January 8, 2025 - Hooded Horse is celebrating the start of 2026 with a major Steam sales event on its catalog of world-class strategic and tactical games. Discounts continue the historic new lows from the recent winter sale.
Before we get into the discounts, let’s not forget that the past month has been a whirlwind of new announcements and happenings. Earlier today, we announced we’re publishing fantasy roguelite autobattler Bosslords, as well as Sword & Sorcery colony sim Architect of Ruin, but that’s not all:
- Factorio-style automation game Substructure was revealed during the PC Gaming Show Most Wanted broadcast
- Hero’s Hour 2 was announced during the Find Your Next Game 2026 showcase
- Hooded Horse now publishes Rebel Inc: Escalation on PC, on behalf of legendary strategy studio Ndemic Creations
- Terra Invicta emerged from the depths of early access and is out now in 1.0
- Nova Roma released a playable demo
And at the start of December, we also snuck legendary tactical RPG Battle Brothers, and iconic survival game Darkwood, into the portfolio as well.
Here’s a breakdown of the games on sale. Please note these only cover Steam discounts. Promotions on other PC platforms, as well as any console versions published by Hooded Horse, will vary. Let’s start with games that recently hit new historic low prices:
- Against the Storm (Base Game) – 70% off
- Keepers of the Stone DLC – 35% off**
- Nightwatchers DLC – 20% off**
- Blacksmith Master – 50% off
- Breachway – 50% off
- Darkwood – 80% off
- Empires of the Undergrowth (Base Game) – 70% off
- Exploding Ants DLC – 20 % off**
- ENDLESS Legend 2 – 40% off
- Heart of the Machine – 50% off
- Norland – 50% off
- Old World (Base Game) – 90% off
- Heroes of the Aegean DLC – 90% off**
- All other DLC – 25% off**
- Whiskerwood – 35% off
- Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic (Base Game) – 75% off
- Early Start DLC – 20% off
- All other DLC – 35% off
** = these DLCs are not operating at new historic lows, but have been listed with the base game for consistency.
The rest of the catalog is also on sale at their current lows, including:
- 9 Kings – 50% off
- Battle Brothers (Base Game) – 70% off
- All DLC – 20% off
- Cataclismo – 40% off
- Clanfolk – 50% off
- Every Day We Fight – 50% off
- He is Coming – 50% off
- Manor Lords – 35% off
- NEBULOUS: Fleet Command – 50% off
- Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew – 75% off
- All DLC – 50% off
- Super Fantasy Kingdom – 35% off
- Terra Invicta – 35% off (1.0 launch discount)
- Xenonauts 2 – 35%
With a catalog of over 50 titles, there’s nowhere else players need to go for their strategic and tactical fix. There’s plenty on the cards for 2026 as well, including but not limited to:
- MENACE’s early access release on February 5, 2026
- Nova Roma’s early access release, which has shifted to March 26, 2026
- Mars Tactics’ early access release in May 2026
- The latest updates and sneak peeks of our studio partner’s upcoming games, from Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era, to Falling Frontier, and more!
- Plenty of new demo launches, and we’re also expecting some early access graduations this year
- And more exciting new game announcements that we can’t wait to share with everyone!
Press kits for all Hooded Horse games are available here.
Press inquiries: press@hoodedhorse.com
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About Hooded Horse™
Hooded Horse is a publisher of deep strategic and tactical games, including Manor Lords, Against the Storm, ENDLESS™ Legend 2, Old World, Norland, Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era, and 9 Kings. With people and partners around the world, our goal is to empower and support developers in doing what they do best: creating world-class experiences for their audiences.
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