Turn-Based Strategy Hidden Gems on Steam

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Graphwar Graphwar is an artillery game in which you must hit your enemies using mathematical functions. The trajectory of your shot is determined by the function you wrote, and your goal is to avoid the obstacles and your teammates and hit your enemies. The game takes place in a Cartesian Plane.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 23 Feb 2022
Gods of Sand Train gladiators. Manage a ludus. Fight in the arenas. Conquer the tower. Gods of Sand is a gladiator manager with intense turn-based combat, inspired by the Swords and Sandals series, in a dark and unforgiving setting.

Price -21% 6.55€
Rating 8.3
Release 07 Feb 2022
幻想枝魂 Soul Fantasy The white colossus fell from the sky, and the Demon Led Countless Demons to destroy all good things. For the future of the planet, for the belief in their hearts, five girls from different places, with different identities gathered together, embarked on the road to the demon king.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 31 Dec 2021
Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2 War in the East 2 is the most comprehensive, most realistic, and most advanced wargame modeling Eastern Front warfare in World War Two.

Price -85% 12.65€
Rating 8.5
Release 10 Dec 2021
Wolfstride Get wrecked in this immature grown-up RPG about a trio of troublemakers stumbling their way through a giant mecha tournament. Repair and upgrade the team’s hand-me-down rig, pick up odd jobs to pay the bills, and battle the best-of-the-best all while running from the regrettable choices of the past.

Price -96% 0.56€
Rating 8.4
Release 07 Dec 2021
CountryBalls Heroes CountryBalls Heroes is a game where you get to play as your favorite Countryball. Become a legend by leading massive Countryball armies. Create your forces, build master-planned cities, gather powerful artifacts and prove that your Countryball is the most powerful.

Price -94% 0.85€
Rating 7.5
Release 16 Nov 2021
Candy Disaster - Tower Defense Candy Disaster is 3D trap-style tower defense game where you guard candies against alien thieves! Unlock powerful and clever traps, choose your arsenal for different bases, and find the deadliest trap combination - then watch those space goons walk into their death!

Price 11.59€
Rating 7.5
Release 12 Nov 2021
Deep Space Battle Simulator Two teams of players control their capital ship in an epic battle. Customize your ship, control its movement, weapons, and energy distribution or go to one of the hangars to join the battle in a smaller fighter!

Price -90% 1.08€
Rating 7.4
Release 05 Nov 2021
Terraformers: First Steps on Mars Terraformers: First Steps on Mars is a free prologue of Terraformers, featuring an exclusive challenge to lead humanity's first attempt at settling the Red Planet.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 23 Oct 2021
DUSK '82: ULTIMATE EDITION DUSK '82 is a simple but addictive action-puzzler demake of the cult shooter DUSK, inspired by classics like Chip's Challenge and Sokoban.

Price -88% 0.86€
Rating 8.8
Release 22 Oct 2021
Midnight Protocol Midnight Protocol is a tactical narrative-driven RPG with unique keyboard-only controls. Hack into servers, beat security systems and discover encrypted secrets while you try to find answers to why and how you got doxxed.

Price -97% 0.45€
Rating 8.0
Release 13 Oct 2021
Variables 2 After two years of precipitation, we re-made this variable sequel after thinking about it! Variable 2 is a unique stand-alone tower defense game. We have enriched the building and elements of tower defense, and the experience in the game can be changed according to your ideas!

Price -62% 4.77€
Rating 8.4
Release 01 Oct 2021
Yacht Dice Yacht Dice is a classic dice game popular around the world, each player by throwing dice statistics score to carry on the game, the player with the highest score wins. Invite friends to play online, or compete against players from around the world.

Price 0.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 30 Sep 2021
Pawnbarian Pawnbarian is a quick-playing, turn-based puzzle roguelike. Play cards to move your hero like a chess piece, and conquer challenging dungeons full of cunning monsters!

Price -97% 0.32€
Rating 8.4
Release 24 Sep 2021
Armoured Commander II In this roguelike wargame, take command of a tank and its crew in the Second World War, joining one of over 50 campaigns across Europe, North Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific. Fight against over 1300 historically-based unit types, where each day is a struggle for survival.

Price 9.75€
Rating 9.1
Release 04 Sep 2021
Star Dynasties Take the reins of a feudal dynasty in a divided galaxy following the destruction of earth. Star Dynasties is a turn based, procedurally generated narrative of human drama and personal politics, mixed with a light empire management layer. Your choices. Your legacy.

Price -80% 6.00€
Rating 7.0
Release 01 Sep 2021
Dust to the End Nuclear war ended human civilization, but it could never uproot the evil within our hearts. Fight, trade, negotiate, raid– do whatever it takes to survive in the wasteland. You will have to be as clever as ruthless to thrive in a broken world, torn by war, cruelty, hunger and slavery.

Price -96% 0.40€
Rating 7.6
Release 11 Aug 2021
Gomoku Let's Go Gomoku: One of the most popular classic board games for all ages. Experience Zen style visuals, various levels of AI, seamless online multiplayer and Endgame challenges!

Price 2.39€
Rating 8.3
Release 28 Jul 2021
That Time I Got Reincarnated as an Orc Okubo Tatsuya is a 35-year-old convenience store clerk. He is an introvert, has no friends. One day, he received a text message signed "The Goddess": "Do you want to be a hero in another world?" Accidentally, he reincarnated in another world and became an orc—

Price 15.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 23 Jul 2021
Eiyu*Senki Gold – A New Conquest A young man takes up his sword and leads an army in search of his missing past. Carefully plan strategic turn-based battles against adorable portrayals of historical and mythical world heroes, as you conquer the globe... for not well explained reasons!

Price 29.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 25 Jun 2021
Mercenaries Blaze “Mercenaries Blaze”is the 5th fantasy tactical simulation RPG. Turn-based battles are carried out on an isometric map. Attack and defense results vary depending on the direction you face, distance and elevation, making gameplay challenging enough to satisfy the even pickiest strategy lovers.

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 10 Jun 2021
Gaia Project Gaia Project is the digital adaptation of the boardgame Gaia Project created by Helge Ostertag and Jens Drögemüller and published by "Feuerland Verlag". It is a 1-4 player strategy game. It plays in the same universe as Terra Mystica and continues the adventure in the far future.

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 31 May 2021
Causa, Voices of the Dusk Causa, Voices of the Dusk is an intriguing turn-based strategy card game with innovative game mechanics. Sacrifice cards to raise your Cause, and bring them back later for unexpected powerful plays. Prove your abilities in battle and draft your way to Victory in extremely challenging campaigns.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.9
Release 26 May 2021
Rogue State Revolution Greetings your Excellency. Time to rebuild, reform and prepare for new challenges in the People's Republic of Basenji. In this thrilling political strategy, you will appoint ministers and lead the country to success. Be careful — you may find yourself replaced in the next election.

Price -97% 0.47€
Rating 7.3
Release 18 Mar 2021
Geneforge 1 - Mutagen Unique, truly open-ended fantasy adventure in a strange, new world. Use battle or cunning to change the world, served by your own army of custom-made mutant monsters. Over 80 zones to explore and 50+ hours of gameplay. Multitudes of skills, abilities, factions, treasures, and servants to create.

Price 16.79€
Rating 8.7
Release 24 Feb 2021
Chess Evolved Online secretly the most overpowered game in existence

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 22 Feb 2021
Kyvir: Rebirth Kyvir: Rebirth is a single player card game that combines elements of RPG, deck building, and roguelike gameplay. This game features an original dual deck mechanism, hundreds of distinctive items, skills, and cards for you to experiment with.

Price 6.59€
Rating 7.5
Release 31 Jan 2021
Chroma: Bloom And Blight Chroma: Bloom and Blight is a truly free-to-play competitive card game set in the story-rich lands of Arholt. Every card and game mode in Chroma is free, including all future expansions. Find your hero, build your deck and tell your story...without worrying about the cost of cards.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.4
Release 28 Jan 2021
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Prophecy of the Throne Enjoy a new Re:ZERO storyline, fully supervised by the series author Tappei Nagatsuki! Featuring brand new characters designed by the original artist Shinichirou Otsuka as well as your favorites from the series!

Price 59.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 27 Jan 2021
Combat Mission Black Sea Combat Mission Black Sea is a military grade simulation depicting a fictional series of escalations between Russian and Ukraine which results in open conflict in the summer of 2017

Price -91% 5.79€
Rating 7.9
Release 21 Jan 2021
Wizards Artillery tactics games are back! Grab some friends and get ready for an all out Wizard war! Create your own way of play with tons of unique spells to choose from. With randomly generated terrain and unlimited combinations, you'll never know what will happen next. Completely free to play.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 15 Jan 2021
Caravaneer 2 A post-apocalyptic trade simulation game with turn based isometric combats. The game features detailed economics simulation and a rich branching story where your choices actually matter.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 30 Dec 2020
Fights in Tight Spaces (Prologue) Play the first mission of Fights in Tight Spaces for free! A stylish blend of deck-building, turn-based tactics, and thrilling fight sequences in action-movie settings. Learn to balance your hand, momentum, and positioning to overcome the odds to defeat your adversaries. Full game OUT NOW.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 14 Dec 2020
LAST EMBRYO -EITHER OF BRAVE TO STORY- The young girl "Sill", who longed to become an adventurer, came to the Developing City Aletia. However, shadows came quietly... No one had expected what kind of crisis Sill would encounter. But every footprint left by her will soon become mythology...

Price 10.79€
Rating 8.7
Release 27 Nov 2020
Fantasy Grounds VTT Virtual tabletop experience for TTRPG groups with updated visuals and vast library support, including D&D 5E, Pathfinder, and more. Create unforgettable adventures with tools like dice, sheets, tokens, and maps. Prep less, play better with automated game mechanics.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 05 Nov 2020
Quantum Protocol A deckbuilding card game where it's always your turn. Play as the master hackers of Quantum and take on the most dangerous malware in the world. Every action matters. Make plays, upgrade your deck, and break the enemy board!

Price 12.79€
Rating 8.5
Release 04 Nov 2020

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