Great XCOM/Shadowrun-style tactical fix
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“It's a Shadowrun + Xcom, but better.”
Steam review · 59.3 h played ↗
Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%Trese Brothers2025Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical RPG
−34%$29.99$19.79
US Steam price, checked 4 h ago
The verdict
A deep, stealth-heavy XCOM-meets-Shadowrun tactics game with a very active dev team. Skip it if you want a story, a gentle learning curve or straightforward combat.
Great for
XCOM, Shadowrun and Invisible Inc fans who like mastering complex systems and character builds
Main risk
Overwhelming systems and a clunky UI, with stealth pressure that punishes loud play and little story
What changed in the last 30 days
55 recent reviews
The few recent negative reviews cite poor writing and grammar, an awkward UI, AI-made localization and the lack of Russian translation. These are old complaints rather than one new bug or patch. Confidence is low.
55 recent reviews
What players love
Constant free updates and responsive devs
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Andrew Trese went completely out of his way to manually locate my most recent save file on their side and emailed it to me in less than 24 hours.”
Steam review · 66.7 h played ↗
Stealth and combat blend well
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“it does an absolutely stellar job of balancing stealth and combat.”
Steam review · 419.8 h played ↗
Deep class, build and customization options
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“every team composition requires a totally different approach to missions.”
Steam review · 55.5 h played ↗
Meaningful base and contacts management
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“This is also the first one I have played where the base building actually feels meaningful and has choices that are consequential.”
Steam review · 9.4 h played ↗
Huge content and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“the amount of content is insane.”
Steam review · 136.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Overwhelming complexity and weak tutorials
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Here, the whole complexity is thrown at you right at the beginning and it is frankly overwhelming.”
Steam review · 8.7 h played ↗
Clunky, confusing UI and controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the UI is poorly designed and bloated, control schema are wonky and unintuitive, QoL doesn't appear to be considered anywhere.”
Steam review · 3.1 h played ↗
Forced stealth and escalating reinforcements
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“You cant embrace combat, outside of the rare combat only mission of which I only had two in 40 hours, because the security scaling makes the enemies infinite.”
Steam review · 40.6 h played ↗
Dated graphics and weak writing
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The writing is just really bad, like an awkward ripoff of shadowrun if it was written by somebody who doesn't speak English fluently.”
Steam review · 7.5 h played ↗
Feels unfinished, bugs and line-of-sight issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“There are numerous mission chains which simply halt partway with placeholder text indicating they'll be finished later”
Steam review · 29.8 h played ↗
No real story; repetitive missions and maps
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“It has no end game. It’s just the same missions with the same bad guys with the same threats.”
Steam review · 102 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support12 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10, Windows 11
Processor1.2 GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 660, 2 GB / Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB
Storage12 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10, Windows 11
Processor2.4 GHz Quad Core CPU
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 1070, 8 GB / Radeon RX Vega 56, 8GB
Storage12 GB available space
OSWindows 10, Windows 11
Processor1.2 GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 660, 2 GB / Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB
Storage12 GB available space
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