EMPYRE: Lords of the Sea Gates
I played a lot with this game because the victorian style steam punk world created in this game is very interesting. The quality of the graphics is not on the same level as the top games but it is well made with a good atmosphere.
The gameplay is the same old rpg feeling, with party, movement, action (fights and dialogs), collecting loot, get stronger. The story is interesting, the setting is exciting.
– Real player with 870.9 hrs in game
Borderline recommendation. The negative reviewers are not wrong - it is clunky and linear, the combat is unsatisfying, there is a lot hinted at but never realized. It’s not just poorly documented but a lot of the skills you’ll bother developing are never actually used. I suspect they planned a much bigger game and had to dramatically scale back. They aimed for Wasteland 2 and fell a bit short of Shadowrun.
Having said that I wasn’t actually bored and that’s my line for recommending. I finish all games in order to provide a fair and detailed review on my site and in this case I didn’t have to force myself. The story is cliche but well written and brisk, you get new guns and characters throughout and constantly change maps. The combat improves to passable and some of the missions are interesting. It did enough to engage me and with the lovely setting that gets a pass.
– Real player with 19.1 hrs in game
Pnevmo-Capsula: Domiki
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– Real player with 8.4 hrs in game
Read More: Best Alternate History Lore-Rich Games.
A very picturesque and detailed world, amazing work was done! Steam punk atmosphere in some kind of alternative Soviet reality. Totally recommend it!
– Real player with 2.6 hrs in game
Airships: Conquer the Skies
-All statements are relevant as of 1/31/21. No guarantees are made for future versions of Airships!-
Let me start off by saying that I am utterly and hopelessly addicted to this game.
Ever since I bought Airships (Or ACTS, as I’ll be using) back in late 2018, I fell in love with it. The game’s kept giving, the developer has remained true to his word and an amazing gentleman, and the community (Especially on the Discord) continues to grow and develop in wondrous ways. As I don’t expect you to go through my various paragraphs of gushing, I’ll put the TL;DR statement here:
– Real player with 424.1 hrs in game
Read More: Best Alternate History Military Games.
Pretty cool game for those who like relatively free-form building, designing units to deal damage and mitigate it for themselves. Especially if you’re into diesel- and/or steampunk.
The things you have to account for and balance out in a unit’s design are quite numerous and varied; Everything costs something and everything weighs something. A ship’s maximum altitude - which is very important -is determined by its weight vs. lift, for example. This is probably the strongest part of the game.
So in combat, you’ll be witnessing how those designs fare against the NPC (or enemy player) units; Did you actually give your ship enough coal to stay aloft through the average battle? Oh, it turns out this one has a massive structural weakness and will be cut in half by one or two rockets. Great job!
– Real player with 82.3 hrs in game
Steam Squad
I decided to write a review (though usually do not do), I liked the game, and here’s why:
Passing the game is not easy, missions of the first company are not very hard, but further became much more difficult. You can’t save during a mission, so you have to play carefully and cleverly (I’ve gone only 12 levels). Before the start of the mission you just in general terms imagine what awaits you, and already it is necessary to choose the squad on a mission (cool that the game offers total freedom in terms of units equipment), it is very exciting.
– Real player with 39.1 hrs in game
-Recommended Title-
Steam Squad is a “Steampunk” Turn Based Strategy game, currently available as early access (in Beta - currently v0.371b)
Whilst the game is based on “The Great War”, it’s historical content does not include the Entente and Central Powers forces per se, but the British and “Exotic Asian” (Han) forces instead, this dynamic is interesting - and refreshing and sets a very plausible scene.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=330512716
The main character in the story is a British Captain - Ken Whitehall, and his troop of “Gentlemen”, whom are battling the “Han”. The storyline follows Ken and his men, through different missions as they undertake the battle and stop the march of the Han.
– Real player with 19.8 hrs in game
Vertiginous Golf
This game is really pretty cool. It’s a minigolf game with a really cool fantasy-esque atmosphere and neat little contraptions all over. You build up power with swings and can use either a rewind button or a little jet thingie on your ball to move it slightly where you want. At first it seems like rewind is incredibly OP but the game gets fairly challenging and fairly fast. To the point it might even get a bit frustrating to some people. Luckily I was playing it with my girlfriend so I did honestly have a good time watch us both screw up a few times. The game’s got pretty good graphics and a neat art style and is surprisingly not too computer intensive too.
– Real player with 19.2 hrs in game
The Good
Vertignious Golf is a gorgeous game, both conceptually and stylistically. The game controls aren’t difficult to grasp, the music and sounds are well designed, and the interface is nice and clean, not interfering with the graphics – did I mention they were gorgeous? Oh, yes, I did.
The hummingbird and rewind features are welcome additions to the basic gameplay of minigolf. In fact, given the complexity of some of the holes, they’re requirements. The availability of a wedge in addition to a putter is welcome, adding a level of strategy absent in other minigolf games.
– Real player with 15.9 hrs in game
Steampunk Tower 2
Interesting and unique take on the tower defence genre, but a lack of explanation along with a clumsily devised game, confusing campaign and poor gameplay mechanics hamper this game and make it a chore to play as it progresses.
PROS:
I quite like the concept of a tower with customizeable turrets being dropped in the battlefield. I also like the design of the stick figures operating the turrets while you see a variety of enemy AI on the battlefield.
CONS:
Customizing your turrets is downright confusing. It consists of mixing an array of scrap you receive at the end of each battle and then choosing the results that arise out of the combination of different scrap materials. Um ok? Some of the parts require for the upgrades are specialized and can only be found in cities that you have conquered. So you’re forced to basically wait as you send out the train with one agent on it until you can upgrade it. And if you don’t own the territory that houses that upgrade part, then forget it. You’re stuck. Either way, customizing and upgrading parts is dependent upon too many options.
– Real player with 49.5 hrs in game
Review - Steampunk Tower 2
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RATING: 8.0 / 10 - Of Men and Steam-powered Monsters
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Overview
Steampunk Tower 2 is a strategy / tower defense game hybrid with some twists to the formula. In an alternative, mid-800esque steampunk European continent, a great war is raging between the forces of The Cult and the other free nations, and is not going well for the latter. The cult, using technological superiority and military might, has subdued most of the Free Nations and its total dominance is imminent. Not everything is lost though, as there is still someone fighting: Lord Bertram Bingham, a powerful noble, is on a quest to gather the best scientists, soldiers and tacticians of the Free Nations to mount a counter-offensive against the Cult, using as a trump card the powerful Steampunk Tower, a technologically advanced battlestation deployable anywhere in brief times. And so the war against the Cult begins again.
– Real player with 28.1 hrs in game
Winds Rhapsody
This is a short game (3h) with a lot of potential. It is nice for beeing free, but so far it is nothing special. Nevertheless I am looking forward for more.
There must be more to discover and more to upgrade. Plus the right motivation. I like to have some freedom, like a discover mode and a fight mode …
– Real player with 3.1 hrs in game
I really enjoy this game and the story lines so far. The only problem I have is having to wait for the bar to refill just to make a choice of attack, special, and so forth. Other than that, it’s great and hope a new update for it comes very soon.
– Real player with 2.2 hrs in game
Brassheart
ADVENTURE SPARKED BY INVENTION!
Brassheart is a Point & Click adventure game set in the alternative 1920s, inspired by the dieselpunk aesthetics and the classics of the genre.
In the world of Brassheart, you play as Pola Zagórska, a smart and chipper aeroplane pilot. She follows the clues that may provide a way to save her father kidnapped by his own invention, a rebellious supermachine, Valkiria. This powerful difference engine gathered loyal army and relentlessly pursues the goal of mechanizing and militarizing the whole world. It is governed by cold calculation, and all those who oppose it will be in danger. One of such people was Prof. Zagórski, the co-creator of the machine. Before the kidnapping, however, he managed to give his daughter a clue about defeating the Valkiria. The key to stopping the machine’s domination may be a mysterious invention called ‘Brassheart' that affects her will.
Pola has to set off on a journey and find parts of the mechanical heart scattered all over the world, for they are her only chance to stop the sinister machine, end the era of mechanical terror and save her father.
DISCOVER THE WORLD OF BRASSHEART
Embark on an exciting adventure around the world and visit places like a village in the Himalayas or palaces in Europe, filled with great industrial machines and opulent interiors. Admire many meticulously designed 2D locations and a unique graphic style inspired by dieselpunk and cartoons.
ENJOY THE DIESELPUNK SETTING
Welcome in the alternative reality of 1920s, the age of global turmoil and brilliant technologies born out of science and creativity. Get to know fantastic inventions of this peculiar world, such as sprawling networks of engines, antigravity generators or automatons, all created under the watchful eye of the immense computing power: Valkiria.
EXPERIENCE CAPTIVATING STORY
Follow Pola’s steps in her quest against the immeasurable power of Valkiria. Put in such a plight and filled with doubt, her close relationships with friends and family will drive her to embark on a dangerous adventure around the world. With your support and help from her trusty companions: mechanic Manfred, artist Tamara and automaton Pascal, Pola will have to unearth her father’s enigmatic inventions and outsmart the malevolent machine.
MEET THE COLORFUL CHARACTERS
On your way you will meet a lot of interesting figures: barons and countesses entangled in high-society intrigues, spies, criminals, adventurers and inventors. Get tangled up in crazy conundrums, permeated with humor and requiring extraordinary solutions.
SOLVE THE PUZZLES WITH PASCAL
You’ll have a chance to utilize some crazy inventions in this twisted timeline: lasers, robots, airships, giant levitating statues and more! Fix mechanisms, solve puzzles and come up with creative solutions to head-scratching problems. Your companion on the journey, automaton Pascal is ready to offer you helpful hints at any time!
FEEL THE VIBE OF GENRE CLASSICS
Take a journey to the world of Brassheart and feel the vibe of genre classics through experiencing cartoonish, colorful art-style, coming up with the crazy MacGyver-esque solutions and finding yourself in extraordinary situations permeated with humor. At the same time enjoy puzzles grounded in commonsensical logic without pixel hunting along the way.
Caffeine: Victoria’s Legacy
Coffee! ( In all seriousness it’s a pretty good visual novel and a fantastic story) I feel like this visual novel is on par with Crystalline which is one of my favourite visual novels that I have read. It also reminds me of Spice and Wolf. When I heard the opening song of this Visual Novel I knew I was going to be in for a treat. I loved the soundtrack of this visual novel and the art was fantastic. This Visual Novel also has a lot of good emotional moments and there are not a lot of visual novels that I could say made me feel moved in a emotional way before. The only thing about this visual novel is that it is a shame this visual novel wasn’t fully voiced but it doesn’t stop it from being a really good visual novel and story.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxwcQ1dapw8
– Real player with 78.2 hrs in game
To begin with, I would like to thank my Steam friend KnightAvenger for helping me contact the developer, answering all my questions, listening to my suggestions and explaining various things connected with the game and its plot. You are amazing! Also, this is the person who helped with game’s text and editing, so this deserves additional kudos. And, of course, huge thanks to the developer for providing me with a key for this lovely visual novel.
Now, pleasantries aside, let me tell you about Caffeine: Victoria’s Legacy itself – and boy was it energizing due to the sheer amount of coffee facts!
– Real player with 30.2 hrs in game
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
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