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Never Stop Sneakin'
Action 14 December 2017
Never Stop Sneakin' is a stealth game by indie studio Humble Hearts, and a parody of the genre, especially of the first installment in the Metal Gear Solid series. The story focuses on the nefarious plans of a terrorist group, which uses a time machine to travel back in time and kidnap every American president. You play as a special secret agent, who is sent to the enemy base to free the presidents.
Xenon Valkyrie+
Action 03 February 2017
Platformer with RPG and roguelike elements, in which we travel through procedurally generated mazes that swarming with smaller or larger enemies. Also, you have to watch out for traps and other obstacles. The title refers to the roots of the genre through both the visual setting and the sound layer.
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.
Guacamelee! 2
Action 21 August 2018
A sequel to the well-received game Guacamelee!. The players once again assume the role of Juan Aguacate who faces a global threat.
The Siege and the Sandfox
Arcade 2024
The Siege and the Sandfox is a 2D platformer with sneaking elements, reminiscent of the Metroid and Castlevania series. In a lonely desert city, the hero is wrongly accused of murdering the king. Unlawfully sentenced to imprisonment in dungeons, he must find his way to the surface and clear his name. Only truth can prevent the collapse of the kingdom.
Uncanny Valley
Adventure 23 April 2015
A two-dimensional pixel art survival horror. It is a debut title of the independent Slovenian studio Cowardly Creations. In the game the player assumes the role of a night watchman who guards a mysterious factory in shifts with his friend. To kill some time, the protagonist decides to explore the building. He discovers things he would rather not know. As the story progresses, he learns new dark secrets about his working place.
FAR: Lone Sails
Adventure 17 May 2018
The debut game by indie studio Mr. Whale's Game Service, designed with the single player mode in mind. The production is set in a ruined world, which you traverse in an unusual vehicle resembling a combination of a boat and a train. The gameplay in Far: Lone Sails focuses on exploring locations in search of items, which allow you to survive. However, instead of seeking food or building shelters, you have to take care of your vessel.
Ooblets
RPG 01 September 2022
Ooblets is a charming farm game that offers a lot of rarely seen elements in this category. It includes the breeding of creatures and their use for turn-based battles, an open-structure world or the option of automating large-scale agricultural production.
Little Inferno
Puzzle 18 November 2012
Little Inferno is a puzzle game produced by an independent studio Tomorrow Corporation. The action takes place in a gloomy world where winter has been going on for years. The player takes on the role of a child, who becomes the lucky owner of the Little Inferno, an entertaining fireplace. The game consists in smoking toys ordered from the shipping catalogue.
CrossCode
RPG 20 September 2018
A science-fiction arcade RPG developed by Radical Fish Games. We are taken to a distant future, to a world where humanity spends its free time by playing a futuristic MMO called CrossWorlds. Our hero – Lea – returns to the game after a long break, as the game’s administration suggests that her loss of memory may be averted by logging back to the game.
Kill the Bad Guy
Puzzle 28 May 2014
Kill the Bad Guy is a puzzle game in which the main task of the player is to eliminate the title "bad people", i.e. former mafia members and terrorists. This should be done discreetly and as spectacularly as possible.
Alto's Odyssey
Arcade 21 February 2018
A continuation of a well-received 2015 mobile endless runner Alto's Adventure, developed by Snowman. Like its predecessor, Alto's Odyssey does not feature a story as such - in the game, the player assumes the role of a snowboarder who has to overcome the obstacles, jump over chasms, run from the enemies, catch runaway animals, and perform various snowboard tricks, for which he is awarded points.
Remorse: The List
Action 22 April 2022
First-person survival horror from the creators of Grey modification to Half-Life 2 shooter. In the production we play Adrian, who one day wakes up in an abandoned warehouse, where he finds a mysterious letter and a flashlight. This is how his terrifying adventure begins.
Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul
Adventure 15 August 2017
Paranormal Activity: Lost Souls is a first-person horror adventure game. It was developed by VRWerx and based on the Paranormal Activity horror movies. We play as a person who got stuck in a haunted house, just like the characters in the movies. To survive, we will have to discover the house's secret and find out what creatures want to kill us. Gameplay in Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul is based on the standard formula used in many other horror adventure games.
Dark Fall: Storm Warning
Adventure canceled
A point-and-click adventure game in which the player's task is to unravel the mystery hidden by the pier, more than a hundred years old. On this object forgotten by people in unexplained circumstances people died, and their presence is still manifested here astral beings. The core of the game is exploration of shivering locations, solving puzzles, searching for relics of the past and interacting with spirits.
Fury Unleashed
Action 08 May 2020
A dynamic action platform game with roguelike features. The game was developed by the Polish studio Awesome Games. In Badass Hero the action is presented from a side perspective. The game focuses on exploration of a randomly generated comic book-like world, avoiding many traps and obstacles, and on combat with encountered enemies. The protagonist can use various shotguns, machine guns, rocket launchers, and grenade launchers.
Dead Metal Punks
Action canceled
A sidescrolling shooter with a post-apocalyptic setting – Dead Metal Punks is a debut project created by an independent developer: Paul Scott. In Dead Metal Punks, the players get to visit a Borderlands-like world, where the action is presented from the side and the gameplay has been divided into two different modes. In the first mode, the players control the main protagonist – Lily, while the second mode revolves around driving a fancy tank.
Die Young
Action 12 September 2019
An independent exploration game with survival elements from an in-house team of the Indie Gala company. We play as a heroine who found herself on a Mediterranean island, not knowing how, why, and by whom she was kidnapped. She must uncover the truth behind this event and escape. Die Young employs first-person perspective and focuses on exploration. Aside from that, the protagonist must fight for survival, gathering food, water and useful equipment.
Poly Bridge
Puzzle 12 July 2016
A humorous logic game developed by Dry Cactus, a small studio for which Poly Bridge is the debut title. We assume the role of an engineer building bridges and other constructions that allow various vehicles to cross the river. Poly Bridge is mainly directed towards puzzle enthusiasts and home-grown engineers, as the game gives us a limited budget, a convenient location, and a task to build a bridge that is able to hold the weight of heavy-duty vehicles.
The Occupation
Adventure 05 March 2019
A first-person adventure game created by White Paper Games - an independent British studio. The story involves politics to a large extent, and is set in England of the 1980s. The player takes on the role of a journalist who is investigating the circumstances of passing a controversial bill that reduces the citizens' freedoms. For the most part, the player explores the in-game locations and solves puzzles.
The Town of Light
Adventure 26 February 2016
First-person adventure game in the form of a psychological thriller and the debut of an independent Italian studio Lka.it. The game's plot is set in an mental institution located in the Italian town of Volterra. Creators of The Town of Light decided to depict in their game the history of an actually existing place, focusing on dramas of its residents, treated by facility staff like animals.
Rocketbirds 2: Evolution
Action 26 January 2016
A sequel to the two-dimensional platform game released by Ratloop Asia in 2011. The story of Rocketbirds 2: Evolution takes place once again in an alternative reality in which birds became the dominant species. During the game player assumes the role of agent Hardboiled Chicken, the protagonist of the previous entry in the series. Once again he is trying to stop the evil Putzki who is attempting to take over the world. Gameplay mechanics are similar as in the previous installment of the series.
Tokyo Dark: Remembrance
Adventure 07 September 2017
Developed by Cherrymochi from Japan, a horror adventure title with strong visual novel elements. The main heroine of the game is Ayami Ito, who carries out an investigation into the mysterious disappearance of her partner. In order to find the truth, she needs to take matters in her own hands. Things become complicated as she also has to face the demons of her own past, nightmares, and hallucinations. The non-linear plot leads to one of eleven endings, depending on the player’s in-game choices.
Wild West Online
Action 10 May 2018
A Wild-West-themed MMO game by 612 Games, inspired by the multiplayer mode of the popular Red Dead Redemption by Rockstar Games. Wild West Online is set in a vast open world, where you try to survive and try your hand at various activities. You can play as bandits or law officers; the players can create gangs and rob banks and steal from or kill encountered people. But you can also choose a different career and become e.g. a farmer or a gold prospector.