Stardew Valley looks like a farming simulator.

Stardew Valley looks like a farming simulator. That’s partly what it is, but you also develop relationships with the other townsfolk and delve deep into the mines.

Shadows of Doubt is an open-world detective game set in a fully simulated city of crime and corruption.

Shadows of Doubt is an open-world detective game set in a fully simulated city of crime and corruption. You explore the city to discover criminality, find clues, solve crimes and earn money to fund bringing a serial killer to justice.

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.

Haunted Chocolatier is a strategy game by the creator of Stardew Valley.

Haunted Chocolatier is a strategy game by the creator of Stardew Valley. You explore a fantasy world and gather ingredients to make different blends of chocolate that sell in your chocolate shop.

A way out is an action adventure game centred around two playable characters simultaneously.

A way out is an action adventure game centred around two playable characters simultaneously. With another player, you control Leo and Vincent, two convicted prisoners who must break out of prison and stay on the run from authorities.

Death Trash is a role-play game set in a post-apocalyptic, horror open world.

Death Trash is a role-play game set in a post-apocalyptic, horror open world. Humans travelled to the stars, but unearthed machines and killer worms so had to flee into enclosed habitats.

Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a heist simulation game.

Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a heist simulation game. You control a crew of robbers who escape from jail and take on a series of increasingly complex robberies.

DataJack 2020 is a stealth action game where you play a mercenary in the dystopian underworld of the East Coast Hub.

DataJack 2020 is a stealth action game where you play a mercenary in the dystopian underworld of the East Coast Hub. Drawing inspiration from cyber-hacking role-play of games like Shadowrun and Syndicate, you take contracts to steal data by hacking defences, picking locks, hotwiring tech, defeating guards or blowing a new entrance with explosives.

Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan is a role-play adventure where you save the world from colourless darkness.

Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan is a role-play adventure where you save the world from colourless darkness. Unusually, battles are won through listening and conversation rather than traditional attacks.

My Time At Portia is an adventure role-play game set after civilization has been destroyed, and humans are emerging from underground to rebuild society.

My Time At Portia is an adventure role-play game set after civilization has been destroyed, and humans are emerging from underground to rebuild society. By gathering resources, crafting and building you slowly gain the tools to collect food, store grain, chop trees and build dwellings.

Book of Travels is a role-playing game.

Book of Travels is a role-playing game. It's an unusual online game that focuses on the small rather than the massive.

Grand Theft Auto V is the latest in a series of action-adventure games where you travel around one large location taking part in different criminal activities: pulling off heists, with lots of shooting and stealing and driving a variety of cars and other vehicles.

Grand Theft Auto V is the latest in a series of action-adventure games where you travel around one large location taking part in different criminal activities: pulling off heists, with lots of shooting and stealing and driving a variety of cars and other vehicles. GTA V is considered a particularly technically impressive example of open-world games, which can be credited to its huge development team and budget.

Paradise Killer is a detective game set in the open world of Paradise Island.

Paradise Killer is a detective game set in the open world of Paradise Island. It's a strange place with quirky characters and an alien obsessed, demon worshiping world.

Unsighted is an action role-play game where you race against the clock to save your robot friends.

Unsighted is an action role-play game where you race against the clock to save your robot friends. You play a robot called Alma who has lost their memory and lives in a ruined world after the human war.

Jailbreak is a popular Roblox game about escaping prison and getting away with various crimes.

Jailbreak is a popular Roblox game about escaping prison and getting away with various crimes. Based on the popular Prison Life and Madcity Roblox games, but adds a large open world in which you could drive vehicles, earn weapons and rob various buildings.

Biomutant is an open-world role-play adventure about a Raccoon warrior in a large world filled with mutated animals.

Biomutant is an open-world role-play adventure about a Raccoon warrior in a large world filled with mutated animals. Exploring this living breathing ecosystem has the feel of a Zelda game, but in a broken-down steampunk aesthetic and with political implications for your actions.

Witchbrook is a role play game that takes you through the highs and lows of school-life.

Witchbrook is a role play game that takes you through the highs and lows of school-life. You play a witch-in-training but it's not just about learning spells.

Half Past Fate is a romantic comedy adventure.

Half Past Fate is a romantic comedy adventure. You explore the lives of six different modern day characters and their romantic relationships over eight hours, eight days, and finally eight years later.

Xenoblade Chronicles is a series of open-world role-play games.

Xenoblade Chronicles is a series of open-world role-play games. They take place on the frozen bodies of two warring titans, the Bionis and the Mechonis.

Conga Master is an action dancing game about getting the most people to join your conga line.

Conga Master is an action dancing game about getting the most people to join your conga line. It's like the classic Nokia game Snake with an unusual dancing twist.

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L.A. Noire is a narrative adventure where you play a police detective in 1947 Los Angeles.

Stoneshard is a role-playing game set in a medieval world.

Stoneshard is a role-playing game set in a medieval world. You play a mercenary travelling through the war-torn kingdom, taking contracts, fighting, mending your wounds and developing your character.

Sun Haven is a role-playing adventure game where you tend the land, build relationships in a fantasy village, and fight monsters to save the realm.

Sun Haven is a role-playing adventure game where you tend the land, build relationships in a fantasy village, and fight monsters to save the realm. With magical abilities and companions, you explore towns and cities belonging to different races and defeat the mysterious forces of darkness in the countryside, then go back to your homestead, where you tend crops and animals and get to know the townsfolk.

UnMetal is an adventure shooting game where you play Jesse Fox, who has been unjustifiably imprisoned in a military prison.

UnMetal is an adventure shooting game where you play Jesse Fox, who has been unjustifiably imprisoned in a military prison. Set in the early 70's and Drawing on 80's TV shows like The A-Team and games like Metal Gear, you escape using what you can find around the world to make improvised weapons.