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Lakeview Cabin Collection
Lakeview Cabin Collection
2D survival horror about using found objects against slashers
94% positive 1,854 reviews
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!
Fast-paced cooking and typing on a cross-country food truck trip
93% positive 1,854 reviews
Intrusion 2 Demo
Intrusion 2
Side-scrolling shooter with physics-driven enemies and interactive environments
94% positive 1,853 reviews
Vagrus - The Riven Realms Demo
Vagrus - The Riven Realms
Dark fantasy strategy RPG about leading a caravan through wastelands
83% positive 1,845 reviews
FORCED: Slightly Better Edition
FORCED: Slightly Better Edition
Co-op action RPG where gladiators fight and solve arena puzzles
74% positive 1,844 reviews
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas
Squad-based tactical shooter clearing rooms amid a Las Vegas siege
80% positive 1,837 reviews
Legends of Eisenwald
Legends of Eisenwald
Medieval tactical RPG with turn-based battles and branching choices
76% positive 1,832 reviews
Split/Second
Split/Second
Arcade racing where you trigger explosions to reshape tracks
80% positive 1,825 reviews
NINJA GAIDEN 3: Razor's Edge [NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection]
NINJA GAIDEN 3: Razor's Edge [NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection]
Third-person ninja action built around fast, punishing melee combat
63% positive 1,824 reviews
Touhou Fuujinroku ~ Mountain of Faith.
Touhou Fuujinroku ~ Mountain of Faith.
2D bullet-hell shooter with stages of dense enemy fire
98% positive 1,819 reviews
Slain: Back from Hell
Slain: Back from Hell
A gothic action platformer with weapons that exploit elemental weaknesses
72% positive 1,816 reviews
Gnomes Demo
Gnomes
Turn-based tower defense where movable gnomes guard crops from goblins
95% positive 1,812 reviews
Super Amazing Wagon Adventure
Super Amazing Wagon Adventure
A side-scrolling shooter with a randomized journey through the West
95% positive 1,809 reviews
Teslagrad
Teslagrad
A 2D puzzle platformer built around electricity and magnetism
83% positive 1,808 reviews
NINJA GAIDEN Σ2 [NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection]
NINJA GAIDEN Σ2 [NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection]
Fast third-person ninja action focused on weapon-based melee combat
78% positive 1,792 reviews
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon®
First-person tactical shooter with squad missions in Eastern Europe
91% positive 1,789 reviews
NOT A HERO
NOT A HERO
Cover-based shooter about a time-traveling rabbit's violent election campaign
87% positive 1,786 reviews
Azure Striker Gunvolt
Azure Striker Gunvolt
Side-scrolling action platformer with enemy tagging and lightning attacks
84% positive 1,784 reviews
Drop Alive
Drop Alive
A 2D platformer where a water droplet becomes ice or gas
89% positive Free
Bloody Walls
Bloody Walls
A retro zombie shooter where one hit ends your run
79% positive Free
Heads Will Roll: Reforged AI
Heads Will Roll: Reforged
Text-based medieval RPG where choices shape permadeath runs
80% positive 1,772 reviews
Circuits
Circuits
A music puzzle game about piecing songs together by ear
89% positive 1,765 reviews
Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi
Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi
First-person vampire horror with a randomly generated castle to explore
89% positive 1,764 reviews
Randal's Monday
Randal's Monday
Point-and-click adventure about undoing a mistake in a time loop
81% positive 1,760 reviews