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Folkways DLC for the excellent village builder dotAGE released - here's a little interview with the developer

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

dotAGE is a very unique turn-based village builder that blends in roguelike survival elements. It's one that you should definitely add to your list, and a new DLC expansion is out now so I took the chance to speak to the developer a bit.

Civilization VII update 1.1.1 adds quick move, lots of UI improvements, a new start position and lots of fixes

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

Firaxis Games are quickly cleaning up the messy release of Civilization VII, with more new additions now available in patch update 1.1.1.

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Fast-paced turn-based tactics game Warside for fans of Advance Wars launches April 14

By Liam Dawe, 13 Mar 2025

It looks very much like Advance Wars. LAVABIRD and First Break Labs have announced that Warside is set for launch now on April 14th.

Civilization VII updates roadmap revealed - new update and DLC due out on March 4

By Liam Dawe, 28 Feb 2025

2K and Firaxis have revealed the updates roadmap for Civilization VII, along with dates on when to expect some of it and we're set for some big changes.

Fortune Avenue is a hyped-up fast-paced chaotic spin on Monopoly

By Liam Dawe, 26 Feb 2025

Fortune Avenue is Monopoly but not as you know it. A hyped-up and colourful spin on the classic game, with a rather different way to play and it's highly competitive.

Monster Train 2 announced with a demo live

By Liam Dawe, 20 Feb 2025

The huge hit deck-builder Monster Train is getting a sequel, with Monster Train 2 getting an announcement and demo in the same day so you can try it early.

A deck-builder for busy people, Bramble Royale: A Meteorfall Story plans full Steam Deck support for launch

By Liam Dawe, 7 Feb 2025

Developer Slothwerks have announced their upcoming turn-based card-battler Bramble Royale: A Meteorfall Story will have full Steam Deck support at launch.

Heart of the Machine is deep, fascinating and engrossing to play as a sentient AI

By Liam Dawe, 5 Feb 2025

Become a sentient AI in Heart of the Machine, the latest deep strategy game from Arcen Games (AI War 1/2, The Last Federation, Bionic Dues) and it's now in Early Access.

Roll the dice to make crazy combos instead of collecting cards in the roguelike Die in the Dungeon

By Liam Dawe, 17 Jan 2025

Build up a deck of dice in Die in the Dungeon, where all your dice have a different purpose that you stack up together to make crazy combinations.

Scribbly comic-book styled Heroes of the Seven Islands is a party-based RPG inspired by 90s games

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jan 2025

With a demo now available, if you love turn-based dungeon crawling RPGs like something out of the 90s, be sure to go and check out Heroes of the Seven Islands.

Sid Meier's Civilization VII is Steam Deck Verified with the Linux version ahead of release on February 11

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jan 2025

Quite a nice surprise! Sid Meier's Civilization VII from Firaxis Games / 2K has been given the green tick of approval from Valve, as it's now Steam Deck Verified ahead of release.

Heroes of Might and Magic II open source game engine fheroes2 v1.1.5 released

By fheroes2, 8 Jan 2025

Dear supporters of the fheroes2 project and fans of Heroes of Might and Magic II! We are excited to announce the release of the latest version of the fheroes2 engine - 1.1.5!

Challenging Chess-like roguelike Passant will have full Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2025

Passant: A Chess Roguelike is an upcoming Chess-like roguelike that will challenge your brain, and it's going to have full Steam Deck support at release.

For fans of Advance Wars there's a new demo up for Warside and new release window

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2024

Something for the weekend: you can now try out a brand new demo of Warside, a game very much inspired by the classic Advance Wars and it does look good.

Tactical Breach Wizards has a Beta with improvements for Gamepad and Steam Deck verification

By Liam Dawe, 18 Dec 2024

Highly rated by players, Tactical Breach Wizards from Suspicious Developments is about to get even better for Gamepad and Steam Deck players with a Beta available for testing.

Slay the Spire 2 gets a first trailer - coming to Early Access in 2025

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2024

Slay the Spire 2 is coming to Early Access in 2025 and we have the first official trailer to get you ready for more deck-building.

Squad-tactics cyberpunk strategy game Cyber Knights: Flashpoint now Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe, 21 Nov 2024

The supremely cool XCOM-like squad-tactics game Cyber Knights: Flashpoint from developers Trese Brothers is now properly Steam Deck Verified.

Check out the demo for Into The Grid that blends dungeon-crawling hacking, deck-building and combat

By Liam Dawe, 13 Nov 2024

Into The Grid is coming next year and this award-winning mixture of dungeon-crawling, deck-building and turn-based combat now has a demo available.

With lovely artwork, go prospecting in the wild west one tile at a time in ColdRidge

By Liam Dawe, 11 Nov 2024

ColdRidge is a tile-based exploration strategy game that puts you in the wild west. As a prospector, you'll pick contracts and venture out to do some exploring.