
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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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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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 40 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
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Reviews
Basically a solid game where a lot of mistakes were made during the development phase. Bugs and the bad game quality are really annoying. Much has already been mentioned by other players. It is far away to be a good tactical game. You have the feeling that from a certain point the developers themselves had no desire to finish the game. Potential lost....
One of the few hex-based tactical space wargames out there, And it´s quite good. TBH, I consider it excellent. A mature story (no, I won´t spoil anything here), good AI, very interesting (at least for me) world building. I would like to see a part 2 or at least an DLC. Only thing I miss is an endless mode after ending the (approx. 60-70 hours with side missions) main campaign.
Run time errors crash game even with all current updates.
Too grindy and not immersive enough.
Enjoyable game with an entertaining storyline. Pretty in depth for an indie studio.
Do you like space? Because this game is in space, turn-based battles, in space, command a fleet, in space, experience stories about space, in space, see spaceships in space, and space...in space https://youtu.be/rDYRdjhKcpc
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.
[b]Sıra tabanlı savaş sistemine sahip, uzay temalı bu RPG oyununda; birbirinden zengin görevlerin eşliğinde oynanışı sağlayabilirsiniz. Uzaydaki ilerleyişiniz esnasında filonuzun durumunu ve gemilerinizin özelliklerini oldukça iyi bilmeniz gerekiyor. Bu sayede düşmanlarla beklenmedik karşılaşma anlarında bile, en doğru stratejiyi savaş sahnesinde sergileyebilirsiniz.
364 hours to do all steam achievements, great epic game!
Пошаговая космическая стратегия, если честно, то скучная очень, скорее всего это из-за отсутствия перевода. Однотипность миссий, однотипность кораблей, слабый сюжет, игра настроена на многочисленные однотипные битвы для постепенного прохождения и прокачки.
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