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Retro City Rampage
Action 09 October 2012
Retro City Rampage is a humorous action game created by Vblank Entertainment studio. The title is a parody of such series as Grand Theft Auto. Players move on until 1980 and take on the role of a mentally unbalanced criminal from Theftropolis. The game is stylized on production from the era of 8-bit computers and contains many references to mass culture.
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Play the World
Strategy 05 November 2002
An official expansion for the third installment of the cult turn-based strategy game series by Sid Meier and his newly established studio, Firaxis Games. Sid Meier's Civilization III: Play the World is based on the gameplay mechanics of the vanilla game. Therefore, we still lead a chosen civilization to domination over others by conquest, cultural development, or strong economy.
Miasmata
Adventure 28 November 2012
The first adventure in which we are looking for a cure for a mysterious plague. The game takes place on a large open island inhabited by dangerous predators. Miasmata combines exploration, survival struggle and logical elements. Noteworthy is the title graphics - a modest independent studio created an original engine.
Ace of Spades
Action 12 December 2012
Ace of Spades is a shooter produced by Jagex studio, which combines mechanisms typical for multiplayer FPS with elements known from Minecraft. During multi-player battles players can erect any buildings and destroy the existing ones.
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.
Clockwork Empires
Strategy 26 October 2016
A steampunk-themed economy simulation strategy game developed by the independent studio Gaslamp Games which is known for the roguelike RPG entitled Dungeons of Dredmor. The action takes place in an unusual depiction of the 19th century, and the players assume the role of proud citizens of British Empire, their task being to colonize new lands. Generally, the gameplay mechanics are based on typical economy simulation games and involve primarily expansion of towns and managing their resources.
Just Survive
Action 17 February 2016
An MMO game referred to as a "survival sandbox" by its creators, Daybreak Game Company. H1Z1 takes place in an alternate world, 15 years after the discovery of the titular virus that caused a world-wide zombie epidemic. The few survivors fight for their lives, struggling against zombies, wild animals, and other surviving factions. During the game, players get the chance to build a shelter or even entire cities somewhere in the United States.
Victory: The Age of Racing
Racing 12 February 2014
A sandbox racing game focused on multiplayer competition. In the game we can design our own Formula 1 car from scratch and participate in a series of online races, played on procedurally generated routes. Vae Victis studio production is characterized by high quality binding and realistic driving physics.
State of Decay: Lifeline
Action 30 May 2014
The first large expansion to the popular survival game State of Decay. This sandbox title created by Undead Labs takes the player to a post-apocalyptic world overrun by a zombie plague. The player must rebuild the human society. The expansion adds a new campaign, the completing of which takes a few hours. The campaign tells a completely new story. The game takes place in a small city called Denforth, where the protagonist is sent in order to save the scientists that are there.
The Tomorrow Children
Action 25 October 2016
An online action game, in which the players cooperate to gather resources and build a city terrorized by huge beasts. The game was developed by Japanese studio Q-Games, known e.g. for the Pixel Junk franchise. The Tomorrow Children features a grim vision of the world destroyed in a failed Soviet experiment. The few survivors live harsh lives in the so-called "void", inhabited by hostile creatures. The clone people live in a society divided into classes, based on skewed Marxist ideals.
Boundless
RPG 11 September 2018
Boundless is a sandbox MMORPG developed by Wonderstruck Games. The game (also known as Oort Online during its Early Access period) allows the players to explore a couple of diversified worlds that are connected with each other through a system of magic portals and all together work as the game's universe, on which the players have a significant influence. The game's plot focuses on searching for the traces of the extinct Oort civilization to find out what caused its demise.
Lucius II: The Prophecy
Adventure 13 February 2015
A sequel to the unusual adventure game developed by Shiver Games in 2012. Once more the player assumes the role of a six year old boy who is in fact the son of Lucifer himself. The story of the game continues the plot of its predecessor. Lucius, the only survivor of a massacre in his family mansion, is moved to a mental hospital in Ludlow city, where, while initially missing his paranormal abilities, he starts another massacre.
Northern Shadow
RPG canceled
Northern Shadow is a cocktail of RPG and strategy, which allows you to freely explore the fantasy world from a first person perspective, as well as expand your own city-state, wage wars and establish trade and diplomatic relations with neighboring nations.
Bear Simulator
Simulation 26 February 2016
Bear simulator, developed by one-man Farjay studio with the support of Kickstarter’s users. We play as the eponymous bear and are tasked with surviving in unfriendly environment. We explore the game’s open world and get food by catching fishes, stealing honey from beehives, and gathering tasty species of plants. We also make use of our strong paws and claws to clear our way and fight with other animals. Resting in our cave will be necessary to replenish our lost energy.
Darkout
Adventure 08 February 2013
An original sandbox platform game in which we are forced to survive on a foreign and hostile planet. The concept of the game assumes the creative use of a system of craftsmanship, in order to create new objects, weapons and technologies. Light and shadow mechanics also play an important role, which will allow us to survive many encounters with hostile dark creatures.
SimCity: Cities of Tomorrow
Strategy 12 November 2013
Extended extension to the popular SimCity game. The title takes players into the future, providing access to new buildings, technological solutions, drones, vehicles and more. The graphic style has also changed significantly, with a lot of neon lights.
Gnomoria
Strategy 23 February 2016
An open world economic strategy game set in a fantasy universe. It was developed by the independent studio, Robotronic Games. The game is deprived of any storyline which could be highlighted - the player is taken to a randomly generated open world, leading a group of gnomes. Having limited supplies, the creatures wish to settle down and establish a kingdom in these unknown areas.
Habitat
Strategy 26 January 2016
A sandbox strategy game developed by the independent studio 4gency, in which we are given a major task of saving humanity by building a functioning space station. Habitat’s story is set in the distant future, where humanity is looking for a new place to live after the Earth was left in ruins. Players have to build a base that can act as a shelter for the millions of Earth’s inhabitants and take care of their needs and safety.
CounterSpy
Action 19 August 2014
Set in the cold war reality, spy platform game with stealth elements. The title is a debut of an independent studio Dynamighty, which includes former employees of LucasArts and Pixar movie studio. During the game we play as an agent of elite organization whose task is to take care of the balance of power between the superpowers and prevent the outbreak of an open armed conflict.
Dangerous
RPG 01 January 2012
Dangerous is a spcae-opera sandbox action-RPG with elements of a space simulator. The player plays the role of a liberated prisoner with a dark past, who can save the universe or contribute to its destruction. The title was produced by independent studio Binary Helix.
Civilization Online
RPG canceled
An online installment in the strategy game series created in 1991 by a gaming industry legend, Sid Meier. It was developed by XL Games, a South Korean studio. The title combines the classic gameplay mechanics of the franchise with solutions typical of the contemporary MMO productions. The players assume control of one of four different cultures that compete against one another in a procedurally generated and constantly changing world.
Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington - The Redemption
Action 23 April 2013
The final episode of The Tyranny of King Washington expansion that adds a completely new story campaign to the third installment of the bestselling Assassin’s Creed series developed by Ubisoft. The Redemption finishes the story shown in two previous expansions, in which Connor, the main protagonist, faces a power-crazed version of George Washington. This time the action takes place in New York City.
Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington - The Infamy
Action 19 February 2013
The first of three DLCs constituting the additional story campaign for Assassin’s Creed III. The expansion, called The Tyranny of King Washington - The Infamy, shows an alternative version of history. Consumed by the lust for power, George Washington proclaims himself as the king and becomes a brutal tyrant that intends to gain complete control over the country. Connor, the main protagonist, does not accept that; he decides to stop the madman from ruining the country.
Jon Shafer's At the Gates
Strategy 23 January 2019
A turn-based strategy game developed by Conifer Games under the lead of Jon Shaker - one of the lead developers of Sid Meier’s Civilization V. In At the Gates, the action takes place in the latter part of Roman Empire domination over Europe, and players assume control of a small barbaric tribe trying to take advantage of the fading Roman power to dominate the Old Continent. One starts the game with limited resources and has to explore uninviting lands and gather resources.