Best Games on Steam

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Deponia: The Complete Journey Junk, junk and even more junk. Life on the trash-planet Deponia is anything but a walk in the park. No surprise that Rufus had enough of that and hatches one ludicrous plan after the other to escape this bleak place.

Price -99% 0.55€
Rating 8.3
Release 08 Jul 2014
Contraption Maker The spiritual successor to The Incredible Machine from its original designer and programmer. Play 100s of puzzles. Build and share elaborate contraptions with an huge variety of parts and critters.

Price -94% 0.81€
Rating 8.7
Release 07 Jul 2014
Claire Claire is alone, lost, and hunted. The world has quickly becomes shrouded in darkness with unseen threats stalking Claire from the shadows. Aided by her dog and armed only with a flashlight, Claire must conquer her fear and find her comatose mother. However, there are others lost in the darkness seeking salvation.

Price -66% 3.35€
Rating 6.3
Release 07 Jul 2014
Memories of a Vagabond You play as a young mercenary and travel from soul to soul to avenge your fiance and her family. While finding a way to change the flow of past events, you will encounter many obstacles and meet new allies. Will you be brave enough?

Price -96% 0.20€
Rating 7.7
Release 07 Jul 2014
Z “Z”, the classic Real Time Strategy Game by the Bitmap Brothers. Fans of this classic strategy title are in for a real treat. Everything is in here from the terrific comedy cut scenes to the frantic game play making this is the definitive version of Z.

Price -20% 5.66€
Rating 7.3
Release 04 Jul 2014
Lexica The unique word puzzle which combines the skill of Sudoku with the knowledge of Scrabble®. Lexica has been featured in a number of UK daily newspapers but is now available for the first time in an interactive form.

Price -89% 0.56€
Rating 7.1
Release 04 Jul 2014
Soldiers: Heroes of World War II - Enhanced Edition The first installment in the real-time tactics series that would become known as Men of War, now refreshed and enhanced! Take command of American, British, Soviet, or German forces and fight on the battlefields of World War II in 32 single-player missions or with others in PvP and co-op sessions.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 03 Jul 2014
Putt-Putt® Saves The Zoo Today's the grand opening of the Cartown Zoo, and there's still so much to do: zoo chow is running low, and all the baby animals are missing.

Price 6.99€
Rating 9.0
Release 03 Jul 2014
Aeon Command Aeon Command is a tug of war strategy game, where you play as one of three unique factions to help gain dominance over the Aeon Nebula! Take control of your mother ship to gather resources, produce ships and fight off the enemy mother ship. Grow stronger as you progress through the 24 mission campaign and unlock new upgrades.

Price -31% 2.07€
Rating 7.4
Release 03 Jul 2014
The Howler Use gravity, tension, and wind currents to get your hot air balloon to its destination, dropping off cargo on your way, in this ultra-challenging physics-based game. All art used in the Howler was meticulously created by classically-trained experienced painters.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.5
Release 03 Jul 2014
Shattered Planet Explore a dangerous planet that's different every time and try to survive! The Galactic Union's job for you is clear: research the alien wildlife -- for science! However, in this case, researching may include lasers, explosions, hungry aliens, space sushi, and other similarly delicious-or-terrifying hazards.

Price -93% 1.18€
Rating 6.6
Release 03 Jul 2014
Civil War II You take the part of the military and political leadership, trying to lead your nation to victory, in the midst of some of the toughest operations of the Civil War. You will build, organize and command your armies over one of the largest maps of the USA ever made for a Civil War game.

Price -90% 4.06€
Rating 7.4
Release 03 Jul 2014
Real Boxing™ Real Boxing™ brings you the most exhilarating, no holds barred boxing experience ever seen on Steam. Featuring ultra-realistic motion capture from real boxers, with amazing graphics built using the powerful Unreal Engine, you’ll be sure to feel every hook, jab, and uppercut.

Price 4.99€
Rating 6.3
Release 02 Jul 2014
Momodora III Momodora III is a classic action platform game with a variety of items and secrets. It's the third installment of the Momodora series, although playing the previous titles is not necessary to enjoy the game!

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 01 Jul 2014
Spoiler Alert Spoiler Alert is a video game that tests your platforming skills… in reverse. It’s a comedy platformer that you play backwards.

Price -81% 0.57€
Rating 7.3
Release 30 Jun 2014
Sniper Elite 3 Sniper Elite 3 is a tactical third-person shooter that combines stealth, gameplay choice and genre-defining ballistics with huge, open levels and the exotic terrain of World War 2 North Africa.

Price -98% 0.70€
Rating 8.1
Release 27 Jun 2014
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.

Price -68% 13.14€
Rating 9.3
Release 26 Jun 2014
Don Bradman Cricket 14 The first thing to think about when you start playing Don Bradman Cricket 14 is to forget what you know about Cricket games and start afresh…it's cricket like you've never seen it before!

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 25 Jun 2014
Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™ Valiant Hearts : The Great War is the story of 4 crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart. Dive into a 2D animated comic book adventure, mixing exploration, action and puzzles. Lost in the middle of the trenches, play as each of the 4 strangers, relive the War and help a young German soldier find his love.

Price 14.99€
Rating 9.3
Release 25 Jun 2014
COH 2 - The Western Front Armies: US Forces This individual army for COH2 allows you to access all existing COH2 maps in auto-match, and play against all other existing factions in multiplayer. It can also be obtained at a discount by acquiring The Western Front Armies multiplayer standalone, where it is bundled with the OKW army.

Price 11.99€
Rating 7.1
Release 23 Jun 2014
CoH 2 - The Western Front Armies: Oberkommando West This individual army for COH2 allows you to access all existing COH2 maps in auto-match, and play against all other existing factions in multiplayer. It can also be obtained at a discount by acquiring The Western Front Armies multiplayer standalone, where it is bundled with the USF army.

Price 11.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 23 Jun 2014
WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.01 From the author of Spice and Wolf, Isuna Hasekura, comes WORLD END ECONOMiCA. This is the first episode out of three part sci-fi/economic thriller visual novel set on the moon.

Price -87% 1.74€
Rating 8.0
Release 17 Jun 2014
Black Mirror I Black Mirror is a dark adventure game that details the aftermath of the tragic death of William Gordon. Playing as his grandson Samuel players must unveil the truth behind the events of that fateful, stormy night.

Price -92% 0.86€
Rating 8.0
Release 17 Jun 2014
Heroes Rise: The Prodigy Do you have what it takes to become a legendary Powered hero? "Heroes Rise" is an epic interactive novel where your choices control the story. The game is entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. How high will you rise?

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 17 Jun 2014

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