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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.

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  • Open world
  • Turn-based combat
  • Deep systems to master
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Stellar Tactics

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2026PCSteam Deck playable77 % positive19.50 €

Brings what grabs you about Star Traders: Frontiers: an open world, turn-based combat and a sci-fi setting.

A classic sci-fi RPG set in deep space where you recruit a team, outfit your ship and explore a vast procedurally generated universe. Ground battles play out as turn-based tactical combat.

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Caves of Qud

Deep systems to master

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.

Horizon's Gate

Turn-based combat

You sail across an open fantasy world as an explorer, trader or privateer, fighting turn-based tactical battles on land and at sea. You decide whether to chase the mystery of Dominio's betrayal or carve out your own adventure.

Battle Brothers

Turn-based combat

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.

Starsector

Deep systems to master

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.

Heart of the Machine

Choices with consequences

You play the first sentient AI in a city full of possibilities, choosing whether to build a robot army, rule as a benevolent machine overlord, or chase other goals. A blend of strategy, sandbox and RPG elements leaves many paths to your objectives.

Space Rangers

Sci-fi setting

A Russian hybrid space game where you freely roam a living galaxy as a Ranger, trading, fighting and taking on quests while resisting the Klissan invasion. Turn-based battles, text quests and tongue-in-cheek humor set it apart.

Geneforge 2: Infestation

Choices with consequences

A old-school, highly open-ended RPG from Spiderweb Software in which you play a Shaper who fights with self-created mutant creatures and sways factions through diplomacy or trickery. It offers 50+ hours, many zones and many ways to solve problems.

Elin

Deep systems to master

Elin is the successor to the cult roguelike Elona: a huge sandbox world of adventuring, survival, crafting and home-building where you can do almost anything. It offers deep character growth, companions and a quirky tone.

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