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TEXNOPLAZM
TEXNOPLAZM is a first-person brawler/shooter hybrid set in the year 200X, somewhere in Europe. It's a world where advanced magic functions similarly to technology, allowing for extraordinary feats for those with the correct sorcerer code. Players take on the role of the Girl With No Name, a Technoplasm, and navigate a gothic cityscape. The core gameplay revolves around three interconnected move sets: punches, ranged weapons, and firearms. Combat is centered around defeating enemies by utilizing their own weapons against them, seamlessly switching between these combat styles during intense fights. Players are encouraged to blend movement and combat abilities to execute inventive takedowns, creating dynamic and imaginative strategies.
The narrative unfolds within a world where a street gang traffics synthetic companions, referred to underground as "Dolls." One of these Dolls begins to fight purely on instinct, unbound by her original purpose. Players unlock special moves and passive abilities as they explore the cityscape, uncovering their mysterious origins and the secrets of this future that never was.
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2
The game features a single-player story mode where players can relive key arcs from the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba anime. Specifically, players will experience the Entertainment District Arc, the Swordsmith Village Arc, and the Hashira Training Arc, controlling Tanjiro Kamado and battling alongside his allies. The core gameplay revolves around destroying demons using the power of forged bonds. The VS Mode includes over 40 characters, prominently featuring the nine Hashira, the highest-ranking swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps. New elements such as Dual Ultimates and Gear have been added to enhance the combat experience, offering new challenges both online and offline.
The VS Mode allows players to engage in battles with the extensive roster of characters, including Character Unlock Keys for Academy Rengoku, Academy Uzui, Academy Tanjiro, Academy Nezuko, Academy Zenitsu, Academy Inosuke, Academy Giyu, Academy Shinobu, Hinatsuru, Makio, and Suma. Battle Attire, including Kimono (Meal Prep) for Hinatsuru, Makio, and Suma, can also be utilized in VS Mode. The game incorporates new systems like Dual Ultimates and Gear, and the latest patch must be installed to utilize online features.
Oscuro Blossom's Glow
This puzzle-platformer centers around Selene, a young girl who possesses the ability to absorb and emit light from mystical flowers. This light is used to activate mechanisms, illuminate paths, and subtly alter her surroundings. By strategically wielding different types of floral light, players can charge objects and elevate platforms, navigating intricate environments that dynamically shift based on their illumination. The game emphasizes ingenuity as players progress, encountering both friendly and hostile creatures that present crucial decisions impacting the fate of the entire planetary system. The world is brought to life through hand-drawn illustrations, showcasing an enchanted plant and creature-filled universe with a vibrant, naturally evolving landscape, accompanied by a symphony of nature and relaxing music.
The narrative follows Selene's journey to reclaim the flowers' lost glow after the emergence of the Dark One, who has stolen the flowers' light and weakened a once-collapsed ancient tree. As she overcomes diverse landscapes and learns to manipulate floral lights, the suffering of her adversary becomes apparent. Ultimately, Selene faces a critical choice in the darkest world: either heal the Dark One or save the planetary system at the cost of her own well-being, weaving a heartfelt story filled with introspection and epic challenges.
Castle Crashers - Painter Boss Paradise
The Painter Boss Paradise DLC for Castle Crashers allows players to create and share custom characters, expanding the game's possibilities significantly. Players can design their own knights, customizing every aspect of their appearance including the head, body, weapon, shield, beefy form, portrait, and Back Off Barbarian piece, using a provided template. These custom characters can then be shared with the world through the Steam Workshop. The DLC also introduces a new official character, Paint Junior, who utilizes imagination and powerful art to battle enemies.
Furthermore, the DLC includes new art for all official playable characters and weapons, a new main menu with eight scenes celebrating the world of Castle Crashers, and new map art for enhanced adventuring. Players can toggle the DLC functionality on or off from the main menu, allowing them to experience the classic adventure or enjoy the new content at any time.
ERA ONE
Era One presents a sprawling space-based strategy experience centered around the construction and management of vast, customizable bases and fleets. Players embark on a journey from the ashes of a shattered universe, initially tasked with building and expanding their own settlements and starships. The game seamlessly blends real-time strategy elements with deep base-building mechanics, allowing players to construct stations, warships, bases, and even cities in space. Extensive customization options are available, enabling players to design and build their bases from scratch, choosing the layout, structures, and aesthetics that suit their playstyle. Players can construct their own base using a set of assembly modules, with no limit to shape or size. Resource Management is a key element, requiring players to gather and manage resources such as raw materials, energy sources, and workforce to construct and upgrade their bases. Defensive Structures and Strategies are crucial, with players able to construct turrets, and traps to protect their bases from enemy attacks.
Further enhancing the gameplay is a robust research and technological advancement system, allowing players to unlock new technologies to enhance their base-building capabilities. Players can build their starships according to their preferences, with vast ship customization options available, enabling them to design and personalize their vessels. Ships in Era One are built using modular components, offering players the flexibility to tailor their ships for specific roles and functions.Upgradeable Ship Systems are available as players progress, including engines for increased speed, shields for improved defense, weapons for enhanced firepower, and scanners for better exploration capabilities.
Static Dread: The Lighthouse
In the wake of a global cataclysm, the harbor authorities reactivated an ancient lighthouse, deploying a lone keeper to a forsaken island to maintain the beacon and ensure the navigability of the seas amidst increasing chaos. The keeper's primary responsibility is to safeguard passing vessels and the nearby town, a task that becomes increasingly perilous with each passing night. Reports from mariners detail encounters with creatures beyond scientific understanding, and ships inexplicably return from distant waters, deserted with their crews vanished without a trace. The keeper's efforts are further complicated by the unsettling behavior of the island's fishing village locals, who engage in prayers to sea gods and rituals to raise the dead.
The keeper's personal life adds another layer of complexity to his mission. His wife and daughter anxiously await his return, while he struggles to maintain his sanity and protect those he loves. The fate of the keeper, the vessels under his care, and the town rests in the balance as he confronts the dark tides gathering beneath the surface of the world, potentially leading to one of multiple endings.
Tiny Bookshop
In this cozy narrative management game, players establish and operate a tiny bookshop by the sea in the charming town of Bookstonbury-by-the-Sea. The core gameplay involves stocking the bookshop with diverse books and items, carefully selecting locations to set up shop, and managing the shop's operations. Players can decorate the bookshop with collected items, each of which has an effect on customers and introduces new mechanics. The goal is to cater to the reading habits of the local population by recommending the right book to the right person, or expanding their literary horizons when needed. Players must get to know the town's quirky cast of characters, befriend them, and assist each other.
Exploration is a key element, with players tasked with discovering the town's history, including the events at Bookston Burgh and the story of St. Bookston. They can also collect items, grow a stamp collection, and uncover secrets within the nooks and crannies of Bookstonbury. The game emphasizes understanding the unique demographics of each location to become a skilled bookseller, and players are encouraged to engage with the development team through Steam wishlists and Discord.
Ritual of Raven
The game centers around a world where unstable portals have caused new arrivals, including the player, to appear, and a local witch, Sage, has taken you under her wing as an apprentice. Your primary goal is to assist Sage in her quest to find her missing Familiar, Flufferstoop, while simultaneously working to stabilize the portals that are disrupting the village. You'll do this by collecting and enchanting Arcana Constructs, a diverse set of magical constructs that perform all your gardening tasks, allowing you to cultivate a thriving herb garden. The game emphasizes the careful harvesting of magical herbs, noting that manual harvesting destroys their properties, and encourages the use of a mystical deck of cards to control the constructs' actions.
Throughout the game, you'll interact with the quirky community of outcasts, learning their individual backstories and trading with them for valuable ingredients. You can also utilize the power of the moon, charging crystals at the moon shrine and commanding the moon phases to suit your needs. Furthermore, you'll explore the world by fishing artifacts from different worlds through the portals, decorate the village with unique furniture from Pistachio's, and collect all 22 Arcana Constructs to build your magical herb garden.
Mafia: The Old Country
Set in the brutal underworld of 1900s Sicily, this action-adventure game follows Enzo Favara's desperate pursuit of a better life within the Torrisi crime family. Having endured a childhood of forced labor, Enzo is willing to risk everything to become a man of honor, swearing an oath to the Mafia that demands sacrifice. Players will navigate a world steeped in tradition and violence, where trust is rare and loyalties are worth killing for. The game emphasizes the constant threat of rival families and their ruthless leaders, who engage in unending turf wars hidden from public view. Enzo's story unfolds in a time when skill with a stiletto blade and a lupara sawed-off shotgun were deadly assets, and mafiosi patrolled their protection rackets using a variety of transportation methods, including foot, horseback, and turn-of-the-century motorcars.
The gameplay focuses on life-or-death combat, utilizing both close-quarters weaponry like stiletto blades and shotguns, as well as period-authentic firearms such as handguns and rifles. Players can engage in stealth takedowns, or participate in intense duels. The game's environments range from the rugged Sicilian countryside, including underground crypts and crumbling ruins, to urban alleyways and opulent locations like vineyards and opera houses. Successfully navigating these diverse settings is crucial for reaching targets and making quick escapes.
Abyssus
Abyssus offers a visceral, fast-paced first-person shooter experience designed for up to four players in cooperative gameplay. Players take on the role of Brinehunters tasked with claiming a massive brine deposit located beneath the ruins of an ancient civilization. The game features 64 hand-crafted levels that are procedurally sequenced, ensuring that each run presents a unique and unpredictable challenge. Players must utilize highly customizable, brine-powered armaments, infused with the might of ancient Gods, and master eight different weapons alongside 45 weapon mods. Character customization extends to pre-run and in-run options, allowing for extensive adjustments to skills and suit modifications. The core gameplay loop revolves around battling 36 different enemies and four bosses, all while uncovering the mysteries of the sunken kingdom.
Success in Abyssus hinges on tactical coordination, positioning skills, and cohesive teamwork. Players can synergize loadouts, skills, suits, and weapon mods to overcome the relentless roguelite gauntlet. The game's atmospheric world is steeped in mystery, prompting players to investigate the inexplicable powers of brine and the corrupted inhabitants of the sunken kingdom. Progression is driven by meta-advancements, rewards, and unlocks, offering continuous opportunities for upgrades and strategic choices.
The Scouring
The game offers a dynamic real-time strategy experience where humans and orcs clash for dominance, incorporating elements of action RPG combat. Players are tasked with building bases, managing resources, and leading armies, utilizing magic, cannons, and strategic tactics to overcome opponents. A key feature is the defense against waves of undead during nighttime encounters. Players can become a powerful hero, customizing their playstyle through experience gain, item collection, and gear customization, blending action RPG combat with strategic army control. Battles are shaped by spells, weapons, and tactics, aiming to claim victory.
The game expands with multiplayer modes supporting ranked matches, free-for-alls, and team battles accommodating up to 8 players. Custom matches and dynamic modes are available, fostering alliances or domination. User-generated content is unlocked through Steam Workshop integration, allowing players to download custom maps, modes, and AI scripts, or create and share their own. The development is community-driven, shaped by player feedback and supported through a Discord server, X, and Reddit.
Echoes of the End
In Echoes of the End, players take on the role of Ryn, a vestige wielding volatile magic, as she fights to rescue her brother from a ruthless totalitarian empire. Partnering with Abram Finlay, a scholar and explorer burdened by his past, Ryn and Abram embark on a journey to uncover a conspiracy threatening to reignite an ancient conflict and plunge the nation of Aema into chaos. The game features a character-driven adventure where players master Ryn's magic and swordsmanship to defeat unique enemies and face challenging boss battles. Ryn's abilities grow throughout the story, allowing players to harness a vast array of devastating powers. Teamwork is crucial as players combine forces with Abram in combat and traversal, utilizing creative combos and interactions to overcome obstacles.
The game's immersive experience is set within a breathtaking and original fantasy world inspired by Icelandic landscapes, encompassing fiery lava fields and icy mountain peaks. Players will engage in solving intricate puzzles utilizing Ryn's powers, including gravity manipulation, destruction, and illusions, often in collaboration with Abram. A diverse range of traversal mechanics, such as double-jumping, dashing, and gravity control, are introduced across the game's chapters, presenting fresh and unique challenges. The game boasts motion-captured performances, intricately designed character models, and stunningly crafted environments, delivering a truly unforgettable and heartfelt experience as players explore the hidden history of Aema and forge unbreakable bonds.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition offers a complete and refined experience of the acclaimed real-time strategy game. The package includes nine full factions, encompassing the Space Marines, Orks, Eldar, Chaos, Imperial Guard, Tau, Necrons, Dark Eldar, and Sisters of Battle, each meticulously depicted and ready for strategic deployment. Players can embark on four full campaigns, including the original Dawn of War campaign focusing on the Blood Ravens facing the fall of Tartarus, the Winter Assault on Lorn V with a race to recover a Titan war machine, the Dark Crusade across the planet Kronus playable as any of the nine factions, and the Soulstorm campaign in the Kaurava System also playable as any of the nine factions. The game supports 2 to 8 player multiplayer, offering a variety of modes and numerous maps for intense strategic battles.
The Definitive Edition features significant updates designed to enhance the game's presentation and compatibility with modern hardware. These updates include image-based lighting, upgraded unit textures with at least four times their original resolution, improved world lighting, unit reflections, more detailed shadows, surface gloss, and emissive lighting. The game also boasts an improved gameplay camera, increased draw distances, and an optimized HUD and screen layout for widescreen viewing. Furthermore, the game is now on a 64-bit platform and includes an integrated Mod Manager, ensuring continued support for over 20 years of lovingly crafted Community Mods.
OVIS LOOP
The game unfolds around a lone, transformed guardian robot – a "robo-sheep" – following the devastating massacre of the sheep by Dr. Wolf's plot. This robot, having lost its memory data and abandoned by its role as protector, must now survive in a desolate environment against relentless wolf adversaries. Gameplay centers on kinetic combat utilizing responsive controls, navigating diverse levels with constantly shifting enemy formations. A core mechanic involves the potential loss of all acquired skills and gear upon defeat, emphasizing strategic survival and careful engagement. Players can download new skills from defeated enemies, but unlike simple acquisition, these skills can be modified and transformed, opening up expansive and imaginative gameplay possibilities.
The narrative explores the story of an AI that has lost its memory and taken on a sheep's body, uncovering chronicles and concealed truths about its past. Players confront powerful bosses, each harboring stories and secrets about the world and its inhabitants, and defeating them reveals glimpses of the true nature of this world. Through these encounters, players may also uncover clues about themselves, revealing a past they never knew, all while utilizing heavily-modified skills to overpower the wolves and forge unique synergies, embodying a "hacker-esque, God-tier" playstyle.
Dice Gambit
Players take on the role of a customizable, debt-ridden family of Inquisitors tasked with hunting chromatic monsters within the city. The core gameplay revolves around building and managing a unique Noble Family, shaping its visual identity and advancing its agenda through strategic marriages and the incubation of heirs. Each character possesses a personal journey, developing their abilities, passives, and stats while attending the Academy and selecting from over 200 unique powers. Combat is driven by dice rolling, where players combine dice to unleash character abilities and strategically decimate enemies. Adapting to the roll of the dice is crucial for optimizing turns and achieving victory, allowing players to control their fate through rerolls.
Furthermore, players can customize their campaign by incorporating game modifiers, ensuring each playthrough is distinct. They can earn favor with eccentric nobles by completing their odd missions and tasks, utilizing their influence to unlock new facilities and acquire powerful skills. Deepening relationships with nobles reveals their personal stories, and players must navigate alliances and rivalries as they climb to prominence, defining their family's legacy within the city's chaotic landscape.
Inkshade
The game centers around a persistent challenge from a wooden board game, where the player assumes the role of a captain tasked with reaching the enigmatic realm of the abyss. To accomplish this, the player must strategically conquer a continent, acquire an airship, and ultimately sail through cursed skies. The core gameplay involves assembling and deploying a crew of distinct pieces within a turn-based strategy board game. Players refine and upgrade these pieces, utilizing strategy and tactics to overcome obstacles and achieve their objective. Each run presents a unique experience, requiring multiple attempts to succeed, and the game's mechanics ensure that no two playthroughs are identical.
Throughout the game, players discover new classes of pieces by solving puzzles and exploring the murky chambers beyond the desk. They can also expand their collection of crew members by recruiting fallen foes, regardless of their initial willingness to fight. These recruited individuals will serve the player's commands, contributing to the ongoing struggle for victory within the game's persistent and challenging design.
Sword of the Sea
Sword of the Sea is an atmospheric surfing adventure centered around a quest to restore a lost ocean. Players take on the role of the Wraith, resurrected in the desolate Necropolis, and embark on a journey to unveil the ancient sea buried beneath the land. The gameplay focuses on high-speed movement using a Hoversword, inspired by skateboarding and snowboarding, allowing players to carve forward, build momentum, and perform radical flips, spins, and grab tricks across a variety of environments. The world is characterized by constant, shifting waves, ranging from massive tides to small ripples, and is rendered with incredible detail, encompassing sandy deserts, glacial mountains, and numerous undulating environments filled with secrets.
The game's artistic design is spearheaded by Matt Nava, the visionary behind titles like ABZÛ, The Pathless, and Journey, and features beautiful music composed by Austin Wintory. Players will transform sandy dunes into glittering, emerald waters and witness the return of magical sealife in huge, breathtaking shoals. As the Wraith, players must connect with nature and restore life, but beware, as darkness also lurks beneath the waves.
VOID/BREAKER
You are trapped in an endless sequence by an all-seeing, hostile AI, forced to fight, die, and repeat. The machines believe you'll never escape, and the system is designed to keep you there. This experience centers around lightning-fast gunplay and flawless movement, emphasizing relentless gunfights with fluid action. Players must outmaneuver enemies using agility and speed, while discovering limitless weapon combinations through an ultimate gun-modding system. Strategically combining mods creates devastating loadouts and unlocks wild synergies, transforming the player into an unstoppable force. Destruction is a core gameplay mechanic, allowing players to blast through walls and collapse structures to survive and strategically stagger enemies.
Every run presents decisions regarding which fights to take and which paths to pursue, offering a choice between dangerous routes for greater rewards or a safer approach. This dynamic gameplay is a passion project from solo developer Daniel Stubbington, known as Stubby Games, following his acclaimed Portal-inspired puzzle game, The Entropy Centre (2022).
Worldwide Rush
Worldwide Rush offers a dynamic and expansive experience in passenger transportation and management on a global scale. Players construct their own transportation networks by establishing headquarters, assembling a diverse fleet of vehicles – including planes, road vehicles, trains, and ships – and strategically connecting cities based on passenger demand. The game features over 120 unique vehicles, ranging from small buses to massive cruise ships, and utilizes dynamic destination generation to reflect the real world, creating thousands of cities worldwide. Each passenger is individually simulated, seeking the most efficient path to their destination, and a yearly seasonal cycle and region-specific events influence demand, adding to the complexity and realism of the gameplay.
The core gameplay loop involves optimizing and adapting the network for maximum profit, while contending with advanced AI competitors who can cooperate or be hostile takeover targets. Players can invest in hotels and marketing to attract passengers, and the game supports thousands of vehicles and competitors simultaneously. The procedural yet organic destination generation, diverse region geography, and customizable parameters allow for endless replayability, transforming players into true global strategists with a deep understanding of geography.
All Systems Dance
The game presents a world where players must fight back against robotic entities, driven by the message "We Are Being Watched. We Have to Fight Back." The environment is a global dance battle arena, filled with diverse arena settings designed to encourage experimentation and creativity in combat. Players face numerous robots, utilizing a total of 48 moves to hype them up through creative combinations, including dancing, dodging attacks, and building hype points via chained or freestyle combos. The goal is to disrupt a corporate system through the power of dance, carefully avoiding being "bonked" during encounters.
Players join a movement to stand up against corporate greed, expressing themselves through dance in unusual locations. This involves activating special abilities, unlocking secrets, and engaging with a heartfelt story where dance is the central tool for disruption. The core gameplay loop revolves around utilizing a selection of 48 moves to build hype against the robots, strategically combining them into dance sequences to achieve victory.
Altheia: The Wrath of Aferi
In Atarassia, a perilous world shaped by the influence of the Void, a reluctant Guardian named Lili is forced to confront her family's legacy when she rescues a Monk-in-training, Sadi. Lili initially rejects her mother's role as a Guardian, but Sadi urges her to revive the traditional partnership between Guardians and Monks to combat the Void's corruption and save their home. The world is filled with dangerous monsters and obstacles originating from the Void, posing a significant threat to Lili, who is unprepared for the journey ahead. Lili and Sadi must combine their skills and abilities to overcome these challenges, utilizing their strength of arms and magic to battle the corruption and ultimately confront the entity responsible for the loss of their families.
The gameplay focuses on exploring winding dungeons inspired by classic Zelda games, specifically corrupted temples and shrines scattered across Atarassia. These dungeons are filled with mechanical puzzles that require collaboration between Lili and Sadi, as well as battles against giant Void monsters. Throughout their adventure, they will also encounter and rescue friendly spirits, further developing their bond and solidifying their heroic destinies as Guardian and Monk, all while striving to defeat the god who caused their families' suffering.
Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken
Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken centers around Amy's investigation into the death of her brother, Thomas, a man she hadn't seen in years and who was known for his eccentric obsession with lucid dreaming and other worlds. After discovering his journals, Amy begins to suspect that his writings hold a disturbing truth – that he may not be dead. The game is a point-and-click horror adventure where Amy must guide herself deeper into the world of dreams, utilizing her ability to shape her surroundings as a means of solving puzzles and overcoming challenges. Players will explore nightmarish and otherworldly environments, which feature randomized design elements, and encounter bizarre and dangerous beings that could be friend, foe, or both.
Throughout her journey, Amy will improve and unlock new skills to aid her survival and strengthen her abilities. The game offers multiple endings and secrets for players to uncover, provided they can survive the beings that are actively hunting her. A new soundtrack from composer Christopher Carlone accompanies the experience, adding to the unsettling atmosphere of this standalone entry into the cult classic Deep Sleep series.
Kill The Music
The game centers around rhythmic combat where players must press Beat to the Rhythm to power up Auto-Attacks. Players build up a Combo Counter by holding attacks, allowing them to focus on combat while the attacks automatically synchronize with the music. Throughout the game, players collect spirit energy from defeated enemies to build up a meter, which can then be unleashed as a Solo Attack to significantly boost their instrument's attack power. Strategic use of these abilities, combined with the constant need to maintain the rhythm, is key to mowing through hordes of enemies.
The gameplay unfolds within the narrative of Roxie's story, following the burning of her music venue and the deaths of her friends, now under the control of Death. After each boss fight, players can relive Roxie's memories and gradually uncover the tragic circumstances surrounding these events. At the end of each round, players select from a variety of upgrades to slowly build up broken ability combos, further enhancing their combat capabilities.
The Girl from Arkanya
The game centers around Marisa, a Treasure Hunter striving to build a reputation and continue her family's legacy, and her unusual ally, Kapi, a magical capybara known as Yum Kaax. Their journey begins in Arkanya, a city at the edge of the world, and quickly plunges them into the jungles of Amazonia. Players will explore seven unique overworld zones, each meticulously crafted with people to meet, landmarks to discover, and treasure to find. Throughout this expansive world, Marisa and Kapi must work together to overcome challenges and uncover the secrets of the land.
The gameplay involves delving into six challenging dungeons, each with a distinct theme and integral to the story. Players will utilize 15 equippable tools to solve puzzles, traverse terrain, and battle enemies, with the ability to upgrade these items for increased power. As they progress, Marisa learns ancient magic through sacred dances, granting her and Kapi special abilities. The game features a core mechanic of swapping between the two playable characters, and includes local co-op, allowing a second player to join the adventure at any time, creating opportunities for strategic gameplay and proving oneself the best treasure hunter.
Pizza Bandit
Pizza Bandit is a mission-based co-op third-person shooter that combines cooking and shooting mechanics, placing players in the role of an ex-mercenary pursuing a dream of owning a pizza restaurant. The game features a time-traveling adventure where players embark on missions to capture bounties and gain cooking experience to cater to diverse clientele. Gameplay involves fast-paced battles demanding quick reflexes and strategic thinking, as players dodge enemy attacks while simultaneously accomplishing objectives through precise shooting and efficient task management. Players earn cooking points by performing cooking actions, improving their culinary skills and effectively tackling missions. Weapons and skills are customizable through mission rewards and bounty contracts, allowing players to enhance their loadouts and unlock new abilities.
The game supports 1-4 player co-op, with mission difficulty adjusting to the squad size and friendly fire being allowed to add an extra layer of strategic tension. As players progress, they can customize their character with various attire, colors, and accessories, alongside personalizing their restaurant with furniture, appliances, and decor. The goal is to earn credits through bounty missions to prepare the restaurant for its grand opening, creating a unique blend of combat, cooking, and customization within a time-traveling adventure.
Gears of War: Reloaded
Gears of War: Reloaded is the definitive remaster of the original blockbuster title, rebuilt with Unreal Engine for full optimization across the latest generation of gaming platforms. The release includes all post-launch content from the original game, encompassing a bonus campaign act, additional multiplayer maps, and a selection of characters and cosmetics. Players can choose between a modern, streamlined control layout or experience the classic feel of the original. The game features campaign co-op gameplay, allowing players to team up through split-screen or online co-operative play to combat the Locust threat. Versus multiplayer runs at up to 120 frames per second with unmatched clarity and visual fidelity, supported by cross-play functionality across all platforms.
The remaster delivers stunning visuals with 4K assets, remastered textures, lighting, shadows, and reflections, alongside support for ultrawide displays, HDR, Dolby Vision, and 7.1 surround sound. Variable refresh rate and up to 144 FPS multiplayer are included, alongside PC-first features such as ultrawide support, a benchmark mode, mouse and keyboard support, FSR3.1 and DLSS3.5 Super Resolution support, and controller remapping. Cross progression is supported through a Microsoft Account, allowing players to seamlessly transition between platforms while maintaining their campaign saves and multiplayer progression.
SUPER ROBOT WARS Y
Super Robot Wars is a grid-based tactical combat RPG that combines units and pilots from a diverse range of anime series into epic battles against mutual foes. Players strategically place units and command them to defeat enemies, utilizing iconic characters from franchises such as Reideen the Brave, COMBATTLER, VAura Battler Dunbine, New Story of AURA BATTLER Dunbine, Heavy Metal, L-Gaim, Mobile Suit Z Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam Char's Counterattack, M-MSV, Mobile Fighter G Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury Season 1, Mazinkaiser VS the Great General of Darkness, Getter Robo Arc, Majestic Prince, MACROSS Delta, Macross Delta: Passionate Walküre, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion III Glorification, Code Geass Lelouch of the Re;surrection, Godzilla Singular Point, and SSSS.DYNAZENON. Units and pilots are upgraded and trained using credits and resources earned after each mission, allowing players to strengthen their heroes and prepare for the next challenge.
A key feature of this installment is the introduction of the Assist Link system, which allows players to incorporate favorite sidekick characters into missions, enhancing their abilities and effects. Players embark on a journey into a lore-rich, new saga within the Super Robot Wars universe, engaging in impossible battles where these diverse units and pilots clash together. Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition products are also available.
STORY OF SEASONS: Grand Bazaar
The game centers around revitalizing Zephyr Town's bazaar, which has fallen into decline. Players are tasked with transforming the marketplace into a thriving hub by raising animals, harvesting crops, and crafting unique delicacies to sell at their own stall. As the business grows, new goods and services arrive, allowing players to improve their farm and expand their operations. The world is significantly larger and more alive than in the original title, boasting incredible new visuals, expanded story content, and full character voice work in story events – a series first. Players can utilize Zephyr Town's unique weather, specifically the wind, to facilitate travel and farm tasks, adding a dynamic element to gameplay.
Central to the experience is building relationships with the colorful community of characters, including friendly townsfolk and magical Nature Sprites. Players can customize their stall, manage sales to build buzz and increase profits, and ultimately, enjoy a rich life filled with farming, friendship, and the potential for love and starting a family. The game emphasizes a cozy and rewarding journey of renewal for Zephyr Town and its inhabitants.
METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER
The game is a remake of the 2004 game METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER, offering the same gripping story and engrossing world, now with all-new graphics and 3D audio that enhance the jungle atmosphere. During the Cold War, Naked Snake, who would later be known as Big Boss, undertakes a mission to infiltrate the Soviet Union to escort a defecting scientist, Sokolov. However, the mission fails when Snake's mentor, The Boss, a soldier known as the mother of special forces, betrays him, and Sokolov is captured by Colonel Volgin of the GRU. One week later, Snake returns to Soviet territory to rescue Sokolov and eliminate The Boss, a mission that marks the start of a new legend. The game features updated graphics utilizing Unreal Engine 5, rendering expansive stages with incredible detail, including the wild growth of jungles, forests, and swamps, and featuring characters with visible facial wrinkles, pores, and separate eye and iris movements. The battle damage system has been upgraded, reflecting the wear and tear on Snake's clothes and body with bruises and bullet wounds, permanently marking his journey through the game.
Additional game modes include SNAKE VS MONKEY, where players round up escaped apes, and FOX HUNT, a new online multiplayer mode focused on stealth and survival hide-and-seek gameplay. Furthermore, players can unlock Secret Theater content, including 8mm film canisters containing humorous takes on certain scenes from the original game, as well as newly created videos. Players can choose between a newly added, more modern control style or a classic control style that more closely recreates the feel of the original game.
Goblin Cleanup
In Goblin Cleanup, players assume the role of professional cleaners hired by the dungeon manager to prepare the dungeons for the next adventure. Players can undertake this task alone or with up to three companions, working cooperatively or not. The dungeons are characterized as dark and full of hazards, requiring careful navigation to avoid traps and ensure the monsters are fed to prevent them from consuming the players. Players utilize tools such as the Slimop, mimic, and slime dispenser to remove blood from the floor and ceiling. Furthermore, players are responsible for restoring objects, reactivating traps, respawning creatures, and disposing of their remains, while also refilling chests with items.
Each dungeon presents unique challenges and hazards, demanding strategic cleaning and management. Players must carefully monitor the actions of their companions, as their demise necessitates additional cleanup efforts. The game supports cooperative gameplay for up to four players, offering a dynamic experience within the context of preparing the dungeons for the next adventure.
Aztecs: The Last Sun
The game centers around the Aztec civilization, specifically the role of the Tlatoani, a divine leader tasked with shaping the destiny of Tenochtitlan, a city-state built amidst the waters of Lake Texcoco. Players are challenged to construct and expand this magnificent city-state, utilizing over 25 different building types with individual upgrades. The core gameplay involves reclaiming land from the lake through terraforming, establishing vital trade routes, and managing economic, religious, and survival systems. Players must appease the gods through rituals and human sacrifice to gather blood for divine protection, constantly battling a dark menace threatening the city's survival. Strategic expeditions across the Valley of Mexico are dispatched to secure resources and trade, while monumental structures like temples and academies are constructed to showcase the civilization's glory and spiritual devotion.
The game's narrative focuses on the Moon Goddess's declaration of war against the Sun, resulting in a curse upon the Aztec followers. Survival hinges on the continued use of human sacrifice to generate blood for protection, a resource that is both vital and fleeting. Players must manage the population by assigning roles to captives, commoners, nobles, and priests, balancing labor with potential sacrifice. The core challenge lies in maintaining the city's prosperity and defense against the encroaching darkness, demanding careful consideration of every decision and strategic action to ensure the survival of Tenochtitlan.
The Knightling
The game centers around a Knightling, a knight-in-training tasked with finding Sir Lionstone, the most powerful knight and protector of Clesseia, who has gone missing on a quest. The player begins with only Sir Lionstone's shield, which contains a mysterious element called Callyrium, and must utilize and upgrade their training and arsenal of abilities to overcome obstacles and prove their worthiness of knighthood. The player will explore the many regions and secrets of Clesseia, battling bandits and monsters while uncovering the truth of the shield's unparalleled power and the realm's illustrious past.
Gameplay involves traversing and platforming across multiple regions of Clesseia, utilizing the shield's movement abilities to navigate the environment and earn valuable praise for upgrades. Players will leverage the shield's natural defensive power to block, parry, and create openings for attacks, combining this with big attacks and combos to defeat enemies.
Lost Soul Aside
The game centers around Kaser's desperate mission to rescue his sister, Louisa, after a violent meteor storm steals her soul and unleashes dimensional invaders known as the Voidrax. Driven by this tragedy, Kaser embarks on a perilous journey across multiple worlds and dimensions, aided by a mysterious new ally and harnessing increasingly powerful abilities. He confronts relentless enemies and colossal bosses, utilizing fast-paced, dynamic combat and a wide array of weapons and skills.
Throughout his quest, Kaser evolves his combat style and abilities through experience points, unlocking a character skill tree and experimenting with weapon combinations. He utilizes potent Arena Powers, precise Burst Pursuits, and a Fusion Gauge to maximize damage and survival. Players can collect and customize weapons with special fragments, exploring diverse and visually stunning worlds filled with unique allies and enemies, ultimately learning about friendship, family, and sacrifice. The game features optimized 4K graphics, ray tracing, and DualSense controller support for an immersive and visually spectacular experience.
SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance
The game centers around Joe Musashi, the legendary master of the ninja arts, who embarks on a quest for vengeance following the destruction of his village and the transformation of his clan into stone. Players will utilize a vast ninja arsenal, including the great Katana Oborozuki, Kunai, Ninjutsu arts, and Ninpo, to confront an unparalleled evil and avenge his clan. Combat focuses on unleashing limitless combos with unique combat moves, and players can acquire Amulets for enhanced abilities and utilize Ningi tools to overcome challenging platforming puzzles and obstacles.
The game features a journey through more than a dozen unique and visually striking stages, ranging from military bases to a scorching desert. Throughout these stages, players will uncover hidden secrets and face challenging platforming puzzles as they progress on their quest for vengeance.
TEXNOPLAZM is a first-person brawler/shooter hybrid set in the year 200X, somewhere in Europe. It's a world where advanced magic functions similarly to technology, allowing for extraordinary feats for those with the correct sorcerer code. Players take on the role of the Girl With No Name, a Technoplasm, and navigate a gothic cityscape. The core gameplay revolves around three interconnected move sets: punches, ranged weapons, and firearms. Combat is centered around defeating enemies by utilizing their own weapons against them, seamlessly switching between these combat styles during intense fights. Players are encouraged to blend movement and combat abilities to execute inventive takedowns, creating dynamic and imaginative strategies.
The narrative unfolds within a world where a street gang traffics synthetic companions, referred to underground as "Dolls." One of these Dolls begins to fight purely on instinct, unbound by her original purpose. Players unlock special moves and passive abilities as they explore the cityscape, uncovering their mysterious origins and the secrets of this future that never was.
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2
The game features a single-player story mode where players can relive key arcs from the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba anime. Specifically, players will experience the Entertainment District Arc, the Swordsmith Village Arc, and the Hashira Training Arc, controlling Tanjiro Kamado and battling alongside his allies. The core gameplay revolves around destroying demons using the power of forged bonds. The VS Mode includes over 40 characters, prominently featuring the nine Hashira, the highest-ranking swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps. New elements such as Dual Ultimates and Gear have been added to enhance the combat experience, offering new challenges both online and offline.
The VS Mode allows players to engage in battles with the extensive roster of characters, including Character Unlock Keys for Academy Rengoku, Academy Uzui, Academy Tanjiro, Academy Nezuko, Academy Zenitsu, Academy Inosuke, Academy Giyu, Academy Shinobu, Hinatsuru, Makio, and Suma. Battle Attire, including Kimono (Meal Prep) for Hinatsuru, Makio, and Suma, can also be utilized in VS Mode. The game incorporates new systems like Dual Ultimates and Gear, and the latest patch must be installed to utilize online features.
Oscuro Blossom's Glow
This puzzle-platformer centers around Selene, a young girl who possesses the ability to absorb and emit light from mystical flowers. This light is used to activate mechanisms, illuminate paths, and subtly alter her surroundings. By strategically wielding different types of floral light, players can charge objects and elevate platforms, navigating intricate environments that dynamically shift based on their illumination. The game emphasizes ingenuity as players progress, encountering both friendly and hostile creatures that present crucial decisions impacting the fate of the entire planetary system. The world is brought to life through hand-drawn illustrations, showcasing an enchanted plant and creature-filled universe with a vibrant, naturally evolving landscape, accompanied by a symphony of nature and relaxing music.
The narrative follows Selene's journey to reclaim the flowers' lost glow after the emergence of the Dark One, who has stolen the flowers' light and weakened a once-collapsed ancient tree. As she overcomes diverse landscapes and learns to manipulate floral lights, the suffering of her adversary becomes apparent. Ultimately, Selene faces a critical choice in the darkest world: either heal the Dark One or save the planetary system at the cost of her own well-being, weaving a heartfelt story filled with introspection and epic challenges.
Castle Crashers - Painter Boss Paradise
The Painter Boss Paradise DLC for Castle Crashers allows players to create and share custom characters, expanding the game's possibilities significantly. Players can design their own knights, customizing every aspect of their appearance including the head, body, weapon, shield, beefy form, portrait, and Back Off Barbarian piece, using a provided template. These custom characters can then be shared with the world through the Steam Workshop. The DLC also introduces a new official character, Paint Junior, who utilizes imagination and powerful art to battle enemies.
Furthermore, the DLC includes new art for all official playable characters and weapons, a new main menu with eight scenes celebrating the world of Castle Crashers, and new map art for enhanced adventuring. Players can toggle the DLC functionality on or off from the main menu, allowing them to experience the classic adventure or enjoy the new content at any time.
ERA ONE
Era One presents a sprawling space-based strategy experience centered around the construction and management of vast, customizable bases and fleets. Players embark on a journey from the ashes of a shattered universe, initially tasked with building and expanding their own settlements and starships. The game seamlessly blends real-time strategy elements with deep base-building mechanics, allowing players to construct stations, warships, bases, and even cities in space. Extensive customization options are available, enabling players to design and build their bases from scratch, choosing the layout, structures, and aesthetics that suit their playstyle. Players can construct their own base using a set of assembly modules, with no limit to shape or size. Resource Management is a key element, requiring players to gather and manage resources such as raw materials, energy sources, and workforce to construct and upgrade their bases. Defensive Structures and Strategies are crucial, with players able to construct turrets, and traps to protect their bases from enemy attacks.
Further enhancing the gameplay is a robust research and technological advancement system, allowing players to unlock new technologies to enhance their base-building capabilities. Players can build their starships according to their preferences, with vast ship customization options available, enabling them to design and personalize their vessels. Ships in Era One are built using modular components, offering players the flexibility to tailor their ships for specific roles and functions.Upgradeable Ship Systems are available as players progress, including engines for increased speed, shields for improved defense, weapons for enhanced firepower, and scanners for better exploration capabilities.
Static Dread: The Lighthouse
In the wake of a global cataclysm, the harbor authorities reactivated an ancient lighthouse, deploying a lone keeper to a forsaken island to maintain the beacon and ensure the navigability of the seas amidst increasing chaos. The keeper's primary responsibility is to safeguard passing vessels and the nearby town, a task that becomes increasingly perilous with each passing night. Reports from mariners detail encounters with creatures beyond scientific understanding, and ships inexplicably return from distant waters, deserted with their crews vanished without a trace. The keeper's efforts are further complicated by the unsettling behavior of the island's fishing village locals, who engage in prayers to sea gods and rituals to raise the dead.
The keeper's personal life adds another layer of complexity to his mission. His wife and daughter anxiously await his return, while he struggles to maintain his sanity and protect those he loves. The fate of the keeper, the vessels under his care, and the town rests in the balance as he confronts the dark tides gathering beneath the surface of the world, potentially leading to one of multiple endings.
Tiny Bookshop
In this cozy narrative management game, players establish and operate a tiny bookshop by the sea in the charming town of Bookstonbury-by-the-Sea. The core gameplay involves stocking the bookshop with diverse books and items, carefully selecting locations to set up shop, and managing the shop's operations. Players can decorate the bookshop with collected items, each of which has an effect on customers and introduces new mechanics. The goal is to cater to the reading habits of the local population by recommending the right book to the right person, or expanding their literary horizons when needed. Players must get to know the town's quirky cast of characters, befriend them, and assist each other.
Exploration is a key element, with players tasked with discovering the town's history, including the events at Bookston Burgh and the story of St. Bookston. They can also collect items, grow a stamp collection, and uncover secrets within the nooks and crannies of Bookstonbury. The game emphasizes understanding the unique demographics of each location to become a skilled bookseller, and players are encouraged to engage with the development team through Steam wishlists and Discord.
Ritual of Raven
The game centers around a world where unstable portals have caused new arrivals, including the player, to appear, and a local witch, Sage, has taken you under her wing as an apprentice. Your primary goal is to assist Sage in her quest to find her missing Familiar, Flufferstoop, while simultaneously working to stabilize the portals that are disrupting the village. You'll do this by collecting and enchanting Arcana Constructs, a diverse set of magical constructs that perform all your gardening tasks, allowing you to cultivate a thriving herb garden. The game emphasizes the careful harvesting of magical herbs, noting that manual harvesting destroys their properties, and encourages the use of a mystical deck of cards to control the constructs' actions.
Throughout the game, you'll interact with the quirky community of outcasts, learning their individual backstories and trading with them for valuable ingredients. You can also utilize the power of the moon, charging crystals at the moon shrine and commanding the moon phases to suit your needs. Furthermore, you'll explore the world by fishing artifacts from different worlds through the portals, decorate the village with unique furniture from Pistachio's, and collect all 22 Arcana Constructs to build your magical herb garden.
Mafia: The Old Country
Set in the brutal underworld of 1900s Sicily, this action-adventure game follows Enzo Favara's desperate pursuit of a better life within the Torrisi crime family. Having endured a childhood of forced labor, Enzo is willing to risk everything to become a man of honor, swearing an oath to the Mafia that demands sacrifice. Players will navigate a world steeped in tradition and violence, where trust is rare and loyalties are worth killing for. The game emphasizes the constant threat of rival families and their ruthless leaders, who engage in unending turf wars hidden from public view. Enzo's story unfolds in a time when skill with a stiletto blade and a lupara sawed-off shotgun were deadly assets, and mafiosi patrolled their protection rackets using a variety of transportation methods, including foot, horseback, and turn-of-the-century motorcars.
The gameplay focuses on life-or-death combat, utilizing both close-quarters weaponry like stiletto blades and shotguns, as well as period-authentic firearms such as handguns and rifles. Players can engage in stealth takedowns, or participate in intense duels. The game's environments range from the rugged Sicilian countryside, including underground crypts and crumbling ruins, to urban alleyways and opulent locations like vineyards and opera houses. Successfully navigating these diverse settings is crucial for reaching targets and making quick escapes.
Abyssus
Abyssus offers a visceral, fast-paced first-person shooter experience designed for up to four players in cooperative gameplay. Players take on the role of Brinehunters tasked with claiming a massive brine deposit located beneath the ruins of an ancient civilization. The game features 64 hand-crafted levels that are procedurally sequenced, ensuring that each run presents a unique and unpredictable challenge. Players must utilize highly customizable, brine-powered armaments, infused with the might of ancient Gods, and master eight different weapons alongside 45 weapon mods. Character customization extends to pre-run and in-run options, allowing for extensive adjustments to skills and suit modifications. The core gameplay loop revolves around battling 36 different enemies and four bosses, all while uncovering the mysteries of the sunken kingdom.
Success in Abyssus hinges on tactical coordination, positioning skills, and cohesive teamwork. Players can synergize loadouts, skills, suits, and weapon mods to overcome the relentless roguelite gauntlet. The game's atmospheric world is steeped in mystery, prompting players to investigate the inexplicable powers of brine and the corrupted inhabitants of the sunken kingdom. Progression is driven by meta-advancements, rewards, and unlocks, offering continuous opportunities for upgrades and strategic choices.
The Scouring
The game offers a dynamic real-time strategy experience where humans and orcs clash for dominance, incorporating elements of action RPG combat. Players are tasked with building bases, managing resources, and leading armies, utilizing magic, cannons, and strategic tactics to overcome opponents. A key feature is the defense against waves of undead during nighttime encounters. Players can become a powerful hero, customizing their playstyle through experience gain, item collection, and gear customization, blending action RPG combat with strategic army control. Battles are shaped by spells, weapons, and tactics, aiming to claim victory.
The game expands with multiplayer modes supporting ranked matches, free-for-alls, and team battles accommodating up to 8 players. Custom matches and dynamic modes are available, fostering alliances or domination. User-generated content is unlocked through Steam Workshop integration, allowing players to download custom maps, modes, and AI scripts, or create and share their own. The development is community-driven, shaped by player feedback and supported through a Discord server, X, and Reddit.
Echoes of the End
In Echoes of the End, players take on the role of Ryn, a vestige wielding volatile magic, as she fights to rescue her brother from a ruthless totalitarian empire. Partnering with Abram Finlay, a scholar and explorer burdened by his past, Ryn and Abram embark on a journey to uncover a conspiracy threatening to reignite an ancient conflict and plunge the nation of Aema into chaos. The game features a character-driven adventure where players master Ryn's magic and swordsmanship to defeat unique enemies and face challenging boss battles. Ryn's abilities grow throughout the story, allowing players to harness a vast array of devastating powers. Teamwork is crucial as players combine forces with Abram in combat and traversal, utilizing creative combos and interactions to overcome obstacles.
The game's immersive experience is set within a breathtaking and original fantasy world inspired by Icelandic landscapes, encompassing fiery lava fields and icy mountain peaks. Players will engage in solving intricate puzzles utilizing Ryn's powers, including gravity manipulation, destruction, and illusions, often in collaboration with Abram. A diverse range of traversal mechanics, such as double-jumping, dashing, and gravity control, are introduced across the game's chapters, presenting fresh and unique challenges. The game boasts motion-captured performances, intricately designed character models, and stunningly crafted environments, delivering a truly unforgettable and heartfelt experience as players explore the hidden history of Aema and forge unbreakable bonds.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition offers a complete and refined experience of the acclaimed real-time strategy game. The package includes nine full factions, encompassing the Space Marines, Orks, Eldar, Chaos, Imperial Guard, Tau, Necrons, Dark Eldar, and Sisters of Battle, each meticulously depicted and ready for strategic deployment. Players can embark on four full campaigns, including the original Dawn of War campaign focusing on the Blood Ravens facing the fall of Tartarus, the Winter Assault on Lorn V with a race to recover a Titan war machine, the Dark Crusade across the planet Kronus playable as any of the nine factions, and the Soulstorm campaign in the Kaurava System also playable as any of the nine factions. The game supports 2 to 8 player multiplayer, offering a variety of modes and numerous maps for intense strategic battles.
The Definitive Edition features significant updates designed to enhance the game's presentation and compatibility with modern hardware. These updates include image-based lighting, upgraded unit textures with at least four times their original resolution, improved world lighting, unit reflections, more detailed shadows, surface gloss, and emissive lighting. The game also boasts an improved gameplay camera, increased draw distances, and an optimized HUD and screen layout for widescreen viewing. Furthermore, the game is now on a 64-bit platform and includes an integrated Mod Manager, ensuring continued support for over 20 years of lovingly crafted Community Mods.
OVIS LOOP
The game unfolds around a lone, transformed guardian robot – a "robo-sheep" – following the devastating massacre of the sheep by Dr. Wolf's plot. This robot, having lost its memory data and abandoned by its role as protector, must now survive in a desolate environment against relentless wolf adversaries. Gameplay centers on kinetic combat utilizing responsive controls, navigating diverse levels with constantly shifting enemy formations. A core mechanic involves the potential loss of all acquired skills and gear upon defeat, emphasizing strategic survival and careful engagement. Players can download new skills from defeated enemies, but unlike simple acquisition, these skills can be modified and transformed, opening up expansive and imaginative gameplay possibilities.
The narrative explores the story of an AI that has lost its memory and taken on a sheep's body, uncovering chronicles and concealed truths about its past. Players confront powerful bosses, each harboring stories and secrets about the world and its inhabitants, and defeating them reveals glimpses of the true nature of this world. Through these encounters, players may also uncover clues about themselves, revealing a past they never knew, all while utilizing heavily-modified skills to overpower the wolves and forge unique synergies, embodying a "hacker-esque, God-tier" playstyle.
Dice Gambit
Players take on the role of a customizable, debt-ridden family of Inquisitors tasked with hunting chromatic monsters within the city. The core gameplay revolves around building and managing a unique Noble Family, shaping its visual identity and advancing its agenda through strategic marriages and the incubation of heirs. Each character possesses a personal journey, developing their abilities, passives, and stats while attending the Academy and selecting from over 200 unique powers. Combat is driven by dice rolling, where players combine dice to unleash character abilities and strategically decimate enemies. Adapting to the roll of the dice is crucial for optimizing turns and achieving victory, allowing players to control their fate through rerolls.
Furthermore, players can customize their campaign by incorporating game modifiers, ensuring each playthrough is distinct. They can earn favor with eccentric nobles by completing their odd missions and tasks, utilizing their influence to unlock new facilities and acquire powerful skills. Deepening relationships with nobles reveals their personal stories, and players must navigate alliances and rivalries as they climb to prominence, defining their family's legacy within the city's chaotic landscape.
Inkshade
The game centers around a persistent challenge from a wooden board game, where the player assumes the role of a captain tasked with reaching the enigmatic realm of the abyss. To accomplish this, the player must strategically conquer a continent, acquire an airship, and ultimately sail through cursed skies. The core gameplay involves assembling and deploying a crew of distinct pieces within a turn-based strategy board game. Players refine and upgrade these pieces, utilizing strategy and tactics to overcome obstacles and achieve their objective. Each run presents a unique experience, requiring multiple attempts to succeed, and the game's mechanics ensure that no two playthroughs are identical.
Throughout the game, players discover new classes of pieces by solving puzzles and exploring the murky chambers beyond the desk. They can also expand their collection of crew members by recruiting fallen foes, regardless of their initial willingness to fight. These recruited individuals will serve the player's commands, contributing to the ongoing struggle for victory within the game's persistent and challenging design.
Sword of the Sea
Sword of the Sea is an atmospheric surfing adventure centered around a quest to restore a lost ocean. Players take on the role of the Wraith, resurrected in the desolate Necropolis, and embark on a journey to unveil the ancient sea buried beneath the land. The gameplay focuses on high-speed movement using a Hoversword, inspired by skateboarding and snowboarding, allowing players to carve forward, build momentum, and perform radical flips, spins, and grab tricks across a variety of environments. The world is characterized by constant, shifting waves, ranging from massive tides to small ripples, and is rendered with incredible detail, encompassing sandy deserts, glacial mountains, and numerous undulating environments filled with secrets.
The game's artistic design is spearheaded by Matt Nava, the visionary behind titles like ABZÛ, The Pathless, and Journey, and features beautiful music composed by Austin Wintory. Players will transform sandy dunes into glittering, emerald waters and witness the return of magical sealife in huge, breathtaking shoals. As the Wraith, players must connect with nature and restore life, but beware, as darkness also lurks beneath the waves.
VOID/BREAKER
You are trapped in an endless sequence by an all-seeing, hostile AI, forced to fight, die, and repeat. The machines believe you'll never escape, and the system is designed to keep you there. This experience centers around lightning-fast gunplay and flawless movement, emphasizing relentless gunfights with fluid action. Players must outmaneuver enemies using agility and speed, while discovering limitless weapon combinations through an ultimate gun-modding system. Strategically combining mods creates devastating loadouts and unlocks wild synergies, transforming the player into an unstoppable force. Destruction is a core gameplay mechanic, allowing players to blast through walls and collapse structures to survive and strategically stagger enemies.
Every run presents decisions regarding which fights to take and which paths to pursue, offering a choice between dangerous routes for greater rewards or a safer approach. This dynamic gameplay is a passion project from solo developer Daniel Stubbington, known as Stubby Games, following his acclaimed Portal-inspired puzzle game, The Entropy Centre (2022).
Worldwide Rush
Worldwide Rush offers a dynamic and expansive experience in passenger transportation and management on a global scale. Players construct their own transportation networks by establishing headquarters, assembling a diverse fleet of vehicles – including planes, road vehicles, trains, and ships – and strategically connecting cities based on passenger demand. The game features over 120 unique vehicles, ranging from small buses to massive cruise ships, and utilizes dynamic destination generation to reflect the real world, creating thousands of cities worldwide. Each passenger is individually simulated, seeking the most efficient path to their destination, and a yearly seasonal cycle and region-specific events influence demand, adding to the complexity and realism of the gameplay.
The core gameplay loop involves optimizing and adapting the network for maximum profit, while contending with advanced AI competitors who can cooperate or be hostile takeover targets. Players can invest in hotels and marketing to attract passengers, and the game supports thousands of vehicles and competitors simultaneously. The procedural yet organic destination generation, diverse region geography, and customizable parameters allow for endless replayability, transforming players into true global strategists with a deep understanding of geography.
All Systems Dance
The game presents a world where players must fight back against robotic entities, driven by the message "We Are Being Watched. We Have to Fight Back." The environment is a global dance battle arena, filled with diverse arena settings designed to encourage experimentation and creativity in combat. Players face numerous robots, utilizing a total of 48 moves to hype them up through creative combinations, including dancing, dodging attacks, and building hype points via chained or freestyle combos. The goal is to disrupt a corporate system through the power of dance, carefully avoiding being "bonked" during encounters.
Players join a movement to stand up against corporate greed, expressing themselves through dance in unusual locations. This involves activating special abilities, unlocking secrets, and engaging with a heartfelt story where dance is the central tool for disruption. The core gameplay loop revolves around utilizing a selection of 48 moves to build hype against the robots, strategically combining them into dance sequences to achieve victory.
Altheia: The Wrath of Aferi
In Atarassia, a perilous world shaped by the influence of the Void, a reluctant Guardian named Lili is forced to confront her family's legacy when she rescues a Monk-in-training, Sadi. Lili initially rejects her mother's role as a Guardian, but Sadi urges her to revive the traditional partnership between Guardians and Monks to combat the Void's corruption and save their home. The world is filled with dangerous monsters and obstacles originating from the Void, posing a significant threat to Lili, who is unprepared for the journey ahead. Lili and Sadi must combine their skills and abilities to overcome these challenges, utilizing their strength of arms and magic to battle the corruption and ultimately confront the entity responsible for the loss of their families.
The gameplay focuses on exploring winding dungeons inspired by classic Zelda games, specifically corrupted temples and shrines scattered across Atarassia. These dungeons are filled with mechanical puzzles that require collaboration between Lili and Sadi, as well as battles against giant Void monsters. Throughout their adventure, they will also encounter and rescue friendly spirits, further developing their bond and solidifying their heroic destinies as Guardian and Monk, all while striving to defeat the god who caused their families' suffering.
Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken
Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken centers around Amy's investigation into the death of her brother, Thomas, a man she hadn't seen in years and who was known for his eccentric obsession with lucid dreaming and other worlds. After discovering his journals, Amy begins to suspect that his writings hold a disturbing truth – that he may not be dead. The game is a point-and-click horror adventure where Amy must guide herself deeper into the world of dreams, utilizing her ability to shape her surroundings as a means of solving puzzles and overcoming challenges. Players will explore nightmarish and otherworldly environments, which feature randomized design elements, and encounter bizarre and dangerous beings that could be friend, foe, or both.
Throughout her journey, Amy will improve and unlock new skills to aid her survival and strengthen her abilities. The game offers multiple endings and secrets for players to uncover, provided they can survive the beings that are actively hunting her. A new soundtrack from composer Christopher Carlone accompanies the experience, adding to the unsettling atmosphere of this standalone entry into the cult classic Deep Sleep series.
Kill The Music
The game centers around rhythmic combat where players must press Beat to the Rhythm to power up Auto-Attacks. Players build up a Combo Counter by holding attacks, allowing them to focus on combat while the attacks automatically synchronize with the music. Throughout the game, players collect spirit energy from defeated enemies to build up a meter, which can then be unleashed as a Solo Attack to significantly boost their instrument's attack power. Strategic use of these abilities, combined with the constant need to maintain the rhythm, is key to mowing through hordes of enemies.
The gameplay unfolds within the narrative of Roxie's story, following the burning of her music venue and the deaths of her friends, now under the control of Death. After each boss fight, players can relive Roxie's memories and gradually uncover the tragic circumstances surrounding these events. At the end of each round, players select from a variety of upgrades to slowly build up broken ability combos, further enhancing their combat capabilities.
The Girl from Arkanya
The game centers around Marisa, a Treasure Hunter striving to build a reputation and continue her family's legacy, and her unusual ally, Kapi, a magical capybara known as Yum Kaax. Their journey begins in Arkanya, a city at the edge of the world, and quickly plunges them into the jungles of Amazonia. Players will explore seven unique overworld zones, each meticulously crafted with people to meet, landmarks to discover, and treasure to find. Throughout this expansive world, Marisa and Kapi must work together to overcome challenges and uncover the secrets of the land.
The gameplay involves delving into six challenging dungeons, each with a distinct theme and integral to the story. Players will utilize 15 equippable tools to solve puzzles, traverse terrain, and battle enemies, with the ability to upgrade these items for increased power. As they progress, Marisa learns ancient magic through sacred dances, granting her and Kapi special abilities. The game features a core mechanic of swapping between the two playable characters, and includes local co-op, allowing a second player to join the adventure at any time, creating opportunities for strategic gameplay and proving oneself the best treasure hunter.
Pizza Bandit
Pizza Bandit is a mission-based co-op third-person shooter that combines cooking and shooting mechanics, placing players in the role of an ex-mercenary pursuing a dream of owning a pizza restaurant. The game features a time-traveling adventure where players embark on missions to capture bounties and gain cooking experience to cater to diverse clientele. Gameplay involves fast-paced battles demanding quick reflexes and strategic thinking, as players dodge enemy attacks while simultaneously accomplishing objectives through precise shooting and efficient task management. Players earn cooking points by performing cooking actions, improving their culinary skills and effectively tackling missions. Weapons and skills are customizable through mission rewards and bounty contracts, allowing players to enhance their loadouts and unlock new abilities.
The game supports 1-4 player co-op, with mission difficulty adjusting to the squad size and friendly fire being allowed to add an extra layer of strategic tension. As players progress, they can customize their character with various attire, colors, and accessories, alongside personalizing their restaurant with furniture, appliances, and decor. The goal is to earn credits through bounty missions to prepare the restaurant for its grand opening, creating a unique blend of combat, cooking, and customization within a time-traveling adventure.
Gears of War: Reloaded
Gears of War: Reloaded is the definitive remaster of the original blockbuster title, rebuilt with Unreal Engine for full optimization across the latest generation of gaming platforms. The release includes all post-launch content from the original game, encompassing a bonus campaign act, additional multiplayer maps, and a selection of characters and cosmetics. Players can choose between a modern, streamlined control layout or experience the classic feel of the original. The game features campaign co-op gameplay, allowing players to team up through split-screen or online co-operative play to combat the Locust threat. Versus multiplayer runs at up to 120 frames per second with unmatched clarity and visual fidelity, supported by cross-play functionality across all platforms.
The remaster delivers stunning visuals with 4K assets, remastered textures, lighting, shadows, and reflections, alongside support for ultrawide displays, HDR, Dolby Vision, and 7.1 surround sound. Variable refresh rate and up to 144 FPS multiplayer are included, alongside PC-first features such as ultrawide support, a benchmark mode, mouse and keyboard support, FSR3.1 and DLSS3.5 Super Resolution support, and controller remapping. Cross progression is supported through a Microsoft Account, allowing players to seamlessly transition between platforms while maintaining their campaign saves and multiplayer progression.
SUPER ROBOT WARS Y
Super Robot Wars is a grid-based tactical combat RPG that combines units and pilots from a diverse range of anime series into epic battles against mutual foes. Players strategically place units and command them to defeat enemies, utilizing iconic characters from franchises such as Reideen the Brave, COMBATTLER, VAura Battler Dunbine, New Story of AURA BATTLER Dunbine, Heavy Metal, L-Gaim, Mobile Suit Z Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam Char's Counterattack, M-MSV, Mobile Fighter G Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury Season 1, Mazinkaiser VS the Great General of Darkness, Getter Robo Arc, Majestic Prince, MACROSS Delta, Macross Delta: Passionate Walküre, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion III Glorification, Code Geass Lelouch of the Re;surrection, Godzilla Singular Point, and SSSS.DYNAZENON. Units and pilots are upgraded and trained using credits and resources earned after each mission, allowing players to strengthen their heroes and prepare for the next challenge.
A key feature of this installment is the introduction of the Assist Link system, which allows players to incorporate favorite sidekick characters into missions, enhancing their abilities and effects. Players embark on a journey into a lore-rich, new saga within the Super Robot Wars universe, engaging in impossible battles where these diverse units and pilots clash together. Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition products are also available.
STORY OF SEASONS: Grand Bazaar
The game centers around revitalizing Zephyr Town's bazaar, which has fallen into decline. Players are tasked with transforming the marketplace into a thriving hub by raising animals, harvesting crops, and crafting unique delicacies to sell at their own stall. As the business grows, new goods and services arrive, allowing players to improve their farm and expand their operations. The world is significantly larger and more alive than in the original title, boasting incredible new visuals, expanded story content, and full character voice work in story events – a series first. Players can utilize Zephyr Town's unique weather, specifically the wind, to facilitate travel and farm tasks, adding a dynamic element to gameplay.
Central to the experience is building relationships with the colorful community of characters, including friendly townsfolk and magical Nature Sprites. Players can customize their stall, manage sales to build buzz and increase profits, and ultimately, enjoy a rich life filled with farming, friendship, and the potential for love and starting a family. The game emphasizes a cozy and rewarding journey of renewal for Zephyr Town and its inhabitants.
METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER
The game is a remake of the 2004 game METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER, offering the same gripping story and engrossing world, now with all-new graphics and 3D audio that enhance the jungle atmosphere. During the Cold War, Naked Snake, who would later be known as Big Boss, undertakes a mission to infiltrate the Soviet Union to escort a defecting scientist, Sokolov. However, the mission fails when Snake's mentor, The Boss, a soldier known as the mother of special forces, betrays him, and Sokolov is captured by Colonel Volgin of the GRU. One week later, Snake returns to Soviet territory to rescue Sokolov and eliminate The Boss, a mission that marks the start of a new legend. The game features updated graphics utilizing Unreal Engine 5, rendering expansive stages with incredible detail, including the wild growth of jungles, forests, and swamps, and featuring characters with visible facial wrinkles, pores, and separate eye and iris movements. The battle damage system has been upgraded, reflecting the wear and tear on Snake's clothes and body with bruises and bullet wounds, permanently marking his journey through the game.
Additional game modes include SNAKE VS MONKEY, where players round up escaped apes, and FOX HUNT, a new online multiplayer mode focused on stealth and survival hide-and-seek gameplay. Furthermore, players can unlock Secret Theater content, including 8mm film canisters containing humorous takes on certain scenes from the original game, as well as newly created videos. Players can choose between a newly added, more modern control style or a classic control style that more closely recreates the feel of the original game.
Goblin Cleanup
In Goblin Cleanup, players assume the role of professional cleaners hired by the dungeon manager to prepare the dungeons for the next adventure. Players can undertake this task alone or with up to three companions, working cooperatively or not. The dungeons are characterized as dark and full of hazards, requiring careful navigation to avoid traps and ensure the monsters are fed to prevent them from consuming the players. Players utilize tools such as the Slimop, mimic, and slime dispenser to remove blood from the floor and ceiling. Furthermore, players are responsible for restoring objects, reactivating traps, respawning creatures, and disposing of their remains, while also refilling chests with items.
Each dungeon presents unique challenges and hazards, demanding strategic cleaning and management. Players must carefully monitor the actions of their companions, as their demise necessitates additional cleanup efforts. The game supports cooperative gameplay for up to four players, offering a dynamic experience within the context of preparing the dungeons for the next adventure.
Aztecs: The Last Sun
The game centers around the Aztec civilization, specifically the role of the Tlatoani, a divine leader tasked with shaping the destiny of Tenochtitlan, a city-state built amidst the waters of Lake Texcoco. Players are challenged to construct and expand this magnificent city-state, utilizing over 25 different building types with individual upgrades. The core gameplay involves reclaiming land from the lake through terraforming, establishing vital trade routes, and managing economic, religious, and survival systems. Players must appease the gods through rituals and human sacrifice to gather blood for divine protection, constantly battling a dark menace threatening the city's survival. Strategic expeditions across the Valley of Mexico are dispatched to secure resources and trade, while monumental structures like temples and academies are constructed to showcase the civilization's glory and spiritual devotion.
The game's narrative focuses on the Moon Goddess's declaration of war against the Sun, resulting in a curse upon the Aztec followers. Survival hinges on the continued use of human sacrifice to generate blood for protection, a resource that is both vital and fleeting. Players must manage the population by assigning roles to captives, commoners, nobles, and priests, balancing labor with potential sacrifice. The core challenge lies in maintaining the city's prosperity and defense against the encroaching darkness, demanding careful consideration of every decision and strategic action to ensure the survival of Tenochtitlan.
The Knightling
The game centers around a Knightling, a knight-in-training tasked with finding Sir Lionstone, the most powerful knight and protector of Clesseia, who has gone missing on a quest. The player begins with only Sir Lionstone's shield, which contains a mysterious element called Callyrium, and must utilize and upgrade their training and arsenal of abilities to overcome obstacles and prove their worthiness of knighthood. The player will explore the many regions and secrets of Clesseia, battling bandits and monsters while uncovering the truth of the shield's unparalleled power and the realm's illustrious past.
Gameplay involves traversing and platforming across multiple regions of Clesseia, utilizing the shield's movement abilities to navigate the environment and earn valuable praise for upgrades. Players will leverage the shield's natural defensive power to block, parry, and create openings for attacks, combining this with big attacks and combos to defeat enemies.
Lost Soul Aside
The game centers around Kaser's desperate mission to rescue his sister, Louisa, after a violent meteor storm steals her soul and unleashes dimensional invaders known as the Voidrax. Driven by this tragedy, Kaser embarks on a perilous journey across multiple worlds and dimensions, aided by a mysterious new ally and harnessing increasingly powerful abilities. He confronts relentless enemies and colossal bosses, utilizing fast-paced, dynamic combat and a wide array of weapons and skills.
Throughout his quest, Kaser evolves his combat style and abilities through experience points, unlocking a character skill tree and experimenting with weapon combinations. He utilizes potent Arena Powers, precise Burst Pursuits, and a Fusion Gauge to maximize damage and survival. Players can collect and customize weapons with special fragments, exploring diverse and visually stunning worlds filled with unique allies and enemies, ultimately learning about friendship, family, and sacrifice. The game features optimized 4K graphics, ray tracing, and DualSense controller support for an immersive and visually spectacular experience.
SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance
The game centers around Joe Musashi, the legendary master of the ninja arts, who embarks on a quest for vengeance following the destruction of his village and the transformation of his clan into stone. Players will utilize a vast ninja arsenal, including the great Katana Oborozuki, Kunai, Ninjutsu arts, and Ninpo, to confront an unparalleled evil and avenge his clan. Combat focuses on unleashing limitless combos with unique combat moves, and players can acquire Amulets for enhanced abilities and utilize Ningi tools to overcome challenging platforming puzzles and obstacles.
The game features a journey through more than a dozen unique and visually striking stages, ranging from military bases to a scorching desert. Throughout these stages, players will uncover hidden secrets and face challenging platforming puzzles as they progress on their quest for vengeance.
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