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The Spectrum Retreat is a first-person puzzle game set in a mysterious hotel. As the game's protagonist, you'll uncover secrets and solve challenging puzzles by manipulating colored streams of light. With its immersive storyline and innovative gameplay mechanics, The Spectrum Retreat offers a unique gaming experience.

As the world turns short of Mana, Mirage, the city of illusions, is in danger of collapsing! Help Kyuboy’d make his way through mind-boggling puzzles to save his hometown!

"Braid: Anniversary Edition" is a sophisticated time-bending platformer that follows the protagonist, Tim, on his journey to rescue a princess. Using innovative time-manipulation abilities, players must navigate through beautiful, intricate levels and solve challenging puzzles to progress through the story. The game's thought-provoking narrative, stunning artwork, and gripping mechanics offer a unique and immersive gaming experience that resonates long after the game is over.

In Saltsea Chronicles, a story-driven adventure game, players join Captain Maja and her crew on a rescue mission in a post-flood world. Explore diverse island communities, each with unique pre-flood ruins, and uncover a deep conspiracy while choosing investigation paths. Experience a rich narrative with twists and turns in this immersive, award-winning indie title.

"Event is a unique single-player horror narrative exploration game with a retro-futuristic sci-fi theme. Players build a relationship with an insecure AI entity, Kaizen, by typing messages and solve puzzles to progress through the story. The game boasts impressive visuals, physics-based rendering, and advanced lighting techniques, with an atmospheric soundscape providing an immersive experience."

Quanero is an experimental VR experience for the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift. Your goal is to figure out what caused a violent incident in a futuristic bar by manipulating the time. You can slow down time, reverse it or bring it to a halt. Explore the scene, unlock the story's branch points and unravel the mystery.

"Disoriented" is a single-player puzzle game featuring 30 unique levels that progress from easy to very hard. The game offers excellent mechanics, including the ability to switch camera angles for better puzzle views and set your own checkpoints. Its wonderful visuals provide a captivating backdrop to challenge your problem-solving skills.

"Viewfinder is a single-player Science Fiction Platformer game with an interesting plot, outstanding gameplay, and unique atmosphere. Using an instant camera, players can bring pictures to life and reshape the world in this mind-bending first-person adventure. The player-driven narrative and exploration of multiple hub worlds allow for a customizable experience, inviting both casual and dedicated players to find answers to the impossible."

"Card Shark" is a narrative-driven adventure game set in 18th century France. As an unassuming traveling comedian, you'll learn the art of cheating at cards, navigate treacherous nobles, and uncover a conspiracy that threatens the monarchy. Each encounter brings new opportunities to deceive and new challenges to stay one step ahead.

Mainlining is a single-player Mystery Simulation game with an interesting plot, good gameplay, outstanding visuals, and a stunning soundtrack. As a hacking adventure, it explores techno-ethics and privacy concerns through its gripping narrative, following the government's implementation of the BLU Pill Act, which grants access to all online personal data. The Deluxe Edition includes the full game, digital soundtrack, and art book.