This week's European downloads - December 5 (Star Ocean, SIMULACRA, EarthNight and more)

Nintendo eShop (Switch)

JigSaw Solace (Playstige Interactive) - €3.99/£3.59
6 different themes to choose from
4 different difficulty size to adjust any time during playing
30 high quality puzzle images
Soft, relaxing and cheerful music
Ability to adjust background themes

SIMULACRA (Wales Interactive) - €12.99/£9.99 (€11.69/£8.99 until December 17)
From the creators of Sara is Missing, SIMULACRA is an interactive FMV horror experience of exploring a missing woman’s phone.

You found the lost phone of a woman named Anna. In it, you see a desperate cry for help in the form of a video message. The phone behaves strangely as you dive deeper into it. You talk to her friends and they have no idea where she is. Her texts, emails and photo gallery provides fragments of information. It's up to you to piece it together.

EarthNight (Cleaversoft) - €13.99/£12.59
EarthNight is an illustrated epic 2D platformer about the dragon apocalypse, and a love letter to classic arcade games. Humans have been exiled to space, forced to live in orbit above the planet. But Sydney and Stanley have had enough! They’ve decided to skydive back to Earth, taking out as many dragons as they can along the way.

Each run begins in space. You must traverse five layers of the atmosphere on the perilous journey down to Earth, alternating between skydiving and running on the backs of dragons. Your path to EarthNight will always be different and riddled with danger.

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition (Beamdog) - €49.99/£39.99
Return to the Forgotten Realms in this bestselling Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Combines all the content of Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition with all-new enhanced features. Includes 100+ hours of award-winning adventures and the tools to create your own!

Tools Up! (ALL IN! GAMES) - €19.99/£17.99
Meet a crew of renovators eager to get their job done. But most accidents happen at home: can you work effectively when there’s spilled paint on the floor and a pool of lava around the apartment?

Paint walls, tear off wallpapers and follow the blueprints. Lead a building crew and make sure everyone knows their tasks—or don’t cooperate at all. Hear your friends scream in 3, 2, 1...

Race against the clock as you renovate the apartments, chase delivery men and earn a star (or maybe even stars) for each level! Complete tasks to unlock more challenging missions. Hint: teamwork is the key.

SaGa SCARLET GRACE: AMBITIONS (SQUARE ENIX) - €29.99/£24.99 (€23.99/£19.99 until January 3)
The Firebringer, a fallen god and bane of humanity, has wrought havoc on the world since his exile. Mankind constructed an Empire with a singular purpose: engage the Firebringer and his fiends in battle to defend humanity. After a millennia of fighting, the Firebringer has finally been defeated, and the Empire is left without purpose, spurring rebellion.

Farming Simulator 20 (Focus Home Interactive) - €44.99/£39.99
In Farming Simulator 20, take control of vehicles and machines faithfully recreated from leading brands in the industry. For the first time on Nintendo Switch, this includes John Deere, the largest agriculture machinery company in the world. Drive other famous farming brands such as Case IH, New Holland, Challenger, Fendt, Valtra, Krone, Deutz-Fahr and many more.

Farming Simulator 20 features a new North American environment in which to develop and expand your farm. Enjoy many exciting farming activities, including new machinery and crops with cotton and oats, new to the Nintendo Switch! Tend to your livestock of pigs, cows, and sheep, and now ride your own horses, letting you explore the vast land around your farm in a brand new way.

Defenders of Ekron: Definitive Edition (Chorus Worldwide Games) - €12.99/£11.69
Defenders of Ekron mixes the classic action of a shoot-em-up with the exploration of an adventure game, all wrapped up in an exciting sci-fi story.

You take the role of Eneas, a young and bold cadet in the Ekron Defence Force. Eneas has trained his entire life to pilot his Anakim, an advanced mech capable of absorbing and transforming the energy around it into special abilities. When something goes wrong, Eneas is forced to face the Renegades, a group of rogue Anakim pilots who threaten to plunge the nation into a civil war.

March to a Million (Kairosoft) - €13.00/£11.69
Become the boss of a talent agency in this management simulation game. Hire up-and-coming unique talent by advertising and scouting!

Start by deciding on a record company. Give your new artists lessons and steady training, and if they can dazzle the judges in the auditions, they'll get the chance to debut as a professional singer!

Must Dash Amigos (MINIBEAST) - €15.99/£14.99 (€6.39/£5.99 until December 25)
Experience a Loco top-down Battle Racer filled with Piñata Stampedes, Avocados and mayhem for up to 4 Players! Must Dash Amigos is a humorous, family friendly fun-fest with controls so simple that anyone can play!

STAR OCEAN FIRST DEPARTURE R (SQUARE ENIX) - €20.99/£16.99
Space Date 346. A new era is about to begin, hurled by an unknown power. The story begins in an underdeveloped planet, Roak. Kratus, where the main character Roddick resides, is situated on the southernmost tip of the continent of Muah. It is known as a peaceful yet uneventful town, free of accidents or incidents. One day, Roddick, a member of the defense force who patrols the town, is informed that an unknown epidemic is spreading in the neighboring town ― a rare disease that petrifies the body while one is alive. After visiting the neighboring town, Roddick, along with his best friends, Dorne and Millie, set out for the summit of Mt. Metorx, where an all-curing herb is said to grow. As they head towards the summit, Roddick and friends meet Ronyx and Ilia who emerged from a pillar of light. This encounter marks the beginning of a journey spanning the stars and beyond...

Alien: Isolation (SEGA Europe) - €34.99/£29.99
When she left Earth, Ellen Ripley promised her daughter she would return home to celebrate her 11th birthday. She never made it.

Fifteen years later, Amanda Ripley learns that the flight recorder from her mother’s ship has been recovered. Amanda enters Sevastopol space station to finally solve the mystery of her mother’s disappearance, only to confront an unknown menace.

Engage in a terrifying quest for survival as you navigate the labyrinthine Sevastopol station. Unprepared and underequipped, you will need all your wits and daring to get out alive.

Arcade Archives TwinBee (HAMSTER) - €6.99/£6.29
'TwinBee' is a shooting game that was released from KONAMI in 1985.  Players will control fighters which are called 'TwinBee' and 'WinBee', that Dr. Cinnamon developed, and challenge the fight to the army.  There are two versions, 'Bubble system' and 'ROM', in this work. Please enjoy differences of each boards.

NekoMiko (qureate) - €8.19/£7.39
The main character is an unfortunate man who can't do anything well. One fateful day, he meets 2 cat-eared shrine maidens by the name of Ayame and Kaede at an old shrine, and ends up living with them! Set in Akihabara, enjoy this adventure game of the slightly dirty-minded and eventful cohabitation life with 2 cat-eared shrine maidens.

Wizards of Brandel (KEMCO) - €12.99/£11.69
The young wizard Darius loses his house after he fails to make a loan repayment, and ends up living for free in the house of a wanted sorcerer! As he meets a female swordsman who has absolutely no sense of direction, and a plant girl who shrivels up immediately if she doesn't drink enough water, fate decrees to end up traveling together. Where will the quarrels over differing principles lead to?

Unleash continuous attacks with Limit Burst in turn-based battles and form partnerships with the Familiar Spirits! The Magic Lab lets you power up your skills and you can also enjoy setting fields, dowsing areas, and visit side-job rooms to get items at the Magical Garden! Furthermore, explore towns and secret dungeons, experience all the achievements you know and love, such as weapon strengthening, item crafting, and the arena!

Space Blaze (United Independent Entertainment) - €29.99 /£26.99
Space Blaze taps into that old-school sideways scrolling shoot’em up, by leading you through 7 challenging levels filled with action. There are three different weapon systems with a single mega-weapon for each and don’t forget that classic 80s games feature - a giant boss to shoot it out with at the end of each level.

Today it’s all about cool retro without the frustrating loading times, so get started and get a friend to join you in a two-player battle against hordes of enemies in Space Blaze.

Smash Rush (isTom Games) - €9.99/£8.99
Rush, hit and smash your way through futuristic alien crystal glass tunnels, avoiding laser beams, traps and other alien obstacles! Explore colourful dimensions in a galaxy far away! Your task is to navigate monumental alien structures, smashing all crystal panels and score bubbles while avoiding deadly obstacles, and laser beams! The procedurally generated levels ensure every run is different!

Sharpen your reflexes to climb the leaderboards!

Tick Tock: A Tale for Two (Other Tales Interactive, available December 6) - €4.99/£4.99
In Tick Tock: A Tale for Two you and your friend find yourself trapped in an eerie world created by the skilful clockmaker Amalie Ravn. Your mission is to escape! But to do so you need to navigate a mysterious, sinister clockwork world filled with secrets and cryptic puzzles. To find the truth and ultimately escape this place, you must combine the information on both players’ screens.

Prepare yourselves for a narrative adventure where your communication skills are put to the test. Shout out instructions, discuss what you see, and listen. But remember: time is ticking. Play on two devices, local or remotely, all you need is a voice connection.

Big Pharma (Klabater S.A., available December 6) - €29.99/£26.99
What if you had it in your power to rid the world of disease, to improve the lives of millions, to ease suffering and cure the sick and earn a tidy profit? As the head of your own Pharmaceutical Conglomerate you have this power resting in your hands. Will you use it for good? Being totally altruistic may not be the best business plan. The uncomfortable truth (is there an ointment for that?) is that some remedies are more profitable than others and illness is good for business. Welcome to the world of Big Pharma!

Space Pioneer (QubicGames, available December 6) - €9.99/£8.99
Discover new planets, chart incredible worlds and reveal ancient secrets. Explore strange new worlds with your trusty robot sidekick. Make your way across fantastical planets from the icy tundra to the lush jungles brimming with flora and fauna.

The endless universe has countless hostile galaxies to conquer. Combined with the dynamic objectives system, the gameplay is truly infinite in Space Pioneer. Recover stolen disks, defend probes, repair crashed craft and complete missions to earn loot and unlock awesome gear and skills. Every time you play missions have new objectives, enemies and additional challenges.

Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection (Ubisoft, available December 6) - €49.99/£39.99
Get two action-packed games and all past single-player DLC with Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection. Become the most feared pirate in the Caribbean in Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag then transform into the ultimate assassin hunter in Assassin’s Creed Rogue.

Includes both Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and Assassin’s Creed Rogue, and all past single-player DLC.

Experience enhanced features - Handheld mode, HD Rumble, touch screen interface, and motion control aiming.

Immortal Planet (Monster Couch, available December 6) - €14.99/£10.99 (€13.49/£9.89 until December 13)
On the icy surface of a forgotten planet stand ruined tombs where immortals sleep. While sleepless warriors roam the halls with their minds eroded by eternity, a lone Awakewalker emerges from cryosleep. With no memory of their past, it’s up to them to forge their future, discover the planet’s mysteries, and find a way out of this icy hell.

Breathing Fear (DRAGEUS GAMES, available December 6) - €4.99/£4.49 (€2.49/£2.24 until December 29)
Embark on a nonlinear and scary survival-adventure game. Why are you in this abandoned house in the woods? Is it fate? The only thing you know for sure is that strange things need to be solved - disturbing letters, objects, recordings, paranormal events... They drive you crazy but you need to keep a clear mind and shed some light on those mysteries.

Speaking of light, make sure it doesn’t go out, your heart might not handle it… Breathing Fear is the winner of Games Jam: Gamm. No jumpscares here, just a meticulously-crafted story, pixel art, music and atmosphere that will give you the creeps.


Downloadable Content

Pic-a-Pix Deluxe Classic 24 (Lightwood Games) - €2.99/£2.99
An additional pack of 60 classic black-and-white puzzles in various sizes.

CONTRA: ROGUE CORPS - The Gentleman Beetle Pack (KONAMI)
Includes:
- Beetle skin for Gentleman
- Bonus t-shirt  for Ms. Harakiri
- In-game items

Dead of Daylight: Cursed Legacy Chapter (Behaviour Interactive) - €7.99/£7.19
Cursed Legacy is a new chapter for Dead by Daylight. It includes a Killer, The Oni, a Survivor, Yui Kamura and a Map.

Mortal Kombat 11: Gothic Horror Skin Pack (WB Games) - €5.99/£4.99
Three new character skins. The Gothic Horror Skin Pack includes Goddess of the Damned Cetrion, Knonika's Monster Geras and Impaler Raiden.

Mortal Kombat 11: Sindel (WB Games) - €5.99/£4.99
The former Queen of Edenia will stop at nothing to keep her place.

Dragon Ball Z - Broly (DBS) - €4.99/£3.99
Includes:
- Broly (DBS) playable character
- 5 alternative colors for his outfit
- Broly (DBS) lobby avatar
- Broly (DBS) Z-sticker


Wizards of Brandel - Damage x2 (KEMCO) - €4.99/£4.49
Wizards of Brandel - Experience & SP x2 (KEMCO) - €4.99/£4.49
Wizards of Brandel - SP x3 (KEMCO) - €2.99/£2.69
Wizards of Brandel - Experience x3 (KEMCO) - €4.99/£4.49

WorldNeverland - Elnea Kingdom: Town Furs Set (Orange) (althi) - €1.99/£1.79
Includes:
- Town Furs: Orange. Casual clothing for an outing that is made from the fur of beasts.
- Kid's Town Furs: Orange. Casual kid's clothing for an outing that is made from the fur of beasts.

Daemon X Machina: Witcher Series Collaboration Set (Nintendo) - Free
11 Outer Parts to change your appearance into Geralt en Ciri from The Witcher series.

Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection - Assassin’s Creed Rogue (Ubisoft) - Free
Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection - Brazilian Portuguese language pack (Ubisoft) - Free
Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection - German language pack (Ubisoft) - Free
Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection - French language pack (Ubisoft) - Free
Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection - Italian language pack (Ubisoft) - Free
Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection - Japanese language pack (Ubisoft) - Free
Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection - Russian language pack (Ubisoft) - Free
Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection - Spanish language pack (Ubisoft) - Free
Assassin’s Creed: The Rebel Collection - Extra content pack (Ubisoft) - Free

Dead of Daylight: Leatherface (Behaviour Interactive, available December 6)


Pre-orders

Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl – Gold (LEVEL-5) - €49.99/£39.99
Pre-Load ends 13/02/2019 23:59 local time

Digital bonus: Bewitching Band! Show the position of dungeon treasure boxes and increase the speed to revive allies!

Gear up, crawl through dungeons in search for rare treasure, and battle brutal bosses with up to three other players locally or online to become a heroic adventurer in this RPG from LEVEL-5!

GENSOU Skydrift (UNTIES) - €21.99/£19.79 (€17.59/£15.83 until December 31)
Pre-load ends 11/12/2019, 23:59 local time

A Touhou Project racing game is here!

In the mystical land of Gensokyo somewhere in Japan, humans and yokai live together in strange harmony.

One day, some girls notice that their spirit energy is weak.

Yokai specialist Reimu Hakurei and her friend Marisa Kirisame spot someone running off on a racetrack...

Cardpocalypse (Versus Evil) - €24.99/£22.49 (€19.99/£17.99 until December 19)
Pre-load ends 12/12/2019, 00:59 local time

Make friends, play cards, twist the rules, become a Mega Mutant Power Pets master, and try to save the world in this single-player RPG about being a 90’s kid. On her first day at Dudsdale Elementary, 10-year old Jess accidentally gets everybody's favorite collectible card game banned, forcing the kids to take their card battles underground. Troubles arise when mutants from the game invade the real world, and it’s up to Jess and friends to stop them.

SuperEpic: The Entertainment War (Numskull Games) - €14.99/£14.99 (€13.49/£13.49 until December 11)
Pre-load ends 12/12/2019, 14:59 CET

In a not-too-distant future dystopia, a single videogame development company, Regnantcorp, controls an Orwellian society by enslaving the population with their addictive free games.

As a rebellious racoon, along with your llama steed, you'll explore a surreal castle-like office full of enemies, challenges, secrets and corporate pigs.

Break into their headquarters, uncover the conspiracy and save videogames!

Rift Keeper (Sometimes You) - €9.99/£8.99
Pre-load ends 17/12/2019, 14:59 CET

Embark on your journey, travel through rifts and restore the balance as the Rift Keeper in this handcrafted 2D roguelite platformer with challenging, fast-paced action gameplay.

Duty called and the Rift Keeper woke up from his deep slumber. The little town he was summoned was silent as if it's the end. He opened the church's rusty old door and four old men wearing red robes greeted him with a grim smile. One of the priests stepped forward and said, "The Gates are open".

Sacred Stones (CFK) - €8.99/£8.09
Pre-load ends 22/12/2019, 23:59 local time

Giant animal and unknown creatures start to show up unexpectedly on the island. Indeed, is it possible to protect the falling sky island during facing the giant monster?

Event Horizon: Space Defense (Drageus Games, available December 6)
Pre-load ends 12/12/2019, 23:59 local time

60 Parsecs! (Robot Gentleman, available December 6)
Pre-load ends 20/12/2019, 21:59 CET