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3,401 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

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Hack, Slash, Loot
Hack, Slash, Loot
Turn-based dungeon crawler with a new layout every run
56% positive 327 reviews
Orakyubu
Orakyubu
Box-pushing puzzles spread across cube faces in three-dimensional space
98% positive Free
Alice Escaped!
Alice Escaped!
A Wonderland action metroidvania built around a hammer-and-gun tag team
79% positive 326 reviews
Pid
Pid
A puzzle platformer built around placing and riding gravity beams
69% positive 324 reviews
Within the blade
Within the blade
A ninja action platformer mixing stealth attacks with direct combat
86% positive 324 reviews
Helskate
Helskate
Skateboarding action roguelite mixing arcade tricks with hack-and-slash combat
69% positive 324 reviews
Plan A
Plan A
Top-down squad tactics built around planning before the shooting starts
88% positive Free
Theta and Paralldox on Worldlines
Theta and Paralldox on Worldlines
Logic puzzles built around splitting yourself and exploring parallel worlds
97% positive 324 reviews
Craftlings
Craftlings
A strategy puzzle game about directing workers and linking production
86% positive 323 reviews
Skautfold: Usurper
Skautfold: Usurper
Metroidvania action RPG where precise dodges restore your defenses
67% positive 322 reviews
CRIMSON METAL Classic 1999
CRIMSON METAL Classic 1999
A retro first-person shooter about escaping trap-filled weapons facilities
50% positive 322 reviews
Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman
Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman
Side-scrolling action RPG where you choose which warring factions to help
74% positive 321 reviews
Valfaris: Mecha Therion
Valfaris: Mecha Therion
Side-scrolling mech shooter that combines gunfire with melee attacks
93% positive 321 reviews
Rage in Peace Demo
Rage in Peace
Side-scrolling platformer with surprise traps on a final journey home
88% positive 320 reviews
Pale Coins Demo
Pale Coins
An action RPG where equipment grants spells and movement abilities
93% positive 320 reviews
Rosalie
Rosalie
Co-op driving adventure with split steering in a pedal car
89% positive 320 reviews
Deathstate: Abyssal Edition
Deathstate: Abyssal Edition
Bullet-hell roguelite with automatic attacks and movement-focused combat
82% positive 319 reviews
Blood Card 2: Dark Mist
Blood Card 2: Dark Mist
Turn-based roguelike deckbuilder where your cards double as health
86% positive 319 reviews
Chessformer
Chessformer
A grid-based puzzle platformer combining chess moves with gravity
100% positive 319 reviews
Fruit Salad
Fruit Salad
Casual puzzle game about dropping and merging fruit for points
96% positive 319 reviews
REVOLVER360 RE:ACTOR
REVOLVER360 RE:ACTOR
Side-scrolling bullet hell with a battlefield you can rotate
93% positive 318 reviews
Fallback
Fallback
Action roguelite with changing perspectives on a climb from underground
87% positive 318 reviews
Hifuu Nightmare Diary ~ Violet Detector.
Hifuu Nightmare Diary ~ Violet Detector.
Bullet hell shooting where your camera clears incoming enemy fire
76% positive 318 reviews
Mega City Force
Mega City Force
Top-down roguelike shooter with distinct agents and bullet-hell bosses
75% positive 316 reviews