
Steel Shadows is a standalone tactics RPG set in the epic universe of Ancient Frontier. Take command of a rag tag band of pirates and outlaws as you fight your way across the Frontier for treasure and glory. Delve into our latest turn based tactical RPG.
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For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,400 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
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A new chapter in the world of Ancient Frontier!
Steel Shadows is a standalone RPG set in the epic universe of Ancient Frontier. You do NOT need to own or have played Ancient Frontier to enjoy this content. Take command of a rag tag band of pirates and outlaws as you fight your way across the Frontier for treasure and glory. Delve into our latest turn based tactical RPG.

You play as Rogan Harker, a recently freed convict. He travels to the Frontier to find old friends and start a new life. But the overpowering Federation still controls most of the Frontier, and the new and budding Alliance is no fan of outlaws. Hated and feared, the pirate life is one of constant danger. Friends and allies are hard to find and harder still to keep. Beset on all sides can Rogan find fame and fortune with his fledgling pirate fleet?


A full campaign with over 20 story missions
Over 50 procedurally generated side missions
Dynamic initiative-based turn-based combat
Purchase, outfit and control the unique Pirate faction ships
Hire and assign crew members that gain experience and power along with your ships
Hidden unique mercenaries and ships to add to your fleet
Experience over 50 random events
Customize your play style by unlocking technologies in an extensive Tech Tree
Large, detailed space maps to fight across
Three different strategic resources to manage
Dozens of different weapon systems and abilities to control
Includes both free DLCs; Ancient Frontier - The Crew and Ancient Frontier - Quests and Events
Will you survive the frontier?

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A nice little turn based hex-grid strategy game. Set in space, there's a nice choice of ships across 3 classes (Fighters, Escorts and Capital) each affecting the effectiveness of weapon types and abilities. But i will note that the later battles can drag a little once the enemy ship numbers go up as others have said. Deployment costs Energy (one of the 3 resources - metal (for repairing and the main cost of new ships and Data for Research). You can also buy and equip crew and items on each ship to add to specialisation. Theres plenty to tinker away with - but you will in the end find you have a core group that you can deploy regularly and a group of spare ships you only throw in for certain story missions for the added firepower. The story is a pretty cheese and ham pirate story but its good enough to keep the flow between battles. I get the feeling there was either more campaigns planned that didn't make it (the saves even specify your playing the pirate campaign - but there isnt anything else) It isnt the greatest game, its not the prettiest game - but its a nice little gem to grab in a sale to while away a few turned based hours whilst your doing/watching something else.
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 40 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Recomendo, particularmente, gostei do game e seu modo em turnos.
bleh
По дизайну напоминает карту из Gal civilizations 3, по сути -- Звёздных волков, по механике -- что-то их карточных или пошаговых. Игра на любителя, но кто любитель -- тому зайдёт) Мне зашло
Strategy game to the max! Fun space turn based gameplay! Fun if you like strategy and micromanaging. https://youtu.be/5K3Ao6IFMzk
As good as Ancient Frontier but is half (1/2) the game as there is only 1 faction. Pirates play and feel a lot like the Alliance, very limited new musics (3-4), good game, but it should of been a DLC to Ancient Frontier (that has Alliance, Federation and this should of been a DLC to add a third faction, the Pirates). Final Rating 6/10 a good faction, but would of been 10/10 if this was a DLC Recommanded ONLY ON SALE as this is a DLC worth of content.
J'ai beaucoup aimé les 50 premières heures Le seul vrai défaut à mes yeux, c'est le mouvement. Dès que vous avez un vaisseau avec beaucoup de mouvement, vous pouvez faire des "j'avance, je shoot et je recule" et l'IA n'a aucune réponse à ça, vous pouvez quasi réussir une mission complète avec un seul vaisseau Du coup, obligé de jouer avec des règles tacites que l'on s'impose :( Heureusement que j'ai pas mal joué avant de m'en rendre compte, sinon j'aurais noté négativement
Nudna i liniowa, ogólnie gra jest słaba.
no es bueno pero me engancho. TIENE CROMOS. safa (qsy, me salio muy barato) -batalla por turnos -podes comprar naves y armar tu flota, ponerles tripulación y equipamiento -cada nave y tripulante sube de nivel. podes desbloquear tecnologias que mejoran los tipos de naves. -tiene historia.. aunq meh, desbloqueas naves en ese modo. menu e interface poco atractivos.
i love it wish there was more ancient frontier games
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