The Steam Holiday sale is here!  Let's take a look at all of the crowdfunded games that are currently on sale.The Big List of Discounted Crowdfunded Games in the 2014 Steam Holiday Sale

by Marcus Estrada

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he annual Steam Holiday Sale is now upon us! No matter what you may or may not celebrate personally, it’s incredibly hard for PC gamers to ignore this event. Every year it seems they offer the most outrageous deals possible on games both new and old! This year there are over 6,000 titles on sale. Yeah, that’s far more than any one person can sift through. Are you stumped for what to buy? If you’re on Cliqist then chances are you love crowdfunded games so we’re providing a guide of almost every crowdfunded game currently on sale! Some of the sales are certainly better than others, which is why we’ve placed games in alphabetical order within different price tiers. When you’re done reading, be sure to follow the Cliqist Steam Curation Page for more great crowdfunded games!

Discounts on all following games are live right now until January 2nd at 10:00 AM PST. There may also be even greater discounts on these titles via Featured and Flash Deals or Community’s Choice vote. My best suggestion is to wait on purchasing any title until near the end of sale to ensure this isn’t the case.

Note: Each game includes its official brief Steam description (any typos or confusing text left intact). Games we specifically recommend will be featured first in each section along with a logo image.

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$2.50 or less

chuckschallengesteamChuck’s Challenge 3D – $0.99

From the design veteran behind the classic game Chip’s Challenge, comes Chuck’s Challenge 3D, a fiendishly addictive game that’s packed with features that will tease the brain and challenge the fingers.

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Dominique Pamplemousse in “It’s All Over Once The Fat Lady Sings!” is a unique and offbeat stop motion animated detective adventure game about gender and the economy. Also, all the characters frequently burst into song.

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Sequence – $2.49

Sequence combines elements of both rhythm and role-playing games to create an entirely unique experience.

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No Time to Explain – $2.49

“I Am You From The Future! No Time To Explain, Follow m-OH CHRIST!” Chase your future self through time and alternate realities while fighting giant monsters, collecting hats, and eating cake! No Time To Explain is a game about Time Paradoxes, Jetpack Guns and Ribs In People’s Eyes.

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ORION: Prelude – $0.74

Work together to survive the devastating Dinosaur horde in huge, endless environments.

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Spate – $1.99

Spate is a surreal experience set in a world that seeks to draw the player into its reality. Spate is a dark, brooding, and beautifully crafted emotional journey that is seen through the eyes of a struggling addict.

CreaVures – $1.24

Take control of five cute, mystical creatures of miniature proportions called CreaVures. CreaVures always travel in pairs, and they must use their special abilities to help each other solve interesting platforming puzzles.

Labyrinthine Dreams – $1.99

Labyrinthine Dreams is a short puzzle game about overcoming the scars of the past and following the right path, even in the face of overwhelming challenges.

Paper Sorcerer – $2.49

Paper Sorcerer is a stylish single player turn based RPG focused on strategy, party-building, and environmental puzzles. Fight with the skills and spells you’ve learned in a battle system that emphasizes strategy over grinding.

Rhythm Destruction – $2.49

Rhythm Destruction is a rhythm & shoot’em up that aims to combine the best of both genres. Blast and maneuver your way through perilous stages filled with numerous enemies, obstacles and unique boss encounters.

Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages – $2.49

Ring Runner combines the fast-paced action of space combat with the rich story and skill variety of an RPG. Trek across the universe in a 30 hour long story-driven campaign based on a companion Sci Fi novel, or challenge 6 scenarios alone, cooperatively, or competitively through local or online multiplayer.

Saturday Morning RPG – $1.74

Saturday Morning RPG is an episodic JRPG set in world heavily inspired by 1980s Saturday morning cartoons and pop culture.

SpaceCem – $0.99

Zachtronics Industries is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!

Takedown: Red Sabre – $0.99

TAKEDOWN is a thinking-person’s shooter; brutal, hardcore and deadly – like the real thing. Not for the faint hearted, Takedown requires you to bring your ‘A’ game – FPS fans looking for an ultra hardcore experience only need apply!

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$5.00 or less

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FTL: Faster Than Light – $4.99

This “spaceship simulation roguelike-like” allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.

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Sword of the Stars: The Pit – $3.24

A deadly plague ravages your world. Your last hope: a legendary alien facility dug deep into the Feldspar Mountains…a massive Pit, built by the ancient Suul’ka. If ‘The Pit’ really exists, there might be something left. Something that will give your doctors a fighting chance at the cure.

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Tiny Barbarian DX – $4.99

What’s a barbarian to do? Captured by crazed cultists, tied to a tree, and abandoned as buzzard chow, our pixelatd protagonist is ready for revenge! Sword & Sorcery! Might & Muscle! Are you Tiny enough for this Barbarian-sized adventure?

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Chivalry: Medieval Warfare – $4.99

Besiege castles and raid villages in Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, a fast-paced medieval first person slasher with a focus on multiplayer battles.

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The Fall – $4.99

Take the role of ARID, the artificial intelligence within a high-tech combat suit. The Fall is a unique combination of adventure-game puzzle solving and side-scroller action, all set within a dark and atmospheric story. Get ready for a disturbing journey as you explore the world of The Fall.

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Fist Puncher – $4.99

Return to the glory days of sidescrolling beat-em-ups, courtesy of developers Team2Bit and Adult Swim Games. The sinister Milkman holds the city of San Cruces in his nasty criminal grip, and it’s up to legendary black belt neurosurgeon Dr. Karate and the rest of the Fist Puncher team

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Knock-knock – $4.99

There is an unusual cabin deep in the woods. It had served as a laboratory and a dwelling for three generations of Lodgers. But as of late the latest Lodger has been noticing weird changes in familiar surroundings; things are missing, noises and rattle heard. Something odd is coming out of the woods.

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Race the Sun – $2.99

You are a solar craft. The sun is your death timer. Hurtle towards the sunset at breakneck speed in a futile race against time. Delay the inevitable by catching energy boosts which reverse the setting sun – if only for a moment.

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Resonance – $2.99

When a brilliant particle physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his terrible new technology before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four playable characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the dead scientist’s secret vault.

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Shadowrun Returns – $2.99

MAN MEETS MAGIC & MACHINE. The year is 2054. Magic has returned to the world, awakening powerful creatures of myth and legend. Technology merges with flesh and consciousness. Elves, trolls, orks and dwarves walk among us, while ruthless corporations bleed the world dry.

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Strike Suit Zero – $4.99

Immerse yourself in massive fleet battles where your dog-fighting skills will directly affect the fate of the cosmos.

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Two Brothers – $3.74

Two Brothers is an Action Adventure game that features a classic Gameboy aesthetic. Roy Guarder, inventor, scientist, and philosopher, is on an expedition to discover the origins of life.

Galcon Legends – $4.99

Join Buck the bill collector as he unites the galaxy against the forces of evil. Send swarms of ships to defeat enemy planets and conquer the universe! Galcon Legends teaches the basic strategies of Galcon through a single-player campaign.

Godus – $4.99

If you’ve not had the chance to play our delightful, Zen-like re-genesis of the god game on Windows PC or Mac OS X, there’s never been a better time to do so! Now more than ever, as we’re currently making full use of our opt-in branch by running a rapid build release schedule during our PC-focused sprint.

Guncraft – $3.74

Block and Load! Combining the addictive nature of block building sandbox games with the speed and competition of modern first-person shooters, Guncraft takes voxel-based gaming to a whole new level.

Guns of Icarus Online – $3.74

Guns of Icarus Online is the premier airship combat game. With a good ship and the right crew, you can conquer the skies!

The Hat Man: Shadow Ward – $4.94

Based on many stories of actual encounters, this survival horror game tests whether you can keep it together, solve problems, avoid danger and escape with your soul. A dynamic, story driven adventure that will scare you.

Humans Must Answer – $3.99

Dodge, shoot and explode across the Solar System as a crew of intelligent and dangerous chickens. As the pilot of The Golden Eagle, it’s your duty to keep Colonel Ram and Professor Bez safe as they squabble about ethics and who last used the toilet.

Infinite Space III: Sea of Stars – $4.99

Sea of Stars is a starship roguelike, a sandbox adventure game of interstellar exploration and combat. Travel from star to star, upgrade your ship with new systems and weapons, build up your flotilla with allies and mercenaries, and take on a variety of alien menaces.

Last Dream – $3.99

Last Dream incorporates the best features of classic RPGs: replayability and complete immersion into a vast world, rich with detail.

Legend of Dungeon – $4.99

As you journey deep into the dungeon, you will find weapons, items, and long forgotten magic.. ..if you’re lucky, it might help you to fight off the droves of mysterious creatures you will encounter.

Organ Trail: Director’s Cut – $2.99

Organ Trail is a retro zombie survival game. Travel westward in a station wagon with 4 of your friends, scavenging for supplies and fending off the undead. Members of your party might die of dysentery or you might have to put them down yourself when they get bit.

Our Darker Purpose – $3.89

Journey to the dark heart of the Edgewood Home for Lost Children in this fiendishly difficult action RPG! When her teacher stepped out of the classroom a month ago, Cordy never imagined he would be gone for good. Now her fellow students have turned on each other as the school descends into chaos.

Party of Sin – $2.99

Take control of the Seven Deadly Sins as you forge your destiny on a quest to troll humanity.

Ravaged Zombie Apocalypse – $3.74

A multiplayer shooter with gritty (and fast) vehicles, awe inspiring environments, and of course hard core weapons with great character classes to match.

Spark Rising – $4.99

Spark Rising is a sandbox FPS where you build up your battle exo-suit and do the unthinkable: Take down a mad god that is tearing the galaxy asunder.

A Wizard’s Lizard – $4.94

Conquer the forces of Death in A Wizard’s Lizard, an action RPG for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Explore ever-changing dungeons, filled with powerful weapons and items. Battle back the hordes of evil. Rescue villagers to improve your town and increase your power for your next trek into the dungeon.

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$7.50 or less

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Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller – $7.49

FBI agent Erica Reed has an uncanny talent: she can see the past and piece together how a crime unfolded. But not even this sixth sense could save her younger brother, Scott, from a brutal serial killer.

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Unrest – $6.79

Unrest is a role playing adventure game set in a fantasy interpretation of ancient India that adapts to death, failure, and the choices you make. Play as ordinary people in a struggle for safety, freedom, and a chance at peace. Use conversation, manipulation (and rarely, violence) to achieve your goals.

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Volgarr the Viking – $7.49

Remember when games were tough? Return to the Golden Age of arcades with an all-NEW hardcore action experience that pulls no punches. Volgarr the Viking possesses all the hallmarks of the true classics – simple controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.

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Cloudberry Kingdom – $5.99

Unhappily ever after. That’s how it starts. The Orb resurfaces and the classic characters return. Kobbler with his mania, Princess with her endless boredom. It’s only a matter of time before Bob, our hero, shows up to put order back to madness.

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FORCED – $5.09

Forced is a one- to four-player co-op arcade action RPG with puzzle and tactical elements. You are cast as slaves in the toughest fantasy gladiator school of them all, condemned to fight to the death, all the while attempting to win your freedom.

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Monochroma – $6.59

Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950’s setting.

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Octodad: Dadliest Catch – $7.49

Octodad: Dadliest Catch is a game about destruction, deception, and fatherhood. The player controls Octodad, a dapper octopus masquerading as a human, as he goes about his life. Octodad’s existence is a constant struggle, as he must master mundane tasks with his unwieldy boneless tentacles.

AR-K – $5.99

Filled with mystery, humor, and suspense, and brought to life in rich 3D-animation, AR-K is a point-and-click story game with a twist

CONSORTIUM – $6.99

Game One of the iDGi-1 Trilogy. Purchase includes 70 min original orchestral soundtrack by Jeremy Soule and the comprehensive “iDGi-1 Discoveries” lore compendium.

Face of Mankind – $7.49

Face of Mankind is a sandbox game about a potential future, far removed from human civilization as we know it. Evolve your character to its ultimate potential, whether that is the accumulation of wealth, power, social status, or all three, and watch the effects of your actions.

Full Bore – $7.49

Deep underground lies a reminder of Boarkind’s darkest hours. All it takes is one little boar to dig it back up. A block puzzler with an exploratory twist, Full Bore throws the player into an open world of crumbling mines, arcane ruins, and technological wonders with only curiosity to lead the way.

Magicite – $7.49

Explore, craft, and survive in this Multiplayer RPG Platformer with permanent death! Featuring many Rogue-like elements, Magicite randomly generates each underground dungeon for you and your friends to delve deep into.

The Mysterious Cities of Gold – $5.99

Play Esteban, Zia and Tao through numerous tricky levels full of puzzles, traps and infiltration phases in a wide variety of diverse gorgeous settings. Explore every nook and cranny of China, and escape Zarès’ hostile men, searching for the local City of Gold.

Paranormal – $7.49

Experience the horrors of a haunting that’s never the same twice. Paranormal is a 3D fully dynamic haunting experience. The player takes the role of Mattel Clark, an artist who has a haunted house. Mattel decides to film the hauntings with his camera, which is the viewpoint of the game.

Retro Game Crunch – $7.49

Retro Game Crunch is a series of 7 games, full of the charm and challenge of the 8-bit generation. Each world feels like an authentic NES classic. A massive genre-spanning collection.

Risk of Rain – $6.69

Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.

Small World 2 – $7.49

Based on the phenomenally successful Small World fantasy board game with over 500,000 copies sold! Take control of insanely fun fantasy race & special power combos, such as Berserk Halflings, Triton Merchants, Alchemist Ratmen and Dragon-master Amazons

StarDrive – $7.49

As a space bear, human or any other race, venture forth into the galaxy, create custom ships, conquer new worlds, build new colonies and defend your very existence against those who would take what is yours.

Whispering Willows – $7.49

Interact with the spirits of the dead, solve the puzzles of the mysterious mansion and help Elena find her missing father in the horror/adventure puzzle game: Whispering Willows.

Windforge – $7.49

WindForge is a side-scrolling block-building game where you explore hostile skies in an ever-changing Steampunk world. Everything you see can be created or destroyed, creating an RPG without barriers that rewards creative problem solving and improvisation.

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$10.00 or less

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The Banner Saga – $9.99

Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.

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Eterium – $8.99

In this fully 3D, real-time space flight simulator, you will play a pivotal role in the war between the United Earth Alliance and a vicious alien threat known as the Revi. Strap into the cockpit, get your joystick ready, and join the fight in this retro space sim inspired by the games of the ’90’s.

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Among the Sleep – $9.99

Among the Sleep is a first person horror adventure, in which you play a two year old child. After waking up in the middle of the night to mysterious sounds, you start exploring the dark looking for comfort.

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Broken Sword 5 – The Serpent’s Curse – $9.99

Paris in the spring. Shots ring out from a gallery… A robbery… a murder… and the beginning of another epic, original Broken Sword adventure. From multi-award winning Revolution Software comes the latest explosive episode in this classic series.

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Contagion – $9.99

Contagion isn’t your average Zombie Shooter but instead takes a more realistic and different approach to the popular genre with unique characters, environments, weapons, items, and a built in system that makes every round completely unpredictable with resources, objectives, and paths ever changing.

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Lifeless Planet – $9.99

While seeking life on a distant planet, an astronaut discovers an abandoned Russian town. He suspects his mission is a hoax until a mysterious young woman saves him from a strange and deadly phenomenon…

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Sir, You Are Being Hunted – $7.99

Sir, You Are Being Hunted is a freedom sandbox stealth experience, where each playthrough is unique, thanks to our British Countryside Generator. Escape from these robot-infested islands with violence, trickery and stealth. This brutally funny game is available for Windows, OSX, and Linux.

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Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure – $9.99

Tex Murphy is the last of the hard-boiled gumshoe detectives living in dystopian post-World War III San Francisco in the 2050s. Tex is an honest and good-natured private investigator with a penchant for bourbon, cigarettes and getting himself into trouble.

Tabletop Simulator – $8.99

Tabletop Simulator is the only simulator where you can let your aggression out by flipping the table! There are no rules to follow: just you, a physics sandbox, and your friends. Make your own games and play how YOU want! Unlimited gaming possibilities!

Adventurezator: When Pigs Fly – $9.74

The Adventurezator is an emergent adventure game about creating emergent adventure games! With easy to use tools, you’ll be able to create adventures with no technical knowledge required. Create actors, cutscenes, levels and campaigns.

Blade Symphony – $8.99

Prove you are the world’s greatest swordsman! Engage in tactical 1 vs. 1 sword fighting, 2 vs. 2, or sandbox FFA, or capture Control Points in a tactical slash-em-up.

Edge of Space Standard Edition – $8.44

Suit up as an operative of the Ark Corporation, sent to the farthest reaches of the universe in search of habitable planets to terraform. However, after the long space journey you awaken from cryosleep to find that your ship has gone way off course and is disabled near a strange new world.

Expeditions: Conquistador – $9.99

Conquer the New world: In the 16th Century, Spanish explorers and soldiers reached the shores of America.

Heroes of Steel RPG – $8.03

Heroes of Steel is a tactical RPG set in a grim post-apocalyptic fantasy world. Coordinate your party of four heroes in turn-based combat and navigate a engaging world and story.

Legends of Dawn – $9.99

Fresh out of the lair of Dreamatrix Game Studios, Legends of Dawn invites players to the brutal northerly reaches of Narr. Survival depends on you, your magic and your sword.

Legends of Persia – $7.99

Legends of Persia is a highly ambitious Action RPG Adventure which incorporating bloody battles, item usage, character building, and storyline incorporation.

Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards: Reloaded – $9.99

It’s not just the funniest game you’ve ever played……it’s also the most infamous video game of all time!Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards was first released by Sierra On-Line in 1987 and be-came an international phenomenon.

The Red Solstice – $9.99

The Red Solstice is a tactical 8 player co-op survival game set in the distant future on Mars. Join the fight and lead your customized squad as you roam freely over huge maps, completing random objectives and dealing with random events.

Steam Squad – $7.99

Steam Squad is a tactical wargame set in the First World War period. The genre may be classified as steampunk. The storyline is based on an alternate history. The game is filled with tiny little, but important details such as letters, pictures, maps, which help to create a realistic setting.

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$15.00 or less

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Broken Age – $14.99

The first graphic adventure by Tim Schafer in sixteen years, Broken Age began two years ago in a historic, record-breaking Kickstarter campaign. Now it’s here in all its beautiful, 2D, hand-painted glory, with an original orchestral soundtrack and an all-star vocal cast.

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DieselStormers – $14.24

DieselStormers – Coop action at its core! Build your guns and gear, grab some friends and shoot your way through the randomly generated city of Ravensdale. Upgrade your Dieselknight powers and blast some Orcs!

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Darkwood – $11.24

Darkwood is a unforgiving survival horror with a procedurally generated, open world. By blending RPG, roguelike and adventure elements together with a challenging difficulty, Darkwood aims to please players craving for a deep and rewarding experience.

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Lords of Xulima – $13.99

Lords of Xulima is a challenging Role-playing game set on the mythical continent of Xulima, where Gods and humans once walked side by side. Experience a genuine RPG featuring over 100 hours of gameplay, and discover one of the most epic sagas ever told.

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Mercenary Kings – $11.99

Craft your arsenal to avenge your fallen comrades and save the world from the fearsome forces of CLAW!

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Planetary Annihilation – $10.19

Colonize solar systems, smash entire worlds, and crush your foes in epic battles with multiple players and thousands of units. Don’t just win, annihilate!

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Rebuild: Gangs of Deadsville – $13.49

Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.

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DubWars – $14.99

DubWars is a music game that combines the mechanics of a top-down shooter with the power of Dubstep and Electronica music. Your weapons are synced to the music creating times of intense weapon load outs and calm moments where your survival skills are tested.

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Dungeonmans – $11.99

Crush monsters and get loots in the classic turn-based style of deep dungeons and high adventure! Grow the Dungeonmans Academy, a bastion of learning that expands as you play.

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The Escapists – $10.04

The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!

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GhostControl Inc. – $10.49

Manage a team of ghosthunters and free London from paranormal terror in turn-based battles. Develop your own strategy and build your business well.

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STARWHAL – $11.24

The local multi-player space narwhal fighting game that has rocked the internet is finally ready for its big debut in a fully loaded release! Flop it out with 1-4 players in a retro, epic narwhal battle in space! The heart-piercing action is furious and unrelenting. STARWHAL will change your life.

The Dead Linger – $14.99

The Dead Linger is the definitive zombie apocalypse survival horror experience! Set in a planet-sized, procedurally generated world, survivors learn to fight, run, and survive against the never-ending and relentless zombie hordes.

Legends of Eisenwald – $13.39

Legends of Eisenwald is an old school RPG with elements of strategy and turn-based combat. Gather your troops and embark on a dangerous journey to carve your name into the legends of the grim lands of Eisenwald where all the supernatural superstitions of medieval times are found to be true.

SPINTIRES – $10.19

Take responsibility of operating large all-terrain Soviet vehicles and venture across the rugged landscapes with only a map and compass to guide you. Explore the levels and unlock portions of the map whilst discovering new trucks, fuelling stations, garages and lumber mills.

Theme Park Studio – $14.99

Theme Park Studio is a powerful suite of tools that allows players to design, build, and experience stunning amusement parks of their own design. Players can build whatever they can imagine, and then share it online for others to experience.

Void Destroyer – $11.99

A desolate asteroid field on the edge of the solar system erupts in war. Your troops rely on you to take the battle to the enemy. Build up defenses and fleets, repair and upgrade your command ship, lead your forces to reclaim and conquer territory.

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$20.00 or less

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Kentucky Route Zero – Season Pass – $18.74

Kentucky Route Zero is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway in the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.

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7 Days to Die – $17.49

Building on survivalist and horror themes, players in 7 Days to Die can scavenge the abandoned cities of the buildable and destructible voxel world for supplies or explore the wilderness to gather raw materials to build their own tools, weapons, traps, fortifications and shelters.

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Nekro – $15.99

Raise demons and spawn unholy weapons of war as a powerful Necromancer with an insatiable blood lust. Customize your minions to your liking and perfect your ideal “monster loadout.” Tear your enemies limb from limb and harvest their corpses to strengthen your dark magics.

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Xenonauts – $16.24

Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat.

Castle Story – $16.99

Castle Story is a creative voxel-based strategy game in which you can build castles one brick at a time using an army of little characters called Bricktrons.

Grim Dawn – $16.24

Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.

Maia – $19.49

Maia is a colony building game set in the not-so-distant future. Your colonists make planetfall on a hostile world and you must ensure their survival and their safety, constructing their off-world habitat from almost nothing and sheltering them from a dangerous, often deadly environment.

Planet Explorers – $19.99

Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.

SUNLESS SEA – $15.19

LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. Take the helm of your customised steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a 2D game of discovery, survival and loneliness set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

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$30.00 or less

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Wasteland 2 – $29.99

The Wasteland series impressive and innovative lineage has been preserved at its very core, but modernized for the fans of today with Wasteland 2. Immerse yourself in turn-based tactical combat that will test the very limits of your strategy skills as you fight to survive a desolate world.

Carmageddon: Reincarnation – $23.99

Slice and dice pedestrians in CARMAGEDDON: REINCARNATION! Plus, as a BONUS for all EARLY ACCESSERS, you get the CARMAGEDDON MAX PACK, CARMAGEDDON 2: CARPOCALYPSE NOW and CARMAGEDDON TDR2000 FREE!

Dead State – $26.99

Dead State is a narrative-driven survival RPG set at the dawn of the undead apocalypse. Drawing inspiration from classic RPGs like Fallout, X-Com, and Suikoden, Dead State combines strategic, turn-based combat with base building mechanics, character creation, and social management.

Jagged Alliance Flashback – $20.99

Jagged Alliance Flashback brings back the true spirit of this legendary series: Turn-based tactics meets crazy mercenary personalities and intense battles. Manage your squad of unique mercenaries, secure your income and take back the island – sector by sector, turn by turn.

Shadowrun: Online – $20.09

Enter the world of Shadowrun: Online and play one of the greatest Pen and Paper RPGs on Steam. In a dystopian 2075s of our world where magic meets technology, you team up with your friends to fight sinister corporations, menacing gangs and a new deadly virus in this tactical turn-based combat RPG.

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$40.00 or less

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Divinity Original Sin – $31.99

Gather your party and get ready for a new, back-to-the-roots RPG adventure! Discuss your decisions with companions; fight foes in turn-based combat; explore an open world and interact with everything and everyone you see.

Warmachine Tactics – Standard Edition – $31.99

Turn-based tactical combat set in the award-winning world of the Iron Kingdoms. Command your custom squad of steam-powered robots and elite warriors in raging battles dominated by magic and mechanika. Battle in online multiplayer and play the epic 21-mission single player campaign!

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That’s a ton of games!  While they’re not all gems, there’s definitely a ton of fantastic titles to choose from!  Did we miss any?

[author image=”http://cliqist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/marcus.jpg”]Marcus is a fellow with a love for video games, horror, and Japanese food. When he’s not writing about games for a multitude of sites, he’s usually still playing one. One day when he became fed up with the way sites would ignore niche titles he decided to start his own site by the name of Pixel Pacas. Writing about video games is something he hopes to continue doing for many years to come.  Some of Marcus’s favorite games include Silent Hill 2, Killer7, and The Sims. [/author]

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Marcus Estrada

Marcus is a fellow with a love for video games, horror, and Japanese food. When he’s not writing about games for a multitude of sites, he’s usually still playing one. Writing about video games is something he hopes to continue doing for many years to come.

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