Category: Steamunlocked (GS2US) Links – Part 18

Set in a mechanized world, the story begins with a world-renowned young scientist named Veloce. One day she invented “Mecha” and eradicated humankind with her creation, recreating a metallic world filled with Mechas. Pilot humanity’s last hope, a Mecha imbued with human will, through the onslaught of enemy waves. Yet as the tides of battles turn and the world reveals itself, perhaps there’s more than what meets the eye. With an FM Synth soundtrack and a distinctive visual design, Mecha Ritz: Steel Rondo combines retro aesthetics with modern sensibilities. Along with the simple controls, handcrafted stages and exciting unlockables, you will find yourself coming back for more. Features:

• Classic Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up – Frantic fast-paced shooter action.
• Dynamic Rank System – Self-adjusts to ease in new players or challenge veterans.
• A Colourful Retro World – Stylised visuals mixing vector graphics and pixel art.
• Apocalyptic Mechanized Setting – A story of destructive genius and human will.
• Deep Satisfying Combat – 15 handcrafted stages with 40 unique bosses.
• Exciting Unlockables – 14 playable Mechas, branching paths, multiple endings, and more.
• FM Synthesizer-based Soundtrack – 60 original tracks to accompany your journey.

You are playing as Michael whose Grandparents’ (Mary and James) wanted to celebrate christmas alone without me and my parents this year. So instead we all agreed on meeting up the day after christmas, but after christmas was over my grandpa came to visit our home without grandma and looked in shock. We asked where grandma was but he just said she would come over later, 3 days passes and grandpa would never tell us what happened, all he said was to not go back to that cabin ever again. Then he passed away with heartfailure without telling us what actually happened and this left me with anger, confusion, sadness and a mission…to go find out what really happened that christmas and where grandma is… Features:

• Memories: With the help of grandpa’s memories that you find scattered throughout the environment you will progress the story and figure out bit by bit what really happened that christmas.
• Hide: Be careful so it doesn’t find you.
• Stamina: Use your stamina wisely, you never know what’s around the corner…
• Interaction: Interact with different objects that you find scattered around the environment.
• Immersive Graphics: High quality graphics making the game more terrifying and atmospheric to explore.

Battle giant robots, mad gods, and…awkward teen romance? You were just an ordinary high-school student—up until you rescued a mysterious being from the army, and were granted amazing powers! Now you must put on your colored costume, make sure to finish your homework, and prepare for the fight of your life! Totem Force is a lighthearted 260,000 word interactive anime-inspired novel by Tom Rayner, where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.

• Play as male, female, or non-binary; gay, straight, bisexual, or asexual.
• Romance your jerk rival, the mysterious blonde, your childhood best friend, and many others.
• Solve your problems with friendship, or use your own intellect and willpower.
• Defend the city from monster attacks!

The Hateful Dead is a voxel style, wave-based, zombie FPS game. Run and gun with a Chainsaw in one hand and Minigun in the other as you stand alone against an army of the undead. Burn, cut, shoot and obliterate limbs from your undead enemies in an intense blood-splattered, shoot em up style. How long can you survive? Features:

• Compliment your Primary weapon by wielding one of three Secondary weapons in your off-hand
• Over 30 Guns to choose from
• All guns can be upgraded for even more firepower and a few unique effects!
• Purchase weapons from wall drawings or the “Power to the Living” box to get a random gun
• Upgrade weapons to survive even longer
• Inject the Incremate power and drink potions for powerful effects
• Enemies drop power ups ranging from slowing down time to refilling ammunition
• 3 Unique Maps to survive on!
• Voxel style design with voxel style gore!
• Made using the Unity Engine
• All game/weapon models are custom made!

Buzz Aldrin’s Space Program Manager (SPM) is the ultimate game of space exploration. The game features the race to the Moon, the historical event that started in the early 1960s and that ended in July 1969, after the successful completion of the Apollo 11 mission. To verify its accuracy and authenticity, the game has been developed in consultation with Dr. Buzz Aldrin, former U.S. Air Force combat pilot (66 missions in Korea) and NASA astronaut, who took part in the first Moon landing mission and became the second human being to walk on the Moon. If you have any interest in space exploration and the events that transpired during the ‘Race to the Moon’, this is a game you just do not want to miss! It is the mid 1950s and the race for dominance between the US and the Soviet Union is about to move into a new dimension: space. Take charge of the US or Soviet space agencies – your duty is be the first to the moon. Carefully manage your budget by opening programs, spending R&D funds on improving the hardware, recruiting personnel and launching space missions in this realistic turn based strategy game. The game features both a campaign and a sandbox mode. In campaign mode, you will be able to play as the Director of either NASA or the Soviet Space Agency in order to beat the other side to be the first on the Moon. You can also lead the  Global Space Agency (GSA), a fictional space agency that combines programs from all the major space agencies in the world . In the GSA campaign, you will need to address the requests and short-term goals issued by government, and is geared towards those players who prefer a game experience focused on exploration instead of competition.  Alternatively, all three space agencies feature a Sandbox mode, which provides a more open-ended experience and allows you to try out different approaches without any political pressure. You will be able to develop dozens of programs. Some examples include the X-15 and the PKA space planes, the Sputnik satellite, the Mercury, Voskhod, Apollo and Soyuz manned spacecraft and the Mars Viking probe. You are not limited to missions that did launch, as as the game also allows you to try out many concepts that were planned but that never left the drawing board. For example, instead of sending men to the Moon using the Lunar Orbit Rendezvous (LOR) approach used by Project Apollo in the late 1960s and early 1970s, you will be able to rewrite history and use either the alternative Gemini Earth Orbit Rendezvous (EOR) or Gemini Direct Ascent (DA) schemes. The number of options available ensure every game will be different and there is huge replay value.

Dune II is often considered the first mainstream modern real-time strategy game and established many conventions of the genre. Even though set in Frank Herbert’s famous Dune universe, the game is only loosely connected to the plot of any of the books or the films based from them. Controlling either of the three Houses, the player must fight a number of battles against the other Houses. In the early levels, the goal is simply to earn a certain number of credits, while in the later missions, all enemies must be destroyed. The single resource in the game is the Spice, which must be collected by harvesters. The spice is converted to credits in a refinery, which are then spent to construct additional buildings and units. There are two terrain types: buildings can only be constructed on stone, while the Spice is only found on sand. However, units moving on sand attract the large sandworms of Dune, who are virtually indestructible and can swallow even large units whole. As levels progress, new and more advanced buildings and units are made available, including structures like a radar station, a repair facility or defense turrets and, for units, various ground troops, light vehicles and tanks. Each House can construct one unique special unit, and, after building a palace improvement, can unleash a unique palace effect.

Plunge into court politics and change the course of history, or pursue a love affair that rocks the kingdom to its foundations! “Affairs of the Court” is an epic interactive fantasy novel by Heather Albano and Adam Strong-Morse. It’s a tale of romance, deception and court intrigue, where your choices control the story. The game is entirely text-based–223,000 words, without graphics or sound effects–and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Will you play as male or female? Gay, straight, or bi? Match wits with the schemers of the court, or play your suitors off each other? Will you find true love? Gain a crown? Lose your head?

Learn Japanese To Survive! Katakana War is an educational game that is the ideal introductory course to the Japanese language! It’s the sequel to the smash-hit Hiragana Battle – but you don’t need to have played that! This new game teaches you a separate part of Japanese: the Katakana writing system. Compatible with PC & Mac, Learn Japanese To Survive! Katakana War launches you into a journey full of learning, action, adventure and intrigue. All you need to start learning Japanese is contained within the game! Japanese is an exciting and interesting language. It looks a bit complicated to learn, right? After all, there’s all those weird and wonderful written characters to memorize. Where do you even start to learn them? How do you remember which is which? If you’re asking yourself those questions, don’t worry – that’s completely normal! The best way to learn a new language is with a learning tool that’s going to keep you interested, challenge you at the right pace, and most importantly, keep you coming back for more. Learn Japanese To Survive! Katakana War is your ticket to easy Japanese learning! The Japanese language combines 3 different sets of characters to form written works: Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji. This game focuses solely on Katakana, which is frequently used to write words with a foreign origin, as well as names of people, places and things. That makes it incredibly useful! With this game, you’ll learn to read and write every single Katakana character! You’ll master pronunciation and be able to write words in no time at all. How does the game work?

An exciting story based around the concept of learning Japanese. Save Japan from an invasion of shape-shifting monsters!

• Learn every single Katakana character, with detailed instructions on how to read and write each character.
• Visual animations display how to write each character.
• Audio speech examples demonstrate how to pronounce each character.
• Exciting gameplay with familiar RPG elements – collect items, complete quests, engage in battles!
• Form new friendships and get to know each character with unlockable story sequences.
• Earn experience points and level up your characters.
• Review completed lessons to brush up on your knowledge.
• In-game quizzes to test what you’re learning.

Azazel is a devilish imp from the underworld who’s low on respect amongst his demonic peers. To make up for this, his overlord, Gorgomon the Great, has sent him on one last quest for Azazel to prove himself. The task is simple: Azazel must track down the “source of joy” originating from the North Pole and destroy it! To do this, he’ll need to infiltrate the Elvish Community and become “one of them.” What could go wrong? Join in on this wacky 8-bit retro-style point and click Christmas adventure. Seasoned ‘point-and-click’ fans craving a bit of nostalgia are sure to enjoy themselves as well as anyone else aged 7 to 77. Players will meet a cast of peculiar characters, while solving puzzles and uncovering mysteries. Explore Santa’s village and beyond, including, but not limited to, classy Elf night clubs, delectable gingerbread houses, frozen ice caves, and the edges of the underworld itself! Bear witness to the ultimate battle between good and evil, naughty and nice, fire and ice, holiday cheer and devilish fear! Find out where Azazel’s true loyalties lie in this epic adventure. And don’t forget your eggnog.

• 50+ stunning hand-drawn backgrounds
• Unique story featuring fun and challenging puzzles
• 20+ fully voiced characters
• Original score including a few traditional Christmas favorites
• 35 collectible items for an extra challenge
• Ability to explore the world after beating the game

Do you like monsters? Do you think they are the best part of their respective movies, books, and shows? Then you have to play The Passenger. The Passenger is a 380,000-word interactive cosmic horror novel by Jime Rolón. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. When your eldritch existence is threatened by another unthinkable creature, you find yourself jumping dimensions to escape your ghastly fate. Safe for now, your moment of respite is short-lived as you realize you’re stuck on Earth, trapped inside a dumb human larva, and with no clue of how much energy you’ll need to leave this horrible place behind. Twenty-six years later you’re still stranded on an absurd planet, you have a mom and a sister, and a job delivering baked goods. Not only that, but the creature that almost ate you all those years ago never really stopped looking for you. However, there’s no way it will pinpoint your actual location… right?

• Play as male, female, or nonbinary
• You can be trans, cis, gay, straight, bi, ace, partnering aro, or choose to stay single.
• Pursue romance with a headstrong waitress, a moody store clerk, a mystifying newcomer, or an unconventional cult leader.
• Four monogamous routes, and one polyamorous route.

There’s nothing but pitch-black darkness, thick fog and rows of trees here. Not a single ray of light reaches the depths of the Forest, where many monsters lurk. People inhabiting this place are in a constant fight for survival. Some try to escape the Forest’s clutches, but its reach is infinite, it refuses to let go of its victims. The sole hope left in this world for Misha and his family is a mythical Fairy Deer. It wanders the heart of the Forest, far away from villages, ready to give anyone who catches it a ride to the Beautiful Tomorrow. Yet, something still weighs on the hunters’ minds: will they be able to retain their humanity in this desperate chase after true happiness? Features:

• Oppressive atmosphere of the Dark Forest
• Unique art style that will immerse you in the game’s world
• A breathtaking story with unexpected plot twists
• Original soundtrack by Flue

Definitely Not Fried Chicken – “For All Your Legitimate Fake Business Needs!” Definitely Not Fried Chicken is a business management sim with a Twist! Grow your drugs trade through legitimate fronts by managing both sides of the business. Acquire new “businesses”, meet new clientele, develop more potent narcotics, make lots of money and leave a city in ruin! Set in a sunshine soaked city in the glamorous 80’s, DNFC will test your entrepreneurial business skills. Build your drugs compound from the ground up, buy adjoining plots of land and expand. Design and lay out your complete production line and establish distribution routes. Fortify your compounds defences and make sure any “overly-enthusiastic” customers can’t break in. Research and develop better strains of narcotics like marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine. But simply making a great product is not enough, you need somewhere to sell it from! This is where your legitimate businesses come in – you’ll need to build and manage these fronts, including selling legal goods to avoid detection, people gotta eat right? Run a chain of Fried Chicken stores or diversify your portfolio with other businesses. Different places have different people with different tastes. The backbone of every business is your workforce, the people who tirelessly carry out the tasks you assign them for minimum wage. A happy employee is a productive employee so it’s important to make sure your staff have the basic necessities like washrooms and a place to eat. A well furnished break room is great for staff morale! And safety equipment will really help with staff turnover/mortality rates…

An official sequel to 1991’s highly-applauded World Championship Boxing Manager™, this iteration captures the essence of the original and expands upon it. Offering updated visuals, deeper gameplay, and new characters that extend the World Championship Boxing Manager™ franchise, WCBM2 provides fun for grizzled veterans and lightweight fans. Go toe to toe with fantasy characters, or take the main stage with historical boxing legends including Rocky Marciano™, Sugar Ray Robinson™, and more! Build your fighters from the ground up and lead them to glory. Manage their training schedules, rest days, strength conditioning, and cardio sessions to create the best balance for your roster. Recruit promising amateurs, hire staff, gain sponsors, and hype your promotions. Keep your stable of fighters in top shape and they’ll take you to the top —but mismanage them and you’ll both be eating canvas! All in a day’s work for the best boxing manager in the world. Behind every fighter is a story, and it’s their unique and individual experiences that keep them punching and help them get up, one more time. Put on the gloves of a scrappy newcomer or relive the unforgettable careers of heavyweight legends. World Championship Boxing Manager ™ 2 brings these tales to life with visual novel-like depth of detail in Story Mode. Are you ready to step into the ring? Features:

• Hand-drawn, 32-bit visuals with modern features and fight cams to watch your fighter duke it out in real-time.
• Story Mode takes you beyond the fight and into narrative-driven scenarios and autobiographical tales. Play as a has-been promoter making a comeback, a trainer that’s bitten off more than he can chew, and even world-renowned legends like licensed characters Rocky Marciano™ and Sugar Ray Robinson™, and more!
• Career Mode brings this classic sim world to the next level—make use of an awesome roster and staff, and watch boxing matches come to life as you witness your fighters duke it out in real time through the cinematic Fight Camera.
• Enhanced customization adds replayability and encourages players to take on the challenge in their own way. Earn gear and improve your facilities for your boxers and staff—each playthrough offers something new!
• An extensive experience system allows players to build a hard-hitting ring king, a one-punch wonder, or a super-stamina warrior of the knock-down-drag-out fight. It’s up to you to create the best training path to victory.

Some homecomings feel more like rude awakenings, but this one will become a waking nightmare. Find love while exposing the secrets of your eerie hometown! The Fernweh Saga: Book One is a 600,000-word interactive, romantic thriller novel by Aelsa Trevelyan. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Return to a small town that you now feel a stranger in. It has been years since you were sent away following the tragic house fire that claimed your parents’ lives, but the death of your grandfather has brought you back. While grim circumstances overshadow the visit you never planned on making, there are also opportunities to reminisce, reconnect, and reunite with old childhood friends, rivals, and neighbors. Familiar faces are all around, but will they aid or hinder you as your return trip spirals into a dark mystery and you start experiencing vivid nightmares? Begin to unravel what is going on in this seemingly idyllic, forested town. A feeling of unease grows with each sleepless night spent within Fernweh’s borders, but you can’t leave yet… It won’t let you.

Blue drifter is an experimental bounty hunter game set on a harsh rainy planet. Track down criminals with your flying car, and eliminate them to ultimately buy yourself a ticket to outer space, and freedom. Features:

• 10-20 minutes of playtime.
• Use a scanner, gun, and vehicle to deal with your targets.
• Freely roam a miserable rainy planet.
• A very blue and raw aesthetic.

Rise to the occasion and realize your full potential in NBA 2K23. Prove yourself against the best players in the world and showcase your talent in MyCAREER. Pair today’s All-Stars with timeless legends in MyTEAM. Build a dynasty of your own in MyGM or take the NBA in a new direction with MyLEAGUE. Take on NBA or WNBA teams in PLAY NOW and experience true-to-life gameplay. How will you Answer the Call? Feel refined gameplay in the palm of your hands on both sides of the ball in NBA 2K23. Attack the basket with a new arsenal of offensive skill-based moves, while you unleash your potential as a lockdown defender with new 1-on-1 mechanics to stifle opposing players at every turn. Embark on a swashbuckling basketball journey aboard a spacious cruiseliner equipped with pristine courts, scenic views, and a boatload of rewards for you and your MyPLAYER to enjoy. Plus, there’s even more to explore during shore excursions. Step back in time with era-specific visuals that captured Michael Jordan’s ascent from collegiate sensation to global icon with immersive Jordan Challenges chronicling his career-defining dominance. Lace up his shoes to recreate his otherworldly stat lines and iconic last shots, while listening to first-hand accounts from those who witnessed his maturation from budding star to basketball legend. Ball without limits as you collect and assemble a bevy of legendary talent from any era in MyTEAM. Dominate the hardwood each Season, and bring your vision to life with a broad set of customization tools to create the perfect look for your perfect starting five.

Did you ever watched that old Batman show where him and Robin were always about to die in a trap, and then in the next episode they managed to escape from an horrendous dead? Well… No More!! I always fantasized with the idea of the Villain actually winning, this is about that with the sexual element added to it. I often found myself fantasizing about catching them  in my own elaborate, sexy trap. The struggle, the helplessness … the submission, it all seemed so intense. Finally, I have recreated that fantasy for all of us to enjoy!  Whip,  spank,  squeeze,  and shock your own captive femme fatale because just this once — the villain has won and the villain it’s you…

Features

• Supports Desktop and VR Mode (Oculus & Vive)
• Interact with a collection of devious pleasure tools
• Teach 4 different characters the pleasure to be found in pain
• Sit back and … relax …  with “Robot Arm” auto-play