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Rush for gold: California

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Total War: SHOGUN 2

92% 👍 OF 66K
About This Game

Total War: SHOGUN 2 is the perfect mix of real-time and turn-based strategy gaming for newcomers and veterans alike.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …import British marines through a single foreign-trade port, buy an ironclad, and mow down elite samurai with Gatling guns and cannons.
  • …grow powerful enough that allies and vassals flip on you, then fight off a coordinated dogpile ordered by the Shogun himself.
  • …recruit a new general from the rank and file when leaderless troops win battles, promoting a regular soldier into command.
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Balatro

98% 👍 OF 197K
About This Game

The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …reshape your deck until it's 20 Aces or a single suit.
  • …turn a normal poker hand into an impossible one, like five of a kind.
  • …stack two effects so one adds a new card every round and the other immediately buffs it, creating a self-feeding deck growth loop.
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Plague Inc: Evolved

94% 👍 OF 65K
About This Game

Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero' - now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …mutate your disease into zombies, vampires, or mind-controlled slaves that play by totally different rules.
  • …play as a health team fighting the outbreak, choosing quarantines, treatment priorities, and vaccine logistics as deaths keep rising.
  • …make countries bomb each other as outbreak events escalate, even in multiplayer.
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Library Of Ruina

94% 👍 OF 45K
About This Game

"May you find your book in this place." Combat between the guests and the librarians breaks out as if it were on a stage. Defeated guests turn into books, and the Library grows onward. And eventually, get your hands on… The one singular, perfect book.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …invite people into your library, fight them, and turn the losers into books.
  • …win puzzle-like boss fights that demand a specific solution, then reward you with extra units, deck slots, and special pages.
  • …walk into a one-off boss setpiece with unique rules, beat it once, and never see that exact mechanic again.
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Dota Underlords

82% 👍 OF 90K
About This Game

Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Build Hero Alliances
  • …Lead with an Underlord
  • …Solve City Crawl
REL Jun 20, 2019 FREE ON STEAM See This Game →
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Prison Architect

89% 👍 OF 73K
About This Game

Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Design a Prison
  • …Balance Inmate Needs
  • …Stop Riots and Escapes
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Stellaris

86% 👍 OF 197K
About This Game

Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Investigate Space Anomalies
  • …Survey Uncharted Systems
  • …Design Custom Warships
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Men of War: Assault Squad 2

91% 👍 OF 46K
About This Game

Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …take direct control of a soldier or tank to drive, aim manually, and swap ammo types mid-fight.
  • …disable an enemy tank, kill the crew, repair it, and crew it yourself to turn it back on its own side.
  • …collapse a building with an HE shot so the falling debris kills the gun crew hiding behind it.
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Crusader Kings II

91% 👍 OF 73K
About This Game

Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …use intrigue to install your brother as an anti-pope, go to war with the pope, and make your brother the official pope for Catholics
  • …seduce queens and empresses across multiple realms, then spread bastards so widely that another player can end up as your kid
  • …build a secret Odin cult, drag your spouse into it, get in a tavern brawl while disguised, then die crusading for Christianity while secretly pagan
REL Feb 14, 2012 FREE ON STEAM See This Game →
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Buckshot Roulette

95% 👍 OF 126K
About This Game

Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …saw off the shotgun mid-match to double the damage on the next blast.
  • …shoot yourself on purpose to try to earn an extra turn if it's a blank.
  • …steal an item from the dealer with an adrenaline shot and immediately use their own tool against them.
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Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

97% 👍 OF 45K
About This Game

Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …slow down time and plan a fight frame by frame.
  • …control both fighters in single-player, script every action, then watch it play back as a real-time replay.
  • …turn a match into turn-based bullet hell when a wizard fills the screen with traps and projectiles.