
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries checks most of the boxes you could ask for out of a modern revival of the series.

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries checks most of the boxes you could ask for out of a modern revival of the series.

Planet Zoo is a wildly satisfying park-builder with a menagerie of lovely looking animals.

A dazzling and slick 4X game with exciting turn-based combat and an engaging story.

Steel Division 2 does most of what Normandy 44 did as well or better, but just about everything new it tries gets bogged down in the mud.

Warhammer: Chaosbane can stand proudly alongside some of the best games that have used the foreboding, Gothic Old World as a setting.

A turn-based grand strategy game on the scale of Total War: Three…

High skill cap melee combat is equally rewarding and daunting, though the archery and support roles could use some work.

Imperator: Rome packs more interesting strategic systems and detail into its vast historical sandbox simulation than its interface can fully handle, but they produce some excellent political scheming and warfare.

Tropico 6 stands out as an in-depth city-builder with a strong personality, even if its economic systems are unwieldy.

A grand-strategy 4X that works remarkably well on gamepad, but is light years behind in important updates.

At the Gates tries some ambitious new ideas that, in time, may leave a mark on the 4X genre. But today, it's far too broken to recommend.