2018: Best PC Games

Here are some of the greatest games and updates for 2018:

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Stellaris: MegaCorp. 

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Northgard.

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Battletech.

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Open XCom X-Files. 

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RimWorld 

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 Leylines 
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 Stellaris 
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Today we Play: Stellaris: MegaCorp

Stlellaris: Megacorp is a new stand alone game, released in 2018. It is again an epic adventure in a vast galaxy thrilled with live and extraordinary species, strange anomalies and hundreds of minor events. But the game engine is totally different, making it virtually a new game. 

Here are some notes and hints to understand it better:

• The science ship is now more important than ever. Stars can not be colonized or constructed without being fully surveyed by a science ship.
• Now every star have its own influence border and you can claim it only with a star base before a colony. Although star bases again cost influence, it is much more bearable. 
• Combat ships can not travel to unexplored colonies.
• Now the planet development is separated in districts and buildings. 
• Districts are the  resource gathering and housing places and they are defined by the planet size.
• Buildings are for the specialists and give all types of other resources, science and bonuses and they are defined  by planet population. It seems the planet population may be always 100.
• Planet limits are now Administrative points which are limits to everything, planets, systems and districts.
• There is also some Empire Cohesion penalties if you try to expand your empire too much.
• And if by some reason your game stops at the "g" at generating new game screen, then in the main menu start console with "` key" and type: Threading.TaskThreadCount 4. As a result you will see a 4. Then start a new game.  

Recorded Adventure Archive 26.12.2018 - 06.01.2019.

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Game Data:

Name: Stellaris: MegaCorp. (2018)

Type: Real Time Strategy (RTS)

Genre: Space (Galaxy)

Year of Release: 2018

Platform: PC/Windows 7/8/10, Linux

12 Similar Games. Games like Stellaris: MegaCorp:

1. Stellaris. (2016)
2. Endless Space. (2012) 
3. Space Empires 4. (2000)
4. Master of Orion 2. (1996)
5. Ascendancy. (1995)
6. Sins of a Solar Empire. (2008) 
7. Armada 2526. (2009)
8. Sword of the Stars. (2006)
9. Lost Empire. (2007)
10. Imperium Galactica 2. (2000)
11. Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain. (1997)
12.  StarDrive 2. (2014)

Battletech Preview

If you like big robots and turn based tactics like Jagged Alliance 2, Battletech game is just for the case. Every robot is controlled by a character with its own abilities.

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Game Data:
Name: Battletech

Type:Turn Based Tactic (TBS), Turn Based Strategy (TBS)

Genre: Futuristic (Robots) 

Year of Release: 2018 

Platform: PC/Windows 7/8/10/Linux

9 Similar Games. Games like Battletech:

1. Jagged Alliance 2 (2000+)
2. Silent Storm. (2003)  
3. Brigade E5. (2005)
4. Shadowrun Returns. (2013)
5. Omerta: City of Gangsters. (2013)
6. Fallout Tactics 3: Brotherhood of Steel. (2001)
7. UFO: Extraterrestrials. (2007)
8. XCOM: Enemy Within. (2013)
9. Laser Squad Nemesis. (2003)

Northgard Screenshots

Northgard is an awesome looking real time strategy game and city management simulator set in the ancient Norse mythology in which you play a clan of Vikings for the control of a mysterious new found lands. In the game, you take care of civilians with professions, military units, random events, military paths, different victories, special tiles, resources and buildings.

All screenshots for Northgard.

Game Data:

Name: Northgard

Type: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Live Simulator (SIM), City Building.

Genre: Ancient, Fantasy (Vikings) 

Year of Release: 2018

Platform: PC/Windows/Linux

Size: ~ 500 MB

10 Similar Games. Games like Northgard:

1. Cultures 2. (2001)
2. Cultures: Northland. (2002)
3. The Settlers (1993)
4. The Settlers 2  (1996)
5. The Settlers 4. (2001)
6. Banished. (2014)  
7. Virtual Villagers 5. (2011)
8. Populous 2. (1991)
9. Dungeon Keeper 2. (1999)
10. Lords of the Realm 2. (1996)