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Aven Colony is a newly released city-building sim set on an alien planet full of hostile terrain and equally hostile locals. In order to survive you will need to create a fully self-sustaining colony that will not only be able to defend itself against everything the planet throws at it, but also exploit those very same things in order to further advance your new civilization.
You can get a brief glimpse at what all of this looks like in-game through the recently posted launch trailer down below. Its not very long, but it should get the message across quite nicely. Have a look:
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Out of all the strange games and concepts I've covered throughout the past few months Graveyard Keeper might just be the most 'out there' of them all. It is a seemingly Harvest Moon inspired cemetery management sim, but what might come as a massive shock given the theme is that it actually appears to be pretty damn charming!
Since this is one of those concepts you need to see in order to believe, allow me to share you the relatively recent announcement trailer. It might not be overly long, but it gets the message across quite nicely. Have a look:
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The Mystery of Woolley Mountain is a surreal and rather bizarre adventure game about a group of five renegade time-traveling audio scientists that are trying to destroy an evil witch. Makes perfect sense to me! I mean, what in the world could you even add to that?
If you're wondering what all of this madness might look like in gameplay terms, you'll find the recently posted trailer right below. Its not overly long, but it'll give you a pretty damn good idea of just how strange the world of The Mystery of Woolley Mountain truly is. Have a look, it's well worth the time:
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Dreamfall Chapters is a story-driven adventure game with a focus on difficult choices and their far-reaching consequences. The first story chapter arrived all the way back in the ancient times of 2014, while the fifth and final chapter concluded the whole storyline in June, 2016.
Even though the most recent update is not as large as Book 5, it does bring with it some rather significant changes. The artwork has been greatly improved with new and revised character models and lightning, while on the other side of the coin the soundtrack was expanded with new music, the voice-overs remastered, and sound effects cleaned up across the board.
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Rise of Industry is a strategic business tycoon that puts you in the shoes of an early 20th century industrialist. In order to succeed you will need to create your vast empire from scratch, always ensuring that all of your interwoven production lines are well supplied and your transportation network fully capable of delivering your goods to nearby towns. But if end up failing spectacularly, worry not as you can try to use your PR companies in order to deflect the blame onto someone else!
You can check out what this looks like in game via the recently posted teaser trailer down below. The whole video is a bit too focused on pointless fluff, but there is enough gameplay to at least give you a brief taste of what Rise of Industry has to offer. Have a look:
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[Update]: Slime-covered yet adorable Slime Rancher 2 is heading into Early Access on September 22, 2022.
Slime Rancher, as you might imagine, is a charming first-person 'farm simulator' where you will have to capture and take care of a variety of adorable little slimes. In many ways it is similar to Harvest Moon, though instead of growing crops and raising chickens in order to make a bit of a profit, you'll be using them to feed your constantly growing repertoire of colorful slime.
It first arrived to Steam Early Access back in early 2016, and after numerous updates and a highly positive review score it appears that Slime Rancher is finally ready to release in full. The launch date is pinned for August 1st, and if you currently have a farm running there's no need to worry, your save file and everything in it will carry over to the full version.
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Codebyfire, the developers behind Frozen Cortex, and Mode 7 Games, the developers behind Frozen Synapse, have recently announced that they have teamed up in order to create The Colonists - a settlement building game most similar to The Settlers and Anno series. While the details are currently in short supply, you can expect to see The Colonists in Steam Early Access this August.
As for the gameplay itself, you will be taking control of a team of robots tasked with settling and taming a newly-discovered planet, essentially preparing the ground for a wave of colonists that are inbound from the homeworld. You'll have to harvest natural resources, set up farming and food production, reshape the terrain in order to optimize your production lines, and naturally, conquer or ally with any of the locals.
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Sine Mora EX is a colorful side-scrolling shoot'em up that provides a bit of a unique challenge. Instead of just having to deal with an entire hailstorm of bullets flying your way, you will also have to master a variety of time manipulating devices in order to survive what would otherwise be certain death. I sure hope you can stay calm under pressure!
As you might deduce from the name, Sine Mora EX is a new and improved version of Sine Mora that launched back in 2012. The expanded version brings with it support for the 16:9 aspect ratio, fully English voiceovers with the ability to swap to the original Hungarian ones at will, local co-op for up to two players in the story mode, three new versus modes, new challenge levels, and naturally, improved visuals.
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Like many games that draw inspiration from Dark Souls, Immortal Planet is an action-RPG with challenging combat that rewards patience and timing rather than reckless aggression. Given the difficulty curve it is highly likely that you will find yourself dying, and dying a lot, but as long as you can reach the same place again death will be nothing more than a learning experience.
If you're wondering how all of this translates into gameplay, allow me to share with you the recently posted launch trailer. Its not very long, but it will still give you a good idea of just what kind of ARPG Immortal Planet really is. Have a look:
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Darkwood is a top-down horror game that will ask of you to explore a randomly generated world during the day, and then hopefully barricade and defend yourself from a variety of horrors that start appearing after sundown. It might not appear to be anything impressive right now, but its one of the rare few horror games I have genuinely had to rage-quit due to how stressed out it made me - the sound design is just that damn good!
If you think I'm exaggerating just to prove some sort of point, worry not as I come armed with a rather convincing example. The video below is an interactive trailer from a couple of years ago, and even though the gameplay and overall design is completely outdated by this point it will still give you a really good idea of what Darkwood is all about, and why its so terrifying. Have a look, but make sure to enable annotations: