Into the Breach review

Into the Breach is the budget pick for MechWarrior fans who enjoy the tactical side of BattleTech. Subset Games, the studio behind FTL, built a turn-based strategy game where you command mechs from the future against the Vek, giant creatures emerging from beneath the earth. Every enemy attack is shown before it happens, so each turn is a puzzle about positioning and protecting the civilian buildings that power your mechs. Runs are randomly generated, and a defeat sends a pilot back in time to try another timeline. The free Advanced Edition update added five mech squads, nearly forty weapons, four pilots and an Unfair difficulty. It costs $14.99 on Steam, runs on Windows, macOS and Linux with 1 GB of RAM, and 93% of 12,747 English reviews are positive. It ranks below BattleTech because battles are small and abstract, with no mercenary company or MechLab.

Who it is for

players on older laptops who want short tactical mech battles

Price

$14.99 one-time on Steam.

Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game. $14.99 Buy on Steam
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Key features

• Turn-based combat where every enemy attack is telegraphed
• Randomly generated runs across Corporate-Nation islands
• Free Advanced Edition update adds five mech squads and nearly forty weapons
• Four extra pilots and an Unfair difficulty mode in the Advanced Edition
• Failed runs send a pilot back in time to a new timeline

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Cheapest paid game here at $14.99
• Strength: 93% of 12,747 English Steam reviews are positive
• Strength: Minimum spec is 1 GB of RAM and 400 MB of storage
• Weakness: Small maps and short missions, no 'Mech piloting
• Weakness: Not a BattleTech or MechWarrior game
• Weakness: Single-player only

Key facts

• Developer: Subset Games
• Released: February 27, 2018
• English Steam reviews: 93% positive of 12,747
• Minimum RAM: 1 GB
• Storage: 400 MB

Where it ranks

Into the Breach is No. 7 in our Best MechWarrior Games verdict.