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by Antonio Freyre
A short, minimalist, experimental open-world adventure about guilt and grief. Explore, shoot, scavenge and bring a specimen to The Sanctuary. Beware PERMADEATH.
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$12.99Not Quite Dead: Open World Survival
Sep 1 · Voidecho Studio
Both: Action-Adventure · Third-Person Shooter
Open world zombie survival Coop game with base building, looting, crafting, vehicles, and exploration.
ActionAdventureRPGAction RPGAction-AdventureEarly AccessThird-Person ShooterFirst-PersonMultiplayerIndie👍 221
$29.99Voidtrain
Nov 7 · HypeTrain Digital
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
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$6.99SERPENT AT THE VERNISSAGE
Oct 23 · a trip by daniel bock
Both: Exploration · Action-Adventure
A psychedelic trip to an abandoned island paradise, where nothing is quite what it seems. Explore forgotten villas, sentient art pieces and sunken opera houses. And find your way back home before the archipelago swallows you whole.
AdventureActionFirst-PersonExplorationAction-AdventurePsychedelicSurrealAtmosphericPuzzle Platformer3D
$29.99Valheim
12 days ago · Iron Gate AB
Both: Exploration
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
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Oct 27 · ReLU Games, Inc.
Both: Exploration
A 4-player online co-op survival horror game. Avoid the contaminated rain, gather scrap and get back to the tram. Monsters that copy your friends' voices and behavior, and many other threats, stand in your way. Gear up and stick together to survive.
Early AccessOnline Co-OpSocial DeductionPsychological HorrorFunnyPvEPost-apocalypticExplorationRogueliteSurvival Horror👍 8,404
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Aug 19 · VYPXR Studios
Both: Action-Adventure
Explore over 40 interconnected levels, evade over 20 unique entities, solve puzzles, manage scarce resources, and survive a nonlinear backrooms horror experience with multiple routes, and extreme replayability.
ActionAdventureStrategyAction-AdventurePuzzle3DFirst-PersonAtmosphericHorrorMystery
-40%$2.99Thuggin It Further
2 days ago · Firetoad Games, Nebula Radiance
Both: Exploration · Action-Adventure
High intensity co-op roguelite space adventure party game for 2–4 players (or bots). Take on crew jobs, keep a failing ship alive, and survive procedural missions with endless exploration, light RPG progression, and real-time crisis gameplay.
Early AccessAction RoguelikeExplorationStrategyRoguelitePvEArcadeParty GameAction-AdventureRoguelike
$5.99Besitupia: Mediator
May 3 · Oppressive HellMode
Both: Exploration · Third-Person Shooter
You have lost most of your memories after parabiosis. You will have to learn how to use your new abilities to figure out everything happening around you. Will you be able to adapt? Be sure to read “About the Game” before purchasing 👽
ExplorationMetroidvaniaImmersive SimFPSThird-Person ShooterSurvival HorrorPhysicsAction3DFirst-Person
FreeThe Division Resurgence
Aug 5 · Ubisoft
Both: Third-Person Shooter
Jump into this free‑to‑play looter‑shooter RPG featuring tactical combat, deep progression, and an exclusive canon storyline, playable solo or with friends.
ActionAdventureLooter ShooterShooterThird-Person ShooterThird PersonFree to PlayPost-apocalypticPvESurvival
$17.99Sephiria
Jul 31 · TEAM HORAY
Save Bunnyville from a doomed fate: a top-down action/RPG roguelite from the makers of Dungreed. Explore the depths of the tower, collect and upgrade artifacts, and defeat hordes of demons to keep your village safe.
Action RoguelikeRogueliteRoguelikeCo-opPixel GraphicsInventory ManagementActionRPGCombatCute👍 11,674
$14.99Territory: Farming and Warfare
Feb 4 · Wit Studio
From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.
SingleplayerSimulationBase BuildingCity BuilderStrategySandboxAutomationPixel GraphicsResource ManagementBuilding👍 738
$4.99The Greenening
May 7 · Erkberg Games
Both: Exploration
A short and wholesome incremental journey about exploring and reawakening a forgotten world. Wash away the ashes to discover the secrets hidden beneath, upgrade your versatile watering abilities, and grow your own cozy space garden.
IncrementalCasualIdlerExplorationNatureRelaxingCleaningCuteCozyWholesome👍 484
$7.99Arcadium - Space Odyssey
Jan 26 · Luciano Bercini
A bullet heaven roguelite set in a procedurally generated universe. Land on planets to harvest resources, craft hundreds of game-breaking builds, and unleash them on relentless waves of aliens. Every run unveils a new universe: endless challenges, endless discoveries.
Bullet HeavenRogueliteArcadeAction RoguelikeBullet HellProcedural GenerationTwin Stick ShooterTop-Down ShooterSpaceAliens👍 110
$18.99Winter Survival
Nov 19 · DRAGO entertainment
Both: Exploration
Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftCookingOpen WorldAtmosphericExplorationSingleplayerAdventureFirst-PersonBase Building👍 595
$19.99Eden Crafters
May 7 · Osaris Games
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
AutomationOpen World Survival CraftBase BuildingCraftingSandboxOpen WorldOnline Co-OpBuildingSurvivalAdventure👍 2,515
-30%$17.49Stellar Tactics
Mar 30 · Don Wilkins
Both: Exploration
A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!
CRPGExplorationTactical RPGTurn-Based TacticsDungeon CrawlerSandboxParty-Based RPGCharacter CustomizationRPGIsometric👍 1,667
-35%$9.74Necesse
Oct 16 · Fair Games ApS
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Open World Survival CraftPixel GraphicsMultiplayerOpen WorldSandboxSurvivalCraftingAdventureIndieRPG👍 24,443
$17.99Farlands
Jul 16 · JanduSoft, Eric Rodríguez
Both: Exploration
Congratulations, you’ve bought your own planet! An agrarian rock at the edge of the galaxy that, for some reason, was practically being given away for free. So the time has come to leave your hectic, stressful life in an overcrowded metropolis for a more rural and rewarding life.
Farming SimBuildingCraftingAgricultureExplorationLife SimEarly AccessCuteIndieFishing👍 1,628