Virion
Virion is a virus colony management game where you as the player is in control of an expanding group of viruses. The player must infiltrate the host’s body at a microscopic level to infect cells, replicate, and collect resources for their expanding colony. Once detected the viruses will have to defend again the might of the human immune system. Managing resources, upgrading units and creating factories will be key to to their success and overall annihilation of the host.
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Arc Defence
Not the prettiest puppy on the block, but there is a good challenge to be had.
– Real player with 2.2 hrs in game
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I plan on plugging away at this one a bit more, but for now I have to suggest you save your money, no matter how low the price.
The core game-play is interesting. You have to build energy towers, which can then power up the attacking towers. Everything can be leveled up a few times, and gains a special ability once maxed out.
You also get a small array of strategic attacks that recharge over time, bombs, and acid are the main ones I have so far.
It is also one of the TD games where the enemy can shoot at you, and therein seems to lie the main issue, and by level four it seem impossible to win, as your towers are all out of commission much of the time.
– Real player with 0.9 hrs in game
Armageddon Empires
Its got a lot of promising potential, the art is outstanding and the theme is great, but the UI is horrific and there are some glaring mechanical problems, not issues, but problems that really take this game down several notches. The developer should take some time to playtest it and rework some of these problems.
– Real player with 62.2 hrs in game
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(Protip: You can press F to roll the dice. This makes the game much more playable.)
I bought this many years ago when it first came out, and I was very happy to buy it again on Steam.
To be clear, this is absolutely a cult game. The user interface is initially very confusing and involves a lot of right-clicking, there are a whole lot of mechanics to learn, and there’s no multiplayer. Nevertheless, it’s a deep and flavourful wargame set in a world that feels like a mix between Warhammer and Fallout.
– Real player with 42.4 hrs in game
Armoured Alliance
Excellent, fast paced game. A good cross between a third person shooter and real time strategy. Speed chess meets Go one could say.
A great balance of tactics and higher level strategy, You are a tank that basically has to efficiently gather and deploy resources (bases, ammunition, turrets, trees and much more) with the objective of map control (to defeat the opponents).
Replay-ability is extremely high given multiplayer and a great player community (on discord which will be available in the forum page). This kind of game has kept me hooked for around 20 years! Well recommended to all.
– Real player with 28.3 hrs in game
This game offers a lot more than what you see at first glance.
You’ll struggle, You’ll find it difficult at first.
Just like any other game that is hard, after you take the time to learn its mechanics, it is really rewarding.
You’re going to come up with strategies to crush your enemies, find out efficient methods of taking down turrets, defending your base and your turret.
Your build will die and you will rage but you’ll get to know that you’re suppose to take care of the little fellow! Which means you can destroy your enemies little fellow aswell as soon as they make a mistake!
– Real player with 25.8 hrs in game
Dead TD
The basic framework of what might become a decent Tower Defense game, and there still seem to be updates, so bonus.
The graphics are ugly, but that’s not really an issue for me. The controls seem to work, and the sound is okay.
There are a wide variety of monsters.
The main varieties are flying, stealth and attackers which can damage your towers.
In addition there are some with elemental shielding against certain attack types. There is a healer type, one who summons hounds, and one that turns into rats when killed.
– Real player with 11.5 hrs in game
Good, cheap Tower Defense that pushes the right buttons.
– Real player with 2.7 hrs in game
Door Kickers
Door Kickers is one of those pleasant surprises that comes every now and then.
This is essentially a Top Down SWAT Team Simulator that is extremely Tactical. (And I’m not using the word just because it’s cool)
How would I describe Door Kickers ?
This game reminds me of older releases that change the way FPSes are played such as Rainbow Six and SWAT.
This is a slow and methodical game as it’ll brutally punish you if a mistake have been made. Thought and precise movements must be taken into account if you wish for all of your troopers to survive that one bloody great gunfight.
– Real player with 451.6 hrs in game
One of the best real-time tactics games on Steam.
Having finished all of the single missions and all of the campaigns, both in Normal and in Iron Man, I believe I’m in a position to write a few things about this game. I don’t usually write Steam reviews, but Door Kickers is a special game that deserves recommendation. As someone who is very interested in tactical gaming, the top-down tactics offered by this game are very enjoyable.
The game gives you control over a team of SWAT operators and tasks you with defeating the bad guys and completing missions such as rescuing hostages, arresting a suspect, securing evidence, preventing escape of the suspects or escorting a VIP. There are different ways to play the game, but the way I play it (and I guess the most obvious style of play) is real-time with pause. The way I usually do the missions is like this: I draw actions for my troopers, let them play out those actions, pause, assess the situation and then plan my next move. You can also play the game in 100% real-time or even prepare the entire mission in the planning phase if you want. It’s a lot more difficult and challenging to do, but the option is there. There is no ‘true’ method of playing the game.
– Real player with 66.7 hrs in game
Feudal Baron: King’s Land
The king has granted you the right to oversee a medieval city and the surrounding lands. This is not only a great privilege, but also a demanding task. You begin with only a handful of citizens, a modest settlement, and your task will be to gather the resources necessary to grow your city and design its layout wisely, and ensure that your subjects are satisfied with your rule.
Gold is a resource that makes progress possible. Take advantage of your vassals and create a profitable tax system, because not only do you need it to develop your city, but you also must satisfy the needs of the royal treasury, after all, your king is your liege. Use various buildings to utilise collected materials, craft tools, weapons and armour and sell them to the merchants.
Defending the land against the enemies of the realm is also one of your tasks. Prepare the city for the attacks of foreign invaders, collect goods to survive the siege and garrison the fortifications. If the defences fail, your settlement can be sacked, citizens killed and buildings burned down.
Medieval times are not easy for the rulers, you will face all sorts of calamities like fires, plague outbreaks or rebellions of discontented citizens.
Fishermen’s Haven
Life on a remote island is not as easy as it seems. In Fishermen’s Haven, you have to take care of your people - make sure they have enough to eat, grow and harvest crops, fish using various techniques, or forage for food in the jungle. Remember that the tropical climate is unpredictable - be ready to face nature and tame the elements.
Manage resources, as you will need them to expand your village. Building new houses, tools or boats requires many materials that are scarce on the secluded isle. Be smart and take advantage of trade with foreign merchants who visit your village and sell products that can be crucial for the survival of your people.
Gratuitous Space Battles
If you get this game, get the complete pack. If you already have this game, get the Campaign module. Without the Campaign aspect, the game is very limited and ultimatey you won’t have much to do.
But with the campaign, while it is VERY limited to just building fleets and maintaining them (with no other 4X concerns; all structures are pre-built in any given system), it becomes a completely different game. Since the fleets are uploaded from players, you’ll always hit new interesting configurations for specific systems; add in all the special per-system rules that you need specialized ships and the concern of maintaining supply lines for your fleets, and it becomes a pretty engrossing game that requires far more planning and leaves you with the threat that the next attacking fleet might have your number with a counter.
– Real player with 632.0 hrs in game
Never thought that creating ships to blow alien ships up for no apparent reason or logic whatsoever could be so fun! :D
What you basically do is to design ships which, when deployed in battle, will help defeat the enemy fleet. Every victory you win will give you a credit like reward called Honour. You use this ‘Honour’ to buy new shiny gadgets or weapons that blaze nice looking beams of death onto your enemy.
There is no actual story line. The game is basically composed of about 14 setups (counting the tutorial battle aswell as an additional 9 setups when including all the DLC’s, which brings the number up to 23) which all offer a different challenge along with a certain species to go against. This means that just because your ship designs and the fleet you deployed were successful against a certain race in such a scenario, doesn’t mean that you will be as successful in another scenario with a different species. Not to mention certain scenarios having something called ‘Spartial Anomalies’ which can affect how well/poor your ships perform in terms of their weapons and defences.
– Real player with 308.3 hrs in game
Jagged Alliance: Rage!
Хорошо! Я буду работать на тебя, проклятый капиталист!
Fine! I will be working for you, you bloody capitalist!
~Ivan Dolvich
Jagged Alliance is a unique franchise. With the first two games being incredibly good and majority of the games that came afterwards being incredibly bad, nowadays, the Jagged Alliance name has a weird effect on people. If you’ll call your game “Jagged Alliance”, it’ll mean two things. First, the people would buy it. Because the original games were that good. Second, the people would bh about it. Because, obviously, the Jagged Alliance games would never be the same. For many reasons. Even Firaxis Games' XCOM is not the same with the one from Mythos Games. Sure, the last two Jagged Alliance games are not Firaxis Games' XCOM. Not even close. But I don’t think they’re that bad. I mean, sure, both Russians and Germans fd things up with their Jagged Alliance: Back in Action and Hired Guns. But they’re Russians and Germans! That’s how they make games! Now, with Jagged Alliance: Flashback and Jagged Alliance: Rage! it’s a different story.
– Real player with 49.7 hrs in game
From a Co-op perspective alone:
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First, I’m not at all comparing it with older Jagged Alliance, I haven’t played those. But I’ve played a lot of turn-based games. My buddy and I have been playing the latest version in Aug 2020.
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You can play complete campaign co-op with a buddy. So Yay!
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The gameplay is fun and keeps one engaged and always nice to co-ordinate attacks with a buddy or figure out ways to kill the enemy in diff ways
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Good balance in AP spending and tactical
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Good maps balance
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The Rage name is an actual element in the game where you get Rage points which are useful
– Real player with 40.0 hrs in game