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Starbound
Starbound is a 2D space sandbox adventure game by Chucklefish, released 22 July 2016 on PC, Mac, and Linux after a December 2013 Steam Early Access launch that sold over two million copies; known for 7 playable races, procedural planets, and extensive modding.
Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley (ConcernedApe, 2016) is an open-ended farming-life RPG by solo developer Eric Barone; sold over 41 million copies by December 2024 and became Steam's top-rated game in 2025.
Subway Surfers
Subway Surfers, 2012 endless runner by Kiloo and SYBO of Denmark, three-lane swipe gameplay with Jake and Tricky; over 4.5 billion downloads, 150 million monthly players, sequel Subway Surfers City released February 26, 2026.
Temple Run
Temple Run (Imangi Studios, August 3, 2011) is a mobile endless runner where players swipe to turn, jump, and slide while fleeing demon monkeys; it reached one billion franchise downloads by 2014 and spawned Temple Run 2 and Disney collaborations.
Terraria
Terraria: 2D action-adventure sandbox by Re-Logic, released May 16, 2011. Also called a 2D Minecraft-style game. About 70 million copies sold, $9.99 price, 1.4.5 update January 2026, support continuing beyond 1.4.6.
The Banner Saga
The Banner Saga: tactical RPG trilogy by Stoic, three ex-BioWare developers, funded on Kickstarter ($723,886, 20,042 backers). Norse-inspired caravan survival, hand-drawn Eyvind Earle-style art, Austin Wintory score, choices carry across three games (2014-2018).
The Binding of Isaac (video game)
The Binding of Isaac: 2011 Flash roguelike dungeon crawler by Edmund McMillen and Florian Himsl, remade as Rebirth (2014) with Afterbirth, Afterbirth+, and Repentance DLC; 700+ items, permadeath, biblical themes, 7M+ Steam sales, online co-op added 2024.
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a 2014 Nicalis remake of Edmund McMillen's 2011 Flash roguelike, a randomly generated top-down action RPG shooter with permadeath, 450+ items, seeded runs, and expansions through Repentance+.
The Dark Pictures Anthology
The Dark Pictures Anthology is Supermassive Games' series of stand-alone, branching cinematic horror games, launched with Man of Medan (2019); season one ran through The Devil in Me, and Directive 8020 (2026) opens season two.
The Jackbox Party Pack
The Jackbox Party Pack, annual party-game collection series by Jackbox Games since November 26, 2014; five games per pack, phones as controllers via jackbox.tv; latest is Party Pack 12 (October 15, 2026, $29.99).
The Long Dark
The Long Dark: first-person exploration-survival game by Canada's Hinterland Studio, Kickstarter 2013, Steam Early Access 2014, 1.0 release August 1, 2017. Survival Mode sandbox plus five-episode WINTERMUTE story; Episode Five launched March 31, 2026; sequel Blackfrost announced.
The Witness (2016 video game)
The Witness is a 2016 first-person puzzle game designed by Jonathan Blow, in which players explore an abandoned island and solve more than 600 line-drawing puzzles.
To the Moon
To the Moon (2011) is Freebird Games' Kan Gao narrative adventure, made in RPG Maker XP, in which two doctors traverse a dying man's memories to grant his wish to go to the moon; Metacritic 81, sequels Finding Paradise and Impostor Factory.
Torment: Tides of Numenera
Torment: Tides of Numenera is a 2017 inXile isometric CRPG, thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, set in Monte Cook's Numenera Ninth World. Raised $4.19M on Kickstarter; Metascore 81; Tides system, Effort pools, Crisis turn-based encounters.
Touhou Project (東方Project)
Touhou Project (東方Project), also Team Shanghai Alice series by ZUN, is a Japanese doujin bullet hell franchise begun in 1996 on PC-98 and continued on Windows from Embodiment of Scarlet Devil (2002), known for spell cards, Gensokyo, and permissive fan-work guidelines.
Tracer (Overwatch)
Tracer (Lena Oxton) is Blizzard's flagship Overwatch hero, a time-jumping Damage Flanker with Pulse Pistols, Blink, Recall, and Pulse Bomb; first of the 21 launch heroes of 24 May 2016 and revealed as a lesbian in 2016.
Unravel (video game)
Unravel is a 2016 physics-based puzzle-platformer by Coldwood Interactive and EA, starring Yarny, a yarn figure unraveling through 12 photo-framed memory levels; praised visuals, mixed puzzle depth.
Unravel Two
Unravel Two is a 2018 puzzle-platformer by Coldwood Interactive and EA, released June 9, 2018 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC (Switch 2019), starring two thread-linked Yarnys in local co-op or solo play; Metacritic 77.
Valheim
Valheim is a 1–10 player Viking-themed survival game by Iron Gate AB, published by Coffee Stain, in a procedurally generated Norse purgatory. Early Access February 2, 2021; 1.0 with Deep North, PS5, and Switch 2 on September 9, 2026; 16 million copies sold.
Valorant
Valorant (VALORANT) is Riot Games' free-to-play 5v5 tactical shooter, launched June 2, 2020, with Agents, 13-round matches, Vanguard kernel anti-cheat, 128-tick servers, and the four-territory VCT esports circuit.
Worms (series)
Worms (series), Team17's turn-based artillery franchise begun by Andy Davidson's 1995 Amiga game, features worm teams, destructible pixel terrain, and absurd weapons; over 20 games from Worms Armageddon to Worms W.M.D and Rumble.
WWE 2K
WWE 2K, formerly SmackDown! and SmackDown vs. Raw, is WWE's annual professional wrestling simulation game series launched in 2000, developed by Yuke's then Visual Concepts, published by THQ then 2K since WWE 2K14.
Yume Nikki (ゆめにっき)
Yume Nikki (ゆめにっき, Dream Diary) is a 2004 freeware surreal exploration game by anonymous developer Kikiyama, made in RPG Maker 2003; Madotsuki collects Effects in dream worlds with no dialogue or goals. Steam release 2018; reimagined as Dream Diary.
Zombo.com
Zombo.com, also called Zombocom, is a single-serving parody website launched in 1999 mocking Flash intro pages with a looping voiceover promising 'you can do anything'; the domain changed hands in 2026, with the classic version preserved at html5zombo.com.