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Undertale
Undertale is a 2015 role-playing video game created by American indie developer Toby Fox. The player controls a child who has fallen into the Underground: a large, secluded region under the surface of the Earth, separated by a magical barrier. The player meets various monsters during the journey back to the surface, some of which may engage in combat. The combat system involves the player navigating through mini–bullet hell attacks by the opponent. They can opt to appease monsters in order to spare them instead of killing them. These choices affect the game, with the dialogue, characters, and
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Hollow Knight
Hollow Knight is a 2017 Metroidvania video game developed and published by Australian independent developer Team Cherry. The player controls a nameless insectoid warrior in exploring Hallownest, a fallen kingdom plagued by a supernatural disease. The game is set in diverse subterranean locations, featuring friendly and hostile insectoid characters and numerous bosses. Players have the opportunity to unlock abilities as they explore, along with pieces of lore and flavour text that are spread throughout the kingdom.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
2018 open-world role-playing video game
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Friday Night Funkin'
2020 rhythm game
The Long Dark
2017 video game
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Omori
2020 horror role-playing video game
Star Citizen
massively multiplayer space trading combat video game
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Shovel Knight
2014 video game
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Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning
2018 video game
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Darkest Dungeon
2016 video game
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Pillars of Eternity
American role-playing video game
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Yooka-Laylee
Yooka-Laylee is a 2017 platform game developed by Playtonic Games and published by Team17. Developed by a group of former key personnel from Rare, Yooka-Laylee is a spiritual successor to the Banjo-Kazooie series. The game follows chameleon Yooka and bat Laylee on their quest to retrieve a magical book from an evil corporation.
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A Hat in Time
2017 platform video game
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Night in the Woods
2017 adventure video game
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Elite Dangerous
2014 space trading and combat simulator
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Scorn
2022 horror video game developed by Ebb Software
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The Escapists
2014 strategy video game
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Divinity: Original Sin
2014 video game
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Friday the 13th: The Game
2017 survival horror video game
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FTL: Faster Than Light
2012 space combat video game
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Superhot
Superhot is an independent first-person shooter video game developed and published by Superhot Team. Though the game follows traditional first-person shooter gameplay mechanics, with the player attempting to take out enemy targets using guns and other weapons, time within the game progresses at normal speed only when the player moves; this creates the opportunity for the player to assess their situation in slow motion and respond appropriately, making the gameplay similar to strategy video games. The game is presented in a minimalist art style, with enemies in red and weapons in black, in cont
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Among the Sleep
2014 video game
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Divinity: Original Sin 2
2017 video game
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7 Days to Die
survival horror video game developed by The Fun Pimps
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Wasteland 2
2014 post-apocalyptic role-playing video game
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This Is the Police
2016 video game
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Hell Let Loose
2021 video game
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Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
2012 video game
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We Happy Few
2018 video game developed by Compulsion Games
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Rain World
2017 survival platformer video game
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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
2019 action-adventure video game
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Dreamfall Chapters
Episodic 3D adventure game
Shenmue III
2019 action-adventure video game developed by Neilo and Ys Net
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Blasphemous
2019 video game
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The Wonderful 101
2013 video game
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Broken Age
2014 adventure video game
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Squad
2020 video game
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The Banner Saga
2014 Viking-themed tactical role-playing video game developed by Stoic
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Mighty No. 9
2016 action-platform video game published by Deep Silver and Spike Chunsoft
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Agony
2018 video game
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Grim Dawn
2016 video game
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Thimbleweed Park
2017 video game
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Armikrog
Armikrog (stylized as Armikrog.) is a stop-motion point-and-click adventure comedy game by Doug TenNapel in partnership with Pencil Test Studios and Versus Evil for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4, Wii U and Xbox One. It is a spiritual successor to The Neverhood, and is developed by many members of the same team. Like The Neverhood, Armikrog uses clay animation.
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HuniePop
HuniePop (, "HoneyPop") is a 2015 tile-matching and dating sim adult video game released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux-based personal computers. The game follows the dating adventures of the main character as they try to woo several different women in their home town; its characters are drawn in anime art style and they have a fully-voiced and animated dialog. HuniePop was created by American game designer Ryan Koons, under the alias of "HuniePot", after a successful crowdfunding campaign; it was released via Humble Bundle, MangaGamer, and a censored version via Steam. HuniePop recei
Kentucky Route Zero
2013 magical realist independent episodic adventure game
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Godus
Godus is a god video game developed by 22cans and published by DeNA. The company launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds and met their funding goal on 20 December 2012. Godus was designed by Peter Molyneux, who described it as the spiritual successor to his earlier creation, Populous. A real-time strategy, combat game spin-off, Godus Wars, was released in 2016. While the mobile versions of Godus continue to be updated, the PC editions of both games never left Steam Early Access, and are no longer available for purchase on the Steam store.
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Neverending Nightmares
2014 video game
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Planetary Annihilation
2014 real-time strategy game by Uber Entertainment
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Spintires
Spintires is a 2014 off-roading simulation video game by developer Pavel Zagrebelnyy. In Spintires, players take control of off-road vehicles and drive them through muddy off-road terrain to complete objectives. The game was released on June 13, 2014, and has sold over one million copies. A spin-off game called MudRunner was released on October 30, 2017.
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Risk of Rain
2013 video game
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Carmageddon: Reincarnation
2015 video game
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Torment: Tides of Numenera
2017 role-playing video game
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Xenonauts
Xenonauts is a turn-based science fiction video game developed and published as the maiden title of London-based independent game studio Goldhawk Interactive. Inspired by the 1994 game UFO: Enemy Unknown, gameplay involves the player taking the role of the commander of a clandestine organization known as the Xenonauts, and attempting to defeat an alien invasion of Earth in the alternative history year 1979. The game was released on June 17, 2014 for Microsoft Windows. Ports to Mac OS X and Linux were initially based on the Wine compatibility layer, until native ports became available in Septem
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Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
2016 video game
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Pathfinder: Kingmaker
2018 video game developed by Owlcat Games
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Visage
2020 survival horror video game developed by SadSquare Studio
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Armello
Armello is a 2015 digital role-playing strategy board game developed by League of Geeks. Announced as an iPad title in September 2012, the game has been in development since mid-2011, with music by composers Lisa Gerrard and Michael Allen. Between April and May 2014, a successful Kickstarter campaign was started to help fund a port to Microsoft Windows as well as stretch goals to bring the game to Android and Windows tablets. The game was chosen to receive additional support from governmental funding agencies Screen Australia and Film Victoria.
System Shock
2023 action role-playing video game remake developed by Night Dive Studios
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Sea of Stars
2023 video game developed by Sabotage Studio
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NightCry
is a graphic adventure survival horror video game developed by Nude Maker and published by Playism Games. NightCry is directed and written by Clock Tower series creator Hifumi Kono, and is considered a spiritual successor to the series. It was first released for Windows in March 2016, and later for the PlayStation Vita in January 2019. Ports for Android and iOS were also planned, but never released.