SunAge: Battle for Elysium (2014)

Developer: vertex4 entertainment GmbH
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Genres: Action, Indie, Strategy
Rating: 3.7 of 5, 188 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 13 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A nostalgic return to classic RTS gameplay with deliberate base-building and squad-based tactical control.

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What players say

Players praise the nostalgic 2D graphics and three distinct factions, but many find the unit controls and pathfinding frustrating. Skirmish AI is locked to a very hard difficulty, and the game lacks a random map generator. Opinions split on whether the unique squad-based control system is a clever feature or a major flaw.

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