Tag: Strategy

Discover detailed reviews of top strategy games, including real-time tactics and turn-based challenges right here on Thumb Culture. Perfect for players who enjoy deep thinking, careful planning, and mastering complex gameplay mechanics.

Rising Lords –  PC Review
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Rising Lords – PC Review

Rising Lords is a captivating strategy game that immerses players in the medieval world, to create and govern their feudal settlements. Developed by Argonwood and published by Deck 13 and Whisper Games. This indie gem offers a refreshing take on the genre, with its intriguing blend of turn-based strategy, resource management, and political diplomacy. With its charming visuals, engrossing gameplay mechanics, and attention to detail, Rising Lords proves to be a standout title. That will captivate both strategy enthusiasts and history buffs alike. Rising Lords rises to the challenge of being the next great strategy game Rise,  Strategy Lords Have you heard about Rising Lords? This game is bound to keep you interested with its unique blend of turn-based strategy and resource management. Set ...
Tekken 8 – PC Review
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Tekken 8 – PC Review

Tekken 8 is a 3-D Fighting game developed and published by Bandai Namco. First released in 1994, this franchise has been going for almost 30 years. It's available on PC, Xbox series X/S, and PS5 with crossplay and rollback netcode.  There was some controversy over adding more accessibility for both colorblind and disabled players. Due to the fact that the game would cause players to have migraines and vertigo. Ian Hamilton discovered this issue during the demo of the game and voiced their concern about this issue. After some back and forth from the community, Bandai Namco did update their options to accommodate all players in the release of the game.  Will you become the next King of Iron Fist Tournament Champion or become a rocket powered salmon! That also have heat seeking? Ok! Who i...
War Hospital – PS5 Review
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War Hospital – PS5 Review

War Hospital is a management game and medical simulator set in World War 1. Published by Nacon and developed by Brave Lamb Studios L.A. Released on 11/01/2024, War Hospital is available for £34.99 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S, or £24.99 on Steam. Well, You Can't Save Everyone You are the bridge between the soldiers and victory. Help as many soldiers as possible, make tough decisions and help the war effort. Manage your hospital and its limited resources, hire Doctors and Nurses, keep staff and soldiers alive and raise their morale. Gameplay In War Hospital, players must hire staff, treat soldiers, care for the staff and soldier's wellbeing, and defend the hospital from attacks. Before any of that, the player needs to hire staff to keep the patients and hospital going. T...
SteamWorld Build – PC Review
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SteamWorld Build – PC Review

Thanks to the publisher, Thunderful Publishing, we get a look at the next entry into the SteamWorld franchise. Created by the development team called The Station. They give SteamWorld a new approach with SteamWorld Build, a management sim coming in early December this year. The planet's dying, but not our hope I enjoyed some of the previous games in the SteamWorld universe, for example, the SteamWorld Dig games and the turn-based game SteamWorld Heists. I've eagerly been waiting for SteamWorld Build since I enjoy a good Management game. If you've ever played any previous entries, let us know your thoughts in the comments below. Gameplay SteamWorld Build starts off with our protagonists, Jack and Astrid Clutchsprocket. They are looking for a way off the planet. A core that journeys ...
Last Train Home – PC Review
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Last Train Home – PC Review

The Last Train Home is a real-time strategy game with management elements. Developed by Ashborne Games and published by THQ Nordic, Last Train Home will be released on Steam on November 28th of this year. A Long, Arduous Journey Control a small neutral legion of soldiers in real-time, make tough decisions and manage what little resources you have in Last Train Home. The war has ended, but a Civil War has broken out. Trying to reach the boat that will take their soldiers home and away from the now war-torn wasteland, the group must travel on an armoured train and try to take as many soldiers as they can home with them. Gameplay Last Train Home has three elements to its gameplay: making choices, strategy and resource management. You can find new soldiers and more resources during mis...
My Time at Sandrock – Xbox X Review
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My Time at Sandrock – Xbox X Review

Ever feel the need to get away from it all? Well it seems that Pathea have the solution with a great opportunity as a builder in Sandrock.  Join a community in need of a little support to survive and help them out. My Time at Sandrock will hopefully allow me to put my generous self to work selflessly helping the locals. Have I really got what it takes to build the things that they need? Time to dig out my hammer, screwdriver and see what happens. My Time at Sandrock - Rocking out or letting the Sandman in? The wild west with a bit of a difference, not sure whether to dig out my stetson and six shooter and have a duel at sundown, or maybe I need to fix my toolbox and become a slave to the system. Either way, I hope to have a lot of fun revitalising Sandrock into a thriving community. Fing...
The Troop – PC Review
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The Troop – PC Review

The Troop is a turn-based tactical game set in WW2 with a hex grid. Developed by Giant Flame and Published by PLA Studious, The Troop is available on Steam for £30.99. A demo is also available for players to get a taste of it first. Strategize & Command Platoons The game features 36 story missions following the narrative from D-Day and four campaigns of linked historically-inspired scenarios. Commanding either British, German, or Canadian units, players will get a taste of history through the gameplay. Born from a love of turn-based games and WW2, The Troop incorporates elements of classic tabletop gaming. Gameplay As previously mentioned, The Troop features a few different modes. Story Mode has 36 missions and a linked story. There are four campaign modes. The campaigns are a ...
The Lamplighters League – PC Review
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The Lamplighters League – PC Review

Ready up for a new turn-based adventure game published by Paradox Interactive and developed by the Harebrained Schemes team. The Lamplighter League will have players building up their teams and preparing them to fight back against evil. The game is out now on Steam for £41.99. The Deluxe Edition is also available and offers a new character known as Nocturne and both the Soundtrack and Digital Artbook. When the world is in darkness, The Lamplighters League jump into action! The Lamplighters League starts off with a mail courier being pursued and killed. We then jump to one of our unlikely heroes, Ingrid, a femme fatale hired by the mysterious Mr L. After Ingrid investigates the courier's body, she and The Gentlemen-Djin, known as Lateef, head off to save a nearby pilot. Their adventure ev...
Tenebris Pictura – Xbox Review
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Tenebris Pictura – Xbox Review

The world is a weird and wonderful place, and Pentadimensional has taken a slice of the weird and wonderful and captured in Tenebris Pictura. What do I really know about the paranormal, the fifth dimension or out of body experiences? Well not a lot, well I say that there was this one time when me and this girl were..... I think I'll leave that there. So time to strap on my big boy pants and enter the world where all is not as it seems. I'm sure that the padded cell can wait for me a little longer. Tenebris Pictura - What even does it mean? Google Translate Anyone? The look of Tenebris Pictura has definitely got my excitement levels up. It has a certain Lovecraftian feel to it that I really like. Hopefully, the gameplay will live up to my expectations. I have just drawn a huge pentagram a...
Homeseek – PC Review
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Homeseek – PC Review

Released 20th July 2023, Homeseek is a post apocalyptic colony sim developed by Traptics and published by The Iterative Collection - with QA credited to iXie Gaming. Homeseek is a new venture for Traptics, whose previous games were both 2D. Being an avid fan of colony sims, I've been looking forward to getting my hands on this one. June 6th - 2101 "Born, bred, and educated in underground bunkers, we emerge to stake our claim on the sparsely inhabited surface. What awaits us is a wasteland ravaged by drought and scarred by ancient wars. It may not be as devoid of life as we had imagined, but that does not make it any less perilous; end even where the barren land meets sea, the undrinkable water only taunts us more." Story First up, let's talk story. Rather than an 'everything all at onc...