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Garry’s Mod
Action 29 November 2006
A commercial version of one of the most popular Source engine based mods, created in 2004 by Garry Newman. It lacks any sort of plotline or clearly defined objectives and is a pure sandbox game, employing the unique features of Source and laws of physics, simulated by Havok company’s software. Thanks to that we can single-handedly create any kind of map we want and play on them by ourselves or with other players in unique game modes.
Saints Row: The Third
Action 15 November 2011
The third installment in the series of action games developed by THQ, combining mechanics known from the Grand Theft Auto franchise with absurd sense of humor. The main protagonist is the same character as in the previous Saints Row games. Together with a group of gangsters he tries to preserve the position of the Saints gang. However, a completely new force is trying to take over Steelport – an international syndicate, called Dawn, that specializes in extortion and racketeering.
Skull and Bones
Action 16 February 2024
A pirate tactical action game developed by a Shanghai-based studio working under Ubisoft. Skull & Bones takes place during the golden age of piracy on the waters of the Indian Ocean. The player assumes the role of a corsair who commands his ship while gradually building up his reputation and amassing more loot.
Genshin Impact
RPG 28 September 2020
An action adventure game set in a universe known from Genishin Impact manga. The production offers the possibility to control one of the few heroes. In the title you will also find a spectacular, arcade combat model and many different locations to explore. MiHoYo is responsible for creating the game.
Grounded
Action 27 September 2022
Grounded is a survival action game in which players take on the role of a teenagers, shrunk down to ant size, who are forced to fight for their survival in the garden of a house in the American suburbs. While playing, they collect raw materials, construct objects and buildings, and fight against aggressive animals.
The Long Dark
Adventure 01 August 2017
A first person survival sandbox game, developed by independent Canadian studio Hinterland. The team includes veteran game developers, who previously worked for Relic Entertainment, Volition, and BioWare. The game takes you into a post-apocalyptic world after a massive geomagnetic storm. With all electronic devices disabled and water and food supplies running low, the player has to struggle to survive the incoming winter.
Moonstone Island
Adventure 20 September 2023
An adventure game with RPG and life sim elements. Moonstone Island is set in a fantasy world of floating islands, which the player explores, learns its secrets and faces threats hidden within.
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria
Action 24 October 2023
A third-person survival game set in the world of The Lord of the Rings. The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria has us playing as dwarves, summoned by Gimli Lockbearer to reclaim Moria and the treasures within.
Satisfactory
Simulation 2024 (early access since 19 March 2019)
Shooter enriched with elements of simulation game and economic strategy, in which our task is to create a powerful factory complex on one of the distant planets. To do this, we travel the map in search of useful raw materials, construct buildings, construct various equipment and production lines, as well as face aggressive predators living in the wilderness.
Conan Exiles
Action 08 May 2018
Set in universe of Conan, a sandbox action game with survival features, developed by team at Norwegian Funcom, mostly known from its adventure cycle The Longest Journey and the Age of Conan MMORPG. We play as one of the many outcasts trying to survive in a brutal, hostile world.
Just Cause
Action 22 September 2006
A third-person action game developed by the Swedish Avalanche studio (Just Cause is their first AAA project). The game takes players to an exotic South American island called San Esperito, which covers the area of over 1200 square miles. The player assumes the role of Rico Rodriguez - a CIA agent tasked with overthrowing the corrupt self-made government and investigate whether the island holds any weapons of mass destruction.
Disney Dreamlight Valley
Adventure 05 December 2023
A hybrid of a TPP adventure game and a life sim, set in the fantastic universe of Disney and Pixar. In Disney Dreamlight Valley we play the role of a character whose task is to save the inhabitants of the valley and restore the old order.
Star Wars: Outlaws
Action 30 August 2024 (early access since August 2024)
A TPP open world action adventure game based on the Star Wars license. Star Wars: Outlaws stars Key Vess, a smuggler working for numerous factions of the criminal underworld. The game features numerous explorable planet as well as space travel.
Dead Rising 2
Action 24 September 2010
Dead Rising 2 brings a continuation to a 2006 TPP action game developed by Capcom. In that game, the player faces hordes of bloodthirsty zombies using environmental objects and hand-crafted weapons. The second installment is set several years after the events of the original game, and the deadly virus has infected almost the entire United States.
Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator
Strategy 02 June 2017
Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator is a title developed by Brilliant Game Studios. It enables the user to simulate medieval/ancient battles in which dozens of thousands of units can participate. The game presents the topic in a humorous way. Not only Romanian centurions, medieval knights, Spartans and Persians can fight against each other, but orcs, trolls, Santa Clauses, penguins and chickens as well.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Action 17 March 2009
A spin-off to the bestselling Grand Theft Auto series, at first developed for Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable handhelds and later converted to mobile devices as well. The story takes place in Liberty City, a place well known to the fans of the series. As Huang Lee, member of a Chinese criminal group, the player is trying to prove his worth, avenge the death of his father, and reclaim a valuable sword that for centuries was the symbol of his family’s power.
Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD
Action 14 January 2014
A re-released edition of the action game Assassin's Creed: Liberation, previously released for PlayStation Vita, now converted for PC Windows and home consoles. Like in the 2012 original, the protagonist of Assassin's Creed: Liberation is the Black woman Aveline de Gandpré, who joins the Assassins to fight for liberty and justice. The game is set mostly in New Orleans in the turbulent years 1765-1780.
Surviving Mars
Strategy 15 March 2018
A science fiction economic strategy game developed by Haemimont Games and published by Paradox Interactive. The title is a city builder in which the player must design the first human settlement on Mars. Being a manager of a space colony requires the player to take care of many matters - the survival and well being of the colony inhabitants depend on it.
Age of Water
Action 25 April 2024
Age of Water is an MMO game taking place in a world flooded by water - we explore it using our own boat, which we gradually develop. The game was developed by Three Whales Studio.
Survival: Fountain of Youth
Simulation 21 May 2024 (early access since 19 April 2023)
Survival: Fountain of Youth is an action adventure game with survival elements, its story revolving around the titular Fountain of Youth. The game is set in the 16-th century. We play as a stowaway, trying to survive on fifteen different islands.
Where Winds Meet
RPG 2024
An action RPG that takes us to a fantasy version of China at the end of the 10th century. In Where Winds Meet, we take on the role of a swordsman traversing the world and facing enemies as he searches for a place for himself in a land in conflict.
Dinkum
RPG 14 July 2022
Dinkum is an RPG in which we build a town on an island inspired by the Australian wilderness. While playing, we grow crops, raise animals, gather resources, hunt and fish, and construct buildings, all with the goal of attracting new residents.
Star Trek: Infinite
Strategy 12 October 2023
A 4X strategy game set in the Star Trek universe. Star Trek: Infinite was developed by Nimble Giant Entertainment and published by Paradox Interactive.
Night-Runners
Racing 2025
An open world racing game, allowing for illegal night races of highly tuned cars taking place on Japanese highways. Night-Runners wants to be a spiritual successor of the Need for Speed Underground games, however the atmosphere of the game is heavier and more serious.