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This week is all about tactical nostalgia: with Commandos: Origins is one of the greatest classics of real-time tactics in a modernized form.
In addition, there are all sorts of other innovations on Steam-from sloping simulations and world war strategy to dark survival trips and role-playing hot tips. As always, we give you an overview of what should be on your wish list this week!
Highlight of the week: Commandos: Origins
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Commandos: Origins-Preview video for the return of the tactical classic
Genre: Real-time tactics | developer: Claymore Game Studios | Release: 9. April 2025 (Steam)
The commandos report back! With Commandos: Origins, the cult series of the late 90s gets a fresh cell cure and tells the history of the legendary tactical team in World War II.
In over ten missions at authentic locations – from the icy north sea to the glowing desert of North Africa – you take control of six elite soldiers. Every commando has its specialized skills: the Green Beret can switch off heavy opponents in close combat, the sniper does removed goals, the spy sneaks into enemy rows and so on.
Just like in the original, you have to plan Klug in the real-time gameplay, explore patrols and then strike without triggering alarm. New is a co-op mode for two players (both online and locally in the split screen), so that you can also tackle the missions together with a friend.
Thanks to modern 3D graphics and contemporary control, Origins looks much fancier than its pixelated predecessors, but wants to protect the tough claim. You will find out shortly whether the comeback meets the high expectations of the fans-in our first play sessions, the new Commandos has been doing well. Game-Pass customers get the game directly to the release as part of their subscription.
More exciting steam releases
Monday, April 7th
- Inspector Schmidt – The Ebbing: In the successor to the Adventure RPG a Bavarian Tale: As an inspector Schmidt, it is pushing to be killed in a remote moor village of the 1860s. There you examine a mysterious death and s from a dense network of intrigue, lies and superstitions. You have to collect clues, question witnesses and decrypt strange symbols, while inexplicable telegraph signals keep you in suspense.
- Battlefield Commander WWII (Early Access): This tactical game lets you experience the battles of the Second World War in real-time battles. In an isometric 3D perspective, you commanded dozens of units-infantry troops, tanks, artillery-in historical scenarios around the world.
Tuesday, April 8th
- South of Midnight: Dark action adventure in the deep south of the USA, characterized by folklore, voodoo and a good dose of mystery. As a Hazel, you fight mythical creatures and reveals dark secrets. Visually idiosyncratic, atmospherically strong – and directly in the Game Pass.
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South of Midnight-Preview video for the Atmo Knüller
- Armored Brigade 2: Supplies for hardcore strategists! Armored Brigade 2 is a realistic war game in the Cold War, which is now also available on Steam after the Matrix Store start at the end of 2024. In extensive battles from 1955 to 1991, your NATO or Warsaw pact troops commanded huge cards. The focus is on armored warfare: tank, mechanized infantry, artillery slices and air support want to be coordinated. Nothing works here without training, but if you dream of meticulous sandbox simulations à la Combat mission, you should risk a look.
Wednesday, April 9th
- Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days (Early Access): In the Texas of 1980, a zombie apocalypse breaks out, and a group of survivors leads through the ruins of the city of Walton. The gameplay connects SIDESCROLER COUNDION with basic management: during the day you move to 2D levels through abandoned houses, schools or police stations, collect resources, weapons and food. At night you barricaded yourself in your shelter, manage supplies and take care of the needs and fears of your people. Imagine the whole thing like a mix of this War of Mine and Fallout Shelter with zombies.
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In the sidescroller Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days you sneak through disgusting zombie hordes
- Used Cars Simulator (Early Access): Do you have what it takes to the used car mogul? In this sloping simulation you start your own used car business in an old barrack on the outskirts. Your tasks: Browse cheap scrap carts (if necessary, a stolen car from the dodgy buddy around the corner), the boxes flotted again and polish up with fresh paint and tuning, and then sell them with full profit.
- Asgard’s Fall – Viking Survivors (Early Access): The game transfers the game principle of vampire survivors into the world of Nordic mythology. You choose one of several Viking heroes (such as an ax dalvation with a bow) and slept in top-down views with endless waves of opponents. With each monster done, it hails experience points and upgrades.
- Gedonia 2 (Early Access): The first Gedonia part turned into a small open-world secret tip on Steam in 2020. You create absolutely freely definable heroes without a fixed class and go out looking for adventures. On the way you are loosening better equipment, mastering demanding boss fights and even expanding your own settlement to permanently settle in Gedonia. The graphic is functional colorful and simple, but the scope and freedom that Gedonia 2 offers could again provide role -playing fun for many hours.
Thursday, April 10th
- Blue Prince: Welcome to Mount Holly – a mansion full of rooms that are constantly changing! Blue Prince is a game that is difficult to press into a genre that combines puzzles, strategy and roguelite. Every time you stand in front of a closed door in the first person perspective in the villa, you can decide which space opens behind it. So you design your way through the property yourself. However, the rooms reset each night at midnight, and the next day the house has a new layout ready. She only makes permanent progress if you find special blueprints. The game not only appears on Steam, but also directly in the Game Pass and in the Playstation Plus catalog on the first day.
- Monaco 2: Attention master thieves – Monaco 2 lets you plan and carry out raids with up to three teammates in the team. The chic 3D graphic is new, but the perspective remains top-down. Eight weird characters with individual skills are available, from hackers to explosive expert, and you can now even change the role in the middle of burglary to react to unforeseen obstacles.
- The Talos Principle: Reawakened: The Talos Principle is one of the best puzzle games of the last decade – now the philosophical puzzle adventure is returning in general overhauled form. This definitive edition offers up polished UE5 graphics and extends the story with additional content. Who does not know the original: you are thrown into a mysterious world full of tricky puzzles as an artificial intelligence, while a divine voice leads you through exams – and gradually find out the truth about this world and yourself.
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The Taslos Principle-The Steam hit reveals a UE5 remaster with 95 percent positive reviews
- Hollywood Animal (Early Access): A management game by Weappy Studio (This is the Police), in which a film studio leads her through the golden era of cinema-from the late 1920s to the 1940s. What initially sounds like glamorous Tycoon fun quickly turns out to be a tough business with moral gray areas: you write scripts, committed actors and directors, manage budgets and decide which films are produced. At the same time, however, you have to deal with the challenges of the time – censorship, vanities of the stars, the power of the press and perhaps also cover up one or the other scandal. You can burn your actors to turn faster or pay your authors ridiculous salaries – but everything has consequences for your reputation and success.
- Crashlands 2: Again, the fearless intergalactic supplier Flux Dabes strands on a foreign planet, and again it is important to build a new home out of nowhere. That means: collect resources, beat crocks, cook, forge weapons, build base – and all of this while the locals want to go on the leather. Part 2 promises an even larger open world with different biomes, massive new creatures (some of which can be tamed and used as a combat pets) and an expansion of the basic building feature-now you can build real buildings with high walls and roofs.
Friday, April 11th
- Wild Assault (Early Access): In this 20-VS 20 PVP shooter, anthropomorphic fighters compete against each other in huge arenas. Imagine a bit of Battlefield meets Overwatch: Two teams with various hero classes are fighting on extensive cards, conquering destinations and use vehicles, while each character has unique skills that can turn the sheet at any time.
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New games in April 2025 – our preview for PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC
Which of these releases ends up on your wish list this week? Are you looking forward to the comeback of the Commandos or lure you the mysterious adventure in South of Midnight-or something completely different, such as a cinematic Tycoon challenge? As always, let us know in the comments!
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