in order to find clues to help solve puzzles. From time to time, simple combat sequences also occur to add variety to the gameplay.