The most interesting games this year

Action 02 July 2024

Looter shooter TPP game, in which we take on the role of the heroes fighting alien invaders. The First Descendant can be played solo, but it's the co-op where it spreads its wings. The game is distributed in a free-to-play model with microtransactions.

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Arcade 19 June 2024

A 3D platformer with focus on coop gameplay, in which we control a group of chained people trying to escape from hell. Chained Together forces teamwork to overcome various obstacles and to deal the limitations presented by the chains. The game offers various difficulty levels.

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Action 04 July 2024

Zenless Zone Zero is another action PRG from HoYoverse studio (formerly known as MiHoYo). This time the developers take us to the postapocalyptic world and a huge metropolis, which thrives on the substance extracted from the monsters.

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Action 09 July 2024

Once Human is a multiplayer action game in which we fight mutants infected with space dust. The game features RPG and survival elements, including item schematics and the ability to build your own fortress.

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Action 20 June 2024

A TPP survival game with strategy elements, focused on building a Viking village. ASKA offers a chance to explore a large, procedurally generated world - we gather resources, construct buildings, train our people and fight enemies. The game offers singleplayer and coop.

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Action 07 June 2024

A multiplayer FPS running on the Unreal Engine 5. Bodycam is reminiscent of the titular video recorders due to its camera work, dynamic lighting and applied filters.

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Strategy 09 July 2024 (early access since 09 July 2024)

An unusual combination of a strategy game and a tower defense title. Ark of Charon is about building a fort on the back of a moving tree. We must ensure that the tree reaches its destination in the post-apocalyptic world, defending it against various threats.

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RPG 21 June 2024

A free-to-play fantasy MMORPG published by the Chinese company Tencent. Tarisland features many character classes of differing playstyles, plenty of dungeons, challenges and raids. The gameplay is heavily focused on co-op, forcing the players to work together to overcome issues.

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RPG 31 May 2024

A TPP survival game with an open world, as well as mechanics typical of RPG and strategy titles. Soulmask allows us to take care of an entire tribe. We must expand our settlement, fight for survival and find titular masks granting various supernatural abilities.

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Arcade 27 June 2024

The remastered version of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon. Luigi's Mansion 2 HD stars Luigi, traversing haunted mansions in search of pieces of the shattered Dark Moon.

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RPG 02 July 2024

Dawntrail is the fifth major expansion to the MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV. It introduces a new realm, full of dungeons and quests, two new classes and begins a new main storyline. The expansion also raises the game's level cap.

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Action 29 May 2024

Action platform game set in a universe with elements of cyberpunk and Taoism. In Nine Sols we play as a hero named Yi, who travels through the colorful land and discovers its secrets, trying to take revenge on its divine rulers.

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Action October 2024 (early access since 26 August 2023)

A first-person game set in a submerged world. Sunkenland has us exploring oceanic depths and scarce islands, building bases and fighting off pirates.

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RPG 05 July 2024

Trails through Daybreak is the next installment in the RPG series The Legend of Heroes. The game is set in the Republic of Calvard, starring the spriggan Van Arkride, whose choices will end up changing the fate of the entire nation.

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RPG 23 May 2024

A third-person open-world action RPG. Wuthering Waves is set in a fantasy land, tasking the player with completing quests and fighting the demonic Calamon.

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RPG 23 April 2024

A cross between a survival game and an action RPG with strategy elements. Bellwright has us playing as the resistance leader, fighting against a tyrant ruling over a medieval land, liberating villages and cities.

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RPG December 2024 (early access since December 2024)

A first-person action RPG dungeon crawler reminiscent of Dark and Darker and Greed is Good. Dungeonborne revolves around PvPvE, having us explore dungeons, gather riches and equipment while fighting enemies and other players.

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Racing 19 July 2024 (early access since 19 July 2024)

An arcade rally game, heavily inspired by the famous Colin McRae Rally 2.0 game from the year 2000. Old School Rally offers a similar retro graphics design, but the similarites also include physics, camera work and the list of classic rally cars and stages.

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Action 30 April 2024

An online first-person shooter set in the fictional country of Lamang. Gray Zone Warfare focuses on realism, including weapon behavior and effects of injuries.

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RPG 18 June 2024

Pax Dei is a fantasy MMORPG featuring no NPCs of any sort. The game's economy revolves entirely aroudn its players. One of the game's creators is Reynir Hardarson, known for his work on EVE Online.

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Strategy 20 June 2024

Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic is a city builder by 3Division. It tasks us with managing, expanding and leading a fictional Soviet republic to a bright future.

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Adventure 25 June 2024

A full-scale remake of the cult FPP point & click adventure game. The most important change introduced in Riven is the fully three-dimensional graphics, and thus the ability to move freely around the locations.

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Simulation 10 April 2024

The Planet Crafter is an action adventure game focusing on the survival aspect. The player takes on the role of an astronaut whose task is to conduct terraforming processes on an alien planet.

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Strategy 24 June 2024

Second large expansion for the grand strategy game originally released by Paradox Interactive in 2022. Victoria 3: Sphere of Influence offers the new titular mechanic, allowing a group of countries to work towards the same ideological or economical goals.

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Action 25 July 2024 (early access since 16 August 2013)

A post-apocalyptic sandbox FPS developed by a debuting indie studio The Fun Pimps. The game takes you to a near future, when a nuclear war allowed a dangerous virus to spread across the entire world. The virus kills its victims in 7 days, as the title suggests, and turns them into bloodthirsty zombies. You play as one of the few not infected people, fighting for survival in Navezgane County, Arizona. 7 Days to Die allows you to freely explore its open world, adjusting the story to your actions.

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Action 08 May 2024

A multiplayer survival game by Stunlock Studios (the creators of Battlerite). V Rising has us playing as vampires, traversing a dark land, regaining their strength and creating an empire.

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Strategy 20 May 2024

Songs of Conquest is a fantasy strategy enriched with RPG elements. The player must both manage the kingdom and lead the team as they explore the game world and perform their tasks. In addition, there are tactical battles and the whole game takes place in the turn-based system.

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RPG 26 April 2024

Action RPG inspired by such hits as NieR: Automata and God of War. In Project Eve we find ourselves in a post-apocalyptic world and play the role of a warrior who fights the monsters that have dominated it.

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Strategy 18 July 2024 (early access since 18 July 2024)

City builder strategy game set in the Middle Ages, developed by Long Jaunt studio. In Norland, the player takes control over a noble family, facing different aspects of managing the kingdom, from economic to social, political or military.

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Puzzle 09 May 2024

Animal Well is a puzzle game with platform game elements. We explore 2D maps, avoid dangers, collect objects and most of all solve puzzles.

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RPG 22 March 2024

Rise of the Ronin is an RPG with an extensive arcade combat system and an open world structure. As the titular warrior without a lord, we traverse 19th-century Japan troubled by conflict between supporters of the Shogun and the Emperor.

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Action 12 July 2024 (early access since 04 May 2023)

A TPP action adventure game with an open world and RPG elements. In Kaku: Ancient Seal, we play a boy who travels through a fantastic land to confront the lords of the four elements who have overrun it.

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Action 11 July 2024

Dynamic FPS, published by Devolver Digital. In Anger Foot we play the protagonist who roams the Shit City and eliminates hordes of gangsters, sending them to the sand with kicks or firearms.

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Adventure 17 July 2024

A neo-noir adventure game, using an FPP camera and Unreal Engine 5. Nobody Wants to Die is set in dystopian New York in 2329. We play as detective James Karr and use futuristic gadgets to manipulate time and solve crimes. We must track the person killing the city's elite.

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Simulation 21 June 2024

An original game from the independent studio Voids Within. Dystopika is about creating dystopian, cyberpunk metropolises. It's not a proper city builder and we don't have any specific goals or boundries. Once we've created a city we can use photo mode to save our work.

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Action 17 June 2024

First-person action game in fantasy climates, in which the fun is to fight in the arenas. Blade and Sorcery was created with the VR in mind and offers a realistic combat system that tries to simulate clashes using a variety of weapons and even magic. WarpFrog studio is responsible for the title.

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