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3,498 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

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MusicWave
MusicWave
A keyboard rhythm game built around ten home-row keys
67% positive Free
Forgiveness : Escape Room
Forgiveness : Escape Room
First-person escape room puzzles shaped by a personality test
60% positive 101 reviews
Cavity Busters
Cavity Busters
Bullet-hell roguelite where you shoot and recall a single tooth
95% positive 101 reviews
International Space Banana
International Space Banana
A physics-based space game with deliberately awkward banana controls
94% positive 101 reviews
We are Eva
We are Eva
Precision platforming across dimensions that follow different rules
96% positive 101 reviews
Godless
Godless
Turn-based roguelite strategy about defending a shrine from humanity
87% positive 101 reviews
Button Button Up!
Button Button Up!
Puzzle platforming with buttons that block lasers matching their color
96% positive 100 reviews
Bound By Blades Demo
Bound By Blades
Boss-battling action RPG where you craft equipment from monster loot
77% positive 100 reviews
Star Leaping Story
Star Leaping Story
A precision platformer built around hovering and chained midair dashes
98% positive 100 reviews
Countless Army
Countless Army
Reverse tower defense where undead armies attack villages and cities
70% positive 100 reviews
Gigachess Demo
Gigachess
Turn-based chess puzzler about defending a board from advancing pawns
82% positive 99 reviews
OneShift
OneShift
A puzzle platformer built around shifting and rotating block worlds
78% positive 99 reviews
Shores Unknown
Shores Unknown
Party-based tactical RPG where orders resolve after you finish planning
67% positive 99 reviews
Stonedeep Demo
Stonedeep
A dwarf colony sim about digging tunnels and managing resources
44% positive 99 reviews
Roto Force
Roto Force
A twin-stick bullet hell about shooting, spinning, and fighting bosses
91% positive 99 reviews
Move Code Lines
Move Code Lines
A programming puzzle game about putting code lines in order
82% positive 99 reviews
Lightning Fast
Lightning Fast
Open-world animal survival with cooperative hunts and threats from poachers
32% positive 99 reviews
Demonlore Demo
Demonlore
Lane defense with spell decks and units that become heroes
82% positive 99 reviews
Tendryll
Tendryll
A roguelike deckbuilder with grid battles and coordinated hero movement
78% positive 99 reviews
Shuffle Tactics
Shuffle Tactics
A tactical roguelike combining deckbuilding with grid-based battles and sidekicks
67% positive 99 reviews
Immortal Hunters
Immortal Hunters
Side-scrolling action RPG with online co-op against a monster invasion
68% positive 99 reviews
Bullet Hell Monday: Finale
Bullet Hell Monday: Finale
Free-to-play bullet hell shooter with missions that lead to bosses
95% positive Free
rock climbing
rock climbing
A physics-based precision platformer about climbing with a two-headed creature
88% positive 99 reviews
Ninja JaJaMaru: The Great Yokai Battle + Hell
Ninja JaJaMaru: The Great Yokai Battle + Hell
A 2D arcade platformer with unlockable ninjas and monsters
94% positive 98 reviews