Venatio
The box. You unlock Pandora’s box and find yourself within.
Due to its own essence, humankind is flawed. One destroys its environment while trying to complete himself. Tell us, the first of humankind, what will be the fate of this battle? Will we tear everything down in consequence of our wicked existence until we forget who we are, or will we find our essence in the arm of the apple tree where everything is buried as we fall through time?
In the vicious cycle of human history, will you be the hunter or the hunted? Venatio is a multiplayer action-horror game that lets you seal your own fate by managing your time and cooperating with your teammates.
Become a Hunter. You can complete quests, which require teamwork and are located in the bunker, in order to hunt the ancestors easily with obtaining Tesla Weaponry. Besides, it is always in your hands to jump into action with your WWII exclusive equipment instead of sticking to the questline. However, ancestors, boosted with lunar eclipse, are going to make things more difficult for you.
Hunt the humans. In this bloody war, you can take your place as an Ancestor. They will call you a “monster” and underestimate your powers. Do not worry. You can surprise them with your psychic abilities. In fact, you can even take control of their pathetic minds.
To hunt, or not to be hunted, that is the question.
Key Features
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**Variety in architecture.**Enjoy an unique experience each time you play thanks to over 30 combinations of settlements.
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Authentic ambience. Feel the atmosphere of a realistic environment and gunfire.
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**Equipment that has left its imprint on history.**Determine your tactical approach with the era’s weapons and then go on the scavenger hunt.
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**Scavenger abilities.**Indoles' most powerful skill is to manipulate other people’s minds by taking control of them. Take over your friends' minds and prevent them from completing missions.
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Multiplayer co-op. This game is fully reliant on teamwork. Join the game with your friends and show your solidarity.
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In-game communication. With the help of your radios, establish in-game communication. Because of the game’s nature, third-party software is not recommended.
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In-Game Balance. Complete in-game missions that require you to split up with your teammates so that the scavenger can hunt down hunters one by one. Hunters will achieve high-efficiency weaponry when they solve puzzles by splitting the workload among themselves in order to receive power-ups
The greatest and the most catastrophic war in history has come to end, and only Venatio remains. Which side of the medallion you will be on is completely up to you.
The future was more secured than the past.
_To hunt, we are hunting. In every bullet, we strive to make sense of our actions. The fall of fate, the rise of depression. The blind night puts a curtain over our eyes to keep our screaming conscience at bay. Do they not realize this is the end of the world? We see death in reflections, and it seeks for our eyeblink. We’ve arrived at the point where we’re battling it till we die. As the moon’s leaves descended, we jumped off the train of history. We are the future’s destiny.
Those who hide behind a false honor and whisper in the woods, the age of ancestors has passed._
Get 4 different pre-customised skins for your hunter character. Choose one of the renowned weapons such as the period-exclusive M3 Grease, Tommy, M 1918, and M1 Garand and go hunting through the depths of the night. Use your radios, flares, and flashlights to guide the darkness.
Indoles: Kill the pain
Truth, are you talking about reality? Reality is this power slipping through my fingers. I am the one who dwells in the depths of your soul and mind. Those who don’t know how to forget every now and again perish from memory stress, you know that? No, no. Don’t think about death. The image of death is a good dance companion. What about to listen a song? Can you hear the sound? Look, tick-tock-tick-tock, time is ticking! Keep an eye out for shadows; I’ll be waiting for you.
Do you believe the war is over in the mind, rather than with the guns? The Mind-controller, hidden in the forest’s shadows, is at your disposal. Contribute to the game’s progress by captivating your opponents' minds with our character, built for the players who say “Manipulation is my thing!”
Although Indoles is a close-combat character, one’s ranged abilities and rapid movement speed make one ideal for chasing down your opponents.
“This is war”, said the great ancestor.
What a futile endeavor. We kept an eye on you, trusted you, and left you with a wonderful world. However, you? You, poor humankind, have succumbed to your conceit. You have spilt your own brother’s blood, and drawn a line in the earth, and claimed what didn’t belong to you. With the promise of a good future, you fooled yourself and sold your soul to the matter. You grew up, and as you matured, you launched war on those who were different from you. We accept your war. We are approaching, and we will catch you off guard when you are alone with your fears and feel the most alone. Until there is no one left to remember you and you were never born.
Become one of the Ancestors, whose mysteries and how long they have existed are beyond our comprehension. With your psychic abilities, dehumanize the forest and restore the order you previously had. It entirely depends on you to save modern life from destroying nature and your species.
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Liberte
♦ DECIDE THE FATE OF PARIS ♦
In Liberté, you immerse yourself in the rogue-like adventure that infuses the French Revolution-era setting with cosmic horrors know from H.P. Lovecraft. Choose your allies, fight relentless enemies and decide who will bring the new order in the terror-filled Paris.
♦ DISCOVER ORIGINAL PLAYSTYLES ♦
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Burn your enemies as flame-throwing Whiskey Firebreath,
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sneak into the brawl as the roguish Cutthroat,
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enter with a bang as the gun-loving Pistolier,
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or disorientate your enemies with your antics as marvelous Stage Artist.
♦ CREATE YOUR OWN WAY TO PLAY ♦
Every challenge will award you with new cards - powerful skills and specialized talents that capture the many combat ideas inspired by the real French Revolution.
♦ WITNESS THE CITY IN TURMOIL ♦
King Louis has died in mysterious circumstances. Now that Paris is left with no ruler, four factions clash to win the City for themselves.
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Fight for the rights of the spiritual 💀Tribe
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Reinstate the power for the aristocratic 👑Crown
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Cleanse the evil with the devout ⛪Congregation
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Spread anarchy with the flame-loving 🔥Rebels
♦ INSPIRED BY LOVECRAFTIAN HORROR ♦
Along with the revolt came Lady Bliss, a ruthless deity that brought you back from the dead to do her will. Solve the mystery of the blight that turns Parisians into numbed monsters, all serving the horrifying Lady Bliss. Enter her wicked gardens, and see what her arrival means for the city and its future.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1590160/Liberte/
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Iron Harvest
Reminds me a lot of Company of Heros except not as many unit options or customizable skills.
– Real player with 61.7 hrs in game
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I would recommend Iron Harvest. the campaign is good for an RTS (not starcraft 2 level of story) but compared with more recent RTS' it’s up there and not just a tutorial for multiplayer. gameplay is similar to the Company of Heroes if you like that style, there are four factions (1 dlc faction) to play as, with the mechs I think being a game highlight with unique designs, styles and gameplay for their factions. voice work is good with an option for a ‘native’ language rather than overriding polish, russian and german characters under one language.
– Real player with 49.7 hrs in game
Wolfenstein: Youngblood
In fact, I resisted Youngblood from the start. Since I had to take a break because of Covid and had a lot of time, I thought to myself, well, it’s Wolfenstein, it can’t be that bad, can it?
Yes, it is bad, unfortunately 😒
In itself, it’s actually a decent shooter with a few RGP elements. But the game gets boring just as quickly.
Instead of exciting missions in special locations such as the New Order lunar base or a regime film set in The New Colossus, you mainly run through the repetitive streets of Paris and rattle off small mission objectives. That’s why the main story is completely finished in about 10 hours.
– Real player with 28.4 hrs in game
You can see what they were trying to do with this one.
They took the Wolfenstein engine, added two player co-op, and make the game infinitely replayable by having a few areas repopulate ala RPG-style, and added RPG-like elements to the game.
It sort of works - but as the side missions reuse the maps endlessly in fetch quests, you really retread a lot of the same ground. After a while the game areas become very repetitive and grindy, and somewhat pointless because you know the game has simply been padded out. This just wears out the replayability, especially since you’ll have to do the side-quests in order to level up to finish the main quest - but then the story isn’t that interesting either.
– Real player with 22.4 hrs in game
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Best RTS on Steam!
Pros:
+Nice graphics that still look mighty fine even after all the years
+Energizing soundtrack that changes according to the battlefield situation
+Reworked and well thought-out resource system that promotes base expansion
+All the factions are all fundamentally unique and don’t have a single similiar unit
+Really good in-game voice acting
+Clear and understandable interface
+Co-op campaign!
+Action-packed battles that require both macromanagement and microcontrol!
+Gamechanging unit abilities! Not a single ability is truly useless
– Real player with 598.8 hrs in game
Red Alert 3, for the first time in C&C history, featured a full coop campaign for all three factions. The Red Alert Spin-Off of C&C always was my favourite setting and Red Alert 3 didn’t receive the critical acclaim and fanbase it actually deserved. It played exactly like Red Alert 2, which personally is still my all time favourite C&C game right after C&C Generals.
The FMV scenes were cheezy as always and George Takeii did a brilliant job just playing himself in a samurai robe.
I have many fond memores for Red Alert and it still plays marvellous today.
– Real player with 65.9 hrs in game
Wigged Out
Wigged Out takes place in a historically inaccurate past where two rival schools go head-to-head in a hilariously chaotic ball game that’s won by moving the Big Ol' Ball(BOB) into the opponent’s goal. Moving the BOB is simple; just throw everything you find at it! Get to one of the many item crates on the field, which will contain anything from a rubber turkey to The Ballzooka, let loose and watch the BOB fly! Unless you end up hitting one of your opponents. Or a teammate. In that case, watch them fly!
Be wary though as your opponent isn’t the only threat out there; Watch out for fire hydrants and manholes ready to burst at any moment, or the school mascot goat that found its way onto the pitch and is attacking anything in its path! These and many other environmental hazards could be lurking around the corner.
Your WigOut ability can be activated after your wig reaches full capacity by making good plays. When activated, your character embraces their unique talent and wreak havoc on the pitch!
More than 80 colourful levels across different themed settings, with different sets of items, hazards and goal types!
Tired of your old wig? Want a new one to look more sophisticated? You might be thinking “but madam, I don’t have a penny to spare for one of them fancy wigs” - no worries, in Wigged Out you earn your wigs by playing and doing performing well! So just do that and you’ll be swimming in powdered perukes!
The game offers an over the top experience with hilarious gameplay that can be played both locally and online. Throw in a couple of bots and you will never feel alone again!
Key Features
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Online and Local 2-4 Players
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6 Characters - Each with their own WigOut ability
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80+ Arenas - Spanning across 3 unique environments
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25+ Items - From rubber turkeys to ballzookas!
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Unique hazards and interactables for each area
Combined Arms Operations Series
IMHO, I can recommend this game with two caveats. The first is that this product is not for players new to wargames. For those gamers, Panzer Corp 2 might be a better, albeit more expensive, choice.
For experienced players, the game comes closest to Matrix Games' The Operational Art of War III-IV, although CAOS is much simpler to pick up and play.
Here’s the short-list of positives for this product:
1. The OOBs are exhaustive, and the historical units will be familiar to wargamers. The NATO symbols are a delight.
– Real player with 12.9 hrs in game
Very fun game, 10 times better with friends. Worth every euro.
Also the developers are active and extremely nice. They’re a role model for other developers.
– Real player with 12.7 hrs in game
Mad Devils
I’ve had an awesome time playing Mad Devils so far! The plot is really interesting and I can’t wait to restart in Inferno Mode. My favourite characters are Chester and Harris so far, and the boss fights are brutal. If you’re a fan of Diablo 3 or Dark Souls, this game definitely scratches that itch. Haven’t hit any bugs so far. Just remember you can use your Blood Shards and XP points in the Pause Menu to upgrade your characters, it’s a lifesaver!
– Real player with 390.8 hrs in game
This indie developed game has very faded washed out graphics, repetitive dull combat, no mini-map to show where you are going, no way to rotate the camera, and frame rate issues as well. Camera movement is also sluggish and stuttery, most likely due to the crap Unity engine the game runs on. The game also flashes to the desktop briefly every time a new level is loaded. Your character also seems to get stuck on everything in your path and every level looks the same, taking place mostly in outdoor fields surrounded by lava. A similar game that is MUCH better is Victor Vran. I would much rather play Victor Vran than this game any day.
– Real player with 0.9 hrs in game
Rock’n’Roll: Card Wargame
US Marines and Vietnam partisans, welcome to Rock’n’roll: Card Wargame - a card wargame with interesting game mechanics and a unique visual style that will send you on a crazy alternative-historical trip through the chemical-drenched jungles of the Vietnam war. Take on the role of a commander of Vietnamese guerrillas or US armed forces and show your opponents what you’re made of!
Features:
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28 different cards: 12 units and 16 orders will make each game session in Rock’n’roll: Card Wargame unique and catchy.
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Exciting mechanics of capturing strategic points on the battlefield, which is rarely seen in card games.
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Each win will bring you points, which can be used to purchase customized items that allow you to collect a unique game set from the deck, dice, and playing field.
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Author’s graphics in the modern comics style, transmitting the unique setting of the game.
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Rock and roll soundtrack that complements the game atmosphere.
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25 achievements to achieve which you will need to show perseverance and ingenuity.
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After each battle, your units will get experience, and over time you will be able to improve them into real hardened veterans.
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In between online battles, you can try 2 story campaigns, both of which will tell a fascinating story of the conflict from different sides.
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For already experienced players there also will be multiplayer modes: 1 vs 2, 2 vs 2.
See you in the damn jungle, commander!
Tyrannis
This is a brilliant example of the kind of wonderfully niche games that steam makes possible. The mechanics are simple and (mostly) intuitive. The AI is surprisingly clever and will catch you off guard if your not careful, and the lore and aesthetics are excellent, Well worth the price.
Only two points of criticism:
First, some of the terms and concepts aren’t properly explained, Raiding (which I think just means when rebels attack though I’m not sure) is one, coalition building is another. I cant figure out how to chose who is in my coalition and it makes the endgame a bit frustrating.
– Real player with 17.9 hrs in game
An absolutely kickass game with a lot of potential. Not only is the gameplay great, but the story and all of the intel reports are top class. Since this was made by a TNO dev, it has a distinct TNO-type vibe to it that I absolutely love.
– Real player with 15.4 hrs in game