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Welcome to the first full week of the new year and the month of January. This week's major release involves building pointy buildings in the desert, just south of the Mediterranean. The rest of this week's new releases involves getting imprisoned by aliens, making steampunk chocolate, work as a robot assassin, purging the land and doing hard time in a futuristic version of Japan.

Builders of Egypt / This week's major release / Wednesday 8 January
In Builders of Egypt, you can explore the land of the pharaohs through the ages, from the Nile Delta to Nubia. Build cities, manage trade, economy, and resources, make strategic decisions, control armies and engage in battles, foster religious development, and ensure the well-being of your citizens. Play through a complete campaign or unleash your creativity in Sandbox mode. Steam link





Project Tower / Monday 6 January
Dive in Project Tower, a third-person shooter mixing intense bullet hell combat with a unique morphing ability. Imprisoned by the "Hiks", fight to the top of their deadly tower for freedom. Will you outsmart them and make your way out ? Steam link



Chocolate Factory Simulator / Tuesday 7 January
Enter the world of steam and sugar and become a master chocolatier in Chocolate Factory Simulator. Craft gourmet chocolate for your customers in your steampunk workshop with the help of your automaton assistant Nougat. Steam link



Warden's Will / Wednesday 8 January
Warden's Will is a fast paced movement shooter roguelite, playable solo or in up-to 3 player co-op. Choose your Warden, master unique movements and abilities, and overpower hordes of robots in intense battles. Fly, dash, smash, and turn bullet-hell into bullet-heaven. Steam link



The Rangers In The South / Thursday 9 January
Purge the lands in this 2.5D HD Pixelart RogueLike ARPG! Create hundreds of characters with unique strategies and abilities, face hordes of enemies, explore different biomes, procedurally generated dungeons, and obtain unique items. Steam link



Freedom Wars Remastered / Friday 10 January
In a distant future where all resources on earth have been depleted, being alive is a sin by itself. As a sinner sentenced to one million years in prison, you must volunteer in dangerous operations to reduce your prison sentence and fight your way to freedom. Steam link









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Project Tower: Imprisoned by the Hiks
My worst nightmare :laugh:
 
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My mom loved everything Egypt. I might pick up Builders of Egypt to honour her memory. (She passed away two months ago.) It looks like a fun game, too.
 
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My mom loved everything Egypt. I might pick up Builders of Egypt to honour her memory. (She passed away two months ago.) It looks like a fun game, too.
My condolences about your mom
 
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My mom loved everything Egypt. I might pick up Builders of Egypt to honour her memory. (She passed away two months ago.) It looks like a fun game, too.

Sorry man.
 
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Don't like that game. But Seriuous Sam: First Encounter, was pretty nice, Egyptian architecturaly wise. Don't know, how much it was legitimate. But could be used as virtual 3D museum tour/guide. At least from different documental shows, it looks pretty legit.
 
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I was surprised to find Builders of Egypt already on my ignore list, until I saw that the publisher is none other than PlayWay S.A., probably the biggest purveyor of shovelware on Steam.
 
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