Steam is home to virtually any type of gameplay genre that users could ever hope for, from AAA action-adventure blockbusters to niche farming sims, and anyone who adores high or dark fantasy will have no shortage of games to choose from. Game of Thrones, The Lord of the Rings, and The Witcher may never be dethroned at the peak of the medieval/fantasy genre, to be fair, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of games to play on Steam that are original and can scratch that itch in a whole new way.
As new gameplay trends emerge and old ones are revisited, it’s interesting to see the ebb and flow of which genres are popular and how long they stay that way. Turn-based RPGs are popular right now in their many forms and subgenres, for instance, bolstered further by Star Wars Zero Company’s release, and Steam users only have two weeks left to claim a “Mostly Positive,” free-to-play turn-based fantasy RPG before it’s delisted.
Over on its Steam store page, Stones Keeper: King Aurelius is a free prologue to the main, paid game, Stones Keeper. It’s a turn-based strategy RPG that immerses players in medieval...
