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Frostpunk

(2018) Players take on the role of a leader in an alternate-history late 19th century, in which they must build and maintain a city during a worldwide volcanic winter, managing resources, making choices on how to survive, and exploring the area outside their city for survivors, resources, or other useful items. The game features several scenarios to undertake, each with their own stories and different challenges.

Assassin's Creed Syndicate

The plot is set in a fictional history of real-world events and follows the centuries-old struggle between the Assassins, who fight for peace with liberty, and the Templars, who desire peace through order. The story is set in Victorian era London and follows twin assassins Jacob and Evie Frye as they navigate the corridors of organised crime, and take back the city from Templar control. Its open world design lets players freely roam London.

Guns of Icarus Online

(2012) Guns of Icarus Online is a steampunk/dieselpunk, multiplayer, first-person shooter that focuses on airship combat. Each airship is controlled by up to four players, with each member of the crew taking a specific role. Players can choose three different classes: gunner, engineer or pilot, which allow them access to different kinds of tools. The captain of each ship chooses which weapons the ship uses.

Sunless Sea

The game takes place in the universe of Failbetter's browser adventure game Fallen London, in which Victorian-era London has been moved beneath the earth's surface to the edge of the Unterzee, a vast underground ocean.

Syberia

(2002) The game follows Kate Walker, an American lawyer tasked with overseeing the major sale of a company and her subsequent journey across Europe and Russia to find the brother of the recently deceased owner. Alongside the main plot, the story also consists of a subplot involving Kate's personal life.

The Chaos Engine

(1993) A top-down run and gun video game developed by The Bitmap Brothers and published by Renegade Software.

Myst

(1993) Graphic adventure puzzle video games produced by Cyan Worlds.

Final Fantasy VI

(1994) Also known as Final Fantasy III is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

Thief

(1998-present) Is a series of stealth video games, developed by Looking Glass Studios (1998-2000), Ion Storm (2004) and Eidos Montréal (2014-present) and published by Eidos Interactive (1998-2004) and Square Enix (2014-present).

Skies of Arcadia

(2000) A role-playing video game developed by Overworks for the Dreamcast and published by Sega.

Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

(2001) a role-playing video game developed by Troika Games and published by Sierra Entertainment.

Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends

(2003) a real-time strategy video game for the PC made by Big Huge Games and published by Microsoft.

Fable III

(2010) An action role-playing open world video game developed by Lionhead Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios for Xbox 360.

Machinarium

(2009) A puzzle point-and-click adventure game developed by Amanita Design and released for various platforms.

Stacking

(2011) An adventure puzzle video game developed by Double Fine Productions and published by THQ, released for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 video game consoles.

Anno 1800

(2011) A city-building and economic simulation game with real-time elements, developed by Related Designs and Blue Byte and published by Ubisoft.

Alice: Madness Returns

(2011) A psychological horror action-adventure platform video game developed by Spicy Horse and released by Electronic Arts for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Dishonored 2

(2016) A stealth action-adventure video game by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.

BioShock Infinite

(2013) A first-person shooter video game developed by Irrational Games and published by 2K Games.

The Order: 1886

(2015) A third-person action-adventure video game developed by Ready at Dawn and SCE Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment, released for the Playstation 4.