Mind mazes & medieval melee in August’s Humble Choice

RPG

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut is a groundbreaking narrative-driven RPG that puts you in the role of an amnesiac detective and drops you into the heart of a city teetering on the brink. You have a murder to solve, your own troubled past to unravel, and a city’s worth of shadowy agendas to contend with. The main character is a blank canvas for you to shape via the decisions you make and a novel skill system that models your fractured psyche. Will you be an earnest cop trying to make a difference, or a dissolute drunk on the take? The person you become, and the outcome of this rich, non-linear and multi-layered story, depend on your actions—and how you navigate the haunted labyrinth of your mind.

The Final Cut version of this hallmark RPG features full voice acting for every line of dialogue in the game, a host of new quests, and more. Watch Trailer

Action, MMO

Exult in the thrill and gruesomeness of medieval combat in Chivalry 2! This cult hit multiplayer first-person slasher (from the studio that essentially wrote the book on such a thing) offers a raw, immersive foray into the brutal realities of medieval warfare—with the occasional heavy helping of brutal, slapstick humor. Beloved for its deep melee combat, Chivalry 2 includes a host of features that enable you to truly express yourself on the field of battle. The game’s four classes expand into 10 subclasses, ranging from heavily armored knights that excel at holding the line, to nimble vanguards who exploit enemy openings to deadly effect. Over 60 weapons, matches supporting up to 64 players, and full cross-platform play provide plenty of fodder for carnage. Oil your blade, mutter a prayer, and practice your best blood-curdling battlecry—it’s high time for bloodshed! Watch Trailer

Action, Indie, Adventure

Hightail it on the road to liberation in Road 96. In this first-person narrative adventure, you’re a teenager fleeing from a volatile nation on the verge of boiling over, balancing the harsh realities of survival with the hope of a brighter, safer future across the border. Its story of hope and resilience unfolds over time, casting you in the role of a different teenage hitchhiker with every attempted crossing. Each time, you’ll meet different characters and encounter a variety of scenarios that will test your ethics, resourcefulness, and tenacity via clever mini-games. Meant to be experienced multiple times, Road 96’s story features over 100,000 permutations, revealing distinct dimensions with every playthrough. The journey to liberation is never the same twice, leading to an experience that is uniquely yours. Watch Trailer

Action, Adventure

The way of the warrior beckons in Trek to Yomi, a gorgeous 2D action side-scroller rendered in a stark, evocative style, and drawing heavy inspiration from the golden age of Japanese cinema. You’re a young samurai bound by duty to protect his village from marauding bandits. In keeping with tradition, you’re soon set onto a path of vengeance, with opposition that’s downright otherworldly. The game’s stylized combat is a lethal dance of light and heavy attacks, where every stroke counts, and one false move equals Kurosawa-style exsanguination. In this striking samurai tale, making good on your solemn duty means mastering the blade. Watch Trailer

Indie, Adventure, Simulation

Turn a dank and dreary laundromat into a gleaming coin-op wonderland in Arcade Paradise. As an apathetic 19-year-old in the 90ss who’s been coaxed into the laundry business, you have to balance the drudgery of day-to-day operations with your ambition of building a thriving arcade. Be dutiful with your laundry chores, acquire new arcade machines with the revenue, sweat the details like your floor plan and promotions, and watch your business transform into the arcade of your dreams. There are more than 35 original and fully playable arcade games that span the eras, guaranteeing that you’ll have a blast as you pursue your journey of washing rags to arcade riches. Watch Trailer

Indie, Adventure, Simulation

Ever wish you could paint to your heart’s content, without worrying about the cost of tools or materials, or the need to clean up? Ever dream you could do it in space? SuchArt will make that a reality! This captivating fine art simulator puts you in the paint-spattered coveralls of a working artist aboard a futuristic space station, and lets you unleash your creativity with realistically modeled paint and a host of tools and techniques. Woo the critics and gain prominence in this futuristic world and you can make fortunes selling your work, allowing you to expand your studio and furnish it as you see fit. Whether you're creating abstract masterpieces or painting the stars as you see them, SuchArt is the canvas for artistic ambitions. Watch Trailer

Indie, Strategy, Simulation, Hidden Gem

In the unfathomable vastness of space, can anyone hear you fiddle fruitlessly with the indecipherable instruments of an escape pod on the fritz? This is the setup for the aptly titled Tin Can, an ingenious survival sim that asks of you the impossible. As a spacefarer whose starship has blown up, your job is to make heads or tails of the numerous systems that keep your escape pod from sputtering out. With little but an onboard manual to make sense of things, your job is to keep everything running—from emergency lights to vital life support systems. If things go very wrong, you better hope you can read the instrument panels while managing the blurry vision and dulled reflexes that accompany a lack of oxygen. When a single overlooked detail could trigger a catastrophic cascade of system failures, one screw-up means a lonely death in the cosmos. Watch Trailer

Action, Indie, Strategy, Hidden Gem

Take command of a crack SWAT team and master a range of challenging missions—solo, in local co-op, or online. Hot Brass features tense tactical encounters (bomb threats, hostage situations, high-stakes heists) where each situation could call for a different approach. Balance risk and reward, master the tools at your disposal, and do your best to achieve the optimal outcome. Watch Trailer