Into The Breach Reviews

Into The Breach is ranked in the 98th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
Mar 3, 2018

Into the Breach provides the same satisfaction on a smaller scale. It’s turn-based tactics distilled, a bite-sized version that still manages to have deep and complicated combat systems to discover within its otherwise-limited scope. Turns out, that’s exactly what I want.

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7 / 10.0
Mar 27, 2018

I gave Into the Breach about ten hours of my time, and while I don't feel like that time was wasted, I also have no desire to go back and play it again. After one or two playthroughs, you'll have seen just about everything the game has to offer.

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Unscored
Jan 15, 2019

Subset also deserves credit for the game’s deliberately limited, laser-focused scope. Every aspect of Into The Breach’s design—the gorgeous soundtrack, the bleak storytelling, even the way characters quip about the in-game reset button—contributes to making the player’s battles feel like a life-or-death, “We’re canceling the apocalypse” moment.

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9 / 10.0
Mar 1, 2018
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GameSkinny
Top Critic
Feb 28, 2018

This 8-bit gaming triumph proves you don't need overly complicated mechanics or 3D graphics to provide a stellar strategy experience.

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9 / 10.0
Mar 9, 2018

It's quite easy to spent a sleepless night with Into the Breach's addictive tactical gameplay and tons of options to customize our party. This game do not forgive mistakes, but gives you an opportunity to think and find solutions to many interesting tactical puzzles.

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9 / 10.0
Apr 23, 2018

Into The Breach is a fantastic turn based strategy with everything tuned at its finest. Its got high replayability, fun combat and the perfect UI. If you're a strategy lover, this is a highly recommended game

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Simon Brown
Top Critic
9 / 10.0
Mar 14, 2018

A fun but challenging strategy game that blends a fun time-travel aesthetic with great turn-based mechanics. Interesting time pressure gameplay makes every battle rewarding. Heartily recommended.

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8.5 / 10.0
Mar 12, 2018

Into the Breach is another title that confirms Subset Games ability to innovate turn-based strategy with creativity and a simple approach. Playing chess with altering time robots has never been so utterly delightful!

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7.5 / 10.0
Apr 11, 2018

Little big turn-based strategy with simple graphics does not disappoint you. It is unique, just a bit eventless after several attempts.

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9 / 10
Mar 24, 2018

Into the Breach is a prime example that shows no matter the budget, not matter the technology, no matter the graphics, you can always make a great game if you have that wonderful idea. Focusing solely on gameplay at the expense of everything else, Into the Breach is just one of the most entertaining games you've ever experienced.

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8.2 / 10.0
Mar 29, 2018

Into the Breach presses all the right buttons to keep tactical strategy fans hooked, and many will come back over and over again despite any shortcomings they may perceive. I, for one, plan to waste away many more afternoons saving the world from an infestation of bugs. Then, once I finish spraying my house and yard, I plan to play some more Into the Breach.

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9 / 10.0
Aug 31, 2018

Undoubtedly, one of the best features of the game is unlocking new mechs and creating your own squads, and it is that element that will keep me coming back to the game. Hop into a breach and pick up this game yesterday, soldier. It's Vek-hunting season.

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Shayan Karami
Top Critic
91 / 100
Mar 31, 2018

Into The Breach is one of the finest tactical games of these last years which even taunts other great games of the genre. Fun and repeatable gameplay gets you hours of entertainment and if you're not familiar with the genre, Into The Breach is the perfect choice to begin with.

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9 / 10.0
Mar 7, 2018

Into the Breach may not have a very complicated story, and some problems with the difficulty of releasing new forces can be seen in it, but the built-in Subeste Games Studio is a work that fans of strategic and tactical games will be entertained with for a long time due to the great depth of its gameplay.

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91 / 100
Mar 5, 2018

A refined, masterfully executed and hugely atmospheric turn based tactics game. The framework of Into The Breach is a little light on content, but the variety of missions approaches and challenging scenarios that emerge from its elegant systems provide hours of compulsive, bug crushing strategy goodness.

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Unscored
Mar 7, 2018

Into The Breach has given me faith again in the polish and the promise of the indie game developer, and reminds me that amazing things can be achieved on the smallest of canvasses.

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Mar 7, 2018

Into the Breach is enthralling from the moment you start playing, and doesn’t let go. Every calculated move by the enemy can be countered. Every mistake is your own. And as death will come swift and often, in time, so too will victory. And being victorious has a greater sense of accomplishment because it feels earned with each battle being hard fought. Subset Games have crafted a game that absolutely excellent from the gameplay to the music. Into the Breach is near perfection.

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8 / 10
Mar 10, 2018

Tight, lean, and expertly crafted, rarely is so much accomplished with so little.

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Yes
Mar 15, 2018

Into The Breach is a tour-de-force of tight design, an excellent execution of an idea, and a wonderful take on turn-based strategic combat. I have pretty much nothing bad to say about it. My only wish right now is that there was more of it, that its permutations would stretch on forever, that there’d be islands that I’d ever be able to conquer, more different Vek than I’d ever be able to fight, and more different bonus objectives than I’d ever see. But I understand, design-wise, why this could never be the case. I think Subset have achieved something pretty special here; I look forward to coming back to it in all my future timelines.

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