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2017PCSteam Deck playable83 % positive14.79 €

As a starship captain you build a crew and trade, fight and scheme your way through a huge sandbox galaxy. Turn-based ship and ground combat meets RPG progression and roguelike elements.

  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Open world
  • Turn-based combat
  • Deep systems to master

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Phoenix Point

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2019PEGI 16PCSteam Deck verified73 % positive23.99 €

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A turn-based tactics game in the XCOM tradition where you lead a resistance organization against mutating alien horrors. It stands out for its free-aim shooting with targetable body parts, faction diplomacy on the world map, and enemies that evolve in response to your tactics.

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Battle Brothers

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You lead a mercenary company through a gritty, procedurally generated medieval world, juggling contracts, gear and recruits. The turn-based battles are brutal, and losing your men is part of the experience.

Caves of Qud

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An extremely deep science-fantasy roguelike where you explore a vast, part handcrafted, part procedural world turn by turn. Dozens of mutations and interlocking simulation systems enable unusual builds and emergent stories where you can do almost anything.

Cogmind

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A turn-based sci-fi roguelike where you play a robot that constantly rebuilds itself from parts scavenged off other machines. Every choice in loadout, tactics and hacking matters, and no run plays the same.

BattleTech

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Tactical turn-based combat with giant mechs where armor, heat and positioning decide battles. As a mercenary commander you manage pilots, mechs and finances through a campaign set in 3025.

Starsector

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A space sandbox where you pilot a ship and build a fleet, trading, exploring and fighting in tactical real-time battles. You choose freely whether to become a trader, mercenary, pirate or warlord.

X-COM: Apocalypse

  • Systems like Star Traders: Frontiers

As X-COM commander you defend the megacity of Mega-Primus from alien invaders while dealing with gangs, cults and corporations. It blends real-time base management and economy with deep tactical squad combat, playable either turn-based or in real time.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

  • Systems like Star Traders: Frontiers

Turn-based tactical battles against alien invaders where cover, positioning and class abilities decide the outcome. Between missions you manage your base, research and funding, and fallen soldiers are gone for good.

Jagged Alliance 2

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You hire quirky mercenaries and liberate a dictator-ruled country through turn-based tactical firefights. Capturing sectors, training militia and equipping your squad come together with plenty of dark humor and voiced banter.

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