Underplayed Gems

Deadlock: Planetary Conquest (2014)

Deadlock: Planetary Conquest cover
Developer
Accolade, Inc.
Publisher
Atari, Nightdive Studios
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Strategy
Rating
2.7 of 5, 118 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 1.4 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

A methodical and accessible turn-based empire-building game where you carefully expand a colony and compete for dominance through economy, culture, or warfare.

strategicturn-basedscifiaddictiveaccessiblemultiplayerresource managementcompetitively tense

What players say

Players praise the AI as surprisingly competent for a 90s game, and the gameplay holds up as a quick, challenging 4X with more city management than Alpha Centauri. Most need to delete a DLL file to launch the game, and sound often breaks on modern systems.

Screenshots

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