The first week in February brings a realistic medieval role-playing game and innovative strategies. We show you all the exciting new releases on Steam.
This week, history will be made on Steam– and in the truest sense of the word. Two absolute highlights will take you back in time: a realistic medieval role-playing game and a strategy heavyweight that reinterprets historical epochs.
In addition to these two highly anticipated blockbusters, other exciting releases await you. Read on to find out what the two historical titles have to offer and which other releases are waiting to find their way into your Steam library.
This week’s highlights
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
(Genre: Role-playing – Developer: Warhorse Studios – Release: February 4, 2025 (Steam)
In; Kingdom Come: Deliverance; 2; you once again take on the role of Henry, who seeks his destiny in the sprawling and detailed medieval open world of Bohemia.
The gameplay relies on authentic sword fights, which are seen from a first-person perspective – precise timing when blocking, dodging and countering determines victory or defeat. Thanks to an innovative damage and exhaustion system, you feel the effect of every blade and every parry.
Your decisions also have a lasting effect on the course of the story, while side quests and political intrigue give the medieval experience additional story depth.
This could be an RPG milestone that rivals The Witcher 3 in terms of quality, because the first ten hours of gameplay have already convinced us completely.
Sid Meier’s Civilization 7
(Genre: 4X-Strategiespiel – Entwickler: Firaxis – Release: 6. Februar 2025 – Advanced Access für bestimmte Editionen (Steam)
Sid Meier’s Civilization 7 brings a host of fresh ideas to the renowned strategy game series – and that has already sparked a lot of discussion in advance.
This time, you will guide your civilization through three distinctive ages: ancient, discovery and modern. Each age offers unique challenges and opportunities, because with each new era you have to choose a new culture.
Another important new feature is the ability to combine leaders and civilizations independently of each other. For example, you can put Benjamin Franklin at the head of the Mayan empire or let Emperor Augustus lead Russia. This allows you to create many unique combinations and try out different strategies, but purists are sure to bristle at the thought.
More Steam Releases of the Week
Tuesday, February 4th
- Blood Bar Tycoon: Here you build a bar for your vampire guests. But you also have to attract human visitors to secretly process them into drinks. But beware of vampire hunters!
Wednesday, February 5
- Rift of the NecroDancer: Here you play as Cadence, who is transported to a strange world and has to face monsters and bosses in musical battles. The gameplay is reminiscent of games like Guitar Hero. You press buttons in time with the music to defeat enemies.
Thursday, February 6
- Keep Driving: In this management role-playing game, you play a young adult who is setting off to a festival with his first car. On your road trip through the procedurally generated world, you have to face numerous challenges, pick up hitchhikers and stop at rest stops.
- Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator: A simulation game designed for realism in which you play a paramedic dealing with a variety of emergencies, from everyday injuries to major disasters.
- Big Helmet Heroes: A co-op beat-em-up where you don oversized helmets to do heroic deeds.
- SWORN (Early Access): In this action roguelite, you have to reclaim the fallen kingdom of Camelot from the corrupted King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table – optionally in co-op with friends.
Friday, February 7
- Slender Threads: As traveling salesman Harvey Green, you must solve a series of grisly deaths in a seemingly quiet seaside town before you become a victim yourself in this classic point-and-click adventure.
- A Game About Digging A Hole: Here you dig a hole in the garden of your new house and find a surprising number of treasures that you can use to improve your equipment. However, there is a mysterious secret hidden underground, so your adventure becomes more and more eerie with every spade of earth you dig up.
As you can see, February is off to a strong start and the first week is already full of surprises. But that’s just the beginning, with many more highlights waiting to be discovered by you!
