At first glance, Patron is something very familiar: a strategy-focused city builder in a medieval setting, calling to mind The Settlers, Anno, Banished, Stronghold, and countless others. It certainly wears its inspirations on its sleeve, but it also makes an ambitious effort to carve its own path, hinging those bets …
Samurai Warriors 5 is a step in an exciting new direction for the series, and a fascinating exploration of the legacy of Nobunaga Oda. Samurai Warriors has always excelled at drawing a distinction between historical accuracy and authenticity. Its retellings of the Sengoku era always stay true to key details …
Koei Tecmo’s stated aim with Samurai Warriors 5 is to reboot the franchise: keep the fundamental Warriors action-strategy game intact, but with a new art style, new character designs, and a greater emphasis on storytelling. A few chapters in, it seems this reboot has been remarkably successful in those goals: …
Dinosaur Polo Club‘s minimalist strategy game Mini Motorways is coming to Steam in July 20 and to Switch early next year, the Wellington-based studio announced this week. Mini Motorways follows a similar vein to Mini Metro, Dinosaur Polo Club’s excellent previous game: a strategy simulation game about building up a …
It’s hard to separate The Settlers-style city-building strategy games from the colonialism embedded in them—after all, this is a whole genre built around the idea of settling unfamiliar land and creating a thriving community there. But Before We Leave, from Dunedin-based Balancing Monkey Games, looks at it through a different …
Before We Leave, a non-violent, chilled out city builder from Dunedin-based Balancing Monkey Games is making its way to Steam on May 13, thanks to a new partnership with Team17. Taking place in the aftermath of an apocalypse, Before We Leave is all about building a thriving settlement full of …
“What the fuck? There’s literally no possible way to win this fight. I know I said that before, but this time it really, truly is impossible.” I think I’ve said words along those lines (or more… colourful variants) in just about every turn I’ve taken in Quinterra. Not as a …
Sidereal Studios’ tabletop-inspired, turn-based strategy roguelike Quinterra launches on Steam Early Access on April 7, after more than two years in development. Quinterra sends players on a journey of conquest across five domains, making the most of a “unique drafting mechanic” to influence the shape of the world and the …
Heart Shaped Games announced today that its afrofuturist RPG We Are The Caretakers will launch in Steam Early Access on Earth Day, April 22, with 10% of the game’s revenue going to the Wildlife Conservation Network’s Rhino Recovery Fund. We Are The Caretakers puts you in the shoes of the Conductor, …
It’s hard to find a concise description that does Loop Hero justice. It’s a mash-up of a whole bunch of different genres—roguelike, RPG, strategy, city-builder, tower defence, deck-building game, auto-battler—but the ways all these different things come together make it so much more than the sum of those parts. To …
