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The Architects of the Universe: The Orphans, is the first release in The Architects of the Universe series. A linear adventure title, with gameplay inspired by classic turn based RPGs and a focus on plot.
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Star Trek: Resurgence
May 23 · Dramatic Labs
Both: Interactive Fiction · Action-Adventure · Female Protagonist
Authentic Star Trek adventure from former members of Telltale Games. Engage in diplomacy, pilot shuttlecraft, and use your tricorder and phaser to overcome challenging puzzles and deadly threats. Tough decisions will impact relationships, your story, and the fate of the galaxy. What will YOU do?
Choose Your Own AdventureInteractive FictionAdventureVisual NovelPoint & ClickAction-AdventureFemale ProtagonistChoices MatterStory RichThird Person👍 3,104
$2.99Deitrus
Aug 27 · Team Azule, Lucas Immanuel, Stickle, Max Kearney
Both: Party-Based RPG · Exploration · Top-Down
Conquer complex and comical fast-paced grid-based combat as Wren and Chloe, an unlikely duo about to discover just how much they don't know about the world of Deitrus. An Hour Long Action RPG with a Non-Linear Narrative.
Grid-Based MovementStory RichParty-Based RPGExplorationTop-DownRPGPixel GraphicsPost-apocalypticCinematicTurn-Based Strategy
-50%$24.99Dune: Awakening
Jun 10 · Funcom
Both: Exploration · PvE
Dune: Awakening is a single- and multiplayer Open World Survival game with immersive adventure and RPG gameplay. Explore, build, craft, and unravel a cinematic Dune story as you rise from survival to greatness on the most legendary planet in the universe. Just remember: the sandworm always comes.
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalMultiplayerOpen WorldBase BuildingRPGAdventurePvPExplorationPvE👍 67,053
-60%$15.99Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game
Nov 9 · Iron Tower Studio
Both: Party-Based RPG · Turn-Based Strategy
Colony Ship is a turn-based, party-based role-playing game set aboard a generation ship launched to Proxima Centauri. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and branching dialogue trees.
Turn-BasedChoices MatterTactical RPGCRPGParty-Based RPGRPGTurn-Based TacticsIsometricCyberpunkTurn-Based Strategy👍 4,104
$24.99Cubic Odyssey
May 14 · Atypical Games
Both: Action-Adventure · Exploration
Embark on a galactic journey in Cubic Odyssey, an open-world adventure where you explore vibrant planets, craft tools, build vehicles, and fight the Red Darkness. Uncover ancient mysteries, and shape a universe full of life, danger, and limitless possibilities!
Open World Survival CraftRPGAction-AdventureBase BuildingCo-opSandboxSci-fiBuildingExplorationFirst-Person👍 2,407
$17.59dotAGE
Oct 4 · Michele Pirovano
Both: Turn-Based Strategy
Village elder, help us! The Apocalypse is approaching, and we need your guidance to survive. Assign your workers and build a thriving village against the pending doom. DotAGE is the merciless survival roguelite turn-based city builder. Will you fulfill the Prophecy?
Resource ManagementTurn-BasedRogueliteCity BuilderPixel GraphicsBoard GameTurn-Based StrategyTabletopColony SimSurvival👍 2,560
-30%$17.49Stellar Tactics
Mar 30 · Don Wilkins
Both: Exploration · Party-Based RPG
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
$15.99Halcyon Days
Jan 15 · Rock And Roll Gas Station Games
Both: Exploration · PvE · Action-Adventure
While exploring ancient ruins, Teflon accidentally releases a mysterious woman and her guardian from their cryosleep. When it's revealed that they are from a lost civilization that shaped the world as it is today, an adventure of treasure, betrayal and friendship begins.
Action RPGExploration3D PlatformerPvERPGAction-AdventureCharacter Customization3DThird PersonAlternate History
$24.99The Expanse: A Telltale Series
Nov 20 · Deck Nine
Both: Action-Adventure · Exploration · Female Protagonist
Take on the role of Camina Drummer and explore the dangerous, uncharted edges of the Belt. From scavenging wrecked ships in a zero-g environment, to combating fearsome pirates, you make the difficult choices in this latest Telltale adventure. All five episodes playable at launch!
AdventureRPGChoose Your Own AdventureAction-AdventureChoices MatterExplorationSci-fiSpaceFemale ProtagonistThird Person👍 2,373
$39.99Galactic Civilizations IV
Oct 19 · Stardock Entertainment
Both: Exploration · Turn-Based Strategy
Take command of a civilization that has just achieved faster-than-light travel in Galactic Civilizations IV, the newest entry in the award-winning space 4X strategy game series. Explore the galaxy, colonize worlds, shape cultures, make alliances, fight wars and pioneer new technologies.
SpaceGrand StrategySimulation4XStrategySci-fiExplorationSandboxMultiplayerTurn-Based Strategy👍 2,210
$49.99Horizon Zero Dawn™ Remastered
Oct 31 · Guerrilla Games, Nixxes Software
Both: Action-Adventure · Female Protagonist
Experience the critically acclaimed Horizon Zero Dawn™ with stunning new visuals and upgraded features. In a far future where colossal machines roam the Earth, pockets of humanity survive in unique tribes among the lush, overgrown ruins of our long-lost civilization.
Action-AdventureOpen WorldFemale ProtagonistThird PersonPost-apocalypticMechsStory RichActionSci-fiStealth👍 6,866
-50%$19.99Terra Invicta
Jan 5 · Pavonis Interactive
Both: Turn-Based Strategy
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
StrategyGrand StrategySimulation4XEconomyWarHistoricalTurn-Based StrategyTacticalManagement👍 9,064
$59.99Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition
Mar 21 · Guerrilla, Nixxes Software
Both: Female Protagonist · Exploration
Experience the epic Horizon Forbidden West™ in its entirety with bonus content and the Burning Shores expansion included. The Burning Shores add-on contains additional content for Aloy’s adventure, including new storylines, characters, and experiences in a stunning yet hazardous new area.
Open WorldSingleplayerFemale ProtagonistActionStory RichExplorationPost-apocalypticRPGThird PersonSci-fi👍 20,444
$14.99Beyond Citadel
Jan 2 · doekuramori
Both: Female Protagonist · Action-Adventure
Beyond Citadel is an anime style retro throwback shooter inspired by the classics of the 90's, with realistic gunplay mechanics, anime violence and fast paced combat. Fight your way through the heavily armed mechanical fortress and discover the secret that lies beneath.
FPSBoomer ShooterFemale ProtagonistAnimeShooterGore2.5DFirst-PersonCuteAction-Adventure👍 4,419
$2.99Aliya: Timelink
Apr 25 · TDGame Studio
Both: Interactive Fiction
The player connects to a girl in distress in space thousands of years later? How will they resolve the crisis and discover the truth? Through the mechanism of real-time synchronization, the game breaks through the dimensional wall and creates an immersive dialogue across time and space.
RPGInteractive FictionVisual NovelWord GameMultiple EndingsSpaceSci-fiText-BasedPerma Death2D👍 8,594
-60%$7.99Sandwalkers
Apr 8 · Goblinz Studio
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Exploration
Sandwalkers is a roguelike turn-based exploration game. Build your team, traverse varied hostile environments, face countless dangers, and gain knowledge that will help you find and resurrect the Mother Tree Umama.
SingleplayerTurn-Based CombatSurvivalTurn-Based StrategyLootRoguelikeExplorationHex GridBoard GameTactical👍 490
$19.99Terminus: Zombie Survivors
Aug 19 · Longplay Studios
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Exploration
Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?
SurvivalZombiesRoguelikeOpen World Survival CraftTurn-Based StrategyOpen WorldSandboxRPGPixel GraphicsExploration👍 4,341
$19.99Until Then
Jun 25 · Polychroma Games
Both: Interactive Fiction
A fateful meeting sets off a chain reaction, upending Mark's life. People disappear and memories prove unreliable. Uncover a hidden truth with Mark and his friends in this narrative adventure and race to unravel the mystery before it's too late.
Visual NovelEmotionalPixel GraphicsStory RichInteractive FictionPsychological2DRomanceMysteryAdventure👍 15,742
$8.99Legends of Alterra
Mar 15 · New Moon Studio
Both: Party-Based RPG · Turn-Based Strategy · Exploration
A classic RPG experience with modern strategic battle mechanics. There are over 20 classes to unlock, with the ability to assign sub-classes. Explore the world of Alterra with an array of dynamic characters, and gain allies to help turn the tides of the ongoing fight between humans and elves.
RPGJRPGParty-Based RPGTurn-Based StrategyExplorationTurn-Based Tactics2.5DAnimeColorfulCute
-30%$17.49Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy
Dec 16 · AtomTeam
Both: Exploration · Party-Based RPG
A love letter to classic Infinity Engine cRPGs from the creators of ATOM RPG, Swordhaven is a turn-based \ RTwP, party-based, dialogue-heavy 85+ hour long adventure set in a world of Nova Drakonia.
AdventureCRPGChoices MatterIsometricSingleplayerNonlinearNarrativeExplorationMultiple EndingsParty-Based RPG👍 786
-40%$11.99Beyond Good & Evil - 20th Anniversary Edition
Jun 24 · Ubisoft
Both: Action-Adventure · Exploration · Female Protagonist
Embark on this epic adventure in up to 4K 60 fps with improved graphics and audio, a new speedrun mode, updated achievements, and an exclusive anniversary gallery.
ActionAdventureAction-AdventureExplorationThird PersonFemale ProtagonistStealthSci-fiSingleplayerOpen World👍 1,394
$39.99SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada
Jan 23 · Game Studio Inc.
Both: PvE · Female Protagonist
In this PvPvE extraction shooter, players, aided by an AI partner known as a Magus, must survive against xenomorphic creatures and other players in the hunt for resources.
MechsExtraction ShooterLooter ShooterPvPAnimePvEMultiplayerDating SimTacticalFemale Protagonist👍 3,304
$4.99Cryohazard
Jun 14 · BossyPino
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · PvE
Cryohazard is a spooky turn-based strategy rogue-lite. Pilot an upgradeable train caravan into the depths of the hazardous Soul Storm. Fight off the angels that give chase.
StrategyTurn-Based StrategyRogueliteDystopian Pixel GraphicsDarkTrainsPvESurvivalInvestigation
$24.99Fallen Tear: The Ascension
Mar 17 · Winter Crew Studios
Both: Exploration · Party-Based RPG · Action-Adventure
A story-driven Metroidvania where the allies you choose to bond with change how you fight and explore. Journey through the high-fantasy world of Raoah, uncover lost civilizations, and forge bonds that shape your path through a land on the brink of collapse.
Early AccessMetroidvaniaSide ScrollerExplorationHack and Slash2D PlatformerPuzzle PlatformerSouls-likeParty-Based RPGAction-Adventure👍 222
-60%$15.99ZEPHON
Nov 8 · Proxy Studios
From the developers of Warhammer 40,000: Gladius, ZEPHON is a post-apocalyptic 4X strategy game built on Proxy’s unique tactical combat system. Guide survivors through a turbulent future, navigating unexpected disasters, eldritch horror and cyberpunk monstrosities. What will you do to survive?
StrategyTurn-Based4XTacticalMultiplayerLovecraftianSandboxCo-opSci-fiProcedural Generation👍 1,841
$0.99Not Enough Space
Sep 6 · r0kee
Both: Action-Adventure · Exploration
Land with your friends on the surface of various planets, gather resources, create items and buildings, defeat enemies and move to other planets to discover their secrets and secrets
Early AccessAdventurePuzzleAction-AdventureExplorationFPS3DMinimalistFirst-PersonColorful
$1.99Sole Seeker
Oct 6 · Dozing Bison
Both: Action-Adventure · Exploration
Land on unique planets to survive the horrors that await in this adventure survival RPG. Use the spoils to upgrade defensive buildings and explore the galaxy further. Can you survive the hunt all alone?
StrategyAction-AdventureBase BuildingExplorationSpaceSurvivalOpen WorldAliensColorfulStrategy RPG
-30%$10.49Europa
Oct 11 · Helder Pinto, Chozabu (Alex PB), Novadust Entertainment
Both: Exploration
On the moon Europa, a lush terraformed paradise in Jupiter’s shadow, an android named Zee sets out in search of answers. Run, glide and fly across the landscape, solve mysteries in the ruins of a fallen utopia, and discover the story of the last human alive.
AdventureExplorationAction3D Platformer3DAtmosphericPlatformerCreature CollectorRobotsPuzzle👍 778
-25%$2.24白猫冒险团 White Cat Adventure Team
Oct 31 · 16air
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Party-Based RPG · Exploration
You will play as the White Cat Adventure Team and experience a simple story, exploring and collecting in different themed areas, using the resources and skills you have found, and facing various battles with the different mechanisms of the four characters.
AdventureStrategyRPGTurn-Based StrategyParty-Based RPGJRPGTurn-Based TacticsExploration2D3D
$3.99A Night at the Watermill
Jan 26 · Neon Tales
Both: Female Protagonist · Interactive Fiction · Exploration
You wake up in an old watermill in the middle of the night ... and can't remember anything. Examine the surroundings in this thrilling point&click adventure and find out what happened.
Point & ClickFemale ProtagonistDarkVisual NovelInteractive FictionHand-drawnAtmosphericExplorationThrillerHorror
-60%$19.99Tales of ARISE
Nov 8 · Bandai Namco Studios Inc.
300 years of tyranny. A mysterious mask. Lost pain and memories. Wield the Blazing Sword and join a mysterious, untouchable girl to fight your oppressors. Experience a tale of liberation, featuring characters with next-gen graphical expressiveness!
AnimeJRPGRPGAction RPGOpen WorldSingleplayerFantasyStory RichActionThird Person👍 27,648
$24.99Drova - Forsaken Kin
Oct 15 · Just2D
Both: Exploration
Drova is an Action-RPG that marries the dark grim tones of its genre with the mysticism of Celtic mythology. Encounter a society where ancient restless spirits and divided factions battle for dominance. Uncover forgotten abilities and unravel the secrets of a past shrouded in mystery.
RPGExplorationAction RPGPixel Graphics2DCharacter CustomizationOpen WorldSouls-likeChoices MatterCRPG👍 9,459
-15%$8.49Cube Crusaders
3 days ago · Frentwick Indie
Both: Exploration · PvE · Action-Adventure
Adoros is dying. A catastrophic Void Anomaly has torn open the planet’s surface, warping reality and unleashing forces no one fully understands. You are a Cube Crusader sent to crush the Anomaly, at any cost.
ExplorationSide ScrollerPvEShooterPlatformerAction-AdventureCharacter Customization2.5DLinear3D
$49.99Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Feb 12 · DON'T NOD
Both: Exploration · Action-Adventure
Hunt ghosts as two memorable characters in a story-driven Action-RPG where your decisions carry dramatic consequences. Torn between honoring your oath to the living and saving your departed partner, how far will you go for love?
VampiresThird PersonLore-RichEmotionalAtmosphericAction RPGExplorationRPGChoices MatterAction-Adventure👍 6,439
$49.99Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
Dec 7 · Owlcat Games
Both: Turn-Based Strategy
Made in a close partnership with Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a story-rich classical RPG from Owlcat Games, developers of the critically acclaimed game, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.
RPGChoices MatterCRPGCharacter CustomizationTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based CombatStrategyTactical RPGCo-opAdventure👍 33,727
$24.99Deadzone: Rogue
Aug 11 · Prophecy Games
Both: PvE
Deadzone: Rogue is a roguelite FPS set in space. Blast through swarms of hostile machines, combine powerful augments and elements to forge your build, and grow stronger with each run — solo or in co-op.
RoguelikeFPSOnline Co-OpPvERogueliteLooter ShooterFirst-PersonShooterHorrorDungeon Crawler👍 15,055
$24.99The Dawning Clocks of Time® Remake
Jul 4 · Spacefarer Games Ltd.
Both: Exploration · Action-Adventure · Female Protagonist
A story of love, war and betrayal on an intergalatic scale. A epic third person shooter with both sandbox and linear story progression. Take up arms and battle for the ages, who will decide the fate for all of humanity? Now remade in HD / 4K with cinematic presentation.
ExplorationThird-Person ShooterCollectathonSandboxShooterAction RPGAction-AdventureFemale Protagonist3DThird Person
-75%$6.24AETHERIS
Nov 7 · WILD WITS
Both: Party-Based RPG
Aetheris is a tactical RPG with challenging turn-based battles set in an immersive and vibrant environment. Make the right choices and find the best strategy to survive in the unforgiving Wilderness. Journey alone or as a party of four—the adventure awaits!
AdventureCo-opParty-Based RPGTurn-Based Combat2DHand-drawnMultiplayerRogueliteBoard GameRPG👍 167
-50%$7.49Shogun Showdown
Sep 5 · Roboatino
Both: Turn-Based Strategy
Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!
Replay ValueStrategy RPGTurn-BasedRoguelikePixel GraphicsTurn-Based StrategyRoguelike DeckbuilderStrategyTurn-Based CombatTurn-Based Tactics👍 6,201
$24.99Born of Bread
Dec 5 · WildArts Games
Both: Party-Based RPG · Exploration
Get ready to go on a wacky and joyful turn-based RPG adventure! Play as Loaf, a freshly baked flour golem, and explore the different regions of a wonderful world ripe with mysteries with the help of a colorful cast of characters.
Party-Based RPG2.5DAdventureColorfulCuteCartoonSingleplayerComedySoundtrackExploration👍 460
-40%$2.99Thuggin It Further
2 days ago · Firetoad Games, Nebula Radiance
Both: Exploration · PvE · 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
$14.99Geo Mythica
Mar 20 · Guin Entertainment, LLC
Both: Exploration · Party-Based RPG
Embark on an 8-bit style JRPG quest to save Earth. Battle in unique party-based combat mixing real-time action and strategic commands. Join Gio and a team of lively characters as they unearth bizarre global events, forgotten legends, and battle mythical foes to unveil the secrets of Geo Mythica.
ExplorationParty-Based RPGAction RPGJRPGStrategyRPG2DAlternate HistoryFantasyNonlinear
$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
-55%$13.49Forever Skies
Apr 14 · Far From Home
Both: Exploration
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
SingleplayerCo-opExplorationSurvivalBase BuildingOpen WorldCraftingOpen World Survival CraftAdventureAction👍 8,139
$14.99Outpath
Oct 16 · David Moralejo Sánchez
Both: Exploration
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
AutomationBase BuildingCraftingSandboxResource ManagementIncrementalExplorationSimulationOpen WorldRelaxing👍 2,899
$19.99The Last Flame
Jan 9 · Hotloop
Both: Turn-Based Strategy
Recruit a party of unique heroes, fight deadly encounters, loot and craft powerful gear, discover and create thousands of synergetic builds! The Last Flame is an endless roguelike auto-battler in which you guide a righteous party of heroes through many challenges.
Auto BattlerRoguelikeStrategyTacticalTurn-Based StrategyHex GridAdventureRPGSingleplayerTurn-Based Tactics👍 2,747
$19.99Astro Colony
Jun 2 · Terad Games
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Base BuildingAutomationSpaceResource ManagementColony SimSimulationMultiplayerStrategyBuildingIndie👍 2,397
$19.99Ereban: Shadow Legacy
Apr 10 · Baby Robot Games
Both: Female Protagonist · Exploration · Action-Adventure
Ereban: Shadow Legacy is a fast-paced stealth platformer game where you become Ayana, the last descendant of a forgotten race. Harness mystical shadow powers, high-tech gadgets and avoid or kill to uncover the truth about your past and the key to saving a dying, morally grey universe.
StealthAssassinsSupernaturalSci-fiFemale ProtagonistExplorationAdventureStory RichDarkAction-Adventure👍 271
$9.99MewnBase
Oct 30 · Cairn4
Both: Exploration · Action-Adventure
MewnBase is a space-cat survival and base-building game. Scavenge around a barren planet for items to keep you fed. Explore and collect resources. Craft items and grow your base to help you survive.
Base BuildingCraftingCuteExplorationSandboxSurvivalSpaceBuilding2DAction-Adventure👍 1,333
$34.99Last Epoch
Feb 21 · Eleventh Hour Games
Both: Top-Down
Uncover the Past, Reforge the Future. Ascend into one of 15 mastery classes and explore dangerous dungeons, hunt epic loot, craft legendary weapons, and wield the power of over a hundred transformative skill trees. Last Epoch is being developed by a team of passionate Action RPG enthusiasts.
Action RPGLootHack and SlashRPGIsometricMultiplayerTop-DownActionCo-opDungeon Crawler👍 106,529
$7.99Swarm Grinder
Apr 22 · Last Bite Games
An action roguelite game with alien swarms and mechs. Battle enemies to make your way through a mass of spreading and evolving cells hosting dormant enemies. Collect a variety of game-changing skills and upgrades to create unique builds.
RoguelikeRogueliteAction RoguelikeBullet HellMechsProcedural Generation2DPixel GraphicsControllerAction RPG👍 1,164


