Vive le Roi
January 21, 1793, Revolutionaries are about to guillotine King Louis XVI of France. Can you save him and change history?
71% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
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We. The Revolution
Paris, 1793. You are a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal, deciding who lives and who dies while every faction in the city watches your verdicts. Question witnesses, weigh evidence, play political intrigue, and go home to a family that judges you harder than the court does. Keep your head, if you can.
Dark, Atmospheric, Hand-drawn
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Dark, Atmospheric, Hand-drawn
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Dark, Atmospheric, Story-driven
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Command a police line or an angry crowd in real confrontations, from the Arab Spring to the NoTAV protests. RIOT: Civil Unrest is a pixel-art strategy game where aggression wins fast but costs you public opinion, and where both sides lose something. Play solo, face a friend on one computer, or build your own riot.
Dark, Tense
69% of 1,651 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$16.99Ambition: A Minuet in Power
18th century Paris - a city of love, lies and revolution. You are a woman of fashion trying to survive the political turmoil. Date a cast of unforgettable characters. Amass the wealth and respect you deserve. Engage in gossip that can alter the course of history, or lead you to the guillotine.
Hand-drawn, Story-driven, Emotional
85% of 341 Steam reviews are positive$20.99Svoboda 1945: Liberation
Svoboda 1945: Liberation is a unique adventure game featuring dialogues with real actors. Talk to witnesses of the chaotic aftermath of World War 2 and discover the secret history of your own family in a captivating story about reconciliation with the dark past.
Dark, Atmospheric, Hand-drawn
98% of 147 Steam reviews are positive$15.99Martial Law
Poland, December 1981. Martial law is on, the shelves are bare, and Christmas Eve is tomorrow. You play a father hunting for a ration card so his daughter gets her tangerines, making choices that carry real weight across many endings. Short, pixel-lit and quietly affecting.
Dark, Atmospheric, Story-driven
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Paris, 1789. As Arno Dorian, you become an Assassin caught in the French Revolution, from the storming of the Bastille to the execution of Louis XVI. Climb a full-scale Paris, stalk targets with stealth and new weapons like the Phantom Blade, and pick your own way through the chaos.
Dark, Atmospheric, Story-driven
77% of 80,040 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,130$29.99Bonaparte - A Mechanized Revolution
1789, Paris. Take Napoleon’s place in an alternate history as Céline or César Bonaparte in this ideology driven, turn-based strategy journey. Defend, reform or oppose the monarchy and write your own alternative history by combining cunning political skills and tactical military prowess.
67% of 72 Steam reviews are positive$24.99Steelrising
Paris, 1789, and the Revolution is losing: King Louis XVI fights back with an army of machines. You play Aegis, an automaton bodyguard, carving through mechanical soldiers in a demanding action RPG with real story, a grappling hook and a city worth exploring.
Dark, Atmospheric, Story-driven
72% of 4,735 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 58$3.99Vive le Roi
January 21, 1793, Revolutionaries are about to guillotine King Louis XVI of France. Can you save him and change history?
Tense
71% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
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Steelrising
As automaton bodyguard Aegis, fight mechanical soldiers through a dark, alternate Paris and uncover the truth behind the king's war.
72% of 4,735 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 58$3.99
Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™
Guide four strangers and a dog through the trenches of World War I, solving quiet puzzles while their fates keep crossing.
95% of 24,706 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$3.74
Les Misérables: Jean Valjean
Discover the story of Jean Valjean, the hero of the novel "Les Misérables"!
67% of 30 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Liberte
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Enter the year 1914, which will mark the beginning of the Great War.
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This War of Mine
Keep a small group of ordinary people alive in a war-torn city, scavenging by night and holding on by day.
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Vladimir is a game in which I tried to convey my feelings about what is happening in my country right now.
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The World War began in August 1914. It is now March 1964, and war still wages on.
83% of 189 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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Les Misérables' is one of the most famous literary works in the world. It has been adapted for film several times.
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Remonstrator
The world has gone mad and lost every bit of justice. Take a part in well-known historical events against the police and unleash your protest!
50% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
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You fight your way through a collapsing dystopia with whatever you can grab, one mad level at a time.
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Svoboda 1945: Liberation
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Martial Law
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Turn an ordinary plumber into a rebel commander: recruit fighters, direct them through occupied streets and take the city back district by district.
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