Engaging turn-based tactical combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“open world exploration + XCOM-like battles (without the annoying RNG) with point and click elements and a multitude of minigames”
Steam review · 1453.4 h played ↗
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Very Positive · 86%Very Positive · 86%Shiro Games2023Turn-Based Strategy · Party-Based RPG · RPG
$34.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A deep, addictive mercenary-management tactics game with great turn-based combat, but with very expensive DLC, in-world DLC ads, crashes and badly broken co-op. Skip it if you want co-op or hate DLC bloat.
Great for
Solo players who like XCOM or Battle Brothers style tactics, party management and open-world sandbox play
Main risk
Over $100 of DLC the balance leans on, plus crashes, memory leaks and broken co-op
What changed in the last 30 days
159 recent reviews
Recent negatives cite co-op that crashes or won't connect, steady crashes and bugs, and base-game balance tied to DLC. These are many separate complaints, so confidence is moderate.
159 recent reviews
What players love
Mercenary party management and attachment
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“I have lost characters that I started with after 80 hours in and I feel the impact heavily”
Steam review · 260.7 h played ↗
Crafting, professions and survival minigames
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Crafting skills and mini games like fishing mining and blacksmithing are fun too.”
Steam review · 49.9 h played ↗
Base game is solid value, especially on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“the base game alone offers dozens of hours of playtime and doesn’t feel lacking in content or deliberately stripped of features”
Steam review · 61 h played ↗
Huge amount of content and freedom
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“There is an absolute treasure trove on content here, even if you don't buy a single DLC.”
Steam review · 37.5 h played ↗
Capturing animals and flexible builds
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“the ability to see a cool animal, or monster, and go, ha, I want that, and then going off and capturing one and adding it to my team”
Steam review · 281.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Overpriced DLC and content paywalled
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“Your $35 game has over $100 worth of DLC.”
Steam review · 12.3 h played ↗
Game-breaking bugs left unfixed as DLCs ship
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“every new DLC introduces more bugs than content, and I'm not exaggerating”
Steam review · 177.2 h played ↗
Co-op/multiplayer is broken
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“I got disconnected 4 times and then when I got passed character creation, I get stuck at loading screen.”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Crashes and memory leak
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“It has a memory leak somewhere in the code causing the game to crash your pc.”
Steam review · 98.8 h played ↗
Base game balance now depends on DLC
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“if you don't have that specific DLC, you can't beat the game—even if you own all the others.”
Steam review · 237.2 h played ↗
DLC ads inside the base game world
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“Every 20 minutes I encounter a cool location just to enter and see it's an ad and something I can't do.”
Steam review · 9.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support30 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5 2.5 GHz / AMD Ryzen 5
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVidia GTX 1050 / AMD RX550
Storage30 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i7 2.8 GHz / AMD Ryzen 7
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVidia GTX 1080 / AMD RX 5600
Storage30 GB available space
OSWindows 7 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5 2.5 GHz / AMD Ryzen 5
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVidia GTX 1050 / AMD RX550
Storage30 GB available space
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