The Best Alternate Games - Page 3

Update : Herald: The Interactive Period Drama a added at rank #11.
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Morse vs. Horse (2025)

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Deliver messages between ancient cities in morse code, in a battle against horses, cars, trains... and more! Start out by learning letters, then build up your skills until you can write full sentences, with numbers and punctuation. Officially self-approved best game in history.

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  • travel
  • editor
  • education
  • level
  • historical
  • time-management
  • time
  • alternate
  • pixel
  • horses
  • 2d
  • funny
  • comedy
  • single-player
  • tactical

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4X4 PROGRESS (2025)

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Choose your desired civilization, design your 4x4 cities with the most efficient layout, and advance your civilization! However, the layout is reset every turn.

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  • colony
  • deckbuilder
  • rogue-like
  • historical
  • board-game
  • alternate
  • building
  • management
  • strategy
  • logic
  • simulation
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • pve

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Restore, Reflect, Retry (2024)

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A haunting horror text-based game.


  • text
  • novel
  • alternate
  • interactive
  • horror
  • mystery
  • strategy

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Renounced (2025)

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early access PC Windows

Immerse yourself in the dark and intense world of "Renounced", a hardcore survival RPG where each day is a struggle for survival in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by nuclear war.

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  • post-apocalyptic
  • loot
  • investigation
  • character
  • military
  • survival
  • rpg
  • crafting
  • stylized
  • historical
  • alternate
  • atmospheric
  • cartoony
  • top-down
  • customization

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Veil Transfer (2024)

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PC Windows

An atmospheric, arcade first-person horror game where your sole job is to root out the Veils who take on the identity of humans. Interrogate and execute monsters that hide within people, and protect yourself while managing your ammunition and transfers.

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  • first-person
  • psychological
  • immersive
  • time-management
  • simulation
  • 1990s
  • horror
  • shooter
  • dystopian
  • historical
  • alternate
  • fps
  • dark
  • 3d
  • atmospheric

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Splittown (2025)

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early access PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Splittown is a point-and-click adventure inspired by 90s classics such as Day of the Tentacle and Sam & Max Hit The Road. You are Leonard Nimby, a former top agent of the IM5, hot on the trail of a villanous mayoral candidate on the eve of a fateful election.

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  • conversation
  • investigation
  • 1990s
  • point-and-click
  • political
  • choices
  • surreal
  • detective
  • historical
  • alternate
  • dark
  • comedy
  • retro
  • atmospheric
  • mystery

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Asagos (2023)

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PC Windows

- 1916: The Canadian Parliament - As the Great War incites fear and suspicion, lead an investigation into the heart of Canada's government. But beware of who you trust. What lies within the depths casts a shadow upon the stars themselves.

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  • historical
  • dark
  • fiction
  • scroller
  • comedy
  • alternate
  • horror
  • conversation
  • mystery
  • interactive
  • choices
  • pixel
  • narration
  • old-school
  • political

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Aliens and Asteroids (2024)

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Mac OS PC Windows

The legendary journalist sets out to investigate an incident that occurred in a laboratory for the study of extraterrestrial technologies. But this trip is not complete without unexpected guests...

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  • hidden-object
  • 1990s
  • first-person
  • action-adventure
  • hand-drawn
  • 3d
  • historical
  • alternate
  • exploration
  • atmospheric
  • aliens
  • narration
  • adventure
  • linear

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Neoproxima (2024)

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PC Windows

Investigating a time-loop during the Cold War, light years away from Earth. Neoproxima is a text-based adventure game that combines exploration and simple RPG and survival mechanics. Plan your next loop carefully, and go as far as possible before time catches up with you.

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  • cold
  • investigation
  • alternate
  • dystopian
  • point-and-click
  • sci-fi
  • historical
  • isometric
  • resource-management
  • text
  • mystery
  • space
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • narrative

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pieces I: a maskros nebula game (2024)

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Pieces I is a jigsaw puzzle game set in the mysterious Maskros Nebula universe. It features 3 comic-style puzzles and a calming ambient soundtrack. Get a glimpse of the cyber city of CobeeDot, visit the overgrown Nou-Raex and float through the dystopian Eskolea!

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  • casual
  • colourful
  • hand-drawn
  • puzzle
  • 2d
  • aliens
  • historical
  • alternate
  • lgbtq
  • cute
  • futuristic
  • atmospheric
  • rich
  • relaxing
  • narrative

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