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ActionAdventureBeat 'em upIndie2d

The fan-favorite 2D brawler is back as ex-mob hit man Shank returns to action in Shank 2. With those closest to him under attack, Shank is once again forced on the offensive. Now he must put his trusty arsenal of handguns, shotguns, automat

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ActionBeat 'em upIndieNinjaBird

The followup to 2009's Dead Samurai, The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile is a combo-fueled, fast-paced, stylistic 2D action platformer that features the series' staple gritty, graphic novel-inspired art style, built on a new engine that allows fo

89 rating2 lists4.5 h main storyOften paired

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ActionBeat 'em upRole-playingFrogChicken

The once peaceful land of Ancaria is in grave danger. The evil Ashen empire has enslaved its population and is using the orc-like Grimmoc to wipe out the Seraphim, who swore to protect it. In order to defeat the empire you will have to prov

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AdventureIndiePiratesGhostsMagic

Cuphead is a run-and-gun action game focused primarily on boss battles. Its visual style is modeled after 1930s cartoons, using traditional hand-drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings. Players control Cuph

86 rating1 list8 h main storyOften paired

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AdventureBeat 'em upIndieRole-playingMagic

This game follows the thong-tastic adventures of a misguided hero named DeathSpank. Comic fans will recognize DeathSpank as a character that first appeared on writer Ron Gilbert's Grumpy Gamer website in a series of animated comics he penne

78 rating4 lists9 h main storyOften paired

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AdventureBeat 'em upIndieRole-playingGhosts

immerse yourself in a gorgeous hand-painted world on a search for your true identity. As the mysterious warrior, Dust, your action-packed journey will take you from peaceful glades to snowy mountaintops and beyond. At your disposal is the m

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AdventureIndieRole-playingGhostsMedieval

This is Daniel, a normal guy from recent times: a great videogame player, big sci-fi movie fan, novice player of role playing games, pot-head and overall, horny due to a mysterious lack of success with girls. Wait... is Unepic not a mediev

71 rating7 lists19 h main storyOften paired

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AdventureIndiePiratesGhostsMagic

Cuphead is a run-and-gun action game focused primarily on boss battles. Its visual style is modeled after 1930s cartoons, using traditional hand-drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings. Players control Cuph

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ActionIndiePiratesFrogBrawler

Two teams battle each other to take down the opposing sides turrets and base. There's multiple stages and some with hidden traps in the environment. Each team defends multiple lanes, and has to plan and coordinate properly to take down the

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Beat 'em upRole-playingMedievalMagicHorse

In this ARPG you control a hero who explores a series of randomized dungeons, fightinghordes of enemies and collecting equipment, gold, and loot while doing so. The game also features a town , to which the hero can return to sell and buy ge

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AdventureBeat 'em upIndieRole-playingBrawler

Charlie Murder is an action role-playing beat 'em up video game, featuring five playable characters - all members of the garage punk band Charlie Murder - who fight a demonic army raised by a former band member in an attempt to save the wor

72 rating3 lists6.5 h main story

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AdventureHorseChickenSkeletonBird

Minecraft focuses on allowing the player to explore, interact with, and modify a dynamically generated map made of one-cubic-meter-sized blocks. In addition to blocks, the environment features plants, mobs, and items. Some activities in the

85 rating1 list98 h main storyOften paired

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IndieRole-playingPiratesMedievalMagic

The roguelike games are back! Enter in this amazing adventure as an giant eyebrow boy or girl, your quest is defeat the Lord Dredmor and save the kingdom from the forces of dark! Each level is a floor randomly generate made of interconnecte

70 rating1 list19 h main story

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AdventureBeat 'em upIndieChickenBrawler

Play as the daemon-hunter Baron Dashforth in a side-scrolling co-op brawler set entirely on the grand spectacle of a theatre stage that rewards performance over pummeling. Perform shattering takedowns and reversals!

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ActionAdventureMinigamesRabbitSide-scrolling

Ash, a skeletal rabbit and the prince of Hell, has inherited the role of ruler of Hell from his father. After a photographer takes a picture of Ash playing with a rubber duck in the bathtub, Ash sets out to kill the 100 monsters that have s

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IndieSide-scrollingBoss fightUnlockables4 player co-op

You got a problem? Yo, she’ll splode it. At the Big Science after-party celebrating the capture of Splosion Man, a spill of champagne shorts out the safety protocols on the splosionatrix and from it emerges Ms. Splosion Man. The latest crea

84 rating6 lists9 h main story

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AdventureIndieGhostsSide-scrollingMultiple protagonists

There are only two constants in Abyss Odyssey: a great evil awaits at the bottom of the pit, and you must succeed or die. From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting e

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AdventureIndieSide-scrollingMultiple protagonistsLeveling up

Trine is a physics-based action game where three characters allow clever solutions to challenges created by hazardous puzzles and threatening enemies. The gameplay is based on fully interactive physics – each character's different abilities

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Side-scrollingMultiple protagonistsBoss fightCatShopping

Serious Sam explodes into the second dimension using everything in his arsenal to battle the abominable legions of Mental’s horde. Pull the trigger to let the heavy ordinance fly in Serious Sam Double D, a hand drawn, side-scrolling shooter

67 rating1 list3 h main story

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AdventureBeat 'em upHack and slashIndieRole-playing

Hammerwatch is an hack and slash action adventure, set in a fantasy pixel art environment! Play solo or co-op in this adventure from bottom to top of Castle Hammerwatch! Kill hordes of enemies with varied looks and features through four uni

70 rating1 list22 h main story

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SpaceshipSide-scrollingBoss fightMeleeButton mashing

“METAL SLUG 3”, the masterpiece in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game series, still continues to fascinate millions of fans worldwide to this day for its intricate dot-pixel graphics, and simple and intuitive game controls!

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ActionIndieMedievalBoss fightScatological humor

A rock-solid combination of rock-rolling action, deep strategy, and captivating art and music from different ages of history, this is a game of crush or be crushed! Two castles stand opposed; one is yours, the other is your enemy's. They're

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AdventureIndieSpaceshipQuick time eventPax 2009

In The Maw players control Frank, who in turn controls The Maw via an electrical leash that he uses keep him at his side. Gameplay involves guiding The Maw in specific directions to clear obstacles and complete levels. The Maw also has the

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AdventureIndieActionSide viewPlatformer

The green creature, ibb, and the pink creature, obb, travel through a world divided by a thin horizon line; on either side of the barrier, everything is inverted and gravity works in opposite directions. The game is focused on cooperative p

75 rating1 list6.5 h main story

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AdventureIndieRole-playingMagic2d

Terraria is a 2D sandbox action-adventure game with platforming and role-playing elements. Players create a character and are placed in a procedurally generated world where they mine resources, craft equipment, build structures, and fight e

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AdventureIndieRole-playingGhostsMagic

The Binding of Isaac is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac's form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to

81 rating4 lists9 h main story

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AdventureIndieRole-playingMedievalMagic

Dungeon Defenders is a Tower Defense Action-RPG where you must save the land of Etheria from an Ancient Evil! Create a hero from one of four distinct classes to fight back wave after wave of enemies by summoning defenses and directly partic

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Beat 'em upRole-playingLeveling upSkill points in gameBow and arrow

Dungeon Siege III (DSIII or DS3) is an action role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows.[5] Chris Taylor, the original creator of Dungeon Siege,

73 rating3 lists15 h main story

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AdventureRole-playingGhostsMagicPets

Live the adventurer’s life in this character-based fantasy game. Choose your character and pet companion as you journey through limitless caverns, dungeons, and tunnels and determine your destiny.

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IndieRole-playingPiratesGhostsNinja

Kingdom of Loathing is a browser-based role-playing game.

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AdventureRole-playingMedievalMinigamesMultiple protagonists

The First Templar follows the story of two main characters – a French Templar, and his companion, a noble lady who has been proclaimed a heretic. Taking control over these two unlikely allies, the player must uncover the mysteries behind th

60 rating4 lists10 h main story

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The King of Route 66 is the arcade racing game sequel to 18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker. It was later brought to the PlayStation 2 by Tose. This game features a story mode in which the Evil Tornado Corporation has taken over all the truck

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AdventureIndieMultiple protagonistsBirdTraps

Ben There, Dan That! and Time Gentlemen, Please! are a couple of rip-roaring point-and-click adventure games . With tongue firmly in cheek, sit back, relax, and put your mind to work solving puzzles, and reading some very funny dialogue. It

82 rating1 list5 h main story

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AdventureIndieMagicDogBoss fight

The once peaceful Kingdom of Gorudo is threatened by an evil presence. The only hope for salvation is Cyrus!

78 rating3 lists4.5 h main story

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AdventureIndieGhostsFrogTime limit

Downwell is a curious game about a young man with guns for boots venturing down a well in search of untold treasures. Make your way further and further down into a darkness filled with nasty creatures and mysterious secrets and collect the

76 rating4 lists6.5 h main story

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AdventureIndieRole-playingMedievalChicken

A passion project 10 years in the making, Ember is a homage to classic role-playing games (RPG). Enter the world of Ember as a resurrected “Lightbringer” summoned to protect the dying Embers as the world is on the brink of collapse. Beginni

63 rating1 list16 h main story

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ActionAdventureBeat 'em upRole-playingMedieval

It will take the combined efforts of two great warriors to explore menacing dungeons, overgrown ruins, and downtrodden towns … and discover the secrets of the Demon’s Forge.

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AdventurePiratesGhostsNinjaMagic

Venture into a wide-open world where the most powerful tool is your imagination. Help Maxwell solve robust puzzles in seamless, free-roaming levels by summoning any object you can think of. Create your own original objects, assign unique pr

72 rating7 lists7 h main story

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IndieActionSide viewArcadePlatformer

Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online. Run, jump, swing around, and use devious weapons and pick-ups to knock opponents off-screen

76 rating1 list2 h main story

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AdventureGhostsMagicFrogRabbit

The land of Kyrandia is disappearing piece by piece and you are the offbeat, young mystic who must voyage to the center of the world to break the curse and save it. Your surreal journey will twist even the sharpest of minds. Traveling throu

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ActionComedySide viewArcadeArtillery

The worms are back in their most destructive game yet! With a gorgeous, hand-drawn 2D look, brand new weapons, the introduction of crafting, vehicles and buildings plus the return of some much-loved classic weapons and gameplay, Worms W.M.D

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AdventureBeat 'em upHack and slashRole-playingMedieval

Using the 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons rules set, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II features four new acts of hack-and-slash combat and powerful spell casting. Even more monster types will engage in real-time battles using the same overhead

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Role-playingAdventureGhostsMedievalMagic

Dragons: they have been hunted, they have been slain, but now the hour to strike back has come. Divinity II is an action role-playing game developed by Larian Studios. Its first release in 2009 was subtitled Ego Draconis, and was published

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AdventureIndieMultiple protagonistsBoss fightAction

Enter the Gungeon is a top-down bullet hell roguelike where players take control of one of several characters known as Gungeoneers and fight their way through the procedurally generated floors of the Gungeon. Combat revolves around shooting

79 rating2 lists23 h main story

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AdventureIndie2dHand-drawnBoss fight

A 2D metroidvania with an emphasis on close combat and exploration in which the player enters the once-prosperous now-bleak insect kingdom of Hallownest, travels through its various districts, meets friendly inhabitants, fights hostile ones

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AdventureIndieActionComedyPlatformer

Human: Fall Flat is a physics-based puzzle platformer where players control a customizable wobbly human character named Bob. Using intentionally clumsy arm controls for grabbing, climbing, and interacting with objects, players navigate open

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AdventureIndieCartoon graphicsSnowBoss fight

Adventuress Ittle Dew and her sidekick Tippsie crash onto a strange island, filled with loot and mysterious inhabitants. It quickly dawns on the duo that this might become their biggest adventure yet. Ittle Dew boils down the classic advent

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AdventureIndieMinigamesSharkFrog

Jazzpunk is a single-player, first-person adventure game, focusing on exploration and comedy over puzzle-solving. Each mission has one central objective, but the player is free to explore the game world at their own pace, which is populated

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