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Red Dead Redemption
Action 18 May 2010
The second game in the Rockstar Games’ Wild West video game franchise that began with 2004 release of the successful Red Dead Revolver for sixth generation consoles. Red Dead Redemption tells a completely new, independent story set at the beginning of the 20th century. This time, you play as an outlaw named John Marston.
Battlefield 1
Action 21 October 2016
Another full-fledged installment in one of the most popular series of war shooters played from the first-person view and developed since 2002, as the effect of cooperation between Electronic Arts and DICE. With its flamboyant title, Battlefield 1 introduces the series to the realities of the First World War. The story campaign depicts this global conflict through the eyes of several independent characters, who participate in twentieth-century's first modern military conflict.
BioShock Infinite
Action 26 March 2013
First person perspective action game released as a spin-off to the BioShock series. This title was produced by Irrational Games with publishing support from the 2K Games company. BioShock Infinite is set in an alternative version of the early 20th century. The main hero, private detective Booker DeWitt, arrives to Columbia, a city floating in the sky, where he needs to locate and rescue a woman named Elizabeth.
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare
Action 23 November 2010
Released in retail distribution, Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare is a standalone bundle of expansion packs to a best-selling action game Red Dead Redemption. As the title suggests, it combines the distinctive Western setting with the evergreen theme of zombie apocalypse. As the protagonist of the base game, John Marston, you travel across the Wild West in search of the cure for a fast-spreading zombie infestation. The story campaign offers a series of new missions and varied side quests.
Titanic: Honor and Glory
Adventure 2024
A first-person adventure game from ORM Entertainment, which was initially supposed to be nothing more than modification to the popular shooter Crysis 2. Its story revolves around the disaster of the famous ocean liner, which sunk in 1912 with hundreds of people on board. We play as a man named Robert Morgan, who, due to false accusations, has to hide aboard the liner from the police.
The Thaumaturge
RPG December 2023
Vitriol is a Polish RPG game from the authors of Seven: The Days Long Gone. The production takes us to Warsaw at the beginning of the 20th century, when the city was a part of the Russian Tsar. The project focuses on an extensive storyline revolving around esoteric elements of reality.
Iron Harvest
Strategy 01 September 2020
An original strategy game with RPG elements, taking place in a unique dieselpunk universe of 1920+, created by a Polish concept artist Jakub Rozalski. The game portrays an alternative history of Europe at the turn of the 19th century, in which humanity used their knowledge and means to build powerful walking machines, used not only in battle but also e.g. in agriculture.
Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
Strategy 25 January 2023
A strategy game set between 1890 and 1938, in which we command a naval fleet of one of the world's major powers, and our task is to make key decisions, steer ships in battle, and even design ships. Game-Labs studio, known from Ultimate General: Civil War, is responsible for creating this title.
BioShock: The Collection
Action 13 September 2016
A special bundle that includes the revamped editions of three installments in the bestselling BioShock series, designed by 2K Games company for the eighth generation consoles. Each game in the trilogy, which is often described as the spiritual successor to the cult System Shock, is set in different settings and features different main characters.
The Room VR: A Dark Matter
Puzzle 26 March 2020
Another main part of the series of puzzle games from Fireproof Games. The Room VR: A Dark Matter tells the story of a London police investigation into the disappearance of a well-known Egyptologist in 1908.
Scythe: Digital Edition
Strategy 05 September 2018
Video game adaptation of a tabletop game set in the 1920+ Universe created by Jakub Rozalski. In this universe, the battlefields from the first half of the 20th century are filled not only with units one might know from history books but also mechs. In Scythe: Digital Edition the players become leaders of chosen factions with a mission to dominate Eastern Europe. The game features both single and multiplayer modes.
Railroad Corporation 2
Strategy December 2023
Railway Corporation 2 is an economic strategy in which we manage a railway company in the 20th century. We have to lay tracks, buy and improve trains, as well as establish and develop towns whose nature will harmonize with the main transport business.
Battlefield 1: In The Name of the Tsar
Action 19 September 2017
Battlefield 1: In The Name Of The Tsar is the second DLC (and a part of the game's season pass) for the best-selling first-person shooter Battlefield 1. The DLC, just like the base game, was developed by DICE, a studio that for years has been responsible for the Battlefield series. Just like Battlefield 1, the add-on takes place during the World War I.
Secret Government
Strategy 15 April 2021
A global strategy game in which we play the role of a member of a secret organization straight from conspiracy theories, and our task is to secretly manipulate the course of events around the globe. The game takes place from the 18th century to the present day. Secret Government was developed by the Russian GameTrek studio and released by 1C Entertainment.
Kapital: Sparks of Revolution
Strategy 28 April 2022
City builder with extensive elements of socio-economic simulation. In Kapital: Sparks of Revolution we play the role of a city manager. During the game we have to not only build and collect goods, but also deal with class tensions.
Help Will Come Tomorrow
Adventure 21 April 2020
Help Will Come Tomorrow is a survival game set in Russia in 1917. The game revolves around a group of train passengers who survived a terrorist attack. The task of the player is to lead the group of survivors and make sure they survive before help arrives.
Battlefield 1: Apocalypse
Action 06 March 2018
The last expansion for Battlefield 1 developed by DICE studio. Add-on lets us participate in the fiercest battle of World War I. Battlefield 1: Apocalypse also adds five new maps, more vehicles, weapons and gadgets, as well as an additional game mode – Air Assault.
Battlefield 1: Turning Tides
Action 25 December 2017
Another expansion to Battlefield 1 - this time around the players get to participate in naval battles including Zeebrugge Operation and the Gallipoli Campaign. The DLC introduces a number of new maps, weapon types, gadgets, and vehicles, featuring a naval airship and a mighty destroyer. The players are also given a new character class - the Infiltrator.
The Last Express
Adventure 30 March 1997
One of the most innovative adventure games of the late 1990s. You play the role of Roberth Catha, an American with a mysterious past who has to solve the mystery of his friend's murder.
The Lion's Song
Adventure 07 July 2016
A peculiar adventure game created by Mi'pu'mi Games, constituting a fully developed version of the freeware app released in 2014 for the Ludum Dare event. The Lion's Song takes place in Austria, in the early 20th century, and the plot in centered around three creative people at the defining moments of their careers: a young composer preparing to create her greatest work, a middle-aged inventor, and a brilliant mathematician working on a groundbreaking equation.
Rule the Waves 2
Strategy 17 May 2019
Rule the Waves 2 is a complex strategy game, in which we try to build the largest and most advanced fleet possible in the first half of the 20th century. The Naval Warfare Simulations studio is responsible for creating and releasing the production.
Battlefield 1: They Shall Not Pass
Action 28 March 2017
The first paid expansion pack for Battlefield 1 - a popular online shooter game set in the World War I period. They Shall Not Pass brings a new game mode called Frontlines, which combines the Conquest and the Rush modes. Two sides of the conflict fight one another for control over certain, interconnected spots. Once the headquarters and all the outposts controlled by a team, a sequence resembling the Rush mode begins - the teams attack the telegraph posts or defend them against the opposition.
Titanic: Adventure out of Time
Adventure 14 July 1998
Titanic: Reverse the course of history is an action game produced by Cyberflix studio, in which players have the opportunity to prevent the catastrophe of the largest liner of all time. The creators took care of a thrilling scenario, photorealistic graphics, a large number of independent characters and demanding puzzles. Players can also take care of sightseeing the magnificent ship, reconstructed on the basis of authentic photos.
The Legend of Tianding
Action 02 November 2021
The Legend of Tianding is an action platform game inspired by the story of the titular Taiwanese rebel and folk hero, who traverses the dangerous areas of the city of Taipei to defeat the occupying authorities and contribute to its liberation.