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2012PC82 % positive18.99 €

A 2D blend of shooter and real-time strategy where you play a disembodied brain remotely controlling many expendable clone and robot bodies. A fully destructible pixel world and physics chaos make every fight unpredictable.

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Barotrauma

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2023USK 12PC, Steam Deck playable94 % positive34.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Cortex Command: complex systems to tinker with, a sci-fi setting and co-op or multiplayer.

You crew a submarine with friends through the icy ocean of Jupiter's moon Europa. Every task, from reactor to weapons to hull leaks, matters, and small mistakes quickly spiral into chaotic survival.

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