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Kingdom Rush Vengeance Tower Defense — is the fourth installment of the highly popular tower defense strategy series launched in 2011 by Uruguay-based Ironhide Game Studio. The game was announced in January 2017 but debuted on the market many months later. Kingdom Rush Vengeance takes place in a fantasy kingdom full of magic, strange creatures, unusual beasts and brave knights. A conflict between the forces of good and evil has been going on here for many years. The forces of darkness have been defeated many times, but reckoning has come. The mighty Vez’nan is back, and this time the player will him.

Ratopia is a unique combination of strategic survival, sandbox and city building elements, offering players a vast world to explore and a wealth of engaging content. The goal is clear: to create and maintain the idyllic city of Ratopia, teeming with hard-working inhabitants known as ratizans, each with their own qualities and wealth. It is the player’s responsibility to provide the Ratizans with jobs and necessary services, as well as their satisfaction. At the same time, it is necessary to that every action has its consequences, and carefully consider the policy for collecting the necessary taxes. Whether it’s navigating the complexities of running a city or perilous journeys underground, it offers an engaging experience that promises to captivate players of all gaming stripes.

Across the Obelisk — a cooperative card RPG with elements of roguelite, in the spirit of Slay the Spire and Darkest Dungeon, where you alone or with friends choose heroes, create your deck of cards and fight powerful enemies. Embark on a journey through the Senetia, an old peaceful land defiled by a mysterious force. Help the villagers, fight the evil bosses, take away the treasures and travel through the developing world, which will change with each step you take. You can play alone or with three other players. Each of you will control the hero in battle, but you all have to work together and decide what is best for the group will you help the farmers and fight against a group of little fiery demons or will look for easy prey among the ashes.

ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN is a standalone co-op RPG from FromSoftware that reimagines the ELDEN RING universe with a new focus on three-player co-op. Unlike the original’s single-player experience, this game is all about teamwork: you and two other players confront the ever-looming darkness that threatens the land. You’ll have to choose from a selection of unique heroes, each with different abilities and fighting styles that complement each other when working together.

Rift Wizard 2 is a roguelike wizard simulator that puts players in the shoes of an immortal wizard with amnesia. The main goal? Travel through space and fight an old enemy. Each playthrough is a new adventure, with no two quests being the same. Procedural generation ensures that players will always face different obstacles, monsters, and environments, keeping the game fresh and unpredictable. Challenge lies in how players adapt their strategies as progress through the levels, where every decision matters and every spell cast can be the difference between life and death.

Gal Guardians Servants of the Dark follows Kirika and Masha, two demon sisters on a mission to restore their fallen master, the demon lord Maximus. Unlike its predecessor, this installment expands beyond the confines of a single castle, taking players across the entire demon realm. The title is a 2D adventure game with Metroidvania elements that focuses on exploration, combat, and uncovering secrets hidden within interconnected environments.

The Long Dark — a simulator of survival in an endless cold. You are a single player who must explore vast territories, avoid skirmishes with wild animals and constantly look for a place to keep warm. But this was not always the case, which the destroyed power lines and several cans of canned food in your camping backpack involuntarily remind.

Way of the Hunter — is a wild animal hunting simulator that invites you to go to completely new spaces and try to achieve a favorable result in your new adventure. Become a brave and professional hunter in an extremely large free space. This time you will have to show not only dexterity and attentiveness, but also the ability to achieve a good result, even in the most difficult conditions. It’s no secret that hunting wild animals is not so easy, and in this game you will learn all the delights of live hunting.

Death Row Escape is a tense first-person adventure that combines action, puzzles, and time paradoxes. You find yourself locked in an abandoned prison controlled by artificial intelligence and the time to escape is running out. You are a technician sent on a routine mission, but now you are fighting for your life. At every step there are deadly traps, mercenaries, and strange mechanisms. The entire space is a labyrinth controlled by intelligent AI. Every mistake is an excuse to start over, because you are stuck in a time loop. Open the way forward by solving puzzles, studying AI behavior, and using moments of the loop to your advantage. Weapons are important, but observation and tactics are even more important. To get out, you need not only to shoot, but also to think.

Puppet Team offers a cooperative challenge where two people simultaneously control one character. Players take control of individual parts of the puppet, requiring cooperation to navigate the game world. The central goal is to guide this co-controlled figure through complex scenarios to a castle to reach the girl at the end of the path. Progress depends on the pair’s ability to synchronize their movements, which often leads to situations of either coordinated success or hilarious chaos. The core gameplay in Puppet Team is built around this special method of control on a single map with many internal surprises.