
Farming an alien world in a giant mech is fun, even if it currently stops a bit short.


Farming an alien world in a giant mech is fun, even if it currently stops a bit short.

These are dark days if you wanted a good Terminator RTS.

A quick, casual city builder above, a dungeon-building miner below.

The Lamplighters League starts slow, but its mix of squad tactics, stealth, and pulp adventure soon builds momentum thanks to excellent design of both heroes and enemies.

Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is dead-on stealth tactics-filled with character and vigor – a peak for the genre.

Retro-shooting and fast-paced arenas suit the 40K setting nicely, but Boltgun falls short of greatness because its ideas peter out too quickly. Some good level design and nice environments make up for a lack of variety.

This roguelite sequel takes a bold new direction for the turn-based tactics ideas established in the first game, but its early hours lean heavily on randomness and it can be a trial to stick with it until you see the light.

Cool ship classes and action-packed combat keep up the pace in this space jockey's looter-shooter.

Outfoxing your human foes remains excellent in Relic's latest, Company of Heroes 3. The heart of this World War 2 RTS' combat and faction design is stronger than ever.

Company of Heroes 3's single-player campaigns remix the series' signature WW2 combat, but they wrap it up in a boring, buggy strategic map and a mismatched story.

A dedicated renewal for an already-legendary video game.

A shallow grind of an overworld strategy game threatens to ruin enjoyment of Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord's unique and sublimely gritty tactical action.

An ambitious but overwhelming alien invasion strategy game.