The Best Alternate Games for PC Windows

Update : Rosewater added at rank #3.
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Dustborn (2024)

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PC Windows j Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox One

Ragtag crew? Check. Musical gear? Check. Tour bus and robot driver? Check. Stolen package? Check! Embark on a perilous road-trip across a Divided States of America. Use the power of words to shape relationships with your crew, get out of trouble and reach your final destination.

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  • rhythm
  • political
  • alternate
  • punk-rock
  • lgbtq
  • heist
  • action-adventure
  • choices
  • robot-driven
  • combat
  • book
  • narrative
  • story
  • hack-and-slash
  • graphic-novel

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Death From Above (2023)

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Android PC Windows

You are a lone Ukrainian military drone operator battling Russian occupation forces. Hidden deep behind enemy lines, you operate your drone to seek and destroy tanks and armored vehicles, shatter communication lines, and recover stolen goods. Slava Ukraini!

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  • destruction
  • wargame
  • humor
  • emotional
  • attack
  • score
  • tps
  • flight
  • 3d
  • dark
  • military
  • historical
  • simulation
  • alternate
  • sandbox

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Rosewater (2025)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux j

A thrilling Western adventure in the alternate 19th century world of Lamplight City! Embark on a harrowing journey across the frontier with Harley Leger and her ragtag posse, encountering bandits, rebels, visionaries, eccentrics, and many more friends and foes on your quest for fame and riches.


  • western
  • humor
  • point-and-click
  • historical
  • alternate
  • drama
  • dark
  • third-person
  • cinematic
  • choices
  • pixel
  • atmospheric
  • mystery
  • story
  • 2d

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Paradise Lost (2021)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch Android IOS iPhone

It's winter, 1980. Szymon, a boy raised in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, finds an abandoned Nazi bunker. Will he find what he’s looking for? Play Paradise Lost and explore an underground world, where Slavic mythology mixes with retrofuturistic technology. Discover the last story on Earth.


  • martial
  • post-apocalyptic
  • alternate
  • narrative
  • walking-simulator
  • first-person
  • story
  • anime
  • fight
  • violent
  • war
  • combat
  • quick-time-event
  • shooter
  • action

5

Nocturnal Visitors (2024)

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Playstation 4 Playstation 5 j Xbox Series X PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Investigate morally grey crimes in this fantasy thriller in where magic and science, chaos and order, are two sides of the same coin.

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  • horror
  • magic
  • 2d
  • casual
  • colourful
  • crime
  • adventure
  • rpgmaker
  • alternate
  • fantasy
  • dark
  • mystery
  • puzzle
  • single-player
  • story

6

Air Offense Command (2023)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Side scrolling shooter in which you lead a desperate preemptive strike to save your homeland from annihilation.

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  • scroller
  • shoot-em-up
  • historical
  • alternate
  • 2d
  • controller-support
  • difficult
  • casual

7

Crown Of The Empire 2: Around The World (2023)

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Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 4

Crown of the Empire: fun adventures await! The queen needs your help!

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  • city-building
  • building
  • casual
  • strategy
  • half-hearted
  • management
  • alternate
  • isometric
  • top-down
  • arcade
  • manipulation
  • time
  • parody
  • subscription
  • third-person

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An Engineer and the Great Machine (2024)

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PC Windows

You, a new engineer at SKP, have become entangled in the project known as ‘The Great Machine’, stakes are high and instructions unclear. Design systems, decipher the red tape, and unravel the plot without falling prey to the bureaucracy.

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  • capitalism
  • abstract
  • isometric
  • dystopian
  • satire
  • investigation
  • stylized
  • historical
  • alternate
  • steampunk
  • simulation
  • puzzle
  • sci-fi
  • linear

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Viravius Shooter (2024)

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PC Windows Android

A sentient AI in 2084 faces a hacking adventure to survive. Play as Viravius and tackle 60 incredible levels to guide him towards his destiny that will change forever the world. 16 Different Player Armor, 5 Unique boss fight, Co-Op Campaign.

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  • scroller
  • shoot-em-up
  • pve
  • automation
  • hacking
  • linear
  • historical
  • top-down
  • alternate
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • hand-drawn
  • 2d
  • arcade
  • controller-support

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Realms of Arcana (2024)

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PC Windows

Realms of Arcana is an engaging RPG set in a mysterious world shaped by the legacy of a fallen empire, featuring deep exploration, crafting, strategic combat with melee, magic, stealth, and a storyline where every choice impacts the game's rich narrative.

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  • lore
  • pve
  • pvp
  • rpg
  • fantasy
  • historical
  • alternate
  • action-adventure
  • third-person
  • magic
  • stylized
  • exploration
  • dark
  • stealth
  • open-world

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