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100% Orange Juice Demo
100% Orange Juice
Turn-based anime board game driven by dice, cards, and battles
93% positive 16K reviews
Gold Mining Simulator
Gold Mining Simulator
Single-player mining simulator with machinery, deformable terrain, and business progression
71% positive 16K reviews
IXION
IXION
Space station survival city-builder with punishing resource management
76% positive 16K reviews
Spelunky
Spelunky
Difficult roguelike platformer with destructible, randomly generated underground levels
92% positive 16K reviews
Resident Evil 0
Resident Evil 0
Fixed-camera survival horror built around switching between two characters
80% positive 16K reviews
Surgeon Simulator
Surgeon Simulator
First-person surgery sim with awkward hand controls and dark humor
82% positive 15K reviews
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Retro side-scrolling platformer with four campaigns and local battles
95% positive 15K reviews
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Local co-op puzzle game about defusing bombs through conversation
97% positive 15K reviews
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 Demo
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2
First-person military shooter focused on stealth and long-range sniping
75% positive 15K reviews
Hitman: Blood Money Demo
Hitman: Blood Money
Third-person stealth action built around open-ended assassination missions
93% positive 15K reviews
Rogue Legacy 2
Rogue Legacy 2
Genealogical 2D action roguelite with descendants inheriting permanent upgrades
90% positive 15K reviews
Darksiders Warmastered Edition
Darksiders Warmastered Edition
Third-person hack-and-slash adventure through apocalyptic dungeons and puzzle rooms
88% positive 15K reviews
Touhou Luna Nights
Touhou Luna Nights
Side-scrolling action game with bullet-heavy combat and time-stopping puzzles
97% positive 15K reviews
Session: Skate Sim
Session: Skate Sim
Realistic single-player street skateboarding with two-stick foot controls
83% positive 15K reviews
DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION
DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION
Cartoon action roguelike chasing treasure through hordes and boss fights
95% positive 14K reviews
Gothic 1
Gothic 1
Open-world action RPG about surviving a magically sealed prison colony
91% positive 14K reviews
Lords Of The Fallen™ 2014
Lords Of The Fallen™ 2014
Dark fantasy action RPG with weighty combat and towering bosses
58% positive 14K reviews
Antichamber
Antichamber
First-person puzzle exploration through looping corridors and shifting rooms
95% positive 14K reviews
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED
First-person horror mini-games with animatronics in VR or flatscreen
95% positive 14K reviews
Gloomhaven
Gloomhaven
Difficult card-driven tactical RPG adapted from a cooperative board game
81% positive 14K reviews
Mountain
Mountain
Single-player nature simulation about watching a mountain change over time
89% positive 14K reviews
Tails of Iron
Tails of Iron
Hand-drawn 2D action RPG with punishing fights against frogs
87% positive 14K reviews
Peggle Deluxe
Peggle Deluxe
Casual arcade puzzler about bouncing balls to clear orange pegs
97% positive 14K reviews
Yet Another Zombie Defense
Yet Another Zombie Defense
Top-down zombie shooter mixing nightly survival with barricades and turrets
86% positive Free