Indie · February 27, 2018

Into the Breach (2018)

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The free major update, Into the Breach: Advanced Edition is now available! Nearly every aspect of the game is expanded with new content, including: New Mechs and Weapons: Five new mech squads and nearly forty new weapons. New Challenges: More enemies, more bosses, and more mission objectives. New Pilot Abilities: Four new pilots and triple the amount of pilot skills. “Unfair” Mode: A more challenging difficulty to test the most seasoned tacticians. The remnants of human civilization are threatened by gigantic creatures breeding beneath the earth. You must control powerful mechs from the future to hold off this alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game from the makers of FTL. Key Features: Defend the Cities: Civilian buildings power your mechs. Defend them from the Vek and watch your fire! Perfect Your Strategy: All enemy attacks are telegraphed in minimalistic, turn-based combat. Analyze your opponent's attack and come up with the perfect counter every turn. Build the Ultimate Mech: Find powerful new weapons and unique pilots as you battle the Vek infestation across Corporate-Nation islands. Another Chance: Failure is not an option. When you are defeated, send help back through time to save another timeline!

Indie releases from 2018

40 Indie titles launched in 2018 — top 6 by review volume.

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

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  • Portuguese - Brazil volume_up
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  • Simplified Chinese volume_up
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Full audio (12)

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Arabic
  • Korean

Position in Indie

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume20.2k Steam reviewsTop 14% in Indie
Positive rating95% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 23%
Metacritic90/100Genre average 77 — top 7% of Indie titles
Concurrent peak285 playersTop 19% in Indie by live player count
Engagement hours15 h averageTop 43% for session depth among Indie

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Strategy · 421
  • Turn-Based Strategy · 396
  • Indie · 323
  • Pixel Graphics · 303
  • Turn-Based Tactics · 299
  • Mechs · 294
  • Rogue-like · 257
  • Turn-Based · 217
  • Puzzle · 208
  • Rogue-lite · 199
  • Sci-fi · 192
  • Singleplayer · 177
  • Turn-Based Combat · 171
  • Tactical · 170
  • Isometric · 155

Peer Indie titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Reception Metrics

Steam community

95%Overwhelmingly Positive · 20.2k reviews

19.2k positive · 1.0k negative

Metacritic

90/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.8/10

Curator recommendations

18.1k

Peak concurrent players

285

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Remote Play on TV

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Press Quotes

“Exacting, agonising, challenging, and intensely rewarding, Into the Breach delivers in the tiniest package the most perfectly formed tactics around.” 93 – PC Gamer “Into The Breach is a pristine and pragmatic tactical gem with dynamic conflicts that will inspire you to jump back in again, and again, and again.” 90 – GameSpot “It’s a small-looking tactics game that’s kept me playing more intently than most big ones.” 90 – IGN

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

15h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

8h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

1h

Current engagement

Achievements

70

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateFeb 27, 2018
DeveloperSubset Games
Base price$4.49 -70%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksMetacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Editions & Packages

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