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Sword of the Stars: Ground Pounders
Strategy 15 July 2014
Ground Pounders is a spin-off of the Sword of the Stars series, a turn-based battle strategy inspired by the cult Panzer General. As the leader of one of the three races, we fight battles on the surface of various planets, using a deck of special cards that produce unique and powerful effects. In addition to three campaigns for a single player, the production also includes multiplayer mode.
Helldivers
Action 03 March 2015
Helldivers is an arcade cooperative science fiction shooter developed by Arrowhead, creators of the humorous action RPG Magicka. The game takes place in a distant future where players take the roles of the members of the elite Helldivers unit whose job is to protect the politically divided planet known as Super Earth. It was attacked by three alien races. Players have to finish procedurally generated missions in order to save mankind.
Saturn 9
Adventure 21 June 2013
Set in the realities of science-fiction survival horror in the FPP convention. Our task is to investigate the deck of a spacecraft with which communication was unexpectedly lost and to determine what happened to its crew. Although the game is extremely short, it skillfully grades the tension and plays with the player's feelings and fears.
Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches
Action 13 August 2013
The second story expansion for Dishonored, a stealth action game created by Arkane. It continues the story of the first expansion - The Knife of Dunwall. Again, we play as the assassin of the empress, Daud, who departs for the lair of a witch by the name of Delilah in order to prevent her from carrying out a ritual that would allow for his final condemnation.
Viscera Cleanup Detail
Arcade 23 October 2015
A lighthearted, science-fiction arcade game that allows the player to assume the role of a cleaner on a space station. Viscera Cleanup Detail starts in a moment that would normally mean that the end credits are about to roll in any typical story. Instead, our hero enters the action moments after somebody got rid of an alien horde. As can be easily imagined, the station is littered with destroyed instruments and body parts of humans and aliens alike. Our task is to clean up the mess.
Strider
Action 18 February 2014
A metroidvania game from Capcom's popular series. The game, developed by Double Helix Games, is set in a grim future where Earth is ruled by a cruel dictator – Grandmaster Meio. As Hiryu, a young warrior who achieved "Super A" rank as the youngest member of the titular organization, we must put an end to Meio's rule and kill him. Even though Strider is implemented in fully 3D visuals we observe the game from a side-view perspective.
BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode One
Action 12 November 2013
The first official story expansion for BioShock: Infinite, created by Irrational Games. Burial at Sea - Episode One is a nod to the fans of the first two parts of the series, for it brings the players back to one of the alternative dimensions of the underwater metropolis known as Rapture. The player is put in the shoes of Booker DeWitt, a detective whose job, at Elizabeth's request, is to find a girl named Sally - a character from the actual BioShock: Infinite.
Final Horizon
Strategy 02 December 2014
Final Horizon is a real-time tower defense strategy developed by the Eiconic Games team. The task of players is to build defensive structures and watchtowers in a way that will enable them to repel the attacks of successive waves of enemies.
Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter HD
Action 10 September 2013
A thoroughly refreshed version of the 2010 release of Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter, the first-player hunting game. In the near future, mankind is discovering a technology that allows the exploration of space. On one of the newly discovered planets life similar to that which prevailed on Earth millions of years ago flourishes. The player plays the role of a hunter who has the opportunity to take part in a dinosaur hunt. The title was produced by Vogster Online studio.
Ar Nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star
RPG 06 March 2014
A traditional three-dimensional jRPG game set in the fantastic universe of science fiction, in which advanced technology and magic based on the power of music and songs coexist. The main character is a former soldier who sets off on a journey whose stake will be the fate of the world.
Velocity Ultra
Arcade 15 May 2013
In the game we control a small spacecraft equipped with a special technology that allows you to teleport at short distances. We fly through narrow corridors, avoiding collisions with walls and destroying enemy units. In this edition, the creators abandoned pixel graphics in favour of higher resolution.
Tex Murphy: Overseer
Adventure 28 February 1998
The fifth part of Tex Murphy's adventures - a private detective and life loser. In the game's plot based on the retrospective, we return to the case of the death of a university professor, the father of our protagonist's first wife. He worked on a secret project to develop a method of remote mind control. The classic story presented in the modern setting develops some threads, known to the players from the first installment of the series.
Armed & Dangerous
Action 21 February 2003
Another project of Planet Moon Studios employees, creators of an extraordinary game Giants: Citizen Kabuto. It is a position combining a lot of dynamic action with strategic elements, realized in full three-dimensional graphic design.
A.I.M.: Artificial Intelligence Machine
Action 27 February 2004
Quite an interesting mix of simulations, adventures and elements typical for cRPG games, realized in advanced three-dimensional graphics.
Dark Colony
Strategy 08 October 1997
Dark Colony is an interesting real-time strategy (RTS), developed by specialists from Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI). We move there until the middle of the twentieth century, when work on the colonization of Mars is in progress.
Alien Blast: The Encounter
Action 09 February 2004
A futuristic shooter set in 2060, somewhere in a distant part of the cosmos, beyond the reach of human civilization. You defend the planet from alien hordes on your own.
Star Control II
Strategy 23 January 1992
The game is considered to be one of the most innovative games in the history of the computer industry. SC2 is a combination of adventure strategy with elements of arcade game, with action taking place in space.
Deadlock: Planetary Conquest
Strategy 31 July 1996
A strategy combining the best features of titles such as K-240, Civilization, SimCity, Outpost and Utopia. The action of the game was set in the distant future. The player's task is to expand the colony on the planet Gallius IV.
I've Found Her: Danger and Opportunity
Simulation 27 December 2003
Space simulator based on the story of the popular series Babylon 5, and created by an independent group of Russian programmers Space Dream Factory.
UFO: Alien Invasion
Strategy 01 April 2007
UFO: Alien Invasion is a turn-based strategy in science fiction, created by Ww3 development studio. The player takes on the role of commander of a special unit of soldiers, entrusted with the task of fighting the Earth-endangering invaders from the Cosmos. The game combines elements of strategy and tactical TPP shooting.
Panzer Dragoon (1996)
Arcade 15 June 1996
In the distant future, a handful of people must use ancient weapons and armoured dragons to defend themselves against bio-weapons.
ZAX: The Alien Hunter
Adventure 10 October 2001
ZAX: The Alien Hunter is an action/adventure game. Players take on the role of Zax, a soldier who crashed on a foreign planet, and now has to quickly repair his ship and escape from it before it is swallowed up by a supernova explosion.
Star Wars: Behind the Magic
Adventure 15 June 1998
Multimedia encyclopedia addressed to all lovers of the Star Wars trilogy, containing a complete set of information about the film world and Episode I: Phantom Menace.
Star Wars: Starfighter
Arcade 19 February 2001
Star Wars: Starfighter is LucasArts' arcade simulation of the Star Wars universe. The player joins the team of pilots defending the Naboo planet. The creators have prepared 20 models of fighters, which can be controlled in battles with the fleet of the Trade Federation and ships of the Galactic Empire.