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Steam’s Turn-Based RPG Fest has discounts and demos you can download then play, in that order95% off XCOM 2 is a steal
95% off XCOM 2 is a steal
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Image credit:2K
“Turn-based” games are, as we know, all derived from Turn, the strategy game about a dog digging for coins released for the BBC Micro in 1987. Prior to this, all actions in games simply took place simultaenously, as fast as the player or players could make them.
Fast forward to today and many games are now “turn-based”, from TacticsOgreReborn toAge Of Wonders4 to chess. In celebration of their orderliness, Steam is currently running aturn-based RPG festfeaturing discounts and demos for “turn-based games where you grow stronger with every battle”.
These genre specific Fests tend to attract fewer pre-release demos than other Steam events, particularly this close to the more demo-centric Next Fest, which happens in a couple of weeks. The most downloaded demos of the fest so far are recent releases such as Multiverse Loot Hunter andBackpack Battles, and recent-ish staples like Dragon Quest 11 S and the aforementioned Octopath Traveller 2.
Still, browsing the menu did introduce me to Silence Of The Siren, which released in Early Access just a few days ago. It’s from the developers of Project Hospital and it’s a sci-fi strategy game in the vein of Heroes Of Might & Magic. Looks neat! You cangrab the demo from its store page.
TheTurn-Based Festruns from now until October 7th. Turn developer Stephen “Turn” Turner would be proud.
