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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 -85% 0.74€
Rating 8.1
Release 03 Jul 2014
Farm for your Life Your community was taken down by a heavy storm which caused an apocalypse and unleashed the living dead. Together with the other survivors, it is your task to rebuild and to allow that sustainable life can still be assured. Cultivate your farm and manage your restaurant to provide food and deal with all the zombies.

Price -74% 2.63€
Rating 7.7
Release 16 Jun 2014
Qvadriga Qvadriga is a tactical game of chariot racing in ancient Roman circuses, where you take control of a four horse chariot team. Choose your preferred upgrade combinations and prove your skills at the arena.

Price -96% 0.82€
Rating 7.9
Release 13 Jun 2014
Battle Group 2 Your battleships are fully loaded with the return of Battle Group. Command the war against advanced pirates with brand new Satellite Strikes and upgrades for your state-of-the-art battleships. As the commanding gunner of this advanced armada, it's imperative you stop a terrifying new foe our world has yet to fathom.

Price -93% 0.63€
Rating 7.8
Release 13 Jun 2014
Ichi Ichi is an easy to play but challenging one button puzzle game. Don't be deceived by the game simplistic look, it’s a braintwister for sure! Collect golden rings by rotating objects, using teleporters, breaking blocks and more.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 12 Jun 2014
Strata Simple. Elegant. Challenging.

Price -94% 0.44€
Rating 8.1
Release 29 May 2014
1849 1849 is a city management game set during the California Gold Rush. Your task is to build towns, populate them with workers, and make sure that they are housed, fed, and entertained. You’ll have to manage and coordinate extensive production and trade networks to make sure your towns thrive.

Price -85% 2.37€
Rating 6.9
Release 08 May 2014
Warrior Kings: Battles Warrior Kings: Battles maintains the excitement that made Warrior Kings a leading RTS. It is a stand-alone title that adds a new strategic and tactical dimension to the series.

Price -96% 0.42€
Rating 8.4
Release 06 May 2014
Famaze FAMAZE is a retro themed roguelike puzzle adventure game. Choose the the dashing Knight, the cunning Thief, or the mystical Wizard each with unique special powers. Delve into The Mad King's ever changing dungeon to rescue the rutabagas! Never the same game twice! Music by Disasterpeace and Art by Oryx.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.5
Release 05 May 2014
7,62 High Calibre 7.62 High Calibre is a tactical action game, sequel to Brigade E5. A professional mercenary is in pursuit of a certain Russian "businessman", who stole a large amount of money from his "colleagues". Now he is hiding in a small country of Latin America to avoid an inevitable punishment.

Price -87% 0.69€
Rating 7.2
Release 30 Apr 2014
Farm Frenzy 4 The Farm Frenzy series of casual sims gets a makeover in this sequel. Choose and dress your character, and then get busy saving the family farm! Virtual farming has never been more fun, so grab yer overalls, roll up yer sleeves and get ready for an egg-crackin', cow-milking, sheep-shearin' good time!

Price -57% 3.05€
Rating 7.6
Release 29 Apr 2014
Battlepillars Gold Edition Battlepillars is a real-time tug-of-war strategy game in which you command caterpillars armed to the teeth with flamethrowers, sticky honey, mines, machine guns, and more!

Price -21% 3.97€
Rating 7.9
Release 28 Apr 2014
The Promised Land The Promised Land, a brave new world , the hole nation – all this lies in your hands! Become a true leader, a chosen one, a father of nation! Guide your colony to the victory of the modern superpower! We collected all the best that is in games of this genre, arched by exciting mini-games and carefully turned it into the deep and...

Price -54% 3.27€
Rating 8.2
Release 25 Apr 2014
Ascension to the Throne Ascension to the Throne is a turn-based strategy game with RPG elements. In a vast fantasy world the hero will have to pass many tests on his way to victory. Enemies seek to stop players from regaining power and taking revenge. Gain new friends to aid you in reclaiming the throne.

Price -87% 0.40€
Rating 8.4
Release 23 Apr 2014
Jagged Alliance 1: Gold Edition Experience a true classic! This Gold edition includes the original Jagged Alliance plus the add-on Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games. Take a trip into retro land and learn why this is considered to be one the best turn-based games of all times.

Price -88% 1.22€
Rating 7.4
Release 23 Apr 2014
The Last Federation From the creators of AI War: Fleet Command comes an all-new grand strategy title with turn-based tactical combat, set in a deep simulation of an entire solar system and its billions of inhabitants. You are the last of a murdered race, determined to unify or destroy the 8 others.

Price -95% 1.11€
Rating 7.1
Release 18 Apr 2014
Agarest: Generations of War Zero From the void, the gods of darkness and light created Agarest, a most perfect and divine world. As the generations passed, paradise sadly fell to the ravages of time. War darkened the skies and Agarest soon became a torturous hell as the gods divided and immense armies clashed, desecrating the once beautiful land…

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.0
Release 17 Apr 2014
Faces of War Faces of War puts you in the heart of World War II – not as a distant commander, but as the leader on the ground. Combining the tactical depth of real-time strategy with the immediacy of direct control, it lets you issue precise orders or jump straight into battle as one of your soldiers.

Price -83% 0.89€
Rating 8.4
Release 16 Apr 2014
Battle Academy A turn-based strategy game like no other has landed on Steam. Approachable, absorbing and visually impressive yet detailed, Battle Academy aims to revolutionise the strategy games market with a blend of intuitive design and compelling gameplay.

Price -97% 0.58€
Rating 7.9
Release 16 Apr 2014
Praetorians Praetorians is set amidst the political machinations of an emerging Roman Empire. You will be transported back to the dusty battlefields of Egypt, the combat theaters of Gaul and finally to the heart of the Empire itself, Italy in the crusade to become Emperor.

Price -79% 1.05€
Rating 7.7
Release 11 Apr 2014
Imperial Glory It is a time of war in Europe. Driven by new ideas of Enlightenment, the hearts of men and women across the continent are inflamed with dreams of freedom and glory. This is the moment for a military genius to forge himself a name to be remembered throughout all eternity. This is your moment.

Price -87% 0.67€
Rating 7.5
Release 11 Apr 2014
Marauder Marauder, is a squad based and tactical 3D game with RPG elements. It was released in late 2009, in Russia. You may know these names as the former made Brigade 7,62 and the later also published Pathologic.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.0
Release 04 Apr 2014
WazHack Time moves forward only when you do in the dungeons of WazHack. Think your way out of problems instead of just spamming 'attack' and 'drink healing potion'.

Price 7.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 17 Feb 2014
Card City Nights Card City Nights is not a traditional card-trading game. It's an adventure game with zany characters to meet and weird locations to explore. In the center is our new card battle system that breaks away from the fantasy TCG mold with connecting cards to form combos.

Price -93% 0.72€
Rating 8.4
Release 14 Feb 2014
OMG Zombies! OMG! Alert! Alert! The City of Redfield has been hit by an outbreak of exploding zombies! For cool and unimportant reasons these suckers literally explode when shot, showering their zombie brethren with gore and causing chain reactions of showering zombie gibs with just a single bullet!

Price -12% 4.40€
Rating 7.6
Release 13 Feb 2014
Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star is a sequel to Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943. It’s an Eastern Front war game with solid graphics and sprawling battlefields that really emphasizes the scope of WWII tank combat.Want to step into the role of a commander in the very heart of Kharkov’s defense?

Price -25% 20.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 11 Feb 2014
Dead Man's Draw Dead Man’s Draw is a simple and strategic game of luck and skill that boils down strategy gameplay into a single, tense decision.

Price -81% 1.24€
Rating 7.9
Release 06 Feb 2014
Tribloos 2 The Tribloos 2 is the sequel to the best-selling time management game, The Tribloos.Trey's village is under threat once more. Before there was only one storm to worry about, now there have been many and Matilda the dragon is being tired out trying to blow them all away!Can You Help Trey Save His Island?

Price -90% 0.41€
Rating 7.8
Release 30 Jan 2014
Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising In 2032 an Earth that knows only peace is forced to relearn the art of war. Twenty years have passed since the population of Earth did a fine job of destroying nearly everything in one final struggle for power by the politicians and military leaders.

Price -96% 0.12€
Rating 7.2
Release 30 Jan 2014
Loren The Amazon Princess Loren The Amazon Princess is a fantasy epic combining intricate turn-based battles with a heroic tale of overcoming evil - with a twist! In this tale, you play as a loyal servant of the hero rather than the hero herself.

Price -71% 5.82€
Rating 7.7
Release 15 Jan 2014
War of the Human Tanks War of the Human Tanks is a story driven strategy game with a gameplay reminiscent of Battleship and Chess, featuring a story of war, loyalty, sacrifice and human shaped tanks.

Price -96% 0.47€
Rating 8.1
Release 10 Jan 2014
Not The Robots You are a robot in an office building. You have to eat furniture and not get caught. A mysterious story unfolds.Not The Robots is this year’s most exciting Roguelike Stealth Furniture Eating Simulator. It’s a game with random levels, permadeath, and the goal of eating furniture - which is also your stealth cover.

Price -96% 0.40€
Rating 7.5
Release 12 Dec 2013
Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge Pick your faction, Monster, strategy, and find out who gets to become King of the Undead!

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.0
Release 09 Dec 2013
Elder Sign: Omens Elder Sign: Omens is a digital version of the popular board game by Fantasy Flight Games. Build a team of unique investigators and fight to keep an all-powerful Ancient One from invading our world! Explore museums, oceans, deserts and more for the arcane Elder Signs that will help seal the Ancient One away.

Price 5.89€
Rating 7.3
Release 27 Nov 2013
Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign continues Steam's Anomaly Warzone Earth in an extra 15-level campaign. Originally released on mobile devices, the campaign is brought to Steam for PC, Mac and Linux exclusively in Anomaly Bundle. AWE Mobile Campaign turns tower defense on its head.

Price -92% 0.44€
Rating 7.5
Release 06 Nov 2013
Solar Flux Travel across the universe and save dying suns from extinction in this unique and challenging puzzle strategy game. You are the last hope to bring salvation to a perishing universe as you collect and deliver fragments of plasma using your omni-directional ship.

Price -85% 1.47€
Rating 7.0
Release 24 Oct 2013

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