New Playtests: CINDER CITY, Arkheron, MECHBORN & more!
See whats new on player.gg this week 🎮
This week we bring you a neat mix of playtests for you to join! Including heavy hitters like CINDER CITY and Arkheron to narrative adventure games like Detective of the Dead 👀
Playtests 🎮
CINDER CITY
CINDER CITY is an open-world cinematic third-person shooter set in a fallen near-future Seoul. Fight alongside allies, push back against overwhelming threats, and reclaim the city from the forces tearing it apart.
- Take on field bosses, instanced dungeons, massive world raids
- Epic story missions, side missions, and dynamic events fill the open world
- Take on missions solo or team up with other players
Arkheron
Fast-paced isometric team PVP looter where every item you find changes everything. Adapt your playstyle, build on the fly and fight your way up to the top of the Tower.
- Isometric free-aim combat
- Battle monsters, challenge rival teams, and seize beacons to ascend before time runs out
- Teams of 3 scavenge Relics through looting
No two runs are ever the same. New loot, new enemies, new strategies, new memories. Arkheron is a fast-paced, isometric PvP where every item you grab rewrites how you play mid-fight. Take two friends up the Tower, pull off strats that shouldn’t work, and fight your way to the next floor.
MECHBORN
A fresh roguelike deckbuilder where YOUR MECH IS YOUR DECK – With 7 cards always in play on a conveyor belt victory is down to skill and not luck. Master pilot skills and unlock Mech parts to reveal powerful cards, as you carve your path across 3 ever-changing continents to repel the Kaiju invasion.
- Unlock 3 mechs and 5 pilots, each with their own unique skills and combat styles
- Multiple Ways To Play - Campaign, Daily Challenges, Custom battles or fight to sit atop the leaderboard in Swarm Mode!
- Decide when to push forward or backtrack to safety across 3 ever-changing maps
A fresh roguelike deckbuilder where YOUR MECH IS YOUR DECK – With 7 cards always in play on a conveyor belt victory is down to skill and not luck. Master pilot skills and unlock Mech parts to reveal powerful cards, as you carve your path across 3 ever-changing continents to repel the Kaiju invasion.
Detective of the Dead
You are a dead detective in the Mexican afterlife trying to find your killer. Undercover you prepare unique tacos to make suspects talk. Find clues and solve puzzles. Step into the shoes of your dog, Xolo, and do magical things. Save the Día de los Muertos.
- A narrative adventure game with cozy cooking elements
- Work and manage the cozy Taco Stand by day, then solve supernatural mysteries at night!
- Explore a semi-open handcrafted 3D world
You are a dead detective in the Mexican afterworld trying to find your killer. Undercover you prepare unique tacos to make suspects confess. Find clues and solve puzzles. Step into the shoes of your dog, Xolo, and do magical things. Save the Día de los Muertos.
Atmospheric Labyrinth
Search for unusual events inside a labyrinth of usual rooms. Walk through it, and see daily life differently.
- A sandbox puzzle game with 30 levels, that offers next to no hints
- Find the strange clues that lead to the next level
- Explore bedrooms, living rooms, offices, shops, restaurants that looks ordinary..or are they?
V2.2.2 is live! New tutorial level, bug fixes, and smoother animations. Search for unusual events inside a labyrinth of usual rooms. Walk through it, and see daily life differently.
Prim3 Hunt
Prim3 Hunt (Prime Hunt) is a minimalist indie puzzle-strategy game. Combine numbers on a 5x5 grid to discover prime numbers and stabilize a corrupted system. Master deep strategy, multiple game modes, and a haunting retro-tech atmosphere.
- Multiple game modes including story mode, endless mode, timed mode and more!
- Single-player, easy to learn. Hard to master
- Clean visuals focused on clarity and atmosphere
Prim3 Hunt (Prime Hunt) is a minimalist indie puzzle-strategy game. Combine numbers on a 5x5 grid to discover prime numbers and stabilize a corrupted system. Master deep strategy, multiple game modes, and a haunting retro-tech atmosphere.
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Big Distraction
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