Forget everything you knew about ancient Greece. Hellenica's alternate history take adds Steampunk and magic into the mix. After an industrial revolution, the country is in turmoil and faces countless threats from without and within. Luddites ravage Athens and Persians threaten to invade. Diona, a reclusive loner, gets appointed to be the champion of Artemis, goddess of the hunt, and to save Greece. Which is easier said than done if you don't really know where to begin.

Hellenica is a turn-based tactics RPG with branching story paths and interesting combat mechanics. It eschews grinding in favor of high replayability. Due to the branching storyline, you'll only see a tiny fraction of everything the game has to offer in your first playthrough, which will probably take you between three and five hours.
Characters don't earn individual experience and levels, which puts the focus squarely on the tactics part. Every stage feels like a puzzle to be solved, and always relying on the same strategies won't get you anywhere. Character progression is handled by fulfilling certain requirements in each stage: "kill three enemies with fall damage", "cause XX points of damage in a round", and so on. This gets you rare ability points that can be spent on exactly one new skill for one of your characters. Hellenica really wants you to work with the few skills you got.

And what a bunch of skills those are! Diona can turn into a bear for a short while, but sh...