SAND CASTLES
SAND CASTLES is a Kingdom and Castle Building Real-Time Strategy / 4X game with a full 3D Graphics Engine. The game supports up to 6-players (human player or computer Artificial Intelligence). The game features true fog of war within the 3D game world. Your available resources are Gold, Sand, Lumber, and Food.
Command armies by grouping together companies. Each company has a Commander with a Rank up to a 4-star General. Commander Abilities affect company combat with Morale / Health / Strength levels. Company commanders earn points during combat and will be promoted by Rank. Use the Level-Up dialog for Core commanders to spend points on abilities.
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Skillfully use army Formations during melee combat.
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Capture enemy kingdoms by waging Siege Warfare.
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Form Alliances with other kingdoms using the Diplomacy dialog.
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Share troops and resources with Allies.
The Alpha Release Version features:
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First 7 scenarios of the Human Campaign (you versus the Computer AI)
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Multi-Player Maps to play on the Steam Network
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2 Races - Human and Barbarian
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Peasants
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Spies
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Light Infantry
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Archers
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Catapults
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Sappers
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Boiling Oil
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Tar Traps
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Spike Traps
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Moats
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Keep
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Wall
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Gate
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Square Tower
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Build and Save Castle Layouts
The Full Human Campaign is tentatively scheduled for release in 2022 and will feature:
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14 Scenarios
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Many more Multi-Player Maps
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1 additional Race (to be announced)
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Heavy Infantry
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Light Cavalry
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Heavy Cavalry
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Crossbows
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Ballista
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Battering Rams
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Siege Towers
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King
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Queen
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Royal Guard
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Water Transports
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Air Reconnaissance
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Round Tower
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Castle Building Upgrades
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Age of Empires IV
Bugs and balance not getting fixed in a reasonable amount of time.
– Real player with 229.5 hrs in game
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On the plus side:
Factions that actually feel different to play, gaining some unit types earlier than others and such.
Unique units in most cases replace a standard one with no additional costs,
for example english longbow replacing standard archer or french royalknights replacing standard knights.
Shiptypes more or less depend on region,european have their set of ships,asian have theirs,abbasid+dehli have theirs and rus are just the odd ones with their entirely unique arsenal of longboats.
Plenty of interesting ideas, like getting up on walls or mongols movable structures to name some.
– Real player with 180.2 hrs in game
Oaths of Light
The story takes place a few decades after the great war that opposed the Elmeian people, and the kingdom of Meadran.
You will live the story through Eden. A 17 years old girl that lives in her small and peaceful village with her mother until the day she is summoned to the capital of the kingdom to assist the ceremonies of the Oaths of Light like every inhabitant of the kingdom on their seventeenth year.
But lately, Eden has been having the same weird dream over and over. In which she can hear a conversation between a man and a woman speaking about something that looks important.
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The Rebellion
If you are here reading this and the game is on sale for under $5.00, just buy it. EZPZ! I just saved you a bunch of time reading other reviews!
I love the potential TR has. It has a long way to go but the devs are showing me they are serious about their creation and I love it. The game is not there yet on a number of things, like 3rd person combat and adding a tutorial, but I’m seeing improvements every patch! I still have a lot to learn about the game but even in this early state I will recommend TR, but at the moment, only when its on a Steam sale.
– Real player with 65.1 hrs in game
While I did receive this for free and have been helping them test, I have found myself booting it up to play the survival mode without being prompted and doing it for fun. (TL;DR at bottom for lazy)
I have to say, the survival mode is quite fun. Difficult, but the challenge is what makes it fun. Furthest I’ve gotten is Battalion 5 on survival mode, which took over 2 hours to get to and I had a blast the entire time because my hero got OP halfway through. It scales with the population cap you set, the players in the game, and the difficulty you select. Normal is a decent challenge, Hard is, predictably hard, and nightmare difficulty is near impossible.
– Real player with 51.8 hrs in game
The Unexpected Quest
Note well: this is not really a combat game. If you’re looking for hack-and-slash, try elsewhere. This is a puzzle/strategy game, with resource collecting an essential feature. Yes, you fight monsters, but it’s not complicated; it isn’t meant to be. It’s your strategic abilities that come into play here above all; analysing each level for priorities is important, and so is deciding how to use your resources.
That said, I really like the cute characters and their quest against oddly comic undead. I love the strategic gameplay–for everyone who said ‘this is too easy’, there’s someone like me who prefers it on a more laidback level than (e.g.) Dark Souls!
– Real player with 19.6 hrs in game
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Approximate amount of time to 100%: 6-10h
Estimated achievement difficulty: 3/10
Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1, there is chapter selection
Has it been in a bundle: No
Is there a good guide available: You don’t need a guide
How many people have completed this game at the time I’m writing this review: 2 on Astats
– Real player with 9.9 hrs in game
Kingslayer: The First Assassin
The graphics are very simple and the guitar music is pleasant.
The puzzles surprised me, they are really interesting and smart. I liked this game.
The option to download the music is welcome, the on-screen menu is intuitive, clean and works well.
The level selection is very good.
Extreme simplicity in everything, but it fulfills what is proposed.
– Real player with 4.2 hrs in game
A simple and yet very fun puzzle game! The medieval atmosphere sets the mood with a clean minimalistic design. Recommended for the puzzle lovers!
– Real player with 2.0 hrs in game
Kingdomfall
Imagine yourself in a world with mighty battles and powerful magic, where deadly fireballs fly over your head burning everything to a complete hell. Where drakkars full of soldiers attack from the sea, giant trebuchets destroy castle walls, burying many warriors under the debris. All of that while the are simple soldiers, going through mud, fire, blood, trying to fight, survive and even win the battle. You are one of those soldiers. That’s what the Kingdomfall is about.
One of the most advanced player-skill based combat system which consists of simple attacks, strong attacks, dodges, counter-attacks, shield strikes, many types of melee and ranged weapons, from bows to deadly magic - it is designed to not limit you in any possible way, if you’re skilled enough you will have you’re chance to win.
IMPORTANT NOTE The game right now is in early access and will include only part of the future features to ensure everything works as expected. You can take a look at how most of the upcoming features may potentially work on the official YouTube page. They will be moved to the release version one by one when ready. Because of that the game will be available here at half price until full release.
Dungeon Break TD
Evil forces try to siege your dungeon and conquer your castle. Defend it at all cost!
Summon mighty Heroes and build defensive Buildings in order to protect your realm.
Defeat epic Bosses!
The Zombie King, The Skeleton King, ancient Dragons, murderous Pirates, corrupt Angels are conspiring against you. Defeat them all in large-scale Boss Battles. Counter the bosses with magical damage and armor piercing depending on the situation.
Mercenaries for the win!
Stabilize your economy, destroy your opponents either in the early game or hire cold-blooded mercenaries with Mana and send them to your opponents to crush them! Build mines and altars to increase your gold and mana production, but pay attention to invest enough money on your defenses
Think ahead, plan your strategy!
Enemies always focus your closest unit. Use this knowledge as an advantage, build undefeatable forces, create ultimate lineups where no enemy can go through.
Challenge other players
Show the world your geniousity, defeat your opponents in a 4-players free for all epic battle.
Features
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Single-player games against AI
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Multi-player Free For All ranked matches with 4 people
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Choose your unique nation
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Climb the PvP leaderboard
Epic Fantasy Battle Simulator
It’s fun, but I don’t like how some units will just stay put if there are no enemies to attack within their range, especially the ones all the way in the back. Have the back units go around the enemy army and attack or, just have them do something instead of standing. Like I’d love to see armies actually clashing into each other and trying to charge through instead of just attacking what’s in front of them in a straight line.
And if there are cavalry units, PLEASE HAVE THEM CHARGE THROUGH ARMIES LIKE THE ROHIRRIM IN LOTR. I hate how cavalry units in games like UEBS just stay put and attack instead of trampling through enemies! Having cavalry units run through armies would really make this game fun!
– Real player with 23.6 hrs in game
With epic battles between 4 different races, simple UI, and for only $12 this game is worth trying - especially if you like Total War games too.
Watch as Humans, Dwarves, Orcs & Undead clash amonst several powerful monsters as hordes of warriors get slaughtered.
I feel this game has amazing potential. But right now it is not perfect. Still pretty buggy, and clunky at times. But other times - it looks pretty darn good! Especially considering how many units you can fit on the screen at one time.
– Real player with 9.5 hrs in game
King and Kingdoms
Whatever you do DO NOT buy this game, yes its in development but that is not an excuse for the developers to totally ignore players when they submit tickets reporting faults
The game has a research section, the developers decided to alter it and in doing so the section no longer works, it refuses to carry out any research stating that you have insufficient resources to carry out the research … strange when my resources are over twenty times that needed
The game does not allow you to carry out what is basically the whole idea of it, to take over other kingdoms, it is hard enough to work out how at the beginning with no game instructions but eventually when you do work it out don’t expect it to work
– Real player with 21.5 hrs in game
Discord is the best way to contact developers for help.
– Real player with 16.9 hrs in game