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2015PCSteam Deck playable49 % positive14.99 €

A streamlined space strategy game set in the Civilization universe: you explore planets, research technologies and fight turn-based battles with customizable starships. Campaigns are compact and procedurally generated.

Turn-based combat
Sci-fi setting
Build variety
Tactical depth

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Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War

94 %Match

2018PCSteam Deck playable82 % positive40.86 €

A turn-based 4X strategy game in the Warhammer 40,000 universe where you lead Space Marines, Orks, Necrons or the Astra Militarum across a contested planet. Each faction plays very differently, with its own units, heroes and tech tree.

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