Discounted Tutorial Games on Steam
Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated tutorial games. For those who prefer not to search, lists of the most played, top deals and best free tutorial games are available at the bottom of the page.
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Farm Manager World
Dive into the agricultural life with Farm Manager World! Manage your own farm across vibrant global locations, cultivate exotic crops, and build your agribusiness empire. Welcome to sustainable farming at its finest.
Citadelum
Citadelum is a city builder set in legendary Ancient Rome. Build your own settlement, gather resources and evolve it into a magnificent city. Explore the world, trade and lead your mighty legions in epic tactical battles. Earn the favor of the Gods or challenge them, if you dare.
Age of Mythology: Retold
From the creators of the award-winning Age of Empires franchise, Age of Mythology: Retold goes beyond history to a mythical age where gods, monsters, and humans collide.
Sins of a Solar Empire II
Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics.
Contra: Operation Galuga
The legendary Contra series returns! This reimagining of the classic run-'n'-gun action game from the ‘80s features new stages, new enemies, new play mechanics, and co-op combat for up to 4 players!
Granblue Fantasy: Relink
A grand adventure in the skies awaits! Form a party of four from a diverse roster of skyfarers and slash—or shoot or hex—your way to victory against treacherous foes in this action RPG. Take on quests solo or with the help of others in up to 4-player co-op play!
Cavern of Dreams
Embark on a magical quest as Fynn the dragon to rescue your unhatched siblings from the mysterious Cavern of Dreams in this N64-style 3D platformer. Gain new abilities, meet unique characters, solve puzzles, and beware of the mysterious villain.
Definitely Not Fried Chicken
Definitely Not Fried Chicken is a business management sim with a Twist! Grow your drugs trade through legitimate fronts by managing both sides of the business. Acquire new "businesses", meet new clientele, Develop more potent narcotics, make lots of money and leave a city in ruin!
Don Duality
Don Duality is a Chaos Manager game with card mechanics. Send your gangsters to the heist and launder money in your restaurant. Hire staff and upgrade your establishment, but remember that life like a roulette wheel and not everything can be fully controlled in Don's journey.
Railway Empire 2
Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.
Stranded: Alien Dawn
Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.
Guardians Frontline
Guardians Frontline is a sci-fi VR shooter that makes you a soldier and a commander. Fight off enemies and build bases in a single-player and co-op campaign, plus PvP game modes with full cross-play support.
Koumajou Remilia: Scarlet Symphony
「Koumajou Remilia: Scarlet Symphony」 is an action side-scroller based on the world-famous 「Touhou Project」. The legendary 2009 title comes back with modern upgrades including HD remastered graphics and a number of bonus content, ready to give fans more convenient and pleasant gameplay experience.
Card Shark
Card Shark is an adventure game full of cunning, intrigue, and delectable deceit. Enter a world where you’ll need to play your opponents better than you play your cards.
MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA
This is the latest addition to the series of 2D fighting games based on TYPE-MOON's visual novel, Tsukihime. The curtain rises once more on dramatic battles played out with familiar characters from Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon.
Tetris® Effect: Connected
Tetris® Effect: Connected adds an all-new robust multiplayer expansion to the huge variety of addictive and innovative single-player modes that Tetris Effect is known for, with all-new co-op and competitive online and local multiplayer modes!
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
The year is 3015. The battlefields are dominated by war machines known as BattleMechs. Level entire cities and decimate the enemy in your BattleMech. Follow a quest for glory and revenge. Manage an expanding mercenary company. Fight alongside your friends with a four-player PvE co-op.
Nebuchadnezzar
Create and customize cities in Nebuchadnezzar, a classic isometric city-builder where careful planning and define your rise as a ruler in ancient Mesopotamia.
The Falconeer
Soar through the skies aboard a majestic warbird, explore a stunning oceanic world and engage in epic aerial dogfights, in this BAFTA-nominated air combat game from solo developer, Tomas Sala.
From the Depths
Over 1000 unique components allow you to build and command voxel vehicles from the deep ocean to outer space! Forge strategies, allegiances and fleets strong enough to destroy eight deadly factions of the planet and reign supreme. A genre-defying mashup of simulation, building, RTS and RPG.
Most played tutorial games on Steam
Take a look at the top tutorial games that are currently attracting the largest player bases on the Steam platform, as of June 15th 2025.
1. Squeakross: Home Squeak Home
In Squeakross: Home Squeak Home, solve and transform puzzles into furniture to decorate the perfect home for your rodent friend. Collect hundreds of decorations, accessories and stickers in this cozy game full of charm! Squeakross: Home Squeak Home is a puzzle, character customization and tutorial game developed and published by Alblune. Released on June 07th 2025 has received 438 reviews of which 435 were positive and 3 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. The game has hit the top spot as the #1 most played tutorial game, thanks to its 530 peak concurrent players over the last day.
9.1
435
3
530
players
2. Pyroworks
Pyroworks is a free-to-play online multiplayer game containing fireworks from real-life companies from all over the globe. You can choose to make your own show, cause destruction and chaos or simulate new years. Don't miss out on playing with your friends - the most fun part. Pyroworks is a sandbox, choose your own adventure and simulation game developed and published by Deepest Inertia Studio. Released on September 08th 2023 has received 1,566 reviews of which 1,441 were positive and 125 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. The game currently holds the #2 spot among the most played tutorial games.
8.7
1,441
125
13
players
3. Smithworks
Smithworks is a first-person 3D cooperative multiplayer game where players play as fledgling blacksmiths. It is a humorous and chaotic experience where players will need to communicate effectively in order to craft these weapons quickly before the customers get angry. Smithworks is a 3d platformer, first-person and character customization game developed by Ardent Games and published by Kenny Doan. Released on June 17th 2022 has received 2,185 reviews of which 2,006 were positive and 179 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. The game currently holds the #3 spot among the most played tutorial games.
8.8
2,006
179
11
players
4. The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game - Definitive Edition
Build a deck of iconic heroes and challenge the forces of Sauron in this thrilling tactical card game. Travel through famous locations, complete story-driven quests and forge a new legend of Middle-earth on your own or with a friend in cooperative mode. The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game - Definitive Edition is a card battler, card game and turn-based game developed by and published by Twin Sails Interactive. Released on August 29th 2019 has received 1,584 reviews of which 1,176 were positive and 408 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10. The game currently holds the #4 spot among the most played tutorial games.
7.2
1,176
408
7
players
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5. [Chilla's Art] The Ghost Train | 幽霊列車
The Ghost Train | 幽霊列車 is a psychological train horror game. [Chilla's Art] The Ghost Train | 幽霊列車 is a casual, immersive sim and walking simulator game developed and published by Chilla's Art. Released on July 23rd 2020 has received 603 reviews of which 478 were positive and 125 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. The game currently holds the #5 spot among the most played tutorial games.
7.5
478
125
1
players
6. Inertia
Inertia is a first-person platformer with free-running aspects. Inspired by various other free-running and movement based games/game-modes. Inertia is a casual, competitive and level editor game developed and published by Loneminded. Released on December 01st 2017 has received 688 reviews of which 577 were positive and 111 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.9 out of 10. The game currently holds the #6 spot among the most played tutorial games.
7.9
577
111
7. ARIA CHRONICLE
Randomized dungeons, strategic battles, diverse growth factors, unique characters... ARIA CHRONICLE offers an unparalleled gaming experience. Let’s set out to help the Princess of Tamageria! ARIA CHRONICLE is a jrpg, turn-based tactics and tactical rpg game developed by STUDIO N9 and published by HIKE Inc.. Released on July 11th 2020 has received 1,144 reviews of which 903 were positive and 241 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.6 out of 10. The game currently holds the #7 spot among the most played tutorial games.
7.6
903
241
Best deals on tutorial games on Steam
Discover fantastic savings with the best discounts on a variety of tutorial games available on Steam right now, updated on June 15th 2025. Looking for even more deals? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of discounted tutorial games.
1. The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game - Definitive Edition
Build a deck of iconic heroes and challenge the forces of Sauron in this thrilling tactical card game. Travel through famous locations, complete story-driven quests and forge a new legend of Middle-earth on your own or with a friend in cooperative mode. The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game - Definitive Edition is a card battler, card game and turn-based game developed by and published by Twin Sails Interactive. Released on August 29th 2019 has received 1,584 reviews of which 1,176 were positive and 408 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10. Featuring a massive 84% discount, this game currently holds the #1 spot in the best deals for tutorial category.
7.2
1,176
408
-84%
19.99€
3.24€
Free tutorial games on Steam
Check out this fantastic list of free-to-play tutorial games you can enjoy on Steam right now, updated on June 15th 2025. Looking for even more free titles? Use the search filters to explore a wider range of free to play tutorial games.
1. Pyroworks
Pyroworks is a free-to-play online multiplayer game containing fireworks from real-life companies from all over the globe. You can choose to make your own show, cause destruction and chaos or simulate new years. Don't miss out on playing with your friends - the most fun part. Pyroworks is a sandbox, choose your own adventure and simulation game developed and published by Deepest Inertia Studio. Released on September 08th 2023 has received 1,566 reviews of which 1,441 were positive and 125 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. The game currently holds the #1 spot among the most played free tutorial games on Steam.
8.7
1,441
125
13
players
2. Smithworks
Smithworks is a first-person 3D cooperative multiplayer game where players play as fledgling blacksmiths. It is a humorous and chaotic experience where players will need to communicate effectively in order to craft these weapons quickly before the customers get angry. Smithworks is a 3d platformer, first-person and character customization game developed by Ardent Games and published by Kenny Doan. Released on June 17th 2022 has received 2,185 reviews of which 2,006 were positive and 179 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. The game currently holds the #2 spot among the most played free tutorial games on Steam.
8.8
2,006
179
11
players