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This retro-inspired 2D Action RPG might outright surprise you. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graphics with butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging puzzle mechanics, served with a gripping sci-fi story. Take the best out of two popular genres, find a good balance between them and make a great game. That’s what CrossCode does. And it works … Continue reading “CrossCode”
Year: 2015
Platforms: Linux, Macintosh, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Windows Apps, Xbox One
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG, Puzzle elements
Adventure waits below the surface Grab your pickaxe and dig into the sequel to the award-winning SteamWorld Dig! A platform mining adventure forged in Metroidvania flames. In search of her lost friend, a lone steambot and her unlikely companion must dig deep, gain riches and explore an underworld riddled with danger. But time is running … Continue reading “SteamWorld Dig 2”
Year: 2017
Platforms: Linux, Macintosh, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PS Vita, PlayStation 4, Stadia, Windows, Windows Apps, Xbox One
Genre: Action
Theme: Metroidvania, Puzzle elements
An early graphical rogue-like dungeon crawl. Slay some monsters, build up some experience, explore deeper levels. The goal is to find the Golden Apple, buried somewhere deep in the basement beneath the manor. This game can be configured for either graphics or text, 10 different skill levels, and configurable room layouts. Each level is created … Continue reading “Beneath Apple Manor”
Year: 1978
Platforms: Apple II, Atari 8-bit
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
Dungeon Campaign is one of the earliest role-playing games for home computers and in a way again, like Beneath Apple Manor of the same year, an obscure Rogue-like — two years before Rogue actually coined the term. Dungeon Campaign is a basic fantasy dungeon crawl that doesn’t even care about a background story — enter dungeon, slay monsters, amass treasures, find exit. … Continue reading “Dungeon Campaign”
Year: 1978
Platforms: Apple II, Atari 8-bit
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Alrest is a world composed of giant beasts, the Titans, who eternally roam a sea of clouds surrounding the World Tree. The people of this world live on the backs of the Titans alongside Blades, weaponized life forms who are awakened from crystals and bonded to their summoner until either dies. The protagonist of this … Continue reading “Xenoblade Chronicles 2”
Year: 2017
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Bastion is an isometric action/role playing game. It’s the story of a city known as Caelondia after it has been destroyed by a disaster called “Calamity”. The game follows a silent protagonist known as “The Kid” who tries to create a safe haven (Bastion) with the help of Rucks, who is also the narrator of the … Continue reading “Bastion”
Year: 2011
Platforms: Browser, Linux, Macintosh, Nintendo Switch, PS Vita, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, iPad, iPhone
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
New challengers are taking control of Gamindustri, and Neptune’s nowhere in sight. Now she’s gotta help a mysterious stranger fight a colossal new evil, reclaim her Goddess title, and find some time for pudding! Go next gen with Giant Battles, multi-worlds, and multiple storylines in this JRPG! New Battle Features Characters can link up for stronger … Continue reading “Megadimension Neptunia VII”
Year: 2016
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Japanese-style RPG (JRPG)
Zombie Army Trilogy is a tactical first-person shooter based on Sniper Elite V2. It includes two spin-off standalone titles only available for PC: Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army and Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2. These two games were remastered and put into a single campaign with a new, third episode not available separately. For the Nintendo Switch, PS4 and … Continue reading “Zombie Army Trilogy”
Year: 2015
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One
Genre: Action
Mutant Mudds is an indie platformer with retro graphics. The game features five worlds, eight visual themes, 40 ordinary levels and 20 extra levels where you control Max’s grandmother Grannie, intended for players who want a higher degree of challenge. There are three ways to complete a level. The first is to reach the end of … Continue reading “Mutant Mudds Collection”
Year: 2017
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
Adventure is a port of the mainframe text adventure Adventure (also known as Colossal Cave Adventure). It is based on Bob Supnik’s DECUS implementation of Don Woods’ enhanced version with 350 points. During the game, the player visits and explores a cave. The goal is to find treasure by solving puzzles. Interactions with the game are conducted by entering verb-noun commands … Continue reading “Colossal Cave Adventure”
Year: 1977
Platforms: Mainframe
Genre: Adventure
Theme: Puzzle elements