Darkest Dungeon is a turn-based battling game where you fight monsters in dungeons to restore your ancestor's hamlet to its former glory.

Darkest Dungeon is a turn-based battling game where you fight monsters in dungeons to restore your ancestor's hamlet to its former glory. From a side-on perspective, you recruit an adventurer team to take on quests in the dank, dim dungeons that make you deal with their fears as much as the enemies that lie within.

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.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR) is a series of hard narrative-driven role-playing and combat games set in the Star Wars universe, 4000 years before Luke Skywalker and the Empire.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR) is a series of hard narrative-driven role-playing and combat games set in the Star Wars universe, 4000 years before Luke Skywalker and the Empire. You fight enemies and discover secrets by talking to the characters you meet on your way.

Swordy Quest is a role-play game where you craft, gather and hunt your way through a fantasy world that gradually unlocks over time.

Swordy Quest is a role-play game where you craft, gather and hunt your way through a fantasy world that gradually unlocks over time. What's unusual is the simple interface that creates an accessible way for anyone to experience the surprisingly deep role-playing mechanics.

Anime Champions Simulator is an adventure role-play game where you collect and train anime-inspired heroes.

Anime Champions Simulator is an adventure role-play game where you collect and train anime-inspired heroes. Play involves building a party of characters to take on fights and quests.

The Outbound Ghost is a narrative role-play about a ghost on a quest to find out why they died and help others ghosts come to terms with their own post-mortal existence.

Baldo: The Guardian Owls is an adventure into a magical world.

Baldo: The Guardian Owls is an adventure into a magical world. You explore intricately puzzling dungeons, discover new towns, fight ferocious foes and locate hidden temples.

Legend Of The Skyfish is a puzzle exploration game where you head into a dangerous land, hopping from island to island, solving puzzles and battling enemies.

Legend Of The Skyfish is a puzzle exploration game where you head into a dangerous land, hopping from island to island, solving puzzles and battling enemies. Each arcade-style level is a chance to put your unusual weapon to use -- for fighting but also for swinging around and moving things.

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.

Moonlighter is an action role-play game where you play an adventurous shopkeeper who secretly dreams of becoming a hero.

Moonlighter is an action role-play game where you play an adventurous shopkeeper who secretly dreams of becoming a hero. It's a game of two halves: shopkeeping and adventuring.

Dungeons of Dreadrock is a retro adventure game that adds puzzle-solving to the usual exploration and fighting.

Dungeons of Dreadrock is a retro adventure game that adds puzzle-solving to the usual exploration and fighting. Play involves working your way through a series of single-screen levels to find your brother.

Transistor is an action role-playing game where you explore a futuristic fantasy world.

Transistor is an action role-playing game where you explore a futuristic fantasy world. It mixes real-time fighting with an unusual turn-based system that allows you to pause time, plan out your combat in advance, before unleashing your powers on to unsuspecting enemies.

Harry Potter: Magic Awakened is an online role-play game where you play a new student at Hogwarts.

Harry Potter: Magic Awakened is an online role-play game where you play a new student at Hogwarts. As you explore you battle other players, using cards to activate spells while dodging attacks from your opponent.

Lego Fortnite is an adventure survival game that brings classic brick building to one of the Fortnite islands.

Lego Fortnite is an adventure survival game that brings classic brick building to one of the Fortnite islands. Play is more like Minecraft than Fortnite (and perhaps could have been better named).