You might not have played Treasure of the Rudras (SNES)

Treasure of the Rudras (Rudra no Hihou) is a JRPG by Squaresoft from 1996 that was never ported to english, but received a fan translation.

Gameplay: JRPG, Single Player
Treasure of the Rudras is one of the older Squaresoft JRPGs. It has a rather simple save the world storyline but also a lot of unique features.
First off TotR has 3 storylines you can/have to play through. Each story follows a different group of heroes on their personal quest during the "last days" of the world. Sometimes these groups meet, but usualy you will only see the results of actions the other groups did at a certain time in the story. Spells have to be learned from people/books in the world or 'guessed' and then written down inside a spellbook to be used. This feature is particularly interesting because you can use the player knowledge you gained from one storyline while playing the other story lines.
The 3 storyline structure also helped in making the game have a lot more content than would normaly be possible on a SNES cartridge. The different groups go to the same locations at different times during the game. That allowed the developers to reuse the same art assets, but change up the map for different gameplay. In one instance a cave that has been visited by 1 party is later explored by another; the second party finds the cave flooded with water though, which changes the caves layout significantly.
All in all a very interesting game I would recommend to everyone who likes JRPGs.

Get the Fan-Translation here or test in an online emulator.

You might not have played Snatcher (Mega-CD)

Snatchers is a text-adventure with voice over, some graphics and a little whack a mole minigame. It was released 1988 by Konami and was one of Hideo Kojima's earlier works.

Gameplay: Singleplayer, Narrative Exploration, Whack a mole
The year is 2047. The world is a cyberpunk distopian future. You are Gillian Seed; you and your wife lost your memories and split up. Still struggling you took on a job as a 'Junker' in Neo Kobe. Junkers are supposed to track down and eliminate Snatchers, robots disguising themselves as humans.
The main gameplay of Snatcher consists of talking to people and investigating crime scenes. A few times in the game there are little shooter elements that can be described as a glorified whack a mole game.

You can try it out using an online emulator.

You might not have played Event[0] (PC)

Event[0] is a narrative exploration game released in 2016.

Gameplay: Singleplayer, Exploration, First Person
You are stranded inside your escape pod in space. By sheer luck you stumble upon another space vessel and manage to dock on. You soon meet the AI of that spaceship named Kaizen-85. You need Kaizens help to get home. Kaizen also needs your help to do some necessary work on board.
The main gameplay consists of exploring the ship and talking to Kaizen to learn more about him and his ship. To talk to Kaizen you have to be at one of his terminals and then just start chatting with him.


Get Event[0] on steam. Beating the game took me 3-4 hours, so the game can be quite pricey for that. But I enjoyed that time a lot.

You might not have played Brain Lord (SNES)

Brain Lord is a dungeon crawler hack n' slay for the SNES released in 1994.

Gameplay: Singleplayer, Dungeon Crawler, Riddles, Puzzles, Hack n' Slay
I like to pitch 'Brain Lord' as the Dark Souls of the Super Nintendo to my friends. Though it does a poor job in the story department, you have to be on your toes and pay attention if you wan't to get through its dungeons. In addition to combat encounters, Brain Lord is forcing the player to solve riddles and puzzles to progress. All in all it is a pretty fun experience for people who like the old Zelda games and want to try something different.
   

You can play Brain Lord using an online emulator here.

You might not have played Miasmata (PC)

Miasmata is a first person exploration game released in 2012.

Gameplay: 3D, First Person, Exploration, Single Player
In Miasmata you will have to explore a mostly uninhabited island in search of special plants, that can be used in the creation of a cure for an illness. The game does not hold your hand, when it comes to exploration. You have to map out the island by yourself using an ingame feature. But don't worry you won't have to draw it yourself. Studying the island and reading research papers left behind by other scientists, you have to find that special flower.

Miasmata can be bought on steam and gog.

You might not have played Dawngate (PC)

Dawngate is a MOBA game that was in development and beta by Waystone Games, but is now canceled.

Gameplay: MOBA, Multiplayer
Dawngate does not differ too much from existing, established MOBA's like League of Legends and Dota2.
Every player controls a single unit while small npc-controled units run down lanes in order to take down enemy structures and ultimately the 'Guardian' (main building) to win the game. There is a jungle and certain map objectives. The 'Parasite' for example is the Dawngate equivalent of Baron from League of Legends, but killing him does not only grant your team a strong buff, but will also spawn stronger NPC's in your lane to help you push for victory.
It is neat little things like this that make this game unique. By giving you access to "Super Minions" before you pushed a Lane to the end, you have an easier time overcoming enemies trying to stall with aoe-clear, which in turn keeps the game more interesting and fluid.
In addition to that I really enjoy that the game appears more straight forward than DotA and LoL. While DotA is quite limited by it's Tri-Stat System that was more or less abducted from Wc3, League of Legends did a step in the right direction by enforcing its own rules and systems specifically catered to the game. This led to LoL being easier to understand and have more options to apply interesting balance to the game and its roles. Dawngate goes a step further than LoL in my opinion and delivers a very good experience.

 If you are a fan of the MOBA genre, give this game a try.

You might not have played The Feeble Files (PC)

The Feeble Files is a point and click adventure released in 1997 from Adventure Soft.

Gameplay:  Point&Click Adventure, Humor, Singleplayer
Like most of the existing p&c adventures the gameplay is mostly a puzzle of finding items and figuring out where to use them to help the protagonist do what he has to do. The setting of this game is where it gets interesting. You play as an Alien 'Feeble' that has a strange obsession with the earth and its inhabitants. This obsession has the tendancy to get him into trouble. One mistake after another and suddenly Feeble has to overthrow a distopian government.


The Feeble Files can be purchased on gog for cheap.