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"Maquette is a single-player fantasy platformer game with a good plot, compelling mechanics, and a striking atmosphere. Players explore a recursive world where everything is both tiny and staggeringly huge, allowing for a unique perspective that shrinks and grows the player. The game's thoughtful puzzle design reflects the themes of a modern-day love story, where small problems can become insurmountable obstacles."

"Beyond Hanwell" is a first-person exploration and combat game set in a richly detailed, atmospheric version of Westminster, London. The non-linear gameplay allows you to discover the world and its secrets in your own way, using a variety of weapons and environmental objects to take down enemies. With no HUD and immersive player feedback, the game keeps the tension high as you uncover the truth about yourself. Scavenge for resources and use creative methods to survive against anomalies in this intense, explorative experience.

"Blameless" is a free 3D adventure game focused on puzzle-solving and story, taking place in an unfinished house where you must escape a mysterious pursuer. The game features realistic puzzle mechanics, investigative gameplay, and a mysterious atmosphere with alternative solutions and story progression through exploration. The game is a short, intense experience with a tension-filled element of surprise, lasting around 20-60 minutes.

"P.A.M.E.L.A. is a single-player, open-world horror game set in the decaying utopian city of Eden. As a Sleeper, scavenge for resources, build and upgrade equipment, and navigate relationships with various factions to survive. Experience a dense atmosphere, stunning graphics, and a good plot, but be prepared for numerous bugs, grinding, and subpar optimization."

"Dream" is a single-player adventure game with a strong focus on exploration and puzzle-solving within the subconscious mind of its protagonist, Howard Phillips. The game boasts stunning visuals, a phenomenal soundtrack, and a dense atmosphere, but is held back by numerous bugs and a significant amount of grinding. Players can shape Howard's future by making choices that lead to multiple possible endings in this non-linear narrative experience.

Mirror Forge is a first-person psychological survival horror game, where reality warps around you in twisted environments. Solve puzzles, survive threats, and uncover clues from an alien world to avoid deadly entities and the grasp of utter madness. Gameplay relies on exploration, stealth, and reflexes in constantly changing realities.

"The Guest" is a gloomy adventure full of enigmas where the exploration of your surroundings comes to prominence; puzzles, secrets and riddles will help you discover who has locked you in this somber hotel room and most importantly, why.

"The Alien Cube" is a Lovecraftian first-person horror adventure, following the character Arthur who experiences disturbing visions after his uncle's disappearance. As you delve deeper into the mystery, you uncover a dark and occult reality, with the strange cube-shaped artifact at the center of it all. The game takes you on a journey through nightmarish events, testing your survival skills in a world full of terror and uncertainty.

Conductor is a single-player, action-adventure VR game set in a post-Industrial apocalypse. As the Conductor, you must control a locomotive, using your gravity cannon to solve puzzles and defend against Overcorp. Visit unique stations, manipulate the environment, and experience a compelling visual and musical atmosphere in this 1.5-2.5 hour teleportation-based puzzle-action game.

"Industria" is a single-player horror shooter game with an intriguing story set in Berlin during the fall of the wall. Experience a tight atmosphere full of mystery, deadly danger, and unique surrealist visuals. With 4 hours of gameplay, 5 weapons, and a memorable experimental soundtrack, it offers a dense and emotional journey, despite some optimization issues and bugs.