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In Endless Space you play the role of the leader of one of the many intelligent beings of a galaxy at the beginning of the space age. Very quickly, you discover the remnants of an older civilization. That civilization called themselves the

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BattleTech is a turn-based tactical 'Mech combat set in the classic 3025 era of the BattleTech Universe. From the creators of the Shadowrun Series!

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Front Mission 3, also known in Japan as Front Mission Third, is a tactical role-playing game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation. It was released in Japan in 1999, and North America by Square Electronic Arts and Europe in

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Battleship is a game based off of the film, based off of the board game/toy.

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Take the command of Free Nations Union forces and defeat the Phantom League on one of six distant planets. The rebels decided to seize the power on Earth by first conquering the space colonies, which provide vital energy resources to AOG. T

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Stars in Shadow is a turn-based 4X strategy game and a vivid tribute to the genre classics. Compete with alien factions to explore and colonize nearby starsystems, build fleets to defend against rivals, negotiate or conquer them. Win by uni

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Magic 2014: Duels of the Planeswalkers is a digital collectible card game that introduces players to the Magic: The Gathering universe. Players assume the role of a Planeswalker, casting spells and summoning creatures across various planes

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Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their tech

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MissionForce: Cyberstorm is a turn-based strategy game set in the Earthsiege universe. Cyberstorm focuses on tactical combat with giant robots. The game includes a lot of rich backstory and tons of customization for your squad.

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The award-winning Space Empires IV Deluxe is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. A grand strategy title in the space 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) genre, Space Empires has already found a place in the heart of s

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UFO: Alien Invasion is a game in which the player controls human special forces (PHALANX) in the fight against alien invaders. It is an opensource game based on and heavily influenced by the X-COM games.

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Horizon is a turn-based space strategy game of galactic exploration and conquest in which you are in control of humanity’s destiny. You will explore deep space, find new frontiers and discover alien artifacts hidden on long-abandoned plane

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Take the command of Free Nations Union forces and defeat the Phantom League on one of six distant planets. The rebels decided to seize the power on Earth by first conquering the space colonies, which provide vital energy resources to AOG. T

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In Deadlock, an intense turn-based strategic simulation, seven races colonize a virgin planet, but only one will survive. Build your province’s structures. Conduct research to advance your race. Devise the perfect strategy of diplomacy, int

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X-COM: UFO Defense is a strategy game that combines tactical combat with base management and global defense. Players lead an international organization tasked with defending Earth from an alien invasion. The game unfolds on two levels: a gl

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CyberStorm 2: Corporate Wars is a turn-based and real-time strategy game developed by Dynamix and released in 1998 as a sequel to MissionForce: CyberStorm. It was published by Sierra On-Line.

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Front Mission 2 is a tactical role-playing game for the Sony PlayStation developed by G-Craft and published by Square Co., Ltd., and was released in Japan on September 25, 1997. Front Mission 2 is the second main entry and the third entry o

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Deadlock II: Shrine Wars is an exciting game of strategy, resource management and military conquest. Each race has its own strengths and weaknesses - learn to exploit them to your advantage. Build, trade, research, attack, as you search for

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Front Mission 3, also known in Japan as Front Mission Third, is a tactical role-playing game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation. It was released in Japan in 1999, and North America by Square Electronic Arts and Europe in

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Wage war with five factions, each with unique abilities, in the original game of strategy and world domination! Play with the classic rules or reign supreme with objective-based and world conquest scenarios as you command your army and take

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The first Breach in the series.

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SSI, the masterminds behind the Five Star General Series’, bring their Midas touch to the Warhammer 40,000 world in the first ever video-game adaption of the Epic table-top game. With over 85 unit types, this addition to the 40k franchise b

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There is a price for everything… even Life and Death. Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge is a turn-based strategy that puts you command of a squad of specialists for hire in the genre’s biggest game-world yet: the African country Diamond Coast. D

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For many years the world had suffered from overpopulation and ecological destruction, until the leading scientists created CyberBrain - a supercomputer that solved all the global problems and turned the overpopulated and polluted Earth into

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In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war. Experience every bone-rattling explosion and soul-crushing charge in Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector, the definitve battle-scale game of turn-based strategy and fast-paced combat tha

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Dai-3-ji Super Robot Taisen ("3rd Super Robot Wars") is the third game in Banpresto's immense Super Robot Wars/Taisen series.Six months after the DC War (as chronicled in Super Robot Wars 2), the DC seems to be regaining their former combat

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A turn-based strategy game taking place on a fictional island named Chromos. Different factions fight for supremacy. Created by German developer Blue Byte in 1991.

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Turn-based strategy and tactics defines the gameplay for sci-fi game Fallen Haven. The game centers around humanity's defense of colony planet New Haven on the fringes of the galactic battleground. Taurans, the opposing alien race, arrive i

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Your Mission: colonize new worlds on distant planets. As the Mission Commander, you and the Mechanized Assault & Exploration (M.A.X.) Force you lead are the first ones in. Mining stations, power plants, tactical combat vehicle factories, ha

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UFO: Extraterrestrials is a Microsoft Windows game aimed to be a spiritual sequel to the highly acclaimed UFO: Enemy Unknown (retitled X-COM: UFO Defense in North America). Developed by Chaos Concept, the game incorporates a twist of the al

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Attack of the Earthlings combines turn-based combat and stealth in a dark comedic single player campaign, where you the player, take control of the native alien race to defend your homeworld from the invading humans.

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Super Famicom Wars is a war simulator produced by Nintendo for the Super Famicom. It was released via the Nintendo Power game service. It is the follow-up to the original Famicom Wars and a precursor to the Advance Wars series. Super Famic

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Future Tactics is an Action-Strategy game based around a turn based battle engine. The game has a single player 'Story Mode', a two player 'Battle Mode'. The player controls a team of nine characters. The player must move each of their cha

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Godzilla is a strategy game in which you must command the military in an attempt to kill Godzilla before he destroys Tokyo. If Godzilla reaches Tokyo, the game is over. The game is a large grid on the map of Japan and nearby waters. There a

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Jagged Alliance is back - and it is all about the unique mix of turn based tactics, fierce battles, squad management and crazy mercenary personalities. Take control of your own band of mercenaries, lead them into battle and manage your res

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Laser Squad is a turn-based tactics war game where the player completes objectives such as rescue or retrieval operations, or simply eliminating all of the enemy by taking advantage of cover, squad level military tactics, and careful use of

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Military Madness (released as Nectaris in Japan) is a futuristic turn-based strategy war game. The year is 2089 and the setting is Earth’s moon, which yields many important resources. While the governments of Earth bicker over their staked

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Necromunda: Underhive Wars is a turn-based tactical RPG. Rival gangs of ruthless warriors are locked in an endless war for control of the Underhive, a gigantic warren of derelict factories, rusted metal husks, and forgotten technologies. An

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Phantom Brigade 2.0 is a cinematic, tactical mech strategy game with a revolutionary timeline-based command system. See the future, predict enemy actions, and plot your counterattack on the timeline! Recruit and level up your squad of rebel

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1943: The world seems to face its destruction in all parts; war is raging like never before. You are the commander of a squad, leading the soldiers you’ve selected into special and top secret operations to change the tide of war in your fav

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Volfoss is a tactical role-playing game developed by Namco for the original PlayStation. It was released in Japan in 2001

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Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch is a turn-based strategy game, set on the edge of Imperial space, where your Space Marines will take on the Tyranids in a series of tactical engagements.

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Arma Tactics is a turn-based close-combat strategy game, where you take control of a four-member Special Forces team. There are no given strategies rails to move on, or paths to follow; it's up to you to decide how you will play through bot

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In 1987, Omnitrend Software released Breach amidst rave reviews praising it as "...having much in common with cinematic science fiction such as Aliens" - Compute Magazine. It was said that "With products like Breach, wargamers begin to see

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A tower defense game where you have to defend Power Cores from being stolen. Tower construction is limited to specified platforms on where you can place 1 out of 10 diffrent upgradeable towers. Towers can not be destroyed by the enemies. To

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Immerse yourself in Etherlords, a marvelous fantasy universe where the Vitals, Kinets, and Chaots are locked in a deadly confrontation for the world’s most vital and important resource. Crush your enemies, collect and evolve your creatures,

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Master of Orion is a competitive game of interstellar conquest that combines exploration with conflict. You are cast as the immortal emperor who shapes the future of your race, as contact is made with the neighbouring races. Your objective

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Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes m

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