[PC] Steam - Startopia (89% positive) - $0.97 USD (~$1.37 AUD)/Project: Snowblind (73% positive)- $0.89 USD (~$1.26 AUD) - Steam

Startopia (rated 89% positive on Steam)

This is a pretty old game but still very much fun, interesting, entertaining, and comes at a very good price given that it will keep you busy for a lot of hours.

About the Game:

A once thriving network of space stations and planets have been left lifeless, redundant scars of the apocalypse. Into this age of darkness comes light. You will lead the way in rebuilding the network of space stations to a standard accepted by the individual alien races, attracting them to harness their expertise and research new technologies. Thus begins the hilarious battle of wits and cunning, full of daring escapades.
Key Features:

• Fully functioning alien society, with racial animosity and friendships, crime and punishment, leisure and entertainment, and functioning economy
• Unique 'Torus' play area gives a viewpoint never before seen in a game
• 16 habitable subsections spanning three decks in each space station
• Bio-deck with editable landscape and manageable ecosystem allowing complete control of terra-forming
• Multiplayer support for up to three other stationmasters
• Varied levels of play, from simple sandbox to detailed station micromanagement

Project Snowblind (rated 73% positive on Steam)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/7010/Project_Snowblind/

This was initially a Deus Ex game but the title was changed after the low success of Invisible War.
For this price, you will get a fun and entertaining game, if you can look past the outdated graphics but of course that is to be expected from a game released in 2005.

About the game:

Experience the dramatic intensity of the frontlines of a war through the eyes of the first of a new breed of super soldiers in this gritty and epic first-person action game.

An augmented super-soldier must stop a renegade regime from eradicating the civilized world.

Hong Kong, 2065. 2nd Lt. Nathan Frost is just a regular grunt in an international army called the Liberty Coalition. When he takes massive injuries from an explosion on the battlefield, Frost undergoes an experimental procedure. The outcome of the surgery is something more than human; a transformation that makes him a unique weapons-grade warrior, with abilities that far surpass those of the average soldier.

Empowered with these extra-normal abilities via implanted augmentations, Frost is immediately sent to the frontlines of a war as a secret weapon against the destructive regime. Stranded in hostile territory, cut off from command and far outnumbered, Frost and a handful of men must try and stop the entire renegade militia's plan threatening to plunge the world into darkness.

• Engage in battle online multiplayer with up to 16 players & voice over IP support in classic and new multiplayer modes.
• A wide variety of game pacing ranges from the frenetic chaos of battlefield action to tactical stealth infiltration style missions.
• Equip yourself with an arsenal of experimental weaponry such as the Riot Wall™ and Attack Drones, and other high tech gadgetry. Used in combination, the equipment yields a variety and depth of gameplay never before realized, especially in multiplayer play.
• In multiplayer, vehicles are co-operatively used; one guy drives while the other mans the mounted turrets.
• Augmentations such as Invisibility, Reflex Boost and Electrical Storm give you an edge on the battlefield against your highly equipped and battle-ready foe.
• Pick-up & play, visceral action pulls the player through a cinematically immersive storyline from Minute One of play.
• 11 missions spanning across 16 maps including the Opera House turned Prison, a Buddhist Temple converted to a Military Base, and the sprawling urban Wastelands.

Enjoy!