10 – Solium Infernum
“The Strategy Game From Hell” is one… hell of a catchphrase. This simultaneous turn-based political strategy game will turn friends (or fiends?) into foes. You’ll play as one of the eight powerful Archfiends, with the ultimate goal being the control of Hell’s capital, Pandaemonium. It’s clearly meant to be a co-op game, meaning I won’t play it, but it certainly looks fun.
Solium Infernum has a demo available if you want to try your hands at taking the Infernal Throne!
9 – Tactical Breach Wizards
No, this is not a joke. Tactical Breach Wizards looks fantastic and it’s from the developers of Gunpoint (an original indie darling of the early 2010s for those of you who weren’t around). It’s looking very similar to games like Into The Breach and Invisible Inc., but with wizards, with magic machine guns. That’s something I didn’t even know I needed in my life.
8 – Tank Squad
Tank Squad is shaping up to be an intriguing amalgamation of vastly different games from diverse genres. Developed by the creators of Tank Mechanic Simulator, this game will incorporate its tank repair and management systems within the context of the German Army during the Second World War, particularly during the Battle of Kursk (Operation Citadel). However, that’s just one facet of the game. The other half involves leading a tank squad into combat. It’s a fascinating concept.
I spent my Sunday afternoon putting the game through its paces, and while it’s currently in a rough state, I have high expectations for it to deliver a level of quality akin to their previous release, Tread Fixer, Mantle Polisher, and Rivet Riveting Sim from 2020.
The game is set to release on the first quarter of the following year.
7 – Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance
Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance is one too many things. Not only does it sport one of the darkest titles ever conceived, rivaling the likes of Mortal Kombat and Soul Calibur, but it also represents a rarity among Terminator games as a real-time strategy offering. Furthermore, it’s developed by Slitherine.
In this demo experience, players are tasked with leading the remaining human survivors in a desperate struggle against the rebellious machines. The demo comprises three single-player missions, providing a taste of the game’s campaign, along with a skirmish map where players have the option to switch roles and play as the rogue machines. This blend of story-driven gameplay and strategic depth is certain to captivate fans of the Terminator franchise and real-time strategy enthusiasts alike.
If all goes according to plan, and the release quarter stays on track, we should be battling chip-infused adversaries by the end of the year.
6 – Tempest Rising
I fail to recall a real-time-strategy game that has garnered as much attention and praise as Tempest Rising did when its demo first came out. Unapologetic Command and Conquer with a tad of Red Alert, it oozes with the classic RTS energy of the late 90s and early 2000s. The focus on single player and asymmetrical factions sealed the deal for me. There’s an available demo for those wanting to give their nostalgia a whirl.
5 – Task Force Admiral
Task Force Admiral is an up-and-coming videogame from Drydock Dreams Games from under the wing of iconic wargames’ publisher, MicroProse Software. Read my massive series of interviews with Amiral Crapaud, developer extraordinaire of TFA and you’ll sure to come out of them not only impressed, but a bit more excited about the possibility of jousting fighters and bombers across the Pacific.
4 – Scourge of War – Remastered
However, not a lot is known about it, and if my assessment is correct, the current description on the Steam Page for Scourge of War – Remastered isn’t updated to reflect what the word “Remastered” means. But by the look of the available screenshots, the game is looking better.
3- Stormgate
Another real-time-strategy, we have quite a number of those, eh?
Developed by some former StarCraft devs, Stormgate is shaping up to be a hardcore real-time-strategy title for the competitive player. Wearing its inspirations on its sleeve, the gameplay by IGN’s Leana Hafer both impresses the grey matter with possibilities, and terrifies APM lacking hands in equal measure.
It’s easy to imagine how successful Stormgate can be if the team pulls all the right stops. The fact that it got the 100,000 dollars it needed funded in less than 15 minutes should be enough to quiet those who clamour “RTS is dead”.
You go, Frost Giant Studios!
2 – War Hospital
Another game and another twist on a familiar genre, I guess the question here is: “what if Hospital Tycoon meets World War 1?”- “Genius” says me, “But how do you plan on integrating the enormous complexity of such a technologically disruptive event like World War 1? Especially in the field of medicine? Is it going to reflect the evolution of warfare and the inevitable impact it had on the wounds of soldiers across the four years of conflict? Or is this going to be just another tycoon game of making numbers go up?”, surely these questions will be answered sometime during the present year when War Hospital opens its tent flaps.
1- Zephon
Zephon is 4X title from the team behind the decent Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War. Instead of fighting the Chaos Gods, this time you’ll be leading what’s left of humanity while fighting eldritch horror monstrosities and… cyberpunk thingies. I’m curious to see how much the team will be able to distance itself from their previous well-regarded entrance to make this once as unique as I know they can.
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