Arcen Games, Cryptic Comet, and Positech Games are each offering a game (Gratuitous Space Battles with The Tribe Expansion, Solium Infernum, and AI War with the The Zenith Remnant Expansion) in one $50 package deal. That’s nearly half of what it would cost to pick up the games and their expansions for normal price.

Even though the games fall in the strategy genre, they play very differently. AI War is an RTS set in space with an AI that learns as you fight it. Solium Infernum asks you to rule hell with a mix of diplomacy and sin. In Gratuitous Space Battles, you set up your pieces and watch the battle play out.

Chris Park of Arcen Games says the trio banded together because “we’re here to make innovative games, not corner markets. There’s a lot more for us to gain by working together instead of by being antagonistic.” And Cliff Harris says “We need to unite against the common enemy, and that enemy is obscurity, not each other.”

You have until Tuesday, March 9, to act on the deal. Read the DIYGamer review of Gratuitous Space Battles, or play the demos available for each game over the weekend before making a decision.

[via Christopher M. Park]