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PC / Switch - 2/27/2024 · Autumn Pioneer

An edutainment game that teaches you Japanese through virtual photography. With your trusty camera, take photographs of the fictional streets of Japan to capture new words and images as fully translated flash cards!

Series X|S / PS4 / Linux / PC / PS5 / Mac / XONE / Switch - 11/2/2022 · PikPok

Shatter returns in stunning 4K resolution running at 120fps, with a modernised UI, and multiple visual improvements. Re-experience the highly acclaimed original soundtrack, remixed and remastered in 5.1 surround sound. Travel through 10 distinct worlds and battle 9 unique bosses; packed with amazing physics effects, power-ups and special attacks. Take control of the playing field with the innovative “suck and blow” mechanic, altering the game to your benefit and charging up ultimate ability SHARDSTORM.

Meta Quest 3 - 12/4/2024 · PlaySide

Prepare to lose your mind in Shattered, a mixed reality escape room experience, where everything is just a puzzle waiting to be unraveled. Trapped in a mysterious mental health facility, your perceptions cannot be trusted.

PC / Mac / Switch - 1/17/2017 · Jumpsuit Entertainment

She Remembered Caterpillars is a fungipunk fantasy about love, loss, and holding on, told in the format of a colour-based puzzle game. A tale as the bond between parent and child, this lush and bewildering title will have players testing their wits against a variety of challenges, some devious, and others outright nefarious, but all beautiful and very, very strange.

Series X|S / PC / PS5 - 12/2/2025 · Blue Hat Studio

Put your forensic skills to the test in this brand new first person survival horror, She's Leaving. Play as Charles Dalton, a blood spatter analyst tasked with the most gruesome crime scene of his life. Can you survive a night in House Haywood?

PC - 11/17/2025 · Ultimo Disco

Sheepherds! is a cozy co-op party game where you and your sheepdog buddies guide colorful flocks through beautiful landscapes to sheer their wool. Take your time and have fun barking, running and discovering magical places together— or take on challenges to win even more treats!

Series X|S / PS4 / PC / PS5 / XONE / Switch - 8/26/2020 · Kyle Thompson

Sheepo is a quirky metroidvania platformer featuring a shape-shifting sheep-thing, who must traverse an uncharted planet in order to collect samples of each living species for an intergalactic species database. To capture a creature, Sheepo must find their unhatched egg, which happen to be highly guarded by that species "queen" (aka, a boss.) With each egg Sheepo collects, you then gain the ability to transform into that creature on contact, and explore the deeper reaches of the planets sprawling environment Sheepo is a metroidvania, but contains no standard combat. Instead, gameplay is based on platforming and exploration. With the collection of each creature, Sheepo is able to dig, fly, and teleport across an interconnected series of landscapes, uncovering hidden shrines, old ruins, and strange characters.

PC - 10/23/2025 · Genco Interactive

Work in a warm, cozy bookstore, sort books by genre, and brighten your shelves! Shelf by Shelf invites you into a peaceful world with satisfying organizing mechanics. Help local readers find the perfect books, make them happy, grow your earnings, and expand your shop!

Linux / PC / Mac - 3/9/2015 · Might and Delight

Shelter 2 is an open world survival video game developed by Might and Delight for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. The game is a sequel to 2013's Shelter. It was released on March 9, 2015. The game follows the life of a mother lynx, starting as a pregnant animal, giving birth and continuing in to a journey of parenthood where nurturing her cubs is paramount for survival. Shelter 2 includes more elaborate gameplay features than its predecessor, such as stamina, different types of movements, jumps and a variety of prey to kill. Besides hunting there are several maternal and hunting features, such as calling the cubs closer, smell for prey, making sure they drink water from rivers and lifting and carrying your cubs from harm’s way.

PS4 / Linux / Android / PC / iOS / Mac / XONE / Switch - 3/15/2016 · Unicube

Panting, scared, the shelter airlock smashes down behind you. You wish you did not have to go outside, but you do. It would be easier to give up. But you don’t. The hardship, the hunger, the thirst. The fear. You keep reminding yourself why you stay alive. Why you do this. Then you hear it. “Daddy, you’re back.” You wife’s face lights up and you open a bag full of medical supplies. You need not tell her how you got them. You simply enjoy your small victory in this, the harshest of times. In the post-apocalyptic world, you must keep your family alive in your underground bunker in this deep strategy game from Unicube… Sheltered is a post-apocalyptic disaster management game that gives a whole new meaning to the term “nuclear family”. Given a head-start over the billions lost in a nuclear holocaust, you must gather as many supplies as possible en route to the concrete underground shelter that will soon become your family home for the foreseeable dreary future. With all hope lost, how will you cope in this bleak new world? How you handle the many moral choices you’ll encounter on a daily basis could be the difference between your family surviving or dying. Combat claustrophobia, radiation and mental exhaustion as you cling desperately to life in the cramp, cold and scary underground shelter. You’ll have to leave the scant protection the shelter offers behind as you’re forced to venture outside into the dangerous desolate wasteland to scavenge for vital supplies which could ensure your family’s survival for just one more day.

PC - 9/21/2021 · Unicube

A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.

PS4 / PC / XONE - 8/21/2018 · Sega AM2

"Originally released for the Dreamcast in 2000 and 2001, Shenmue I & II is an open world action adventure combining jujitsu combat, investigative sleuthing, RPG elements, and memorable mini-games. It pioneered many aspects of modern gaming, including open world city exploration, and was the game that coined the Quick Time Event (QTE). It was one of the first games with a persistent open world, where day cycles to night, weather changes, shops open and close and NPCs go about their business all on their own schedules. Its engrossing epic story and living world created a generation of passionate fans, and the game consistently makes the list of “greatest games of all time”."

PS4 / PC - 11/19/2019 · Ys Net

Shenmue III is an action-adventure video game and the sequel to the 2001 game Shenmue II. It follows teenage martial artist Ryo Hazuki in his quest to find his father's killer in 1980s China. In 2015, Suzuki launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to help fund Shenmue III and the campaign met its initial target of $2 million USD in under eight hours. The campaign ended in July having raised over $6 million, becoming the most funded video game in Kickstarter history.

Series X|S / PS4 / PC / PS5 - 11/16/2021 · Frogwares

In this story-driven detective thriller, a young Sherlock Holmes struggles to prove himself as he navigates an exotic, dangerous island in the Mediterranean to investigate the mystery of his mother’s death. As Sherlock, your legacy is written by the decisions you make in this open world. Deception, violence, and deduction are just a few resources in your arsenal—your mysterious companion and sounding board, Jon, is another. Whether you choose brute force to solve problems or stay one step ahead of your enemies by using your wits to spot vulnerabilities, you decide what each situation demands as you hone your investigative skills. It’s time to confront your past so you can become the legend you’re destined to be.

Series X|S / PS4 / PC / PS5 / XONE / Switch - 4/11/2023 · Frogwares

Experience a nerve-racking Lovecraftian adventure, rebuilt from the ground up with modern graphics and gameplay. Become Sherlock Holmes, and find yourself at the heart of the terrifying Cthulhu Mythos as you investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in Europe and the US.

Meta Quest 2 / Meta Quest 3 - 3/2/2023 · vrisch

Don your deerstalker and step into the shoes of the world’s most famous sleuth in this gripping 1-4 player mystery detective adventure. With three cabinet members already murdered by hanging and Sherlock Holmes missing in action, it is up to you to find the killer before Big Ben strikes midnight. Interrogate suspects, analyse crime scenes, collect evidence, and enter your ‘Mind Palace’ to construct a compelling case in this ‘Whodunit’ that will push your deduction skills to their limits. Enjoy this narrative alone or with friends to make this a social sleuthing experience you will never forget. Combining the worlds of immersive theatre and VR, Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Hung Parliament’ is a unique ‘evening-sized’ experience that you can enjoy again and again. Please note: We are a small team and want to create the best possible experience, so any feedback you can share is appreciated. It will help us create an immersive and fun ‘Sherlock’ experience.

PS4 / PC / XONE / Switch - 6/10/2016 · Frogwares

Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter is a fantastic adventure with unique gameplay that blends investigation, action and exploration for an extraordinary experience that will test the limits of your nerves and intelligence. Track down evil in the darkest corners of London and the human soul while playing as the great detective, as you untangle a web of intrigue leading to the final stunning revelation. Each of your deductions and actions affects the rest of the story, for better or for worse…

Series X|S / PC / XONE / Switch - 1/5/2023 · Dumativa Game Studio

Shieldmaiden: Remix Edition is an expanded version of Shieldmaiden, with a revised and more in-depth story, balance and quality of life improvements, new levels, and gameplay features.

Series X|S / PS4 / PC / PS5 / XONE / Switch - 4/18/2023 · Nezon Production

Shieldwall is a funny third-person tactical battle simulator with strategy elements. It allows you to feel like a squad leader right on the battlefield.

PS4 / PC / XONE / Switch - 9/9/2015 · Klonk Games, Daedalic Entertainment

Shift Happens is a co-op platformer for two people. You control Bismo and Plom, who are connected by accident. They share a common mass and can shift it at any time. At the push of a button you change size and strength, affecting yourself and your partner. The mechanic links you and forces you to cooperate and communicate.