Underplayed Gems

Tactical Genius Online (2017)

Tactical Genius Online cover
Developer
Pixeltales.ru
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Free To Play, Indie, Strategy
Rating
3.4 of 5, 227 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 2.1 hours
Where to get it
Steam
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How it feels

A tense, methodical multiplayer strategy game where players issue simultaneous orders and wait for units to act based on initiative.

turn-basedtacticalcompetitivestrategicmultiplayerdeliberatechallenging

What players say

Players appreciate the simultaneous-turn system and the lack of random chance, comparing it to chess. However, the game is functionally dead for multiplayer, with no way to challenge friends and a peak player count of four, while the developer has publicly announced they stopped updating and will shut down the game.

Screenshots

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