Journey is a video game developed by thatgamecompany (TGC), the creators of the award-winning PlayStation Network titles flOw and Flower. The game offers an exotic adventure with a more serious tone, inviting players to explore and experience emotional chords not often found in video games. Players awake in an unknown world, walking, gliding, and flying through a vast landscape while discovering the history of an ancient civilization along the way. Journey also encourages online play between strangers who cross paths during their exploration of this environment; this allows for unique experiences as players are able to shape their adventure together creating moments they can remember and discuss with others.

Dishonored is a video game that allows players to approach each assassination with their own unique style. Players can use shadow and sound to move through levels unseen by enemies or attack them head-on as they react to your aggression. The malleable combat system provides the player with the ability to creatively combine their abilities, supernatural powers, and gadgets as they traverse through levels in order to bring down their targets. Therefore, improvisation and adaptation are essential for success in this game in order for players to define their modus operandi.

FTL: Faster Than Light is a sci-fi roguelike-like game in which you take control of the Kestrel, a space ship and its crew, and explore the galaxy. Real-time strategic combat involves managing power between essential systems and choosing which enemy systems to target, while also controlling your crew to keep the ship functioning and fight off intruders. The difficulty of the combat is offset by permadeath at the core of the experience. Every play-through will be different as you encounter randomly generated events that require decision making with various outcomes.

In Far Cry 3, players take on the role of Jason Brody, a lone individual stranded on an unknown tropical island. In this lawless world filled with violence and chaos, players control how their own story goes by choosing which battles to fight and who to befriend or oppose. Players must explore every inch of the island as they slash, sneak, explode and shoot their way through enemies in order to survive in this place that has forgotten what is right from wrong.

In The Room, the player follows a trail of mysterious letters that leads them to an unknown journey full of secrets and deception. Upon arriving, they find themselves trapped in a room with only an elaborate puzzle box as their companion. To progress through the game and uncover the answers they seek, players must rely on their wits and problem-solving skills to unlock its many mysteries.