I am not including any projects I have personal stakes in because that would be a conflict of interest. This is just a list of games I am personally excited to play.
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Game Links:
Frostpunk 2 – https://store.steampowered.com/app/1601580/Frostpunk_2/
Stormgate – https://store.steampowered.com/app/2012510/Stormgate/
Cataclismo – https://store.steampowered.com/app/1422440/Cataclismo/
Age of Mythology: Retold – https://www.ageofempires.com/games/aom/
Tempest Rising – https://store.steampowered.com/app/1486920/Tempest_Rising/
Outpost: Infinity Siege – https://store.steampowered.com/app/1566690/Outpost_Infinity_Siege/
Dust Front – https://store.steampowered.com/app/2610770/Dust_Front_RTS/
Homeworld 3 – https://store.steampowered.com/app/1840080/Homeworld_3/
Sins of a Solar Empire 2 – https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/sins-of-a-solar-empire-ii
Last Train Home – https://store.steampowered.com/app/1469610/Last_Train_Home/
DORF – https://store.steampowered.com/app/2388620/DORF_RealTime_Strategic_Conflict/
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If you're confused about any titles not being on the list: I am not including any projects I have personal stakes in because that would be a conflict of interest, and I am excluding games that seem to have fairly stalled development. Ideally the titles here will all be playable soon!
Oh lord, those timestamps in the description! 😀
Outpost infinity siege sounds awesome. I love RTS and Sanctum. And it seems oike a cross over of this two things. Probably my newest anticipated game.
@giantgrantgames u should give BAR – Beyond All Reason a look and reconsider your list
What happened with your involvement in Zerospace?
Dust Front flew under my radar, so I am happy for this video highlighting it. It looks really promising.
As for the others, I am most excited for Frostpunk 2, Homeworld 3, Tempest Rising and Dorf. Frostpunk 1 was a masterpiece and I can't wait to see how Frostpunk 2 is going to build on it. I always loved the Homeworld series, so HW3 is a definite yes. Tempest Rising is a spiritual remake of Command and Conquer with its own version of Tiberium, while Dorf looks like wacky Red Alert 2 fun.
I might pick up Last Train Home too, depending on how much I can stomach another survival RTS. As for Stormgate, I like its setting but the artstyle is a bit of a turnoff for me. But hey, if the final faction is indeed a faction of anime magical girl waifus, then sign me up!
I want to like DORF but i dont think im ready for boomer rts style games like i was for shooters
As a Red Alert 2 Fan, I can relate to #1! DORF RTS!
3:23 stormgates buildings look a lot like the ones from starcraft 2, for example the building on the right look like the mercenary camp and also the marines at 3:01 look similar to th ones of starcraft 2
A game I have my eye on is Sea Power. A naval strategy game set in the late Cold War.
Great, very excited about Frostpunk's politics. Really loved the "Is iT wOrTH iT？“ at the end of the first one.
The only strategy to most RTS games is how fast you are at managing the UI. Not really all that impressive.
I was somewhat disappointed by Tempest Rising, the demo campaign map wasn't a very good showcase with its units, the drone infantry unit in particular was a pain in the ass to use, it also ran extremely poorly and had heavy stutters.
This made me laugh
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Most of Slipgate Ironworks was laid off so I wouldn't count on Tempest Rising seeing the light of day.
Although I disagree with the order, especially the number one, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I grew with RTS, from WC1 to 3, a bit of starcraft, plenty of AoE and AoM, even LOTR:TBFME, then I became an addict to the custom maps of Frozen Throne, which I assume we all RTS fans did, at least a little bit… It's been years since I found a new RTS that seemed to catch my interest, and this video has at least a coupe of them. I thank you for real, and let's hope most of these titles don't disapoint.
I'm waiting for Frostpunk 2 🥶🥶🥶🥶
Prostagma?
Your voice sounds kind of like mrbtongue
FML – frospunk isn't really a strategy.
You forgot Mechabellum
First I got happy with all the strategy games coming then I heard how my wallet started to cry 😅
I haven't seen any comments so far talking about how Cataclismo kinda looks like Castle story, with the whole medieval thing, literally building walls brick by brick, and defending your castle.
I trust the guys behind Moonlighter more than Sauropod Studio though… If you know you know
The saddest part of this is the lack of Grand and 4x. the Grand/4x genre has felt like its been dying for years. Paradox has slowly become the only major devs of the genre, and they haven't been as good as they used to be with CK3, EU4, and Stellaris feeling the hit of that and Vic3 more or less being killed by it. the Civ series has been MIA since 6 came out, and the Endless series hasn't been around either. We've had a few minor games, but each felt less like a game and more like a test or experiment, like a team just dipping their toes into the genre but not taking the dive. This year doesn't seem to be better, and honestly I am losing hope for the Grand/4x sub genre of strategy games at this point. I hope it doesn't, but something tells me they are going the way of the god game genre