List of video games, filtered by Grouvee tag: Games that I consider obscure/weird
Tell Me Why
Aug 27, 2020
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★ 3.4
Tell Me Why is the latest narrative adventure game from DONTNOD Entertainment, the studio behind the beloved franchise, Life is Strange. In this intimate mystery, twins Tyler and Alyson Ronan …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Xbox One
Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII
Jan 26, 2006
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★ 3.0
Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII is an action role-playing third-person shooter. As the first shooter game in the Final Fantasy series, the action is viewed from an over-the-shoulder perspective …
PlayStation 2
Proteus
Jan 30, 2013
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★ 2.9
Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means …
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
Aug 8, 2003
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★ 3.2
Join a crystal caravan! A deadly miasma has swallowed the land, and it's up to you to hold it at bay! Many dangers lie along your journey, but you need …
Nintendo GameCube
Killer7
Jun 9, 2005
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★ 4.0
Sneak into a world of underground assassins as Harman Smith, a man who manifests 7 deadly personalities, the killer7. Take control of this distinct murderers' row as they hunt down …
Nintendo GameCube
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation 2
Gun
Nov 5, 2005
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★ 3.4
GUN is a realistic epic action/adventure that lets gamers experience the brutality of the lawless West.
Anodyne
Mar 22, 2013
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★ 3.3
In Anodyne, the character Young wakes up in a mysterious void filled with geometric white platforms, guided only by the voice of the mysterious character, Sage. Take the role of …
Dark Sector
Mar 25, 2008
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★ 2.8
Dark Sector thrusts players into the role of Hayden Tenno, a covert operative sent on a dangerous mission into Lasria, an Eastern European city on the brink of ruin that …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue!
Nov 16, 1999
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★ 3.5
Woody has been stolen from the bedroom, ready to be sold to the highest bidder by an evil toy collector. It's up to good friend Buzz Lightyear to fight his …
TimeShift
Oct 30, 2007
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★ 3.0
Master time to become the ultimate weapon! Dr. Aiden Krone has made a Time Jump across the space-time continuum - a reckless act with frightening consequences. Now, a disturbing alternate …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Mar 20, 2012
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★ 2.1
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is a third-person shooter and is a spin-off of the long-running Resident Evil series. Unlike the main games in the series, it is less of …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
ToeJam & Earl
Mar 12, 1991
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★ 3.4
ToeJam & Earl is an early 1990s dungeon crawler. The game features two alien rappers, who have crash-landed on Earth and parodies 1980s urban culture. The game's design was heavily …
Viva Piñata
Nov 9, 2006
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★ 3.6
Attract and tame your favourite Piñatas. There are more than 60 species that roam wild on Piñata Island. Personalise everything from the grass at your feet to the hat on …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Xbox 360
Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
Dec 5, 2003
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★ 3.9
An original roleplaying game for Nintendo GameCube from the team behind Xenosaga. The game makes heavy use of cards for everything from fighting battles to purchasing items. Cards are actually …
Nintendo GameCube
Clive Barker's Jericho
Oct 23, 2007
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★ 3.0
Jericho is a horror-themed FPS from the mind of screen legend Clive Barker. In the game, a Jericho Team must fight through a lost city to destroy the evil at …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery
Jun 30, 1995
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★ 4.1
Play as both Gabriel and Grace as they are dispatched to Munich to solve a series of mutilation murders thought to be the work of werewolves.
DOS
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
StarTropics
Dec 1, 1990
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★ 3.5
Find out just how resourceful you can be in this classic game, with its mixture of adventure and RPG elements. Step into the shoes of Mike Jones, a teenage star …
Nintendo Entertainment System
Wii
Wii U
Chibi-Robo!
Jun 23, 2005
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★ 4.1
Like most families, the Sandersons bicker about money and cleaning. Unlike most families, though, they also have robotic spiders, aliens, and talking toys to worry about. Enter Chibi-Robo, a tiny …
Nintendo GameCube
Haunting Ground
Apr 21, 2005
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★ 4.0
The story follows Fiona Belli, a young girl who the player must guide through Belli Castle and its immediate environments in an effort to escape. Along the way, players must …
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
Dwarf Fortress
TBA
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★ 4.3
Dwarf Fortress is a single-player fantasy game. You can control a dwarven outpost or an adventurer in a randomly generated, persistent world.
Linux
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Toy Story 3: The Video Game
Jun 15, 2010
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★ 3.3
In Toy Story 3: The Video Game help Buzz, Woody and the rest of the Toys ensure no toy gets left behind. Dive into all new heroic adventures in Story …
Star Wars: Rebellion
Feb 28, 1998
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★ 3.3
Subvert the Empire. Crush the Alliance. Your Choice. Your Destiny. It is a time of great upheaval. The first Death Star has been destroyed, marking a major victory for the …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Rule of Rose
Jan 19, 2006
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★ 3.9
Rule of Rose is a survival horror game in which the player, who controls Jennifer, explores the game environments and furthers the plot by accomplishing tasks and experiencing cut-scenes while …
PlayStation 2
Project: Snowblind
Feb 23, 2005
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★ 2.9
Experience the dramatic intensity of the frontlines of a war through the eyes of the first of a new breed of super soldiers in this gritty and epic first-person action …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation 2
Xbox
Nox
Jan 31, 2000
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★ 3.6
An excellent action/RPG hybrid with very unique gameplay. Your name is Jack Mower, a 20th century dude who just happened to be sucked into the world of Nox via his …
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Dungeons & Dragons Online
Feb 28, 2006
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★ 2.8
Centered in the city of Stormreach, DDO is set on the fictional continent of Xen'drik, in the world of Eberron, a Dungeons and Dragons campaign setting. Xen'drik is a vastly …
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Anodyne 2: Return to Dust
Aug 12, 2019
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★ 3.5
In this sequel to Anodyne, traverse a moody, 3D world and surreal 2D spaces, with PSX and 16-bit-influenced art styles. Play as Nova, the Nano Cleaner, and collect dangerous Nano …
Linux
Mac
Nintendo Switch
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X|S
+5 more
Pac-Man World 2
Feb 24, 2002
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★ 3.4
The black label edition of Pac-Man World 2 on the PS2 is the original North American release. It differs significantly from later versions, which were rebalanced to reduce the difficulty.
PlayStation 2
Glover
Nov 16, 1998
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★ 2.6
Glover is a platforming video game featuring a magical, four-fingered glove named Glover in his quest to restore the Crystal Kingdom by retrieving crystals that were lost.
Nintendo 64
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Cold Fear
Mar 15, 2005
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★ 3.1
Tom Hansen is just another guy in the U.S. Coast Guard when his crew receives a mysterious order to undertake a hazardous rescue mission in the teeth of a winter …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation 2
Xbox
Scarface: The World Is Yours
Jul 25, 2006
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★ 3.4
The game begins in the film's final scene, with Tony Montana's (Andre Sogliuzzo) mansion being raided by Alejandro Sosa's assassins. But this is the point of divergence from the film. …
Frontlines: Fuel of War
Feb 25, 2008
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★ 2.6
When the oil fields go dry, the war begins. In this first person shooter, you must use every gun, drone, and vehicle at your disposal to hold the line.
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Xbox 360
Harvester
Sep 5, 1996
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★ 3.5
The game's play is done through a point and click interface. Players must visit various locations within the game's fictional town of Harvest, which can be done via an overhead …
Shadow of Destiny
Feb 22, 2001
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★ 3.4
Shadow of Destiny is an adventure game. There are no action elements in the game, and the protagonist has no health bar. Each chapter has a time limit, during which …
Pac-Man World
Oct 15, 1999
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★ 3.4
Twenty years after Pac-Man's first adventure in Pac-Land, Pac-Man returns one day to his house only to find it deserted. Toc-Man and his ghosts have kidnapped Pac-Man's friends, Ms. Pac-Man, …
PlayStation
PlayStation 3
PlayStation Portable
Quest 64
Jun 10, 1998
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★ 2.4
Celtland has been cast into chaos by the theft of Eletale's Book. This mystical volume contains the secrets of the Spirit Tamers. Control Brian, a magician's apprentice, as he explores …
Nintendo 64
King's Field
Jul 21, 1995
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★ 3.5
Prepare yourself for an epic action-adventure never before imaginable. Only now, with the gaming power made possible by the PlayStation is a world as vast and detailed as King's Field …
PlayStation
PlayStation 3
PlayStation Portable
Baten Kaitos Origins
Feb 23, 2006
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★ 3.9
Baten Kaitos Origins takes place 20 years before the first Baten Kaitos game. It explains how the diabolical Emperor Geldoblame rose to power, and it also fills in many details …
Nintendo GameCube
Policenauts
Jul 29, 1994
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★ 3.9
Policenauts is an interactive movie/graphic novel/adventure game with a hard science fiction storyline, written and directed by Hideo Kojima, and published by Konami. It was initially released for the PC-9821 …
3DO Interactive Multiplayer
PC-9800 Series
PlayStation
PlayStation 3
PlayStation Portable
Sega Saturn
+3 more
Enemy Front
Jun 10, 2014
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★ 2.6
You’re Robert Hawkins, an American stuck deep in Nazi controlled territory during the height of WWII. It’s up to you whether to fight your enemies face to face, snipe them …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu
Dec 3, 1998
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★ 3.4
Enter the world of Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu. As Levant. a Cocoon Master. you will engage powerful monsters in deadly one on one combat. As the magic and …
PlayStation
PlayStation 3
PlayStation Portable
Maximo: Ghosts to Glory
Dec 27, 2001
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★ 3.4
The game is based in the Ghosts'n Goblins universe and features original character designs by Japanese illustrator Susumu Matsushita. The character is controlled by the player and can move freely …
PlayStation 2
Freelancer
Mar 4, 2003
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★ 4.3
Eight hundred years prior to the start of our story, bitter conflict divided all of mankind. A handful of colonists struck out on their own to begin anew - far …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
The Getaway
Dec 11, 2002
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★ 3.1
The Getaway is a sandbox crime game set in London. It is inspired by British gangland films Get Carter and Snatch. Initially, the release of the game was to coincide …
PlayStation 2
Kuon
Apr 1, 2004
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★ 3.6
Kuon is a horror game set in Heian period (12th century) in Japan. You control three protagonists in the game. The story revolves around a man named Doman, an exorcist …
PlayStation 2
Moon: Remix RPG Adventure
Oct 16, 1997
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★ 3.9
In this "anti-RPG" adventure game notable for parodying and subverting common JRPG conventions, you level up by loving, not fighting. Revive dead animals and bond with everyone around you to …
PlayStation
Crusader: No Remorse
Aug 31, 1995
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★ 3.3
As a Silencer, one of the elite enforcers of the World Economic Consortium, you're supposed to be incorruptible. But if the system you serve is utterly corrupt, where does that …
DOS
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Lost Kingdoms
Apr 25, 2002
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★ 3.4
A dark mysterious force has taken over the five Kingdoms of Argwyll, and only one person can solve the mystery and save the world--you, as Princess Katia. Now you must …
Nintendo GameCube
Echo Night
Aug 13, 1998
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★ 3.4
Echo Night is a mystery adventure video game developed by From Software. The story revolves around Richard Osmond and his journey to find out what happened to the ship Orpheus, …
PlayStation
PlayStation 3
PlayStation Portable
RPG MO
Jul 8, 2013
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★ 2.4
RPG MO is a nostalgic MMORPG that reminds of Ultima and Runescape Classic.
Dog's Life
Oct 31, 2003
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★ 3.3
In Dog's Life you play Jake the puppy, as he explores the USA in an attempt to foil a fiendish plot. Miss Peaches doesn't like dogs, and sees them as …
PlayStation 2
King's Field II
Jun 21, 1996
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★ 3.8
King's Field II -- the hour of destiny is at hand... Your kingdom is once again under attack by the ruthless minions of evil. This time they have possessed King …
Maximo vs. Army of Zin
Sep 18, 2003
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★ 3.5
The story of the game follows on from Maximo: Ghosts to Glory, with Maximo still searching for his lost love, Sophia. He is again accompanied by Grim (a Grim Reaper). …
PlayStation 2
Logical Journey of the Zoombinis
Mar 1, 1996
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★ 3.7
An educational game by The Learning Company, in which players solve increasingly challenging logic puzzles to help the Zoombinis escape to a brand new home.
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Little Samson
Jun 26, 1992
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★ 3.8
Little Samson is an action platformer that lets you play as four different heroes, switching between their unique abilities, on a quest to defend their homeland.
Family Computer
Nintendo Entertainment System
Endless Ocean
Aug 2, 2007
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★ 3.5
Endless Ocean is a game based on the exploration of an underwater world. The main focus of the game is exploring the game world and cataloguing the various species of …
Wii
Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage
Dec 16, 1999
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★ 3.0
An outcast warrior enters a land plagued by an evil curse. Guts is unlike ordinary men for he carries the Dragon Slayer, a mighty blade of retribution whose fury knows …
Dreamcast
Incredible Crisis
Jun 24, 1999
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★ 3.5
It is grandmother Haruko's birthday. She wants everyone home early for her special day: the day that serves as a reminder that she has been alive for more years than …
Arcade
PlayStation
Jade Cocoon 2
Aug 30, 2001
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★ 3.5
Presenting a combination of monster breeding and RPG elements, Jade Cocoon 2 expands upon Genki's original title in a number of significant ways. Gameplay comprises a familiar mix of storytelling …
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
Grabbed by the Ghoulies
Oct 21, 2003
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★ 3.1
Grabbed by the Ghoulies follows a young man named Cooper Chance who sets out to rescue his girlfriend, Amber, from Ghoulhaven Hall. This mansion is full of supernatural creatures, and …
Nintendo GameCube
Xbox