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Farthest Frontier Review – Medieval Survival Village Building Strategy in the Test

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Farthest Frontier Review (Deutsch) - mittelalterliche Survival Dorfaufbau Strategie im Test

Become the Mayor of a Medieval Village and Protect Your Inhabitants from Frost, Disease, Hunger, Wild Animals, and Raiders – All in the Farthest Frontier Test

Farthest Frontier offers village building strategy mixed with survival and a very accurate simulation of the inhabitants. With very fancy graphics, we can use almost 60 buildings and 26 other construction elements to build a comfortable home for our dwellers and protect them from frost, diseases, hunger, wild animals, and raiders.

Sweet Transit Review – Hardcore Railroad Transportation & Construction Strategy Game in the Test

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Sweet Transit Review - Hardcore Eisenbahn Transport & Aufbau Strategie im Test

A Complex mix of town builder strategy and railroad simulation with a lot of production and goods flow

Sweet Transit offers a comprehensive mix of games like Railroad Tycoon, Railway Empires, Transport Tycoon, Satisfactory, Factorio, and a bit of Anno 1800 – In this world, everything is done by train, and few games have ever offered such complex train simulation and such a model railroad feel.

In this Sweet Transit review, you’ll see the gameplay of the new city-building simulation with plenty of trains, tracks, and railroad flair. A mix of village building strategy, transportation and goods organization, and everything is done by rail. All details about the new economic simulation, after more than 30 hours in the game – With this Indie game, a special Railroad Simulator and Trains Tycoon starts in Early Access on Steam. The release date of the strategy game was July 28, 2022, the publisher is Team17.

Clanfolk Review – Rimworld-like Build-up Strategy in Medieval Scotland – Test

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Clanfolk Review - Rimworld-like Aufbau Strategie im mittelalterlichen Schottland - Test

In Clanfolk we are responsible for the survival of a family clan in the Highlands of Scotland – A Colony Sim similar to RimWorld in Review/Test

Clanfolk is a village-building simulation set in ancient 14th century Scotland. We manage a family clan and learn to survive in the harsh wilderness. The game mixes survival, building strategy, and village simulation in minimalistic 2D graphics.

My Time At Sandrock Review – Cute, Smart, Good – Builder RPG as Portia Sequel Tested

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My Time At Sandrock Review - niedlich, pfiffig, gut - Aufbau RPG als Portia-Nachfolger im Test

The New Sandbox Crafting RPG from Portia Makers in Review – My Time at Sandrock Sends Us on a New Adventure, More Beautiful, More Extensive, and More Sandy

My Time at Sandrock is the sequel to My Time at Portia. We are the craftsmen of a village in the desert in a post-apocalyptic world. We supply our fellow villagers with items, repair things and get raw materials from the environment and from the caves and dungeons in the surroundings, where we also have to fight against monsters, robots, and crooks.

Holomento – fresh roguelite 3D Adventure RPG – Early Access (p)Review – Test

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Holomento - roguelite 3D Adventure RPG - Early Access (p)Review - Cover

Holomento is a Permadeath Roguelite RPG in Which we Gradually Rebuild the World Over Several Characters

Holomento was released on Steam and GOG in Early Access on April 27th, 2022. What kind of game is Holomento, how far is the game in development, and most importantly, is it fun to play? I’ll tell you in this short preview of the Early Access version. Holomento is being developed by Indie Solo Dev Sean Weech, with a little help from the German studio Deck13 (known for The Surge).

Songs of Conquest Review – Exciting Heroes of Might and Magic Remake in Pixelart Style

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Songs of Conquest Review - spannendes Heroes of Might and Magic Remake im Pixelart Style (Test)

In the Songs of Conquest Test There Are Old, Popular Game Mechanics Like in Heroes of Might and Magic Reinterpreted in a Modern Way, but Trimmed to Retro by Pixelart

Songs of Conquest attempts to revive the old fantasy role-playing strategy brand Heroes of Might and Magic. Explore a map with heroes, gather resources, train units, expand cities, and ultimately conquer the world.

Dune Spice Wars Review – 4X Real-Time Strategy gem Found in the Desert Sands (Test – 2022)

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Dune Spice Wars Test - 4X Echtzeit-Strategie Perle im Wüstensand gefunden (Review - Deutsch)

Real-time Strategy Meets 4X Simulation in the Sands of the Desert Planet Arrakis – The Dune Spice Wars Test

Dune: Spice Wars offers a completely new interpretation of the wars around the desert planet Dune. Here, the real-time strategy is mixed with 4X elements, so Age of Empires meets Civilization. Besides building and fighting, we take care of trade, diplomacy, politics, espionage, and sabotage and keep an eye on more than 10 different resources.

Trigon Space Story – Roguelike Strategy in Space

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Trigon Space Story Kurz (p)Review - Early Access Release - Cover

The strategy game Trigon Space Story launches in Early Access and challenges you to survive in a very hostile space with your spaceship crew

Trigon Space Story is a new space strategy game, with light RPG elements and a roguelike system. The game is developed by Sernur Tech and published by Gameforge. The release date is April the 28th, 2022 on Steam and the Epic Game Store.

Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands Review – Wacky Tabletop RPG in Borderlands 3.5 in the Test

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Tiny Tina's Wonderlands Review (Deutsch) - abgedrehtes Tisch-RPG in Borderlands 3.5 im Test [German, subtitles]

In this test of the Loot Shooter Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, guns and magic mix to create an action game of a special kind.

The Borderlands series from Gearbox is very well known and promises the finest loot shooter gameplay. How well does the pen & paper fantasy and tabletop role-playing game approach fit into the proven Borderlands concept? Find out in this Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands review with PC gameplay in the video (German, subtitles).

The action-packed shoot ’em up Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands in a detailed review – Is the mix of fantasy RPG and action RPG successful? Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands was released on March 25th, 2022, for PlayStation PS4 and PS5, for Xbox One and Xbox Series X & S, and also for PC in the Epic Games Store, a release date for Steam is planned but not yet known.

Highrise City Review – Smart City Builder and Management Mix in the Test

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Highrise City Review - kluger City-Builder und Management Mix im Test

In the Highrise City Test, we see a City-building Simulation Like in Cities Skylines, Combined With Build-up Strategy à la Anno 1800

In Highrise City we build cities like in SimCity or Cities: Skyline, but with resource management and trade, like in Anno. This new city builder mixes construction games with trade simulation and mayor management.