Here you will discover five new Steam games beyond gigantic marketing budgets.
Weekend, time for fun and leisure: What could be better than a few new games from the endless expanses of Steam. There are also various titles outside of the big names that could be worth your time.
This time with real-time tactics for Commandos fans, capitalism in the post-apocalypse and a celebrated sports game that hardly anyone in this country knows. We hope you enjoy our five Steam insider tips for the weekend!
You can find our recommendations from the current Steam sale here:
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Sumerian Six
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Sumerian Six is an acclaimed spiritual successor to Commandos and Desperados
Genre: Real-time tactics | Steam-Release: 2. September 2024 | Preis: 30 Euro
This insider tip looks like Commandos or Desperados, and really wants to play like one. This means that you mostly sneak through the levels, eliminate opponents unseen and silently and thus stay under the radar. They help with planning typical cone of visionwhich tell you where your enemies are facing.
In Sumerian Six you take on the role of command scientists
who fight their way through a World War scenario flavored with fantasy elements. This is a huge hit with Steam users. There’s also a demo to try out.
Consent on Steam: 94 percent of over 400 reviewers are positive.
Dustland Delivery
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Dustland Delivery is a serious economic simulation – in the post-apocalypse
Genre: Economic Sim | Steam-Release: 6. November 2024 | Preis: 8 Euro
The world is at the end, but it would be laughable if there wasn’t still profit to be maximized somewhere. In Dustland Delivery you scour the post-apocalypse for all kinds of stuff that you can sell for profit in settlements.
To enable a continuous flow of money, you also create trade routes for your practical truck, which you can upgrade and expand. You follow a plot and get to know all sorts of ragged characters.
Consent on Steam: 89 percent of over 400 reviewers are positive.
Apropos: Our author Mario has found an economic simulation that really hurts.
Webfishing
Genre: Multiplayer-Sport | Steam-Release: 11 October 2024 | Preis: 5 Euro
Do you like fishing? Then winter might not be your favorite season unless you’re into ice fishing. Or you can live out your hobby digitally: In Webfishing, the weather can pass you by.
The interesting thing is the game’s focus on multiplayer: in the lobbies you can compete with other enthusiasts to fish. There are around 100 creatures available to catch.
Consent on Steam: 98 percent of over 15,000 reviewers are positive.
Magicraft
Genre: Action-Roguelike | Steam-Release: 2. November 2024 | Preis: 16 Euro
Have we ever explained to you the definition of roguelike? If you try something again and again and hope that something will change this time – that’s roguelike. Magiccraft is one of them.
You and your character take trips to a world haunted by ancient gods. Here you have to skillfully dodge attacks and use magic spells to defeat a series of enemies until you inevitably die at some point. Between rounds you learn new magic and hope that you will survive the madness – sorry, the roguelike – better in the next run. A Steam demo helps you form a non-binding opinion.
Consent on Steam: 89 percent of over 7,200 reviewers are positive.
Backyard Baseball 97
Genre: Sports game | Steam-Release: 10 October 2024 | Preis: 10 Euro
Some people on this side of the pond have also had it Backyard Baseball heard. Maybe the graphic style reminds you a bit of the comic Charlie Brown. But at its core is a pretty classic sports game. The title was recently re-released on Steam.
You and your self-created team compete against computer-controlled opponents in casual matches or entire simulated seasons. The game simplifies the rules a bit, but wants the realism and statistics big
In no way inferior to sports games.
Consent on Steam: 96 percent of over 800 reviewers are positive.
So, how did we do this week? Have you discovered a game that piqued your interest? Have you noticed a criminally underestimated insider tip that you would like to share with other readers? Feel free to write it in the comments below! We are always happy to read your ideas, opinions and experiences.
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