B4 You Buy Kingsvein
Kingsvein (Steam Link) by Rad Codex is the latest in the developer’s series of strategy role-playing games (SRPG) loosely based on the Final Fantasy Tactics system. Each game is further refined for the modern era, compared to previous entries, while being remixed with various genres to create fairly distinct and unique games. In Kingsvein you […]
B4 You Buy Spellforce: Conquest of Eo – Demon Scourge
Spellforce: Conquest of Eo – Demon Scourge (Steam Link) is the new DLC for last year’s innovative 4X game designed by Owned By Gravity. Much as the name implies, it centers on demons, introducing several new aspects to the game related to both using and fighting them and some content related to one of the […]
February 2021 Steam Game Festival: Jesse’s Picks
For the Steam Winter Festival, I tried out seven demos, with two of them standing out as exceptional and made their way onto my wishlist. A few more ended up being interesting but clearly needed some work for them to be worth exploring, while a few ended up being interesting but clearly not for me. […]
Gem Wizards Tactics Review
Gem Wizards Tactics by Keith Burgun Games is a turn-based squad tactics game where you are a wizard leading one of a few factions. The game is focused on a “capture the flag” style tactical scenario where you have to capture a steadily increasing number of flags to win. Overview Currently, Gem Wizards Tactics features […]
Urtuk: The Desolation Review
Urtuk: The Desolation (Urtuk) by David Kaleta (also known as Mad Sheep Studios) is a turn-based tactical strategy game where you play a character named Urtuk, who has just escaped from a lab after being subjected to horrific experiments that will eventually kill him. Now he is searching for a cure, and will steadily recruit […]
Trials of Fire Review
Trials of Fire by Whatboy Games is a turn-based tactical RPG/deck builder hybrid where you lead a party of three characters in a quest to save your dying village. To achieve this, you lead them across a post-apocalyptic fantasy world, dealing with bandits and settlements, exploring ruins, and facing ancient horrors of all sorts that […]
Obsidian Prince Preview
Obsidian Prince, by Unleash the Giraffe, is a traditional roguelike set in a voxel world with a very particular sense of humor. It features most of the usual characteristics of a traditional roguelike with permadeath, turn based combat, and control of a single character. The player guides this single character through either the endless dungeon of […]
Fabled Lands Early Access Preview
Fabled Lands, by Prime Games, is a tactical turn-based RPG based on the Fabled Lands gamebooks released in the 1980s and again in the 2010s. In it you operate as a lone character who explores and pursues quests in a dangerous but still familiar fantasy setting. The player takes the role of a new traveler […]
Wildermyth Review
Wildermyth, by Worldwaker Games, is a turn-based tactical RPG where the player controls a party of mythic heroes seeking to defend the procedurally generated Yondering Lands against one of many possible threats. Wildermyth comes with nine campaigns, five pre-designed and four procedurally generated, though even the designed campaigns feature a large element of procedural content. […]
Dark Deity Review
Dark Deity by Sword and Axe is a tactical turn-based role-playing game strongly reminiscent of the classic Fire Emblem games. In Dark Deity, you collect thirty characters, form a party, and lead them through a series of battles and story scenes telling a cliché fantasy story in a typical fantasy world. Overview Dark Deity features […]
