Stardew Valley looks like a farming simulator.

Stardew Valley looks like a farming simulator. That’s partly what it is, but you also develop relationships with the other townsfolk and delve deep into the mines.

Potion Permit is an adventure game about a chemist working to help village inhabitants get better from various ailments.

Potion Permit is an adventure game about a chemist working to help village inhabitants get better from various ailments. You explore the world for ingredients and craft medicine by completing puzzles and mini-games.

Atomicrops is a farming game where you also have to defend your crops from mutant attackers.

Atomicrops is a farming game where you also have to defend your crops from mutant attackers. It sounds like a strange combination, but the shooting and the tending work well to counterbalance each other.

Vampire Survivors is a simple silly survival game where you battle to stay alive against waves of enemies.

Vampire Survivors is a simple silly survival game where you battle to stay alive against waves of enemies. The twist is that you can only control your movement, not your attacks.

Flame Keeper is a strategic fighting and collecting game where you gather energy to restore the eternal flame and save the world from evil monsters.

Flame Keeper is a strategic fighting and collecting game where you gather energy to restore the eternal flame and save the world from evil monsters. As you explore and fight enemies in fast-paced combat, you sacrifice your health to collect energy and bring it back to the flame and upgrade your skills and abilities.

Dust and Neon is a shooting game set in a futuristic wild west where you play a lone gunslinger taking on robots.

Dust and Neon is a shooting game set in a futuristic wild west where you play a lone gunslinger taking on robots. It takes the twin-stick (one for movement and one for aiming) shooting play in a more considered direction, as you work to stay close to enemies for accuracy and use the time-slow mechanic to make sure every shot counts.

Lake of Creatures is an action fishing game where you boat around lakes to defeat enormous aquatic monsters with guns, laser beams, and a fishing rod.

Lake of Creatures is an action fishing game where you boat around lakes to defeat enormous aquatic monsters with guns, laser beams, and a fishing rod. While it's a wacky concept, the marine setting is more than just scenery, as you need to use the money you make from selling your catch to buy upgrades and new weapons to help you advance.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a role-play collecting game where you live on a small island teeming with life.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a role-play collecting game where you live on a small island teeming with life. Insects, fish, trees, vegetation and fossils are represented with cute cartoon visuals.

Teardown is a creative traversal game where you plan and execute a heist in fully destructible environments.

Teardown is a creative traversal game where you plan and execute a heist in fully destructible environments. Play involves knocking routes through the destructible buildings to set an escape route to steal the key cards.

Nuts is an adventure game where you play a rookie field researcher.

Nuts is an adventure game where you play a rookie field researcher. You use your camera, caravan, GPS and map to investigate the depths of the enigmatic Melmoth Forest.

Graveyard Keeper is a funeral-themed role-playing game where you are the caretaker of a local cemetery.

Graveyard Keeper is a funeral-themed role-playing game where you are the caretaker of a local cemetery. You make choices about how to lay out the plot, what services to offer and generally how to make money from your unusual enterprise.

Dead Cells is a running, jumping and fighting game where you are escaping a prison.

Dead Cells is a running, jumping and fighting game where you are escaping a prison. In a bright pixelated world you must accurately time attacks and dodges to defeat a wide range of enemies.

Dave the Diver is a simulation game where you manage a sushi bar by night and hunt for the fish to sell by day.

Dave the Diver is a simulation game where you manage a sushi bar by night and hunt for the fish to sell by day. You explore the depths of a lagoon, using your harpoon to catch fish and solve puzzles to unlock new areas.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf is a life simulation game where you design your dream village in a world filled with anthropomorphic animals.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf is a life simulation game where you design your dream village in a world filled with anthropomorphic animals. Like other Animal Crossing games, you design and decorate your home, collect and sell items, chat and play with villagers, and partake in activities throughout the days and weeks.

Tape to Tape is a sports hockey game where you lead your team to victory in increasingly chaotic and over-the-top clashes.

Tape to Tape is a sports hockey game where you lead your team to victory in increasingly chaotic and over-the-top clashes. Bribe the referee and exploit powerful abilities to tilt the odds in your favour and continue your winning streak, then upgrade your team some more and start again.

Minecraft is an open-world adventure where you collect, craft and construct structures and items.

Minecraft is an open-world adventure where you collect, craft and construct structures and items. Play involves exploring the world to find resources and good locations to build.

Hades is a fighting game where you battle your way through dungeons to escape hell and the clutches of Hades.

Hades is a fighting game where you battle your way through dungeons to escape hell and the clutches of Hades. You play as Zagreus, the son of Hades and through the game, you'll meet many recognisable Greek gods like Zeus, Athena and Poseidon who will try to help you escape and give you new skills.

Animal Crossing: Wild World is a quirky life simulation game where you live in a small village and build your dream home.

Animal Crossing: Wild World is a quirky life simulation game where you live in a small village and build your dream home. You develop relationships with the animal townsfolk, collect fossils, fish and insects and build a home to help the village grow.

Haunted Chocolatier is a strategy game by the creator of Stardew Valley.

Haunted Chocolatier is a strategy game by the creator of Stardew Valley. You explore a fantasy world and gather ingredients to make different blends of chocolate that sell in your chocolate shop.

Forager is an open-world adventure where you manage resources in a simple pixel world.

Forager is an open-world adventure where you manage resources in a simple pixel world. The collecting, crafting and consuming requires you to tap buttons.

Crashlands is a world-building game where you fight monsters, craft resources, and build a base on an alien planet.

Crashlands is a world-building game where you fight monsters, craft resources, and build a base on an alien planet. As you explore, either on your own or with a friend, you encounter locals, complete quests and missions, and meet strange new enemies.

Frogue is a turn-based traversal fighting game where you play a frog on a mission to retrieve your kidnapped dog.

Frogue is a turn-based traversal fighting game where you play a frog on a mission to retrieve your kidnapped dog. You jump from surface to surface, defeating evil penguins who only move when you move.

Animal Crossing is a quirky life simulation game where you live in a small village and build your dream home.

Animal Crossing is a quirky life simulation game where you live in a small village and build your dream home. You develop relationships with the animal townsfolk, collect fossils, fish and insects and build a home to help the village grow.

Sun Haven is a role-playing adventure game where you tend the land, build relationships in a fantasy village, and fight monsters to save the realm.

Sun Haven is a role-playing adventure game where you tend the land, build relationships in a fantasy village, and fight monsters to save the realm. With magical abilities and companions, you explore towns and cities belonging to different races and defeat the mysterious forces of darkness in the countryside, then go back to your homestead, where you tend crops and animals and get to know the townsfolk.

Animal Crossing: City Folk (called Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City in Europe) is a life simulation game where you settle into a small village filled with anthropomorphic animals.

Animal Crossing: City Folk (called Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City in Europe) is a life simulation game where you settle into a small village filled with anthropomorphic animals. Like other Animal Crossing games, you design and decorate your home, collect and sell items, chat and play with villagers, and partake in activities throughout the days and weeks.

Windblown is a fighting game set in a cartoon world where you use the powers of past warriors to defend your home.

Windblown is a fighting game set in a cartoon world where you use the powers of past warriors to defend your home. You team up with two other players to run and dash across magical floating islands, you master skills and weapons left behind by those who came before - then die and do it all over again.

Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon is an action-fighting game where you battle floors of enemies through ancient towers to save the world.

Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon is an action-fighting game where you battle floors of enemies through ancient towers to save the world. You switch between four heroes, each with randomly assigned skills and abilities, and use the weapons you find to defeat monsters and steal their loot.

Rogue: Genesia is a shooting game where you battle hundreds of enemies at the same time to defend a desperate world.

Emberward is a battle strategy game where you defend your land by tactically placing Tetris-shaped pieces to delay and destroy invaders.

Emberward is a battle strategy game where you defend your land by tactically placing Tetris-shaped pieces to delay and destroy invaders. To play you design mazes from Tetris pieces to slow the advance of enemies and place towers to defeat them.

Guncar Arena is a super-fast shooting game where you drive a weaponised car shooting hordes of alien invaders.

Guncar Arena is a super-fast shooting game where you drive a weaponised car shooting hordes of alien invaders. Play requires expert timing and deft steering to drift through attacks while tactically and inventively using your weapons to target enemies.

Hades II is a shooting action game that takes you beyond the Underworld of the first game to battle the dark sorcery of the Titan of Time.

Hades II is a shooting action game that takes you beyond the Underworld of the first game to battle the dark sorcery of the Titan of Time. Play involves shooting and fighting your way through waves of enemies until you die (which you do often).