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Nova-111
Adventure 25 August 2015
An unusual adventure game by Funkatronic Labs, combining elements of platformer and turn-based strategy productions. The plot of Nova-111 revolves around the effects of an experiment conducted by 111 ingenious scientists from an alternate world, where time flows in turns. The result of their actions is an anomaly that merged both worlds. As a pilot of the research vessel Nova, we have to find and rescue the scientists and to remove the anomaly to separate the dimensions.
Armello
Strategy 01 September 2015
An unusual combination of a digital board game, a card game, and a turn-based strategy with RPG elements. Funded partially by a Kickstarter campaign, Armello is a game by independent Australian artists and developers from League of Geeks studio. Armello is set in a fairytale-like fantasy world populated by anthropomorphic animals. There are four clans striving to take away the power from the corrupted king. Gameplay centers on exploration, accomplishing missions, and combat.
Warhammer: Arcane Magic
Strategy 28 July 2015
A mobile turn-based strategy game set in the Warhammer universe, developed by Turbo Tape Games studio. It takes us to the continent of Old World and tells a story of a team formed of the strongest magicians in the land’s history. They must defeat an army of darkness, summoned to the world of mortals by a mysterious, magical storm.
Endless Legend: Shadows
Strategy 02 September 2015
Second expansion to the 2014’s turn-based 4X strategy game from Amplitude studio. The add-on titled Shadows introduces new playable faction, known as The Forgotten, which specializes at espionage – the second most important novelty of this DLC. Players are given new possibilities, like gathering data about our opponent, infiltrating enemy’s structures or sending assassins to eliminate certain characters. Espionage isn’t limited to The Forgotten – all factions have access to it to some degree.
Hyperdimension Neptunia Hypercollection
RPG 03 April 2015
A collection of the first three installments of the parodistic jRPG series Hyperdimension Neptunia. Interestingly, the characters from this franchise personify consoles and Japanese game developers. It is worth noticing, that the collection includes the original versions of the said three episodes, instead of the improved and extended Re;Birth editions.
Disgaea Triple Collection
RPG 10 July 2015
A compilation of three installments of Disgaea, a popular tactical jRPG series developed by Nippon Ichi Software. The package contains: Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice, Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten, and Disgaea Dimension 2: A Brighter Darkness. While each of the included title has received visual upgrades, including HD support, the collection doesn’t contain any DLCs or upgrades that appeared in PlayStation Vita ports.
Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea
RPG 14 July 2014
Sixteenth installment of the Atelier series, produced by the Japanese studio Gust. The production continues the threads from previous games in the series (Atelier Ayesha and Atelier Escha & Logy), allowing players to play one of the two new heroines, starting their careers as alchemists and adventurers. The title introduces numerous novelties to the systems of world exploration and synthesis, as well as to the turn-based combat system.
Rumble City
Strategy 07 July 2015
A mobile strategy game based on the free-to-play business model, developed by the creators of the Just Cause series. Rumble City takes place in the United States of 60s and tells the story of a motorcycle gang war over the control of the Los Poderosos city. The player acts as the leader of one of those groups, and their task is to rebuild the gang and eliminate the competition. However, game takes this well-known Hollywood trope with a grain of salt.
Pit People
Strategy 02 March 2018
A 2D tactical strategy game developed by The Behemoth - an independent American studio. The player is taken to an unusual universe which combines the features of classic fantasy with science-fiction; moreover, the entire adventure is filled with absurd humor. A story campaign constitutes the core of this experience - it can be completed either solo or in the co-op mode for two players.
X-Mercs
Strategy 19 October 2015
A mobile science fiction tactical strategy game by Game Insight. X-Mercs takes us to the year of 2082 when Earth is ravaged by long-lasting wars for resources. This state of affairs is exploited by aliens. To make things worse, it turned out that a valuable mineral which seemed to be the planet’s only hope causes monstrous mutations in plants and animals. While playing, we assume the role of a private military corporation’s owner and our task is to face the dangers.
Etherlords (Arena)
Strategy 03 September 2014
Turn-based strategy game, set in the fantastic universe of the Etherlords series. As we play, we form our own team of heroses and monsters with different abilities and duels with the forces of evil, liberating other lands from the reign of the Goddess of Chaos.
Dungeon Boss
RPG 08 November 2014
Turn-based RPG game, in which we find ourselves in a fantastic world, full of various creatures to be defeated. While playing, we form a team from our heroes and use it to fight against dragons, ninjas and various monsters.
Fortune Tellers Academy
RPG 10 March 2016
A free-to-play mobile jRPG developed by Square Enix's in-house studio led by Jun Fujisawa (the creator of Dragon Quest IX, among other titles). The action of Fortune Tellers Academy takes place in the present day on Earth, although both magic and various kinds of supernatural creatures are real. The player assumes the role of a student that attends the eponymous school for people who are able to foresee the future.
Pocket Mortys
RPG 14 January 2016
A mobile RPG based on the world and characters featured in Rick and Morty, an animated series broadcasted on Adult Swim (American cable network). Similarly to the original, Pocket Mortys tells the story of a mad alcoholic scientist, Rick Sanchez, and his naive 14-year-old grandson, Mortimer Smith. The plot revolves around Rick's failed experiment that brought creatures from another dimension to Earth, and our task is, obviously, to stop them.
Space Grunts
Action 12 January 2016
An unusual mix of an arcade shooter and a turn-based roguelike from independent studio OrangePixel. The story takes place in the year 2476, as a distress call from one of the lunar colonies reaches the Earth. A special group of soldiers is sent to investigate the circumstances surrounding the signal. The game mechanics are somewhat similar to what we have seen in Nuclear Throne.
Battlehand
RPG 06 January 2016
A tactical RPG with turn-based fights, developed for mobile devices by Another Place Production studio, which was established by co-creators of the Fable series. The story of Battlehand takes place in a typical fantasy world, currently standing on the verge of destruction due to the appearance of the cruel queen, Amethyst, and her army of monsters. Faced with this threat, heroes of the past must dust off their long-unused equipment and arise to protect honor and justice.
Euclidean Lands
Puzzle 10 March 2017
An outstanding puzzle game (better known under the name of notSureAboutNameYet), created by independent developer Miro Straka. The title of Euclidean Lands refers to the mathematical term of Euclidean space, and we play as a wanderer traversing surrealistic lands made of cubic blocks. During his journey, the protagonist faces various puzzles, most of which come down to correct environment manipulation. We can freely rotate not only whole levels, but also single blocks – like in the Rubik's cube.
Panzer Corps: Soviet Corps
Strategy 18 February 2016
A stand-alone expansion to 2011’s turn-based strategy game from The Lordz Games Studio. As the title suggests, Panzer Corps: Soviet Corps revolves around military operations conducted by Soviet armored units on the Eastern Front. We take part in the decisive battles of Operation Barbarossa, taking place at the Bialystok-Minsk line and Moscow as well as during the counter-offensive at Stalingrad; we visit Finland, Crimean Peninsula, Romania, and Hungary.
Children of Zodiarcs
RPG 18 July 2017
Children of Zodiarcs is a tactical RPG developed by Cardboard Utopia. The game takes place in a fantasy world ruled by the Torian Empire. The empire owes its power to the titular Zodiarcs, ancient machines that were left behind by a long extinct civilization. We play as a band of thieves caught in the act of robbing one of the nobles. This draws the attention of the guards and other criminal groups, like the Cannibal Clan. Gameplay is based on turn-based combat.
Wars of Napoleon
Strategy 03 December 2015
A turn-based strategy game set during the Napoleonic Wars. The game was developed by AGEOD, a developer considered to be an able strategy game maker. The game offers four different scenarios set within different periods of Napoleon's rule. These include the so-called Grand Campaign (1805-1815) and a few smaller ones: Austerlitz (1805), Battle of Jena (1806), and Waterloo (1815). The battles are fought on the strategical level, so the player controls entire armies instead of individual soldiers.
NEO Scavenger
Strategy 15 December 2014
A turn-based strategy game with survival elements, set in near post-apocalyptic future. Earth has been invaded by nightmarish legendary monsters that ruined the cities and slaughtered almost all humans. The survivors hide in fortified metropolises and small, forgotten villages, hoping to live through at least one day more. You play as a person, who wakes from cryogenic sleep and wants to find out who they are and what happened to humanity.
Democracy 3: Africa
Strategy 12 April 2016
A standalone expansion to the third installment in the Democracy series, which debuted in 2013 through the efforts of Positech Games, the studio that developed previous entries in the franchise. Unlike the main games, Democracy 3: Africa takes us to Africa, where we take the role of a leader of one of ten countries, facing completely new challenges due to different nature of living in that region.
Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey
RPG 10 November 2015
A tactical jRPG with a turn-based combat system. It was developed by the French studio Kobojo in cooperation with Kazushige Nojima and Hitoshi Sakamoto who previously worked on several installments of the Final Fantasy series. The story of Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey takes place in a fantasy world divided into four regions inhabited by various races. The player becomes a young warrior named Cael who leads a patrol that neutralizes threats from potential enemies.
Rust Bucket
Puzzle 16 December 2015
A mobile logic game featuring roguelike elements. It was developed by the Nitrome studio. The game belongs to the comedy fantasy subgenre and the player assumes the role of a possessed helmet worn by an unknown warrior who is trying to make his way through the subsequent floors of a dungeon. The place is filled with traps, monsters and treasures. The levels are generated procedurally and the gameplay itself is turn-based.