The Modern Zone

Games with contemporary settings, current technology, present-day themes, or modern style.

Latest Standouts

Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.

Train Sim World® 7 - Players say: Drive passenger and freight trains across routes in the US, England, and Germany, or explore freely and build your own train services. Players like: Improved Lighting · New Route Selection · Train Driving ·
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Live life on the tracks and discover the joy of train simulation. Whether looking for a relaxing run on the rails or seeking the thrill of mastering your virtual train driver career, find your way in Train Sim World 7.

Rollout Inline - Rollout Inline is a brand new Aggressive Inline game created by a solo dev who is passionate about the sport. This game aims to scratch the itch for those who have been craving a new, modern, and intuitive inline skating game!
Dear Magical Girls - Dear Magical Girls is a story-driven defense game about an overworked magical girl protecting the Mana Stone that keeps the city running. Move the vertices to reshape your magical field. Unlock modules and enchants, and build your own strategy to survive against waves of monsters.
Hachishakusama | 八尺様がいた夏休み - 『She Is Always Right Beside You』 The fate of one summer — a boy beloved by the eight-feet-tall Hachishakusama, the urban legend. A heartwarming yet terrifying Japanese horror game.
Drone Sector - Drone Sector is a futuristic gunship game. Provide close air support by firing variety of weapons at the enemies and guide your allied troops via commands. Keep your troops alive, complete objectives, collect resources and recruit engineers. Research better weaponry for the gunship and the troops.
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Jul 21, 2026
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Welcome to the Game III - Players say: As Simon races to clear a dangerous debt, search dark-web sites for puzzle keys, defend your PC, and evade killers in a motel. Players like: Tense Motel Atmosphere · Multitasking Pressure · Satisfying Challenge ·
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Navigate the internet's dark net, searching for pieces of a puzzle that once combined will clear your outstanding debt. Scan strange websites for info, hack into PCs while defending your own, and buy/sell goods & services, all while avoiding threats in this strategic, suspenseful horror game.

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Jul 16, 2026
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Stackflow - Stackflow is a hypnotically addictive strategic roguelike about the pure pleasure of fitting pieces perfectly. Discover unique blocks, create satisfying connections, and trigger explosive combos that release pure dopamine.
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Jul 13, 2026
88% 👍
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Copa City: Matchday Manager - Copa City is the first event manager driven by football DNA. Your opponent isn't a team on the pitch. It's the overwhelming logistical and organizational chaos paralyzing a massive city. Take control of the urban space and prepare it for the arrival of football fans from around the world!

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Animal Shelter - Players say: Run a dog-and-cat shelter: care for arrivals, treat illnesses, build your facility, and match each pet with an adopter. Players like: Caring for Animals · Heartwarming Adoptions · Relaxing Pace ·
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In Animal Shelter, your main target is to make your four-legged friends happy. Pet them, hand out treats, play with toys - and they will pay you back with great trust. Get to know the animals well enough to find them the best home! Don't wait any longer, open your animal shelter now!

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Mar 23, 2022
88% 👍
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Judgment - Players say: As ex-defense attorney Takayuki Yagami, investigate grisly murders in Tokyo’s Kamurocho and fight with two martial arts styles. Players like: Twisty Main Story · Memorable Characters · Acrobatic Combat ·
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Fight for the truth and uncover the twisted crime running deep beneath the surface of Tokyo. In this legal thriller , the balance between justice and mercy teeters on the edge.

Lost Judgment - Players say: Detective Yagami goes undercover at a Yokohama high school, investigating bullying cases while fighting criminals and pursuing leads. Players like: Refined Combat · School Club Variety · Moral Story Themes ·
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In this action-adventure thriller, detective Takayuki Yagami goes undercover to unravel a string of twisted crimes at a high school in Yokohama, Japan. Crack the case and some skulls with brutal combat featuring three unique fighting styles and an arsenal of private eye tricks.

Democracy 4 - Players say: Lead a country by changing policies, taxes, and spending while balancing voter support, public finances, crises, and elections. Players like: Policy Cause and Effect · Political Sandbox · Competing Voter Groups ·
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Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President / Prime minister, govern the country (choosing its policies, laws and other actions), and both transform the country as you see fit, while trying to retain enough popularity to get re-elected...

Alpha Protocol™ - Players say: Play agent Michael Thorton, cut loose by his agency, as he tackles covert missions where dialogue and tactics reshape a global conspiracy. Players like: Consequential Choices · Reactive Dialogue · Engaging Spy Story ·
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Loyalty carries a price and no one knows this more than agent Michael Thorton. A talented young agent cast out by his government, Thorton is the only one with the information needed to stop an impending international catastrophe.

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix+ - Players say: Play timed button charts to Vocaloid songs, then style Miku and friends for their animated music videos. Players like: Large Song Library · Vocaloid Music Videos · Challenging Rhythm Charts ·
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Take center stage in Hatsune Miku’s premier rhythm game starring the world’s #1 virtual pop star! With a stunner setlist and enormous wardrobe to style, it’s Miku’s ultimate tour—all it needs is you.

Ben 10: Power Trip - Players say: As Ben Tennyson, explore a European 3D world, switch alien forms, fight monsters, solve puzzles, and thwart Hex. Players like: Alien transformations and straightforward combat can make for enjoyable, casual gameplay. · Open-world exploration and using alien abilities to move around are appealing to some players. · Local co-op is a highlight for reviewers who played with friends or family. ·
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Evil Hex has cursed Europe – and only Ben 10 can stop him! Explore a 3D world filled with combat, puzzles and secrets as you save the day!

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Oct 9, 2020
75% 👍
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Instruments of Destruction - Players say: Pilot physics-driven demolition vehicles through destruction missions, then build your own machines and wreck sandbox worlds. Players like: Satisfying Building Destruction · Distinctive Vehicle Variety · Creative Vehicle Building ·
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Crash through walls and tear down buildings in Instruments of Destruction, a vehicle-action game featuring advanced physics-based demolition. Pilot 130+ unique vehicles across scores of challenge-packed missions or design your own contraptions and wreck highly-interactive sandbox worlds.

Seedsow Lullaby - Players say: A teen reunites with her sixteen-year-old mother and daughter to journey through a mythic realm in a linear visual novel. Players like: Family Relationships · Emotional Storytelling · Cinematic Presentation ·
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"My mother, my daughter, and me—three sixteen-year-olds on an extraordinary adventure."After traveling through time to meet their sixteen-year-old counterparts, three generations of women set off on an adventure through the Land of the Gods. What could await them at the end of their journey?

Tempest Rising - Players say: Build bases and command armies as the GDF or Tempest Dynasty, fighting over a strange resource on post-nuclear Earth. Players like: Classic RTS Feel · Campaign Missions · Soundtrack and Effects ·
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Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.

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Apr 24, 2025
87% 👍
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Farmer's Dynasty 2 - Players say: Restore a ruined farm, work its fields and village, and build a family legacy across the 1960s and modern era. Players like: Farm Renovation · Varied Farm Activities · Two Eras ·
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Build your dream farm and secure your family’s future. Cultivate your fields, raise animals, and shape your dynasty across generations in this beautifully crafted life and farming simulation. Start your dynasty today!

Hidden Gems

Well-liked but under-played: strong scores, small review counts.

TRAIN CREW - It is a game where you become a driver of the fictitious railway Tatehama Electric Railway and drive a train. Currently, you can drive up and down 28 km from Akayamacho Station to Tatehama Station.
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Sep 30, 2021
99% 👍
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ShantyTown - Players say: Arrange buildings and decor in cramped urban dioramas, upgrade structures with nearby utilities, and photograph each finished site. Players like: Relaxing, Low-Pressure · Distinctive Diorama Art · Light Puzzle Goals ·
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ShantyTown is a relaxing diorama-building game about finding beauty in everyday chaos. Bring new locations to life, stack your urban buildings high, and fill each little nook and cranny with your own touch. Try your hand at shaping a cozy little town that is unique to you.

A Case of Fraud - Players say: As a detective, analyze a startup’s documents, identify its staff and pets, and piece together a missing CEO’s fraud case. Players like: Satisfying Identity Deductions · Cute Pet Profiles · Fair Puzzle Difficulty ·
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A short, non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.

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Nov 10, 2025
98% 👍
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Ukraine Defense Force Tactics - Turn-based strategy in which you lead a heroic defense of Ukraine under siege by the despicable Russian Z force. Outmaneuver an endless deluge of enemies using combined infantry-and-armor tactics to survive against all odds.
Da Capo 3 R - Da Capo 3 R is a visual novel set in a secret magic school hidden beneath the city of London. This slice-of-life story will blossom into a tale of love, romance, and friendship as the students overcome the magic trials that await.
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Jan 20, 2017
98% 👍
of 163
Cafe Master Story - Serve up food, drinks, and smiles in this retro cafe management sim!
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Oct 15, 2023
97% 👍
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Terminal 81 - Thanks to the financial crisis of 2008, Lorena migrated to Terminal 81 to work, but what seemed like a simple Latin American neighborhood, it was a dangerous region dominated by a mysterious criminal organization that carries out murders, kidnappings and human trafficking.
TOMOMI - Full of hilarious dialogue and comical encounters! A super exhilarating Metroidvania action game!!
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Mar 25, 2022
97% 👍
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Tales from Toyotoki: Arrival of the Witch (The witch of the Ihanashi) - Players say: In a linear visual novel, an abandoned teen and a mysterious witch build a life on an Okinawan island as its secrets surface. Players like: Emotional Character Writing · Okinawan Island Atmosphere · Funny Group Moments ·
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The English version of the heartwarming story that was highly acclaimed in Japan. Enjoy the meticulously crafted narrative. Set in Okinawa, Japan, it is also a story that unravels the mysteries hidden within its history and fantasy.

Top Rated

Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.

The Drifter - Players say: Hunted after witnessing a murder, Mick Carter investigates a conspiracy and solves point-and-click puzzles as death sends him back seconds. Players like: Gripping Story · Excellent Voice Acting · Logical Puzzles ·
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A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.

Insomnia: Theater in the Head - Players say: Guide a sleepless young woman through point-and-click puzzles in a hand-drawn theater of racing thoughts, memories, and worries. Players like: Hand-Drawn Art · Sleepless-Night Relatability · Gentle Music ·
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Hickory dickory dock. The city's deep in sleep. The clock's ticking. The sheep's bouncing. Hickory dickory dock. The girl tosses again, only with more things swarming into her head... In this Point & Click puzzle game "Insomnia", the show in the head is rolling on again. Alas, any sleep tonight...

Blood Money: Lethal Eden - Players say: After a romance scam lands you in a criminal compound, face timed choices, track character stats, and steer a branching story. Players like: Immersive Compound Setting · Branching Story Routes · Stat-Based Choices ·
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Lured by an online lover, you're trapped in a scam compound—a true hell where compassion kills and greed consumes. Will you burn this abyss down or be its guiding light? Rule with beauty or betray for life? Your choices decide all: between life and death, heaven and hell.

Gunner, HEAT, PC! - Players say: Command Cold War tanks in a fictional 1985 Germany, using modeled fire controls and tactical positioning in single-player battles. Players like: Detailed Vehicle Systems · Crew Voices And Sound · Accessible Tank Controls ·
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Gunner, HEAT, PC! (GHPC) is a simulation game about modern mounted combat, with special attention to authenticity and fun.

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Sep 6, 2022
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112 Operator - Players say: Answer emergency calls, choose how to respond, and coordinate police, fire and medical crews across a changing city. Players like: Tense Resource Juggling · Real City Maps · Immersive Phone Calls ·
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Manage emergency services in any city in the world! Take calls and dispatch rescue forces. Handle difficult situations, now depending on the weather, and traffic. Help the citizens through cataclysms and natural disasters, becoming a better emergency number operator every day!

Glass Masquerade 3: Honeylines - Players say: Assemble 30 painted-glass jigsaws across six themes, choosing piece shapes, assembly modes, and difficulty as each image takes form. Players like: Relaxing Puzzle Sessions · Puzzle Mode Variety · Colorful Artwork ·
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Get ready for the Glass Masquerade sequel! With brand new textured glass pieces, immerse yourself in the beautiful world of painted glass art. Assemble jigsaw puzzles inspired by different cultures and themes with new play modes and various fragments cuts.

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May 30, 2023
89% 👍
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Combat Master: Season 5 - Players say: A multiplayer FPS built around quick gunfights, customizable weapons, and parkour movement across close and vertical maps. Players like: Low-End Performance · Fast FPS Matches · Fluid Movement ·
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Join fast-paced action-packed combat. Play Combat Master -- AAA experience on any hardware. Best-in-class multiplayer gunfight. Next-level extreme performance. Lightning-speed loading time and a whole lot more.

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Apr 21, 2023
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Syrian Warfare - Players say: Command forces through a Syrian-war campaign, balancing scarce supplies, veteran squads and detailed vehicle damage in tactical battles. Players like: Tactical Urban Combat · Persistent Veteran Squads · Campaign Story ·
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Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.

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Feb 21, 2017
87% 👍
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Command: Modern Operations - Players say: Lead air, naval, and ground forces in postwar-to-modern conflicts, planning and directing tactical and operational missions. Players like: Simulation Depth · Scenario Variety · Tactical Planning ·
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Command: Modern Operations is the next generation in cross-domain modern wargaming. It enables you to simulate every military engagement from post World War II to the present day and beyond. The scale is primarily tactical/operational, although strategic scale operations are also possible.

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Nov 14, 2019
85% 👍
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