Fit check
Is Athena Crisis worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Turn-based strategy players who want both solo campaigns and online matches
- Players who enjoy creating maps, dialogue, and custom campaigns
- Advance Wars or Fire Emblem fans seeking multiplayer and user-made content
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking real-time combat rather than turn-based battles
- Players who prefer a tightly limited campaign instead of extensive custom and community content
- Players looking for a focused historical military setting rather than a humorous multiverse adventure
Our take on Athena Crisis
Its breadth comes with a trade-off: players must engage with multiple modes, victory conditions, unit abilities, and creator tools rather than a narrowly focused campaign structure.
What is Athena Crisis?
Command more than 40 infantry, ground, naval, air, and special units in turn-based battles across several environments.
Single-player campaigns feature a humorous story and over 30 hours of official and community-created content. Multiplayer supports ranked or casual matches, synchronous or asynchronous play, and up to 7 players. Maps can be won by destroying enemy forces, capturing structures, escorting units to an escape zone, or surviving for a set period. Fog of war, terrain, lines of sight, unlockable skills, and unit powers shape each battle. A map and campaign editor supports custom encounters, dialogue, maps, and full campaigns. Progress can continue across Windows, macOS, iPhone, iPad, Android, Linux, and Steam Deck.
How Athena Crisis plays
- 01Multi-device progression
- Games can continue across Windows, macOS, iPhone, iPad, Android, Linux, and Steam Deck.
- 02Custom campaign editor
- The editor supports original maps, dialogue, encounters, and complete player-made campaigns.
- 03Flexible victory goals
- Battles can be won through destruction, base capture, escorting, or surviving for a specified period.
- 04Online battle formats
- Matches offer ranked or casual play, synchronous or asynchronous turns, and up to 7 players.
- 05Unit skills and powers
- Unlockable abilities can add units, apply status effects, or alter unit mechanics.
Athena Crisis compared to similar games
Athena Crisis combines turn-based unit command with solo campaigns, synchronous and asynchronous multiplayer for up to 7 players, and tools for creating maps and campaigns. Men of War: Assault Squad focuses on large-scale World War II battles with direct, hands-on combat, while Xenonauts centers on defending Earth from aliens with small squads of persistent soldiers and technology recovery.
Athena Crisis: platforms & release
Is Athena Crisis worth it?
It is worth it if: turn-based strategy players who want both solo campaigns and online matches. Skip it if: players seeking real-time combat rather than turn-based battles.
Where can I download Athena Crisis?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Athena Crisis's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Athena Crisis on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
