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82%21k82% positive reviews, Very Positive across 21k reviews·Open World · War
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Sand Nomads is an open world tactical RPG where you lead a team of nomads looking for riches and fame across a massive futuristic desert planet. Explore the world, recruit companions, chase rewards and unravel the mysteries of ancient alien ruins!
Sand Nomads
Steam
The distant planet of Eldo is rarely reached by space freighters from the central worlds. It is inhabited by the Tarabs, for whom the technology of interstellar travel is intertwined with archaic superstition. Sand Nomads is an open world turn-based RPG which has you leading a company of nomads in a dangerous sci-fi world. You decide where to go, whom to hire or to fight, what contracts to take and how to train and equip your men.

Lead a group of nomads on a dangerous quest for riches and fame in a sand world full of tales and mystic. Recruiting new companions with numerous unique specializations, skill sets, weapon preferences and personalities.

Once you engage a group of bandits or sand monsters the game will switch to a tactical map where the actual fighting takes place as detailed turn based combat. Chose skills wizely to outsmart enemies and minimize damage. Your nomads could get scars, grievous wounds or even die after battle.

Journey through a vast, open world in your quest for fame and wealth, immersing yourself in desperate nomads and mercenaries. Explore abandoned mines, alien ruins, and traders camps as you piece together the history of this mystic world.

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