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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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$1.99Infiltration: Alone in Combat
Jun 2 · Elvio Luján
Both: Third-Person Shooter · Walking Simulator · Action-Adventure
A Third Person Shooter Game where you have to infiltrate the enemy lines and complete the mission.
ActionAdventureThird-Person ShooterMilitaryShooterStrategyRealisticWalking SimulatorAction-AdventureBattle Royale
$24.99Risk of Rain 2
Aug 11 · Hopoo Games
Both: Third-Person Shooter
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
Third-Person ShooterAction RoguelikeMultiplayerCo-opRoguelikeRogueliteActionLooter ShooterLootOnline Co-Op👍 240,052
$29.99INFRA
Jan 15 · Loiste Interactive
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator
INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.
ExplorationPuzzleAtmosphericFirst-PersonWalking SimulatorAdventureMysteryStory RichIndieSingleplayer👍 3,469
-75%$2.49Advent Rising
Sep 14 · GlyphX Games, Cavetap
Both: Sci-fi · Third-Person Shooter
A common legend pervades the galaxy-that of a powerful, highly intelligent ancient race that will one day deliver the universe. They are known as Humans. The Advent of Humanity Begins...
ActionSci-fiThird-Person ShooterStory RichSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackSpaceThird PersonClassicShooter👍 432
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
Oct 27 · Valve
Both: Sci-fi · Dystopian
Originally planned as a section of the Highway 17 chapter of Half-Life 2, Lost Coast is a playable technology showcase that introduces High Dynamic Range lighting to the Source engine.
FPSActionSingleplayerFirst-PersonSci-fiShooterShortAliensDystopian Classic👍 10,508
-90%$0.99The Uncertain: Light At The End
Oct 8 · ComonGames
Both: Action-Adventure · Futuristic
The Uncertain is a story-driven adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Humanity disappeared from the face of the Earth and has been replaced by robots. Together with Emily, one of the survivors, you will have to witness how people try to live in a world ruled by robots.
Action-AdventureAction RPGAdventureStory RichCinematicFuturisticRomanceFemale ProtagonistSingleplayerChoices Matter👍 971
-70%$3.59Ace of Seafood
Apr 8 · Calappa Games
Both: Third-Person Shooter · Exploration
In the seas of the distant future, humans have all but disappeared. In your current, newly-awakened state, you are no more than a piece of seafood. However, you have been blessed with the talent for leading your allies into battle. Do whatever it takes to become the Ace of Seafood.
UnderwaterMemesSpectacle fighterFunnyComedyThird-Person ShooterNaval CombatOpen WorldExplorationFishing👍 526
$5.99Empty War
Sep 28 · VS Entertaiment
Both: Action-Adventure · Third-Person Shooter
"You're the best warrior in your planet. Now your race want to conquert everything, and you're the only one to stop them."
ActionAdventureAction-AdventureShooterArena ShooterFPSThird-Person Shooter3DThird PersonWar
-80%$11.99Immortals of Aveum™
Aug 21 · Ascendant Studios
Both: Action-Adventure · Sci-fi
Immortals of Aveum is a single-player first person magic shooter that tells the story of Jak as he joins an elite order of battlemages to save a world on the edge of abyss.
ActionAdventureFPSMagicFantasySingleplayerAction-AdventureFast-PacedSci-fiShooter👍 2,794
$9.99Kill Invaders
Mar 22 · Fabiano Sousa
Both: Third-Person Shooter · Sci-fi
Kill Invaders - Dive into a thrilling multiplayer FPS with an alien storyline. Defend Earth in a battle against extraterrestrial invaders! Single Player, Multiplayer, Deathmatch and Battle Royale Modes !
FPSThird-Person ShooterActionMultiplayerRealisticeSports3DPvPBullet HellSci-fi
$14.99The End of Dyeus
Oct 15 · Curious Planet
Both: Action-Adventure · Exploration
Go in a quest for Dyeus in a primitive and cryptic open world ! Face mysterious assailants in intense and fast paced sword fights, and survive against a carnivorous fauna. Will you uncover the truth about Dyeus?
Action-AdventureShooterExplorationFPSOpen WorldNonlinearPvEActionAdventureSingleplayer👍 181
-85%$1.79Lighthouse Keeper
Aug 23 · Stratera Games
Both: Exploration · Action-Adventure
You are tasked with taking care of the old Lighthouse in a small island. Repair its broken parts, hunt for food to get by, gather materials to craft stuff to help you along your journey through 11 islands.
Open World Survival CraftPuzzleCasualRPGCraftingRelaxingExplorationAdventureAction-AdventureFishing👍 336
Defiance
Jun 4 · Trion Worlds
Both: Third-Person Shooter
Join the futuristic online open-world shooter where thousands of players scour a transformed Earth competing for alien technology.
Free to PlayLooter ShooterOpen WorldActionMassively MultiplayerMultiplayerThird-Person ShooterRPGShooterCo-op👍 2,483
$4.99Number 8
May 22 · Alexander Boiko
Both: Action-Adventure · Third-Person Shooter
SciFi shooter with first-person and third-person views, as well as adventure and story elements. In the game's world, you will face many dangers. Armed creatures resembling humans, drones, robots, and security systems will all try to destroy you.
Early AccessAdventureActionShooterAction-AdventureRoguelikeFPSThird-Person ShooterLooter Shooter3D
$9.99Chronicles of Deeps
Nov 17 · Gameliner
Both: Exploration · Walking Simulator
Chronicles of Deeps is Sci-fi FPS where you need to control submarines to get through story. In 2070, an event happened which left the whole world under the ocean. People separated on fractions and started to fight for resources. In 2112, some things happened which you should discover in this game.
ExplorationShoot 'Em UpFPSFlightCreature CollectorPvESailingSpace SimShooterWalking Simulator
-75%$4.99Starcom: Nexus
Dec 12 · Wx3 Labs, LLC
Both: Sci-fi · Exploration
Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home.
SpaceSci-fiRPGExplorationActionAdventureIndieOpen WorldSpace SimTop-Down👍 2,295
$1.99Antihorror
Jul 27 · HFM Games
Both: Walking Simulator
Strange coincidence brought traveler in unfamiliar places. It would be fine, except sinister desolation is starting to embrace the surroundings. There is no another soul around for the tens of kilometers. Or that’s what it seems like? I should probably go deal with that.
ActionIndieHorrorComedyFunnyWalking SimulatorFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorSingleplayerAdventure👍 212
$14.99The Flame in the Flood
Feb 24 · The Molasses Flood
Both: Exploration
A rogue-like river journey through the backwaters of a forgotten post-societal America. Forage, craft, evade predators.
SurvivalAdventureAction RoguelikeIndieGreat SoundtrackCraftingFemale ProtagonistExplorationActionPost-apocalyptic👍 2,709
$29.99Age of Water
Jan 16 · Three Whales Studio
Both: Action-Adventure
Age of Water is an online adventure game set on a post-apocalyptic Earth completely covered in water. Sail through storms, fight and trade, capture other people's boats or build your own, extract resources from the bottom of the ocean and reveal the secrets of the Age of Water world.
NavalOpen WorldPost-apocalypticAction-AdventureCraftingMassively MultiplayerActionPiratesMMORPGShooter👍 2,883
$7.49Aliens vs. Ghosts
Jul 6 · Sayan
Both: Sci-fi
Use Nukes, Electricity, Heat Rays and powerful Minions in this wave-based first person shooter providing endless hours of Ghost-slaying entertainment, solo or Co-Op. Only Ghosts stand in the way of your invasion of Earth.
ActionShooterFPS3DFirst-PersonSci-fiStylizedClass-BasedEarly AccessCombat👍 593
$0.99Wooden House
Sep 5 · GDNomaD
Both: Walking Simulator
What could be better than relaxing in nature? Taking a break from the hustle and bustle of the city in a small cottage. Spending time reading books by the fireplace. But one night, strange voices began to echo from deep within the basement.
Walking SimulatorShortIndieDarkSurvival HorrorAdventureFirst-PersonSingleplayerPvENature👍 158
$9.99Omikron: The Nomad Soul
Sep 26 · Quantic Dream
Both: Sci-fi · Futuristic
"I have many things to tell you and very little time… I come from a universe parallel to yours. My world is desperately in need of your help. Only YOU can save us."Responding to the desperate pleas of a mysterious character from another dimension, your soul must enter the dark and futuristic city of Omikron.
RPGSci-fiCyberpunkGreat SoundtrackFuturisticAdventureClassicSoundtrackOpen World1990's👍 420
$4.99Oracle
Feb 28 · Watercolor Games
Both: Walking Simulator
ORACLE is a single player, open world experience with dozens of locations to explore, great soundtrack and an awesome story ready to be unraveled.
AdventureIndieWalking SimulatorCasualSimulationOpen WorldAtmosphericSingleplayerStory RichFirst-Person👍 236
$4.99Brotato
Jun 23 · Blobfish
Both: Sci-fi
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
RoguelikeSingleplayerBullet HellAction RoguelikeLocal Co-OpBullet HeavenMultiplayerSurvivalArena ShooterSci-fi👍 111,472
$14.99The Surge
May 15 · Deck13
Both: Sci-fi
Welcome to CREO, the megacorporation saving the world! A catastrophic event has knocked you out during the first day on the job… you wake up equipped with a heavy-grade exoskeleton, in a destroyed section of the complex.
Souls-likeActionRPGSci-fiThird PersonDifficultSingleplayerMechsHack and SlashViolent👍 9,168
-70%$3.59Anomaly Agent
Jan 24 · Phew Phew Games
Both: Action-Adventure
ANOMALY AGENT is a cyberpunk action-adventure featuring fluid combat, a time-bending story, quirky characters and a catchy synthwave soundtrack! Punch or shoot through mobs of enemies, impact the story with your choices and stop the anomalies before the world plunges into chaos!
2D PlatformerSide ScrollerAction RoguelikeHack and SlashPlatformerSouls-like2D FighterRogueliteAction RPGAction-Adventure👍 9,465
$9.99XENO WIPEOUT!
Oct 4 · Rama Studio
Both: Dystopian
After centuries of invincibility, it became popular for humans to watch live alien hunting shows, participate in alien hunts, save up money, equipment, and use all the loot you find to move on to new maps and defeat more powerful enemies.
Dystopian ActionRetroCinematicHack and SlashAction RoguelikeMarsFirst-PersonSingleplayer3D
$24.99Outpost: Infinity Siege
Mar 26 · Team Ranger
Both: Sci-fi
Command Mobile Outpost and take XEN Firearm to venture deep into the Signet surveillance off-limit area. Collect unique Weapon Units. Amp up the firepower of the Outpost that fights with you. This is an FTD game - FPS, Tower Defense, Base Building and much more all at the same time.
Robots3DTower DefenseBase BuildingFPSResource ManagementCo-opSingleplayerPost-apocalypticSci-fi👍 11,637
$13.99Scrapnaut
Sep 15 · SpiffyBit
Both: Exploration
Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements. Explore an open world with different biomes, take care of oxygen, manage your farms, generate electricity, build your home and much more!
BuildingSurvivalMultiplayerCo-opOnline Co-OpAdventureSandboxExplorationOpen World Survival CraftTop-Down👍 738
$9.99The Technomancer
Jun 28 · Spiders
Both: Sci-fi
The Technomancer is a sci-fi RPG that offers players plenty of dynamic combat action based on 4 skill trees dedicated to 3 combat styles and the destructive electrical powers of the Technomancers.
RPGActionSci-fiOpen WorldSingleplayerThird PersonCyberpunkPost-apocalypticAdventureMars👍 2,287
$3.99Westboro
Apr 27 · Chernov Vyacheslav
Both: Sci-fi
2039. Water is no longer environmentally sustainable supply. The complicated and unstable situation resulted in violent uprisings among themiddle-class across the globe. The world approaches its first week in state of emergency...
ActionRPGIndieAdventureCyberpunkAction RPGDarkSci-fiIsometric👍 281
$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.
Open World Survival CraftCo-opTrainsMultiplayerSurvivalBase BuildingOpen WorldCraftingOnline Co-OpAdventure👍 8,715



