Fit check
Is Steam Tactics worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who want turn-based tactical battles with a steampunk airship setting
- RPG fans who enjoy developing pilots and upgrading equipment
- Strategy players who prefer choosing how to prepare for individual battles
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking real-time combat rather than turn-based encounters
- Players who want battles with extensive randomness instead of decisions based on tactical skill and management
- Players looking for a setting without airships, pilots, or steampunk themes
Our take on Steam Tactics
The focus on clear tactical rules limits the role of obscure or marginal mechanics, leaving equipment, pilot development, and battle approach as the main decisions. Limited randomness also reduces unpredictability during encounters.
What is Steam Tactics?
Command a squad of steampunk airship pilots as a mercenary captain responding to a kingdom’s request for service.
Combat is turn-based and tactical, with clear core rules and limited randomness. Between encounters, gather materials to upgrade ships and guns, combine duplicate equipment into stronger versions, and level up the crew. Decisions include how to equip ships, develop pilots, and approach each battle. The game combines role-playing progression with tactical management, while its challenge is intended for different skill levels. Its story begins with a gravely ill king and a queen seeking the captain’s assistance.
How Steam Tactics plays
- 01Turn-Based Airship Combat
- Battles use tactical encounters with clear rules, while a small amount of randomness keeps them varied.
- 02Ship And Weapon Upgrades
- Materials improve ships and guns, and duplicate equipment can be combined into stronger versions.
- 03Pilot Leveling
- The captain can develop the airship crew by raising pilot levels.
- 04Flexible Battle Decisions
- Players choose ship equipment, pilot development, and approaches for particular battles.
Steam Tactics compared to similar games
Steam Tactics combines turn-based airship combat with ship, weapon, and pilot progression. Shogun Showdown also uses turn-based combat, but focuses on positioning, attack tiles, combos, skills, and deck building. Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew uses real-time stealth strategy with a pirate crew in a fantastical Caribbean setting.
Steam Tactics: platforms & release
Is Steam Tactics worth it?
It is worth it if: players who want turn-based tactical battles with a steampunk airship setting. Skip it if: players seeking real-time combat rather than turn-based encounters.
Where can I download Steam Tactics?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Steam Tactics's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Steam Tactics on?
Windows and macOS.
