HROT is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game.

You start in a civil defense shelter deep under a Prague Metro station. As a proud holder of the military readiness badge you know what your duty is: put on a non-functioning gas mask, load the vz. 52 pistol and protect the peace and your socialist homeland from the strange intruders.

Assume command of a battle fleet and deploy immediately to the Dust Zone, commander. Our main food supply station has gone dark and the United Earth Nations (UEN) needs to know why in this 4X RTS space sim. Manage your ships, control space stations, and watch your back.

Embark on a heart-pounding journey into the realm of nightmares with Labyrinthine, a cooperative horror game that will make you question your every step. Gather your courage and team up with friends as you enter the abandoned Happisburg hedge maze, or dive headfirst into the spine-chilling case files, where every investigation leads to unspeakable horrors.

Prepare to be gripped by fear as you encounter a variety of unique monsters, each with their own sinister AI and mechanics. Stay on your toes as you traverse the maze's twisted paths and unravel the dark secrets that lie within.

GUN JAM is an innovative, rhythm first-person shooter where the player must shoot to the beat to survive. It features an original core mechanic and firefights choreographed to the soundtrack in a vibrant world. Prepare to obliterate enemies whilst blasting to the beat.

Show the world the potential of AI in Protodroid DeLTA, a fast and fluid 3D action-platformer set in a beautiful and hopeful solarpunk world, featuring a colorful cast of characters to meet and bosses to defeat.


Will wants to know what's beyond his home island. He thinks about what lies beyond the ocean. Are there people besides him? Is the world small or big? Follow Will's life journey as he looks for answers on what's beyond the island.

Explore open-world environments and take a chill cross-country trip in your favourite truck, or go on a scavenger hunt to discover all of the secrets hidden in the area.

Enter challenging championships inspired by real-life truck trial tournaments. Beat demanding obstacle courses, win trophies and climb online leaderboards.

Drive official branded trucks, recreated in highest detail from real vehicles. Play with a wheel controller and choose cabin view for full immersion. Experience custom-made, ultra realistic physics simulation.

Sclash is a plug’n play 2D samurai fighting game full of tension where one hit is enough to kill. Play as a hand-drawn samurai in beautiful painted settings and fight your opponent in epic solemn duels where each move matters. Manage well your stamina, breath and take your time to land a deadly hit.

A colony building game with a focus on unexpected events, online co-op and managing a special community. Build your colony, feed your colonists, research technologies, craft advanced weapons, explore the world, fight enemies and defend your property.


FROGSONG is a heartfelt adventure game where it's okay to be small. Chorus is a little frog with huge dreams of protecting the world. Being a tree frog, however, society expects them to lead a life of religious studies, instead of training to be a warrior. Their small size certainly doesn't help anyone take them seriously, either. Seeking a better life, Chorus moves to Boreala, a village where members of the Defense Guild train under the wisdom of an old veteran. They quickly learn things aren't going to be as easy as they hoped. With a powerful army and a mysterious rumour both on the rise, Chorus needs to discover how they can protect the ones they love - before it's too late.

Crab Champions is a fast paced shooter with roguelike elements. Travel across exotic islands defeating hordes of enemies and collecting loot, becoming as powerful as possible!

Play solo or with up to 3 other players, collecting loot, making an overpowered build and defeating fearsome enemies!

KEY FEATURES
Run based: the fun of a looter shooter packed into intense 20-40 minute runs with the option to loop endlessly to survive as long as you can!
Smooth and responsive movement and combat
Carefully crafted visuals with a focus on quality while maintaining high performance
An original soundtrack made specifically for the game
Complete challenges to unlock cosmetic skins and put your skills to the test in Nightmare difficulty.
No lootboxes, microtransactions or ANY additional purchases required- all content is available to unlock in game by playing
Play solo or with up to 3 other players
Every choice matters: each run presents you with different loot combinations, enemy types and much more making each run feel fresh while also allowing for plenty of player choice.

Pixel Starships is the world’s first total spaceship management game in an 8bit massive online universe. In Pixel Starships, you command every aspect of your ship from construction to battles in a single persistent world. PSS is Community driven and crowdfunded.

King of the Hat is a chunky party game where you play as pixelated characters who throw hats at each other. Jump on your friends hats to win - and protect yours at all costs.

The Forest Cathedral is a first-person environmental thriller set on a remote island. Playing as scientist Rachel Carson, players will figure out why the island won’t let her leave. The game tells the reimagined story of the attempted silence of Rachel Carson leading up to her discoveries on the harmful pesticide known as DDT.

Slowly uncover the effects of DDT in this dramatic reimagining of the story of Rachel Carson. Use advanced environmental technology to solve 2D/3D connected puzzles.

You have been asked to repair some old guns. Bring the weapons back to their former glory! Gunsmith Simulator: PROLOGUE is a stand-alone game and the introduction to the full version of Gunsmith Simulator.

Second Front is an accessible WWII turn-based tactical game with more than 40 infantry units and 200 tanks, vehicles and guns. It has all the depth of a paper wargame and the ease of a computer simulation. Campaign, scenarios and a complete editor make it an infinite tactical sandbox experience.

An atmospheric platformer with puzzle elements and split screen, where the player can control two characters at once, or two players can play in co-op mode on one device. Immerse yourself in the ethnic world of two heroes, solve puzzles and overcome obstacles together, explore the fairy forest and other locations, help each other.

GameGuru MAX is a non-technical and fun game maker. It allows you to build your own game world, using creative and enjoyable tools. Populate your game by placing down characters and other game items, then press one button to build your game and it's ready to play and share!

This is a survival game. The coronal explosion destroyed all the electronic equipment of human beings and caused serious radiation. Human beings had to move into underground shelters. Fifty years later, it was thought that the disaster was over and that the surface could survive. So they organized a survival competition back to the surface. A group of brave pioneers took part in the surface survival competition. You are one of them. The game has a real survival experience, restore a large number of real wilderness survival details! In the game, players can hunt, collect, build, synthesize, plant, cook, mine, smelt, make wine, trade, explore, take in refugees, raise animals, treat diseases, maintain ecological balance and fight against other virtual characters!

Caesar needs you! Gaul won't be conquered by itself. Stand under the Eagle and lead the legion for the glory of Rome! Shieldwall is a funny third-person tactical battle simulator with strategy elements. It allows you to feel like a squad leader right on the battlefie

Dark Prospect is an FPS / RTS hybrid, a genre mix that offers 4vs1 battles between up to 4 FPS players and 1 RTS player. The idea for Dark Prospect came to us because there have been more and more 4 player coop games lately. While the graphic and playful implementation is often very good, there is often a lack of really good AI that works tactically and creates interesting situations. That's why we wanted this role to be taken by a player who can observe the situation from an RTS perspective and thus has the opportunity to act more tactically than an AI could. Although Dark Prospect offers the possibility that the monsters can be controlled by an AI, the clear focus is on PVP. Play as a soldier (FPS): In all game modes, it is important to stick together as a team and act tactically. Find better weapons, equipment, and resources to defend yourself against the hordes of monsters controlled by either another player or an AI.

Toasterball is a multiplayer physics-based sports game, quick to learn and perfect for good old game nights on a couch with friends (1-4 players local multiplayer). Because you are playing as toasters, you can naturally expect some chaotic physics, random situations, electrical hazard, and more burnt toasts than you can ever imagine. There is also a real learning curve, with pro moves and enough gameplay variants to keep on surprising you for hours.

The opulence and prestige of Shanghai attracts the greatest talent from all over the world to compete and battle their way to the top of the corporate ladder. You begin as a rookie, looking for clues on how to survive the wild paper jungle of your office: you'll face treacherous middle managers, venomous co-workers, and more, on your own, personal journey to the top. Will you become king of the jungle, or stay just another paper pusher? Get ready to start your first day at the office, with all the pain and glory that comes along!

Hometopia is a seriously satisfying co-op building simulation game that turns players into designers and developers of the best-looking homes in the virtual world. Build better, together with Hometopia.

Key Features:

- Co-op communities - Work with up to 4 other players for building sessions. Work together to breathe life into ambitious renovations or to develop entire neighborhoods.
- Career path - Build a career starting as a beginner and progressing to professional home designer. Learn the ins and outs of the industry, unlocking unique content as you level up your skills.
- Dynamic job system - Engage with a dynamic job system that offers a wide spectrum of client-based tasks. From minor one-room makeovers to large-scale house constructions, every job challenges and enhances your design, renovation, and building abilities.
- Player homes - Exercise creative freedom with no restrictions or demands. Purchase land in a preferred biome, and transform it into a dream home.

A virus packaged as snus is spreading across Sweden, turning the inhabitants into crazy-ass ZEDS. Your mission, if your choose to accept, is to obliterate ’Em All. it’s all fairly simple. Kill as many zeds as possible, earn money to buy and upgrade your weapons, level up to unlock special perks. Oh, I almost forgot the most important thing, SURVIVE! Have a wonderful day!

Best PC Games of 2023 - Page 57

HROT

Dust Fleet

Labyrinthine

GUN JAM

Protodroid DeLTA

Harvest Island

Heavy Duty Challenge: The Off-Road Truck Simulator

Sclash

AColony

Frogsong

Crab Champions

Pixel Starships

King of the Hat

The Forest Cathedral

Gunsmith Simulator: Prologue

Second Front

Hand In Hand

GameGuru MAX

The Rule of Land: Pioneers

Shieldwall

Dark Prospect

Toasterball

Shanghai Office Simulator

Hometopia

Zedfest