Rise of the Third Power is a retro-themed, console-style roleplaying game, loosely based on the political climate of Europe in the late 1930's. The story takes place in the land of Rin during the height of the Age of Sail, following the events that would lead to the greatest war in human history...

Experience unparalleled stealth action in two unique story campaigns with Espire 2: a full-fledged VR FPS on Meta Quest! After intel from an anonymous whistleblower reveals the terrorist group OPHIS’ plot for global domination, Espire Operative Poe once again finds themself at the center of the Espire program,. With the entire world hanging in the balance, it’s up to Poe and their Espire frames  to dismantle OPHIS from the inside.

From the Co-Creator of Rick & Morty and Solar Opposites, comes High On Life. Fresh out of high school with no job and no ambition, you’ve really got nothing going for you until an alien cartel that wants to get high off humanity invades Earth. Now, you and a team of charismatic talking guns must answer the hero's call and become the deadliest intergalactic bounty hunter the cosmos has ever seen. Travel to a variety of biomes and locations across the cosmos, go up against the nefarious Garmantuous and his gang of goons, collect loot, meet unique characters, and more, in the latest comedy adventure from Justin Roiland!

Fight your way across the city in a brutal romp that mixes old school brawlers and fast-paced motion-captured combat. Battle across multiple, distinct hand-crafted levels on foot or a variety of vehicles

Bear and Breakfast is a laid-back management adventure game where you play as a well-meaning bear trying to run a B B in the woods. Hank and his friends find an abandoned shack and, equipped with their teenage ingenuity, turn it into a money-making bed and breakfast scheme for unsuspecting tourists. As your business expands so do the mysteries of the forest, and Hank soon finds himself uncovering a plot deeper than the wilderness itself.

AUTHENTIC GAMEPLAY With the dual stick controls, each stick represents one of your feet. You will need to learn how to control them and transfer weight, just like on a real skateboard. The physics have been developed with a focus on realism, smoothness and immersion. Just like in real life for a new skateboarder, the first hours can seem challenging, but once you have mastered the technique, you will feel the unrivalled thrill of pulling off your very first kickflip! Session: Skate Sim also includes full options customisation, so you can enjoy the perfect experience tailored to you. A full tutorial provides all the help you need to get started, and you can choose from four difficulty levels!

Tokyo is overrun by deadly supernatural forces, perpetrated by a dangerous occultist, causing Tokyo’s population to vanish in an instant. Ally with a powerful spectral entity on their quest for vengeance and master a powerful arsenal of abilities to unravel the dark truth behind the disappearance as you FACE THE UNKNOWN in Ghostwire: Tokyo.

PAC-MAN arrives home on his birthday to find the Ghosts have kidnapped PAC-MAN’s family & friends and ruined his party! Off to the rescue, PAC-MAN sets out to Ghost Island! • With improved UI, fine-tuned mechanics and updated visuals, PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC is a modernized classic! • Dodge Ghosts, solve environmental puzzles, rescue the PAC-FAM, and more in this platforming adventure! • Butt-bounce, rev-roll, PAC-DOT attack, and hover-jump to the final face-off against TOC-MAN! • Play the main adventure in QUEST MODE, a collection of 3D mazes in MAZE MODE, and the original PAC-MAN in CLASSIC MODE!

What do you get when you bring a microprocessor to a knight-fight? A deck-building, sword-swinging, tactical adventure! Meet the Floppy Knights: tangible projections summoned from floppy disks. They’ll help Phoebe and Carlton earn cash and perhaps even save the world in the process.

Synthwave roguelike deckbuilder set in the neon 80's. Pick your agent. Build your deck. Hit card combos and fight through the floors of INFINITY tower. Featuring 30+ fresh Synthwave tracks by LudoWic, Tonebox and Jules Reves.

Bloodhunt is a thrilling, free-to-play battle royale game set in the Vampire: The Masquerade universe. Use your supernatural powers, weapons, and wit to dominate the night and restore the Masquerade!

Glitchhikers is a surreal journey through the spaces between places. A late night drive, a deserted airport lounge, a moonlit walk through an empty park, a quiet carriage on an overnight train. Who will you meet? What will you talk about? Where will the journey take you? Find yourself along the way.

In CRIMESIGHT investigators will work with an AI called “Sherlock” to prevent a future murder cooked up by another AI known as “Moriarty.” However, there is a traitor in their midst, secretly helping the Moriarty AI. Players will have to decide who they can trust as they try to deduce the truth.

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem is a new stand-alone expansion to the world of the classic FPS series. Join the fight against Notorious Mental on a journey through the wild lands of Russia, and find your way through this lost chapter of Sam Stone's adventures.

Lead the Grey Knights to exterminate the forces of Chaos in fast-paced, ferocious, turn-based tactical combat. Command a squad of elite warriors, each with their own unique strengths and gear through a saga penned by acclaimed Black Library author, Aaron Dembski-Bowden. Master squad positioning and synergies to outmanoeuvre and outgun the enemy on the battlefield. Personalise and equip your squad of Daemonhunters to purge the deadly corruption of The Bloom as it spreads in a galaxy-spanning campaign.

FORGE YOUR FATE AMIDST LAYERS OF STRATEGY
Lead humanity’s greatest weapon, the Grey Knights. Command your squad with precision tactics, harness environmental destruction, and shape the fate of the galaxy in a dynamic battle where your enemies, and the world itself, evolve. The Bloom spreads across the galaxy, leaving you to decide which planets survive, and which succumb to its cosmic corruption.

UNLEASH LEGENDS: CRAFT YOUR SQUAD’S DESTINY
Tailor your Battle-Brothers to heretic-purging perfection. Manage your base of operations, the Baleful Edict, to unlock powerful equipment and learn a range of diverse skills and psychic abilities as you specialise your champions into eight unique classes: four standard and four hero classes. Customise your warriors with voice, armour and facial options to make them your own.

EMBRACE THE DARKNESS
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war. Unleash an onslaught of cinematic carnage on your foes. Fight beside and against legends of battle as you experience an epic narrative unfold. Utilise powerful psychic abilities, engage in visceral combat, and execute huge enemies in gory displays of prowess.

The best flying disc game of all time is back! With amazing hand-drawn graphics, crazy new moves, gameplay mechanics and awesome new characters and stages, Windjammers 2 is the sequel you've been dreaming of.

In Lost Recipes, you are a Ghost Chef in training. You will cook for ghosts from Greek, Chinese, and Maya civilizations who long to pass on the traditional recipes of their favorite dishes. Recreate authentic food from three historic cultures in this relaxing cooking game. To hone your cooking skills, you will travel throughout history to practice in three ancestral kitchens. You need to satisfy each ghost’s appetite in order to move to the next kitchen. While cooking nine unique recipes, you will learn about the processes, ingredients, and culture surrounding the food.

The Tale of Bistun is a story-driven action-adventure game inspired by the 12th Century tragic poem “Khosrow and Shirin.” You play as a stone carver who wakes on Mount Bistun with no memory of anything before that moment. An insidious blight has spread, bringing forth many dangerous foes. You must battle through mythical enemies and travel between the real world and an ethereal place of forgotten memories to discover the secret of your past.

With Earth on the brink of ecosystemic collapse, DOLOS A.E.C. leads efforts to find a new home for the human race. Whether by chance or fate, its prototype space station, the Tiqqun, finds itself cast adrift, a disintegrating ark upon which the remnants of humanity must find sanctuary – and you, Administrator, are at its helm.

IXION is a city-builder that requires you to be vigilant, to constantly assess and reassess, to learn and adapt. If you and your crew are to endure, you must confront the perils of space, while at the same time uncovering its secrets and extracting its resources. Danger, however, will come from within as well as without; you’ll need to establish, maintain and develop the Tiqqun’s infrastructure while managing the station’s population, deciding how best to answer their pleas so as to maintain their trust in you and the mission.

There are no simple solutions; your actions will have repercussions, now or further down the line. How you deal with those repercussions will be the difference between survival and extinction.

IN DOLOS WE TRUST
A population to manage, survivors to find, cryopods to recover... Maintain your crew's trust in the corporation that started this venture, or face failure and mutiny. Six sectors can be unlocked within the station, each able to house more population, support new jobs, and provide opportunity to monitor the crew with the Data Listening System. Will you bring hope to the people?

You've just arrived at the Escape Academy, a school where promising students train to become the ultimate Escape Room Master. Play over a dozen masterfully hand crafted rooms, designed by experienced experts in the field of REAL LIFE escape rooms. Experience the entirety of Escape Academy alone in single player OR through two player co-operative play. Available in local or online splitscreen. Explore the campus of Escape Academy and get to know the faculty, a colorful cast of characters, each an expert in the art of Escape. And some with secrets yet to be uncovered...

The Last Hero of Nostalgaia is a satirical action-adventure, driven by a dark story, set in an incredibly rich and complex world. Nostalgaia, the world of videogames, is collapsing backwards into a mysterious pixelation, with every particle of fidelity bleeding away. Oblivion seemingly awaits even our most cherished gaming memories. But as the lighting dims and frames diminish, with the world on the brink of extinction, hope emerges to fight back. As the most hideous pixelated hero to ever spawn in Nostalgaia, you must fight through an army of its mindless inhabitants, while being jeered by a cynical narrator who despises your very existence.

Legends of the past come back to life in a charming European mystery adventure. Milda, a girl from Chicago, unexpectedly receives the last will of her deceased grandfather – it appears that she is an heir and the last guardian of a mysterious family secret. Following a handful of obscure hints, Milda is thrown into an adventurous, puzzle packed search for the truth. Crowns and Pawns, inspired by point-and-click classics such as Broken Sword, Still Life, Syberia and others, brings the less explored history of Europe to the world of adventurers. Experience the legendary stories of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, beware of the villainous branch of the KGB, solve puzzles and follow hints to reveal the secrets of the king who was never crowned. But be wary – he could trust no one. Can you?

Break into the snowboarding event of the year in the hope of scoring a wildcard entry to an exclusive invitational. To prove you’re up to the challenge, master the art of park riding, buttering, rails and massive kickers and earn your place in the world of snowboarding.

B.I.O.T.A. is a 2D metroidvania inspired shooter set on a wild and dangerous sci-fi, pixel-art planet. Get ready to face hostile alien life forms and investigate a mysterious mining colony as a group of ragtag heroes from the future, all in glorious 4-color palettes and detailed 8-bit visuals.

In LEGO® Bricktales, discover an innovative brick-by-brick building mechanic to design puzzle solutions from your own imagination. See your creations brought to life in a beautiful LEGO world where every problem has a constructive resolution. Embark on an epic adventure across a world of beautiful LEGO diorama biomes crafted brick by brick as you search for inspiration to help your grandfather reinvigorate his rundown amusement park with your little robot buddy in tow. Your journey will take you to the deepest jungle, sun-drenched deserts, a bustling city corner, a towering medieval castle, and tropical Caribbean islands. Help the minifigures of these worlds by solving puzzles and unlock new skills throughout the story to further explore these worlds and uncover the many secrets and mysteries they contain.

Best PC Games of 2022 - Page 8

Rise of the Third Power

Espire 2

High on Life

Midnight Fight Express

Bear and Breakfast

Session: Skate Sim

GhostWire: Tokyo

PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC

Floppy Knights

Nitro Kid

Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodhunt

Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between

CRIMESIGHT

Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem

Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters

Windjammers 2

Lost Recipes

The Tale of Bistun

IXION

Escape Academy

The Last Hero of Nostalgaia

Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit

Shredders

B.I.O.T.A.

LEGO Bricktales