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Rogue Voltage is a refreshing and very creative engineering roguelike

By Liam Dawe, May 10

Rogue Voltage takes the idea of roguelikes and deck-builders and spins it into something incredible clever with a little engineering involving lots of wires.

Fantastic party-based RPG Wildermyth is getting a big new content DLC

By Liam Dawe, May 6

Wildermyth - Omenroad is releasing on May 16th, adding in a whole lot of extra exciting sounding content for the popular party-based procedural storytelling RPG.

Superhero strategy game Capes confirmed for release on May 29th

By Liam Dawe, Apr 17

Capes is an XCOM-like superhero strategy game coming from Spitfire Interactive, comprised of key creatives behind the Hand of Fate franchise. It has a new trailer and a release date now!

Slay the Spire 2 announced by Mega Crit for 2025

By Liam Dawe, Apr 10

Mega Crit have announced Slay the Spire 2 during the Triple-I showcase, a game that no doubt will be exciting for many with how great the first is.

Superstar Strategy is a turn-based tactical RPG you can play with or against friends

By Liam Dawe, Apr 3

Talberon Games have recently put up a brand new and improved demo for Superstar Strategy, a turn-based Tactical RPG that you can play alone, or brings friends along to play with or against them.

Now you too can lose all your time in Lost For Swords with the demo

By Liam Dawe, Mar 27

Back in July 2023 I wrote about Lost For Swords, a roguelike deck-builder, where the cards in your deck shape the rooms you’re exploring. It was properly good fun and now it has a Native Linux demo too!

Sci-fi deck-builder Hyperspace Deck Command has a demo out now

By Liam Dawe, Mar 26

Hyperspace Deck Command is the next game in the Hyperspace Anthology from Sleeper Games that includes their two previous games Swirl W@tch and ---Red---Tether-->.

Superhero XCOM-like 'Capes' releases in May, new gameplay trailer is up

By Liam Dawe, Mar 19

Capes is shaping up to be quite an interesting strategy game, where it blends XCOM style with superheros and now they have a release window and new trailer.

Check out Abalon Arena - bringing together turn-based tactics and strategic card play

By Liam Dawe, Feb 9

From D20Studios, who also made Abalon (formerly Summoners Fate), they're planning to release their next game with Abalon Arena. A fusion of turn-based tactics and strategic card play inspired by Dungeons and Dragons and Magic: The Gathering.

First world war turn-based strategy RPG 'All Quiet in the Trenches' hits Early Access

By Liam Dawe, Jan 29

Here's something a little different for you: All Quiet in the Trenches recently hit Early Access on Steam, blending together a narrative turn-based strategy RPG with a first world war setting.

VCMI, open-source engine for Heroes of Might and Magic III v1.4.3 brings lots of bug fixes

By Liam Dawe, Jan 19

If you want to play the classic Heroes of Might and Magic III, the open source engine VCMI is easily the best way on modern platforms and version 1.4.3 is out now with plenty of bug fixes.

Old World - Wonders & Dynasties is a content-filled DLC out now

By Liam Dawe, Jan 12

Old World is easily one of the best 4X games to be released in recent years, that is still quite largely overlooked compared to others in the genre and it only keeps getting better. A big new content DLC Wonders & Dynasties has just been released.

Usurper turns Chess into a deck-building roguelike

By Liam Dawe, Jan 10

If you love strategy games, board games, deck-builders and roguelikes you may want to keep a little eye on Usurper, an upcoming game from Rogue Brain Studios that releases later this year.

Mobile Suit Baba combines Baba Is You puzzling with Into the Breach strategy

By Liam Dawe, Jan 4

Indie developer Hempuli Oy has released a follow-up to their incredible puzzle game Baba Is You, this time taking the idea of Into the Breach from Subset Games and putting a new spin on it with Baba Is You word rules.

dotAGE now Steam Deck Verified and sold over 30K copies

By Liam Dawe, Jan 4

Showing that the indie dream for some is alive and well, the merciless survival roguelite turn-based city builder dotAGE has managed to sell over 30,000 copies in three months. It's also now Steam Deck Verified!

Songs of Conquest now Steam Deck Verified with full gamepad support

By Liam Dawe, Dec 19, 2023

Need a new turn-based strategy game with an infusion of RPG mechanics that looks beautiful? Play on Steam Deck or with a gamepad mostly? Check out the latest update to Songs of Conquest!

Mixing ideas from Chess and base-building strategy games, protect your King in Emplacement

By Liam Dawe, Dec 14, 2023

Emplacement is a King versus King turn-based strategy game, all about placing down tiles in a way that's a bit like Chess mixed with ideas from other more traditional turn-based strategy games.

Heroes of Might and Magic III game engine VCMI gets some huge improvements

By Liam Dawe, Dec 12, 2023

While we have fheroes2 for Heroes of Might and Magic II, we also have VCMI for Heroes of Might and Magic III which also continues to advance as a free and open source cross-platform game engine reimplementation.

dotAGE adds controller support - working towards Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe, Dec 6, 2023

dotAGE is a challenging turn-based village builder, one that will suck away a lot of your time. It's a genuinely great game and it only keeps getting better! Now it has controller support, as the dev works towards being Steam Deck Verified.