Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown is a medieval fantasy city‑builder that combines settlement management, real‑time combat and weighty moral choices. You begin as a newly crowned ruler leading the survivors of Aldamor into the uncharted realm of Nysamor. There, you’ll guide your people to establish a thriving capital—assigning villagers to gather resources, erect buildings, explore mysterious wilds and forge your kingdom’s reputation, whether through peaceful trade or by the sword.

Oxygen – humanity’s last hope in a world where volcanic “Large Igneous Provinces” have ruptured the crust, unleashing toxic gases that have driven oxygen to near extinction. In this city-building survival strategy game, you take command of the newly invented Oxygen Center, a facility that generates precious breathable air by electrolyzing underground water. To power it, you’ll initially rely on coal but must research and transition to sustainable energy sources before it’s too late.

Schedule I throws you into the grim underworld of Hyland Point, a downtrodden West Coast city where you begin as a penniless, product‑less street dealer with nothing but ambition. Inspired by the DEA’s definition—“Schedule I drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse”—the game challenges you to build a criminal empire from the ground up.

Monument Valley is a captivating puzzle game that takes players on a journey of forgiveness with Ida, the silent princess, through a world filled with impossible environments and illusionary puzzles. This meditative and calming game invites players to manipulate monuments and create evolving paths, exploring surreal and mysterious worlds. The game is renowned for its stunning architecture and transforming landscapes, which players can interact with by pushing, pulling, clicking, and more.

Warriors Rise to Glory is a brutal, turn‑based arena combat game set in the blood‑soaked world of Indiekingdom. Here, only the strongest—or the most cunning—survive. Forge a legendary bloodline of warriors, guide them to victory, and watch as your dynasty grows ever more powerful… even through death itself.

Space for Sale is a quirky blend of real‑estate management and planetary exploration that challenges you to turn untamed alien worlds into thriving settlements. You step into the role of a budding Space Realtor, complete with a refurbished spaceship headquarters and a universe of potential clients at your fingertips. Whether you forge ahead on your own or team up in two‑player co‑op, your goal is simple: build, adapt, and profit.

Predynastic Egypt - Step back into the dawn of civilization along the Nile and guide a fledgling chiefdom through war, drought, epidemics and internal strife. Your choices will determine whether your people survive to forge the first Egyptian state or vanish into the sands of history.

HexaScape Cyber Defense - an addictive turn‑based strategy that fuses hex‑grid puzzling with tower defense mechanics. Settle in, don your headphones, and prepare to secure the digital frontier as you explore, expand, and fortify against relentless viral threats.

ARTEMIS - a capture‑the‑flag arena game in which you hunt down light and dark eggs over three intense rounds. Collected eggs can be fused into unique creatures and added to your party. At the end of each match, your inventory determines which of several mysterious worlds you’ll visit. Along the way, visit the tops of the three central towers to equip or trade items with helpful robots. Explore rooftop mini‑games, experiment in the kitchen, or attempt a daring escape from the matrix. Every decision—and every activated item—moves your progress bar and shapes your adventure.

Dungeons of Aether is a turn‑based dungeon crawler from Aether Studios, created by Nikita “ampersandbear” Belorusov. While its sister game Rivals of Aether emphasizes high‑speed, competitive play, this adventure invites you to explore at your leisure—though every decision carries weight. Will you seize treasure or meet an untimely end beneath the earth?

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Earth of Oryn offers a rich, medieval-themed city‑builder and strategy experience where you shape your kingdom from the ground up. Whether you rule with kindness and generosity or impose strict laws with an iron fist, every decision affects your people’s happiness, productivity, and loyalty. Starting with nothing, you’ll develop cities, manage resources, raise armies, and explore untamed lands across four distinct civilizations—each with its own culture, climate, and challenges.

Hearthlands casts you as a medieval fantasy king in a ever-changing, procedurally generated world. You won’t micromanage every villager—instead you guide your realm’s growth by planning settlements, juggling resources, forging alliances, recruiting heroes and learning magic. Whether you aim to dominate vast territories with a mighty army, settle down as a humble fishing village, build a bustling trade network, establish a fortified outpost or even raise a sorcerer’s estate, the choice is yours. Every citizen—from laborer to legendary champion—acts on its own, creating a living tapestry of daily life that’s often fascinating to just observe.

Cartel Tycoon – an immersive management sim set in a fictionalized 1980s Latin America where you build and defend a sprawling cocaine empire. Starting from a modest plantation, you’ll develop laboratories, airstrips and smuggling routes while juggling rogue lieutenants, corrupt officials and rival cartels. Violence and betrayal are inevitable, but each fallen capo hands the crown to a chosen successor, letting you rebuild your criminal dynasty again and again.

JOY OF PROGRAMMING – Software Engineering Simulator throws you straight into the life of a coder and lets you experience every twist and turn of a software engineer’s career. You start out as a junior developer, picking up tasks like fixing bugs and writing simple functions, then gradually unlock new languages, frameworks, and more challenging projects. Between coffee breaks and the occasional bout of procrastination, you’ll juggle deadlines, client demands, code reviews, and your own stress levels as you strive for that next promotion.

The Madness of Billiards throws away all the familiar rules of pool and replaces them with a delightfully deranged playground of balls, bumpers and bizarre table contraptions. Rather than just lining up shots on a flat green cloth, you’ll tackle levels that twist gravity, spit your cue ball through portals, spin it around magnetic fields or even blow open fresh paths with explosive spheres. Every arena is a handcrafted puzzle designed to test your precision, timing and imagination as you figure out how to sink each target ball.

Glory Of Rome – a sprawling city‑builder that transports you to the height of the Roman Empire, challenging you to craft, manage and expand settlements from the heart of Italy to distant provinces. Emerging from early access with solid foundations and eager support, this game delivers a layered management experience, bolstered by three distinct campaigns and multiple expansions.

The Hive is a captivating strategy game with RPG elements that casts you as the insectoid hive mind of a growing colony. Set in the sprawling underworld of New Eden—an ancient realm of forgotten civilizations, colossal beasts and hidden dangers—each decision you make shapes the evolution and survival of your swarm. As you delve deeper into ruins and confront ever‑greater threats, you’ll uncover a tragic history and edge closer to the ultimate secrets buried beneath the surface.

Sons of Valhalla – a captivating fusion of side‑scrolling combat and base‑building strategy set against a lush pixel‑art Viking Age backdrop. You step into the boots of Thorald Olavson, whose home lies in ashes and whose beloved has been carried off to distant England by a ruthless Jarl. Driven by vengeance, you’ll raise a warband, establish forward strongholds and personally lead your warriors through epic skirmishes and sieges.

Cartridge Defense – a cyberpunk‑themed tower defense where you build custom decks of collectible “cartridge” cards to spawn towers, upgrades and special abilities against waves of enemy robots. Place and upgrade nine different tower types (each upgradable to level 5), tweak their targeting systems, and force robots to reroute through your maze while collecting loot—cards, packs, targeting modules, items and resources—from defeated foes. With over 300 distinct cards, 33 levels across five zones (30–40 hours of story play), plus endless and roguelike modes and a “Sponsored Mode” for farming bonus loot, Cartridge Defense offers deep strategic variety and nearly limitless replayability.

Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball 2025 delivers an engrossing and richly detailed franchise mode that puts you firmly in the front office as a team’s general manager. From the opening draft lottery presentation to the final buzzer of the championship game, every moment feels authentic, strategic, and full of high-stakes decision‑making.