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Containment

Containment is a turn-based, minimalist strategy game about managing the growth of bacteria. Use antibiotics to keep their power under control as you work towards containment.

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Afghanistan '11

74% 👍 OF 406
About This Game

Afghanistan '11 is the sequel to the highly praised and innovative Vietnam '65. It enhances and builds on it: Afghanistan '11 changes the paradigm of wargaming and manages to bring Counter-Insurgency and guerrilla warfare to your screen, properly represented thanks to a revolutionary gameplay formula!

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50 years

89% 👍 OF 693
About This Game

50 Years is a fast-paced alternative to the bigger, longer turn-based strategy games. You can win or lose a game in a single evening. Either way you'll want to play it again.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Survive Fifty Years
  • …Balance Farms and Soldiers
  • …Choose a Nation
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Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol

69% 👍 OF 828
About This Game

Battle to Rule the Skies!The skies over Europe are a dangerous place, where ace pilots lead their squadrons to glorious victory or crushing defeat! Take control of dozens of the most famous fighter planes of WWI and head into the dogfight. Roll, slip, and loop to get the drop on enemy aces.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Plan Hex-Grid Dogfights
  • …Trade Altitude for Maneuvers
  • …Promote Ace Pilots
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Anno 1800

81% 👍 OF 32K
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Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Build Industrial Cities
  • …Balance Production Chains
  • …Ship Goods Between Islands
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Victoria II

88% 👍 OF 20K
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Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization, to finally become a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century. Victoria II is a grand strategy game played during the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country, guiding...

Player reviews say you can…

  • …take one small coastal province in China, then watch it snowball into owning most of China decades later.
  • …turn a local claim into a full great-power world war, then use the chaos to take most of India from Britain.
  • …fight wars that literally consume your population, leaving your economy and manpower hollowed out for years.
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Amazing Cultivation Simulator

86% 👍 OF 23K
About This Game

Rise up in a search for immortality in this strategy sim and management game based on Chinese mythology. Rebuild your sect and train new disciples through the path of cultivation. Research magic and gather mystical artifacts, face ancient dangers and other sects in your path to spiritual ascension.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …teach the wrong gender-only skill, make a man's genitals fall off, then refine them into a flying weapon and use it in combat
  • …get a dragon moving into a giant hole in your monastery and survive by building it an unbelievably good bedroom before it murders everyone
  • …watch random objects gain sentience, like a tree or even a wall coming alive and wandering off after enough qi and good feng shui
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Tropico 6

88% 👍 OF 29K
About This Game

El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Rule an Archipelago
  • …Steal World Wonders
  • …Win Votes with Speeches
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Empires of the Undergrowth

94% 👍 OF 18K
About This Game

Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …build living pontoons out of ants to cross gaps and scale huge creatures in later missions.
  • …stage ridiculous arena fights like one American bullfrog versus 1,000 ants just to see what happens.
  • …steal and mix traits from other ant species, building hybrid armies as you unlock new genetics through missions.
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Terra Invicta

80% 👍 OF 10.0K
About This Game

An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Control Nations From Shadows
  • …Investigate Alien Sightings
  • …Mine Moons And Asteroids
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Stranded: Alien Dawn

84% 👍 OF 11K
About This Game

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.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Study Alien Wildlife
  • …Build Vertical Bases
  • …Farm Alien Crops