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Stellaris: The Machine Age
Strategy 07 May 2024
The ninth large expansion for the grand strategy game made by Paradox Interactive in 2016. Stellaris: The Machine Age has us face new types of threats related to cybernetics and synthetic technologies. The DLC offers new origins, ethos, constructions, techs and crisis paths.
KeeperRL
Strategy 29 February 2024
A strategy game with RPG and roguelike elements inspired by Dwarf Fortress and Dungeon Keeper. KeeperRL has us creating dungeons, conquering the surface world and even traversing dungeons of other players as an adventurer.
Caribbean Legend
RPG 15 February 2024
An informal new version of the sandbox RPG titled Sea Dogs: To Each His Own. Caribbean Legend allows to explore the 17th century Caribbean archipelago. We take parts in sea battles, fight enemies on land, complete quests, recruit the ship's crew and expand our fortune.
Outward 2
RPG TBA
A sequel to a third-person perspective RPG from 2021. Outward 2 offers an open fantasy world, as well as survival elements. The game features a high difficulty level. It can be played in singleplayer mode or with other players using split screen or online coop.
Astrobotanica
Adventure 2025 (early access since 2025)
An FPP survival game with an open world, similar in some ways to Subnautica. In Astrobotanica we play as a biologist from an alien planet - we arrive on ancient Earth seeking plants which will allow our species to survive. The game is heavy on exploration and crafting.
Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land
RPG 21 March 2025
A jRPG with an open world, belonging to a series launched in 1997. Atelier Yumia The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land introduces real-time battles instead of the old turn-based system. We can use alchemy both in our base and during our journey.
Parcel Corps
Arcade 03 October 2024
A TPP arcade game, in which we play as a bicycle courier. Parcel Corps tasks us with traversing the city of New Island, delivering packages on time and performing spectacular tricks.
Hearts of Iron IV: Arms Against Tyranny
Strategy 10 October 2023
The eighth major expansion to the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV. Hearts of Iron IV: Arms Against Tyranny focuses on three Northern European countries - Finland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden - trying to survive World War II.
Repo Man
RPG TBA
Repo Man is a Polish open-world RPG that combines cyberpunk with urban fantasy elements in the fictional colonial city of San Alma. As Arthur Newstead, you collect debts by searching for debtors and making difficult moral decisions.
Horizon: Forbidden West - Burning Shores
Action 19 April 2023
A story expansion to Horizon: Forbidden West, set in the ruins of Los Angeles. Unlike the base game, which is available on the PS4 and the PS5, the DLC is exclusive to the PlayStation 5.
The Crew: Motorfest
Racing 14 September 2023
The Crew Motorfest is a Hawaii-set spin-off of the sandbox racing series The Crew, published by Ubisoft. This time the developers compete with Forza Horizon, placing greater emphasis on sports cars and off-road vehicles.
Diluvion
Simulation 02 February 2017
An arcade submarine simulator with crew management elements. The game was developed by an independent team known as Arachnid Games. The story of Diluvion takes place in the distant future, where an apocalyptic flood has forced humanity to colonize the ocean depths. The gameplay is focused around exploration of a marine world of a considerable size, completing various tasks, and combat with encountered opponents.
Don't Starve Together
Action 21 April 2016
A standalone expansion for the 2013’s well-received survival sandbox game, Don’t Starve. The main goal of the add-on is to transfer the core premise of the original title into cooperative multiplayer gameplay. In the game, we still explore the world, gather food, build a shelter, fight various enemies, and take care of the protagonist’s physical and mental health.
Far Cry 4: Valley of the Yetis
Action 10 March 2015
Far Cry 4: Valley of the Yetis is the first story DLC released for the fourth installment of the best-selling FPS series Far Cry. The game takes place in Himalayas, in the titular Yeti Valley, where a helicopter with our hero crashes. In this cold and inhospitable land, Ajay Ghale, known from the base game, will have to face new enemies, spearheaded by the brutal local cultists and mighty Yetis. That, however, is only the beginning of a darker story.
Shakedown Hawaii
Action 07 May 2019
An old-school open-world action game and a sequel to Retro City Rampage developed by Vblank Entertainment. The action of Shakedown Hawaii takes place 30 years after the events presented in its predecessor. The protagonist has grown really old and got himself a large belly. Dramatic events forced him to take up arms once again and to rebuild his crime empire.
Spider-Man: The Heist
Action 23 October 2018
A part of a 3-episode DLC for Marvel's Spider-Man. The add-on contains fresh challenges and crimes, a previously unseen faction and new costumes for Spider-Man. In Spider-Man: The City That Never Sleeps, as the DLC itself is called, both Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson play an important role, as well as the protagonist's former love interest Felicia Hardy, also known as Black Cat.
PixARK
Action 31 May 2019
PixARK is a sandbox game inspired by ARK: Survival Evolved. The game lets the player explore a fantastic park, made entirely out of voxels. The park is inhabited by many magical animals and dinosaurs, that can be tamed by the player.
Re:Legend
RPG 06 September 2022
Re: Legend is an unusual RPG, which, apart from fighting enemies and interacting with NPCs, revolves around catching and training monsters, erecting buildings, and agriculture. The players get to catch diverse species of beasts inhabiting the vast land of Ethia, expand the village, and enter relationships with the villagers. The game has been designed to deliver a 4-player cooperative multiplayer mode.
Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition
Adventure 19 December 2016
Created for Windows 10, a special edition of the successful sandbox game by Mojang AB. The general premise is the same as in Minecraft, but unlike the original game, based on the first java edition, this one draws from the mobile edition called Minecraft: Pocket Edition. Therefore, gameplay is not as extensive, and the game itself is not compatible with the original Minecraft.
Sleeping Dogs: The Year of the Snake
Action 12 March 2013
The Year of the Snake is a six mission long feature add-on DLC for Sleeping Dogs. This time, Wei Shen, a detective, has to face the cultists who took to the streets of Hong Kong and began murdering people in order to secure their place in paradise.
Terraria: Otherworld
Arcade canceled
Terraria: Otherworld is the second part of the popular sandbox platform game, developed by Andrew Spinks and his independent studio Re-Logic. In the game, referred to as “two dimensional Minecraft”, we are given the ability to shape a randomly generated world without restrictions and to create a number of useful tools, utility objects and structures via its crafting system.
Cities XL 2012
Strategy 20 October 2011
An economic strategy in which we manage all the most important aspects of the functioning of the metropolis we bring in. The aim of the game is to build a city as close to the ideal as possible, whose inhabitants lead an idyllic life, paying low taxes, not worrying about the morning traffic jams, queues at the clinic and air pollution.
Cities XL
Strategy 08 October 2009
A strategy in which we build and manage cities (so-called "city builder"). The production contains several scenarios - the most fun is to build your own metropolis from scratch. During this process, we determine the layout of streets, build buildings and organize communication, and then we take care of the residents' satisfaction. On the day of the premiere, an attraction of the game was also the online mode, thanks to which we were able to visit other players' cities.
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
Strategy 02 November 2004
The third part of the well-known strategic-economic RollerCoaster Tycoon series. Its previous editions turned out to be great publishing successes, selling themselves (including additions) in more than seven million copies worldwide.