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80 Days

Narrative adventure about steampunk version of Around the World in 80 days

Alan Wake

Action-adventure thriller with tv show structure

Alan Wake American Nightmare

 

Baba Is You

 

Batman Arkham Asylum

 

Borderlands 2

 

Braid

2D puzzle platformer with time manipulation mechanics

Celeste

2D platformer about climbing the mountain

Chuchel

 

Control

 

Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy

 

Creaks

 

Dark Echo

 

Dark Souls

 

Dead Island

 

Dead Island Riptide

 

Dorf Romantik

 

Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen

 

Fez

 

Fights in Tight Places

 

Firewatch

 

Grim Fandango

 

Grow Home

 

Grow Up

 

Hidden In Plain Sight

 

Hollow Knight

 

It Takes Two

3D Coop platformer about

Jusant

 

Left 4 Dead 2

 

Lego The Lord of the Rings

 

Lego The Hobbit

 

A Little to the Left

 

Lonely Mountains Downhill

 

Lumino City

 

Middle-Earth Shadow of Mordor

 

Mind Over Magnet

 

Catherine

 

Mini Motorways

 

Mortal Kombat 9

 

Neon White

 

Spelunky 2

 

Spelunky

 

Spec Ops The Line

 

Sifu

 

A Short Hike

 

The Secret of Monkey Island

 

Samorost

 

Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 4

 

Nidhogg

1 vs 1 2D fighter

Mortal Kombat X

1 vs 1 gory 2D fighter

Olli Olli

 

Overcooked

 

Overlord

Third-person action-strategy game where you play as a dark lord and control small army of minions

Overlord 2

 

Peak

 

Phonopolis

 

Quantum Break

Third person action-adventure about time manipulation

Superhot

3D first-person

Tekken 7

 

Thomas Was Alone

2D platformer with minimalistic graphics and narrative

Toem

 

Toki Tori

 

Toki Tori 2

 

Untitled Goose Game

Third person stealth goose game

Valiant Hearts: The Great War

 

Wise Garden

 

What Remains of Edith Finch

 

The Witness

 

Word Play

 

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80 Days

Narrative adventure about steampunk version of Around the World in 80 days

Alan Wake

Action-adventure thriller with tv show structure

Alan Wake American Nightmare

 

Baba Is You

 

Batman Arkham Asylum

 

Borderlands 2

 

Braid

2D puzzle platformer with time manipulation mechanics

Celeste

2D platformer about climbing the mountain

Chuchel

 

Control

 

Crash Bandicoot N Sane Trilogy

 

Creaks

 

Dark Echo

 

Dark Souls

 

Dead Island

 

Dead Island Riptide

 

Dorf Romantik

 

Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen

 

Fez

 

Fights in Tight Places

 

Firewatch

 

Grim Fandango

 

Grow Home

 

Grow Up

 

Hidden In Plain Sight

 

Hollow Knight

 

It Takes Two

3D Coop platformer about

Jusant

 

Left 4 Dead 2

 

Lego The Lord of the Rings

 

Lego The Hobbit

 

A Little to the Left

 

Lonely Mountains Downhill

 

Lumino City

 

Middle-Earth Shadow of Mordor

 

Mind Over Magnet

 

Catherine

 

Mini Motorways

 

Mortal Kombat 9

 

Neon White

 

Spelunky 2

 

Spelunky

 

Spec Ops The Line

 

Sifu

 

A Short Hike

 

The Secret of Monkey Island

 

Samorost

 

Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 4

 

Nidhogg

1 vs 1 2D fighter

Mortal Kombat X

1 vs 1 gory 2D fighter

Olli Olli

 

Overcooked

 

Overlord

Third-person action-strategy game where you play as a dark lord and control small army of minions

Overlord 2

 

Peak

 

Phonopolis

 

Quantum Break

Third person action-adventure about time manipulation

Superhot

3D first-person

Tekken 7

 

Thomas Was Alone

2D platformer with minimalistic graphics and narrative

Toem

 

Toki Tori

 

Toki Tori 2

 

Untitled Goose Game

Third person stealth goose game

Valiant Hearts: The Great War

 

Wise Garden

 

What Remains of Edith Finch

 

The Witness

 

Word Play

 

Logo of YBdesigning

YBdesigning is a personal blog and guide into game design by Yelnar Bolatov, classical web & app UI/UX designer

Social

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Bluesky

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