Silent Storm is a turn-based tactical combat game in the vein of X-Com, Fallout: Tactics and Laser Squad Nemesis, developed by Russian developers Nival Interactive, though you’d be hard-pressed to tell that judging by the production quality. In fact, Silent Storm is such an incredibly strong title, you’d be excused for thinking it comes from an established American studio like Raven or Monolith.

Turn-based strategy games have been in a funk for years, marginalized into wargamer specials like Combat Mission or simply aiming for their core markets, as Age of Wonders and Dominions II have done. This makes Silent Storm into a more surprising and pleasing entry in the genre.