Tag: Medieval

Wartales: The Mercenaries Edition delivers a wonderfully gritty mercenary saga, where tactical battles, hard choices and a wealth of additional adventures make every hard-earned victory feel deserved.

A wonderfully uncompromising RPG classic that proves Khorinis is still worth getting lost in, combining a richly reactive world, memorable characters and rewarding exploration with enough old-school rough edges to remind us how far the genre has come.

Anvil Saga turns medieval blacksmithing into an absorbing management adventure, blending satisfying workshop progression, colourful characters and meaningful faction choices into a charming story about building something worthwhile in a world seemingly determined to tear itself apart.

Through Blood and Dragons: Dragon Wars delivers a charming burst of classic arcade flight action, blending dragon riding, elemental attacks and satisfying aerial combat into a compact fantasy adventure that captures the spirit of old-school shooters while leaving room for a much grander journey.

Runes Quest offers a charming and relaxing take on classic Sokoban puzzles, with 30 bite-sized challenges that reward patience, careful planning, and the simple satisfaction of finally finding the way home.

Moonlight Chess turns the battlefield into a strategic playground, combining card choices, clever positioning, unit merging and satisfying synergies into a charming auto-battler that is remarkably easy to lose an evening to.

The Viking Sagas adds another memorable chapter to Age of Empires II, featuring three distinctive civilisations, superb campaigns, and Harald Hardrada's extraordinary journey from exiled prince to the last great Viking conqueror.

Vampire Blood Dynasty serves up a suitably gothic revenge fantasy with satisfying hack-and-slash combat, but its promising vampire politics and supernatural premise struggle to transcend the limitations of a modest budget.

A brutally inventive gladiator brawler where anatomy, physics and player-created moves turn every fight into a wonderfully unpredictable battle for survival.

Defender of the Crown: The Legend Returns gives a beloved Amiga classic three lives: authentic Retro Mode, a polished Classic Mode and an inventive Kingdom Mode packed with roguelite twists. It may show its age beneath the polish, but its blend of strategy, spectacle and old-school charm remains remarkably easy to fall for.