Journey is an adventure game set in a desert.

Journey is an adventure game set in a desert. Exploring the eerie sandscape, you discover a world abandoned by the race that created it.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an action-adventure game where you play monster-hunter Geralt in a vast open world as he searches for his missing adopted daughter.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an action-adventure game where you play monster-hunter Geralt in a vast open world as he searches for his missing adopted daughter. The game responds to your actions and has dynamic environments, weather and day–night cycles that affect the creatures you hunt.

Wayward Strand is a narrative game about Casey Beaumaris, an intrepid teenage journalist.

Wayward Strand is a narrative game about Casey Beaumaris, an intrepid teenage journalist. You visit an airborne hospital, uncover the airship's mysteries, and explore the lives of its inhabitants.

The Pale Beyond is a narrative simulation game where you captain an exploration ship stranded in the frozen Antarctic waters.

The Pale Beyond is a narrative simulation game where you captain an exploration ship stranded in the frozen Antarctic waters. You carefully manage and gather resources and keep your crew in good health to hopefully survive until the summer.

Keep Driving is a road trip role-play about the administration of life on the open road.

Keep Driving is a road trip role-play about the administration of life on the open road. Play involves deciding who to pick up, which odd jobs to work, and how to cram all sorts of useful items into your car.

Killer Bean is a tongue-in-cheek action game where you play a bean out for revenge on a mysterious international syndicate.

Killer Bean is a tongue-in-cheek action game where you play a bean out for revenge on a mysterious international syndicate. You drive, jet-ski, run, and shoot bean enemies while pulling off over-the-top stunts.

Barotrauma is a cooperative space-submarine adventure set after humanity has fled to Jupiter's moon.

Barotrauma is a cooperative space-submarine adventure set after humanity has fled to Jupiter's moon. You work with other players to steer your submarine, work the ageing machinery, fight monsters and fix the endless leaks.

Caves of Qud is a survival adventure game about exploring a retro-looking post-apocalyptic future as a mutated human.

Caves of Qud is a survival adventure game about exploring a retro-looking post-apocalyptic future as a mutated human. Like a Dungeons & Dragons adventure, you explore the world while dealing with dangerous creatures and obstacles, in a quest to find safety.

Road 96: Mile 0 is a narrative game where you play two teenage friends with radically different world views and experiences.

Road 96: Mile 0 is a narrative game where you play two teenage friends with radically different world views and experiences. You have branching conversations that impact their perspective on the world as you skate through larger-than-life musical sequences.

Militsioner is a surreal adventure where you race for a train to escape a Russian city under the watchful eye of a giant policeman.

Militsioner is a surreal adventure where you race for a train to escape a Russian city under the watchful eye of a giant policeman. You can freely explore the city and interact with its civilians and the policeman, plotting routes and manipulating relationships to aid your escape.

Unbeatable is a rhythm-combat narrative game about a teenage band on the run in a world where music has been made illegal.

Unbeatable is a rhythm-combat narrative game about a teenage band on the run in a world where music has been made illegal. To experience the animated story, you must win frantic rhythm battles with perfectly timed button presses.

The Last Of Us is an action-adventure where You play a father, Joel, whose daughter was killed during the early stages of a deadly fungal outbreak.

The Last Of Us is an action-adventure where You play a father, Joel, whose daughter was killed during the early stages of a deadly fungal outbreak. It’s now 20 years later, and he has clearly suffered from the loss.

Detroit: Become Human is a branching narrative game from Quantic Dream, the studio behind Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls.

Detroit: Become Human is a branching narrative game from Quantic Dream, the studio behind Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls. This is the third game in the series and offers a more refined version of the filmic branching experience.

Oxenfree is an adventure game where a teenagers’ beach party spirals into a supernatural story.

Oxenfree is an adventure game where a teenagers’ beach party spirals into a supernatural story. You guide the outcome with your choices as the well-written dialogue reveals characters coming to terms with family breakdown, death of a sibling, blame and a fraying grip on reality.

Beyond: Two Souls is from the same developer as Detroit: Become Human and Heavy Rain.

Beyond: Two Souls is from the same developer as Detroit: Become Human and Heavy Rain. Although not a series, they follow a similar style and approach.

Heavy Rain is from the same Quantic Dream studio who made Beyond: Two Souls and Detroit: Become Human.

Heavy Rain is from the same Quantic Dream studio who made Beyond: Two Souls and Detroit: Become Human. It preceded these games but shared the same branching narrative and photo-realistic aspirations.

Bioshock is a first-person shooting game set in a fantastical underwater city.

Bioshock is a first-person shooting game set in a fantastical underwater city. A dark story unfolds about the misuse of surgery and gene therapy, and what happens when a society develops with a power mad genius in control.

Dishonored is an adventure game series set in the fictional, plague-ridden industrial city of Dunwall.

Dishonored is an adventure game series set in the fictional, plague-ridden industrial city of Dunwall. You play Corvo Attano, bodyguard to the Empress of the Isles.

Double Trip is a co-operative puzzle game where you help two characters traverse maze-like levels.

Double Trip is a co-operative puzzle game where you help two characters traverse maze-like levels. You coordinate by pushing boulders, rolling logs and bridging gaps to create a path to the goal.

Nier: Automata is a role-playing game, that span off from the Drakengard series.

Nier: Automata is a role-playing game, that span off from the Drakengard series. It's set in an alternate future where there is a war between alien machines and human androids.

Mass Effect is a science fiction shooting game about making choices to intervene and save the galaxy.

Mass Effect is a science fiction shooting game about making choices to intervene and save the galaxy. Play involves exploring planets and resolving conflicts by either talking or shooting.

Somerville is an atmospheric platform game about a family in a warzone.

Somerville is an atmospheric platform game about a family in a warzone. A man, a woman, their child and their dog work to survive and progress through the landscape.

Upheaval is a narrative game where you have 30 days in a village before a wizard arrives.

Upheaval is a narrative game where you have 30 days in a village before a wizard arrives. In those days, you can stir up chaos, lay low, go adventuring or do countless other activities.

Baladins is a narrative role-play game where you play a troupe of entertainers wandering through the countryside.

Baladins is a narrative role-play game where you play a troupe of entertainers wandering through the countryside. You visit towns, talk to the locals and complete quests over your a short span of weeks, then start again and have a new adventure.

Dark Souls II is a fighting game with an emphasis on precise timing and extreme difficulty.

Dark Souls II is a fighting game with an emphasis on precise timing and extreme difficulty. You navigate through labyrinthine ruins and ancient kingdoms, defeating monsters with your weapons and magic.

West of Loathing is a comedic adventure where you roleplay as a stickman cowboy.

West of Loathing is a comedic adventure where you roleplay as a stickman cowboy. The quipping characters and intricate puzzles work best with teenagers, but the slapstick comedy will make anyone laugh.

Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo is a horror narrative game about a seemingly unconnected group of people in a suburb of Tokyo caught up in an ancient rite of resurrection.

Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo is a horror narrative game about a seemingly unconnected group of people in a suburb of Tokyo caught up in an ancient rite of resurrection. You search for clues and talk to characters all the while trying to enact a murder to fulfil the unique requirements of each curse to be able to resurrect someone in your own life.

Annalynn is a running, jumping, and collecting game that recreates a classic arcade challenge with more expansive levels.

Annalynn is a running, jumping, and collecting game that recreates a classic arcade challenge with more expansive levels. You work to collect every coin on the stage while avoiding enemies.

Bastion is an action role-playing game, where you explore a series of floating, fantasy-themed levels.

Bastion is an action role-playing game, where you explore a series of floating, fantasy-themed levels. What starts as a familiar exploration quickly becomes an engaging and interesting game.

Cairn is a climbing traversal game about an adventurous woman who longs to ascend a dangerous mountain.

Cairn is a climbing traversal game about an adventurous woman who longs to ascend a dangerous mountain. You control each limb individually, carefully grabbing holds to scale higher.

Catherine is a narrative puzzle game about a young man torn between two lovers, struggling with the temptation and consequences of infidelity.

Catherine is a narrative puzzle game about a young man torn between two lovers, struggling with the temptation and consequences of infidelity. During the daytime, you interact with characters in a visual novel that sets up the nighttime traversal challenge.

Minabo - A Walk Through Life is an adventure game about the path of life.

Minabo - A Walk Through Life is an adventure game about the path of life. As you move along the road your turnip character is born, grows and thrives (or not) in all manner of family and social relationships.

Penny's Big Breakaway is a running and jumping game in which you also swing and roll your way through a colourful world filled with obstacles and enemies.

Penny's Big Breakaway is a running and jumping game in which you also swing and roll your way through a colourful world filled with obstacles and enemies. Play focuses on your yo-yo powers that offer varied traversal and point-multiplying tricks.

Replicube is a puzzle game where you recreate 3D pixel art using code.

Replicube is a puzzle game where you recreate 3D pixel art using code. You start with empty space and must write lines of code that program coloured blocks into position until your creation matches the target reference.

10,000,000 is an adventure puzzle where you trigger attacks by matching tiles to defend your castle from monsters.

10,000,000 is an adventure puzzle where you trigger attacks by matching tiles to defend your castle from monsters. You must spot matches to defend yourself and gain upgrades to deal damage to approaching foes.

CorpoNation: The Sorting Process is a high-pressure puzzle where you must work to decipher genetic information for a dystopian tech company.

CorpoNation: The Sorting Process is a high-pressure puzzle where you must work to decipher genetic information for a dystopian tech company. Play involves choosing, sorting and uploading samples to the exacting requirements of your employer.

Old World is a strategy game about developing a civilisation through the ancient ages of humanity's existence.

Old World is a strategy game about developing a civilisation through the ancient ages of humanity's existence. Play involves exploring the world, marrying for politics, raising your heirs, and managing your relationship with the families of your kingdom.

Stephen's Sausage Roll is a puzzle game where you push sausages around to grill them perfectly on both sides.

Stephen's Sausage Roll is a puzzle game where you push sausages around to grill them perfectly on both sides. It sounds easy but is actually really tricky.

A Difficult Game About Climbing is a traversal game about a bald man who can only use his hands to climb.

A Difficult Game About Climbing is a traversal game about a bald man who can only use his hands to climb. You control each hand individually, carefully grabbing holds to pull yourself higher.

Backpack Battles is an inventory-management battle game where you arrange synergising items in your backpack to beat other players in 1-vs-1 clashes.

Backpack Battles is an inventory-management battle game where you arrange synergising items in your backpack to beat other players in 1-vs-1 clashes. To play you strategically purchase items to fit into your backpack, then watch fights automatically play out using any enhanced items this creates.

Clam Man 2: Headliner is a point-and-click game where you play a disgruntled clam who quits their day job to pursue a career in stand-up comedy.

Clam Man 2: Headliner is a point-and-click game where you play a disgruntled clam who quits their day job to pursue a career in stand-up comedy. Unusual for a point-and-click, play is as much affected by your role-play character design choices as the responses to each scenario.

Dunjungle is a running, jumping and fighting game about defeating evil foes in a fantastical retro jungle.

Dunjungle is a running, jumping and fighting game about defeating evil foes in a fantastical retro jungle. You play an agile monkey who can charge through the trees and use timed attacks and dodges to defeat enemies.

Five Nights at Freddy's 3 is a point-and-click survival game where you defend yourself against a killer robot.

Five Nights at Freddy's 3 is a point-and-click survival game where you defend yourself against a killer robot. Unable to move, you must use audio lures to lead a decaying creature away from your location, while grappling with failing systems and hallucinations.

R.E.P.O.

R.E.P.O. is a humorous traversal adventure where you venture into terrifying environments to work with friends to extract valuable objects using your physics-based grabbing tool.

Recur is a time-bending running and jumping game about using your powers to alter reality and escape the apocalypse.

Recur is a time-bending running and jumping game about using your powers to alter reality and escape the apocalypse. As you traverse the world, you affect how time flows - run forwards and it progresses, move back and it rewinds.

Shenzhen I/O is a high-pressure puzzle game where you work to design and build electrical components for a tyrannical Chinese company.

Shenzhen I/O is a high-pressure puzzle game where you work to design and build electrical components for a tyrannical Chinese company. Play involves choosing, connecting, and coding chips to meet the requirements of your new boss.

20 Minutes Till Dawn is an action shooting game where you attempt to survive an onslaught of mindlessly encroaching monsters for 20 minutes.

20 Minutes Till Dawn is an action shooting game where you attempt to survive an onslaught of mindlessly encroaching monsters for 20 minutes. The challenge is controlling movement with one stick and shooting with the other, whilst keeping enemies at bay and levelling up your attacks.

A Most Extraordinary Gnome is a running, jumping and fighting game where you play a gnome protecting his home.

A Most Extraordinary Gnome is a running, jumping and fighting game where you play a gnome protecting his home. In a hand-made storybook world, you wield your hat to take down the various foes of the forest.

Aaero2 is a cooperative rhythm shooting game about speeding through alien worlds that spring from and react to the dance beats of each song.

Aaero2 is a cooperative rhythm shooting game about speeding through alien worlds that spring from and react to the dance beats of each song. Play involves using one stick to move your ship to trace beams of light while using the other to target bullets and missiles at enemies.

All Will Rise is a communication game where you play a young activist taking the rich and powerful to court over their environmental destruction.

All Will Rise is a communication game where you play a young activist taking the rich and powerful to court over their environmental destruction. You build a team of like-minded people and a deck of evidence cards to prosecute the defendants.

Army of Ruin is an action shooting game where you progressively choose weapons, abilities and upgrades to defeat powerful waves of numerous enemies.

Army of Ruin is an action shooting game where you progressively choose weapons, abilities and upgrades to defeat powerful waves of numerous enemies. Play focuses on precise movements and strategic upgrade choices as your weapons auto-fire at the swarming monsters.

Big Boy Boxing is an action punching game where you face off against wacky opponents in boxing matches to become the undisputed champion.

Big Boy Boxing is an action punching game where you face off against wacky opponents in boxing matches to become the undisputed champion. To play you combine simple punches, dodges and blocks with hard-learned pattern recognition to strike the opponents’s weak spots and evade incoming attacks.

Bzzzt is a retro running and jumping game where you save a secret lab from the invasion of a mad scientist.

Bzzzt is a retro running and jumping game where you save a secret lab from the invasion of a mad scientist. You make precise jumps and dashes between platforms to avoid hazards and enemies in a race to the end of each level.

Cargo Commander is a traversal and collecting game about surviving alone in space, light years away from your family, armed with a multi-function cannon.

Cargo Commander is a traversal and collecting game about surviving alone in space, light years away from your family, armed with a multi-function cannon. Play involves carefully entering and exploring the ship containers to find cargo, using gun physics to clear the way and deal with enemies.

Demon's Tilt is a pinball game where you use your ball to shoot and kill retro enemies.

Demon's Tilt is a pinball game where you use your ball to shoot and kill retro enemies. Play involves the usual pinball flipper action, but tables are multiple screens and are augmented with numerous ways to attack and score points.

Desvelado is a cute running, jumping and sequencing game where you must turn off every lamp in your haunted mansion while enemies keep turning them back on.

Desvelado is a cute running, jumping and sequencing game where you must turn off every lamp in your haunted mansion while enemies keep turning them back on. Play involves planning and executing routes through hazard-filled rooms to extinguish all the lamps before patrolling ghosts can relight them.

Forbidden Solitaire is an adventure horror game you play by investigating the contents of a cursed 1995 CD-ROM.

Forbidden Solitaire is an adventure horror game you play by investigating the contents of a cursed 1995 CD-ROM. Play focuses on games of solitaire, but things soon take a gruesome and violent turn as you embed gems in your flesh to gain the upper hand.

Grunn is a world-building game where you play a gardener in a small town property.

Grunn is a world-building game where you play a gardener in a small town property. Play is a simple task of exploring and completing gardening tasks, but you soon discover all is not what it seems in the garden and town that surrounds it.

Hand of Fate 2 is a mythical card-collecting fighting game where you take a hero into a dungeon against a deck of challenges you have chosen.

Hand of Fate 2 is a mythical card-collecting fighting game where you take a hero into a dungeon against a deck of challenges you have chosen. Play involves balancing hazards and equipment in your deck, before taking on the dungeon in the hope of survival.

Homeworld 3 is a standalone real-time strategy game where you command a fleet of spaceships in all-out galactic warfare amongst gigantic floating structures.

Homeworld 3 is a standalone real-time strategy game where you command a fleet of spaceships in all-out galactic warfare amongst gigantic floating structures. Play focuses on building ships to add to your fleet while tactically planning intricate attacks in the fight for survival.

Iron Meat is a running, jumping and shooting game about an agent on a mission to kill an evil scientist in a post-apocalyptic world.

Iron Meat is a running, jumping and shooting game about an agent on a mission to kill an evil scientist in a post-apocalyptic world. Play is like the Contra arcade games, where you must deal with platforming and shooting simultaneously as the levels get increasingly chaotic.

Kaizen: A Factory Story is a brain game where you design automated production lines for Japanese consumer products.

Kaizen: A Factory Story is a brain game where you design automated production lines for Japanese consumer products. Play involves positioning and programming sequences of conveyor belts and robots to manipulate and assemble components to create Ts, camcorders and the like.

Kletka is a stealth traversal game where you work with friends to descend deep into the earth using an elevator that is trying to eat you.

Kletka is a stealth traversal game where you work with friends to descend deep into the earth using an elevator that is trying to eat you. You survive by feeding the elevator with food found on each deadly floor as you descend deeper.

Lucky Hero is a strategic battle game where you use symbols on a slot machine to defeat enemies in turn-based fights.

Lucky Hero is a strategic battle game where you use symbols on a slot machine to defeat enemies in turn-based fights. Like a Fruit Machine but here you spin-to-win actions to order into efficient attacks when it's your turn.

Mass Effect 2 is a science fiction shooting game where you must assemble a squad to take on a suicide mission to save human colonies.

Mass Effect 2 is a science fiction shooting game where you must assemble a squad to take on a suicide mission to save human colonies. Play involves completing missions with either combat or conversation.

Mass Effect 3 is a science fiction shooting game where you must defend the galaxy from a sentient race of machines.

Mass Effect 3 is a science fiction shooting game where you must defend the galaxy from a sentient race of machines. Play involves completing missions using either combat or conversation to gain support for the ensuing war.

Modulus is a puzzle game where you sequence factories to cut, colour, stamp, and assemble the blocks you require.

Modulus is a puzzle game where you sequence factories to cut, colour, stamp, and assemble the blocks you require. Play involves designing, constructing and linking these factories that each apply a process that (hopefully) results in the required blocks.

Odinfall is a frantic shooting game where you survive the apocalypse but must now defeat the robot god Odin.

Odinfall is a frantic shooting game where you survive the apocalypse but must now defeat the robot god Odin. To play, you blast your way through enemies with ranged and melee weapons in the hands of your Viking hero.

Repose is a retro traversal horror game where you search for damaged oxygen tanks in an abandoned data centre.

Repose is a retro traversal horror game where you search for damaged oxygen tanks in an abandoned data centre. To play you use limited energy to navigate the grid-mapped facility, unlock shortcuts and kill twisted enemies before returning to a safe point to re-energise.

Rush For The Ages is a fast-paced strategy game where you play cards to build a civilisation faster than your opponents.

Rush For The Ages is a fast-paced strategy game where you play cards to build a civilisation faster than your opponents. Play involves choosing cards that build your civilisation and hamper your opponents.

Sluggish is an unforgiving slithering and jumping game about climbing a dark underworld to reach the top of a mountain.

Sluggish is an unforgiving slithering and jumping game about climbing a dark underworld to reach the top of a mountain. Play involves guiding your slippery slug-like character with a double jump to make use of the environmental physics to progress.

Tinytown is a creative puzzle game where you build and refine a miniature living-breathing city out of tiles.

Tinytown is a creative puzzle game where you build and refine a miniature living-breathing city out of tiles. Play is simple yet strategic: you must place each tile to maximise your score and make efficient use of the limited space until you fill-up the grid.

Tron: Identity is a narrative puzzle game where you investigate an explosion in your digital world.

Tron: Identity is a narrative puzzle game where you investigate an explosion in your digital world. By talking to the characters you meet and making difficult choices, you attempt to uncover the truth and the meaning of your existence.

Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop is a high-pressure puzzle game where you work to build and repair rocket ship components for your growing business without running out of time.

Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop is a high-pressure puzzle game where you work to build and repair rocket ship components for your growing business without running out of time. Play involves choosing, connecting, and fixing parts to meet the requirements of your ever-increasing clients.

You Must Build A Boat is an endless puzzle where you match tiles to construct powerful boats to battle monsters.

You Must Build A Boat is an endless puzzle where you match tiles to construct powerful boats to battle monsters. You expand your boat by matching attack tiles to deal damage to the approaching foes.

Anno 1800 is a strategy game about developing a civilisation through the industrial ages of humanity's existence.

Anno 1800 is a strategy game about developing a civilisation through the industrial ages of humanity's existence. Play involves exploring the world, building defences, inventing new machines, and managing your relationships with others.

Betrayal at Club Low is a peculiar narrative adventure game where you attempt to sneak into a nightclub disguised as a pizza delivery man to get your colleague out.

Betrayal at Club Low is a peculiar narrative adventure game where you attempt to sneak into a nightclub disguised as a pizza delivery man to get your colleague out. You make pizza, create dice that determine how talks with the clubbers go and explore the surreal, rhythmic world.

The Night is Grey is a dark adventure about a lost man and an abandoned young girl.

The Night is Grey is a dark adventure about a lost man and an abandoned young girl. Play involves exploring each scene, interacting with what you find and engaging with the other characters.

Astro Prospector is a frantic farm-by-shooting game where you destroy a tyrannical corporation’s coffee-bean asteroids and collect the debris to grow exponentially stronger.

Astro Prospector is a frantic farm-by-shooting game where you destroy a tyrannical corporation’s coffee-bean asteroids and collect the debris to grow exponentially stronger. Aiming and shooting are automatic; your job is to steer the ship towards valuable beans and power-ups, all the while dodging a storm of enemy fire.

Hopshot is a super-hard hopping game where you control a lonely gay frog with a gun trying to escape the wishing well.

Hopshot is a super-hard hopping game where you control a lonely gay frog with a gun trying to escape the wishing well. Play involves precise jumps onto static and moving platforms, aided by shooting your pistol not to kill but to gain extra hopping height.

Hrot is a retro-inspired shooting game where you fight through historical Eastern European warzones to defend your socialist homeland from freakish monsters.

Hrot is a retro-inspired shooting game where you fight through historical Eastern European warzones to defend your socialist homeland from freakish monsters. Play involves frantically searching for keys and switches to unlock new areas while killing enemies using guns and explosives.

Is this Seat Taken? is a sequencing puzzle game about arranging little people into meticulous order.

Is this Seat Taken? is a sequencing puzzle game about arranging little people into meticulous order. Each puzzle presents characters with specific preferences, and it's up to you to find a combination that satisfies everyone.

Space Scavenger is a shooting game about collecting parts to build the optimal spaceship to defeat enemies and survive.

Space Scavenger is a shooting game about collecting parts to build the optimal spaceship to defeat enemies and survive. You carefully traverse an agile spaceship with triggered and automated weapons and manage your ammunition and energy levels to stay ready for an incoming battle.

Space Scavenger 2 is a shooting game where you build a modular spaceship on the hoof to escape galactic powers.

Space Scavenger 2 is a shooting game where you build a modular spaceship on the hoof to escape galactic powers. Play involves repeated runs where, similarly to the first game, you navigate and customise an agile ship equipped with both triggered and automated weapons.