
Is Tooth and Tail worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- RTS players who want matches lasting 5 to 12 minutes
- Strategy players interested in animal factions and darkly humorous conflict
- Couch multiplayer groups seeking split-screen real-time strategy
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking long, drawn-out strategy matches may find the 5-to-12-minute format too brief
- Players who prefer fixed maps and memorized build orders may not suit procedurally generated battlefields
- Players looking for a strategy game without a single-player campaign or competitive modes may find the scope mismatched
Our take on Tooth and Tail
Instead of the long economic buildup common in real-time strategy, battles are structured around 5-to-12-minute matches and gamepad controls. Procedurally generated maps and customizable factions replace memorizing a fixed battlefield, while animal armies and a food-centered civil war give the setting an unusual tone.
What is Tooth and Tail?
Tooth and Tail is a real-time strategy game about animal factions fighting a civil war over food.
Players build bases, command armies, and direct units including flamethrowing Boars, gas-throwing Skunks, and Owls that deploy paratroopers. The game includes an extensive single-player campaign, online competitive matches, split-screen play, and replays. Procedurally generated maps and customizable factions vary the conditions between conflicts. Matches last from 5 to 12 minutes, and the controls are made for gamepads. Its story follows the Longcoats, Commonfolk, KSR, and Civilized factions as they contest who eats and who becomes food.
How Tooth and Tail plays
- 01Animal factions
- Armies include Boars with flamethrowers, Skunks using gas, and Owls that send in paratroopers.
- 02Single-player campaign
- The civil war story spans an extensive campaign involving four named factions.
- 03Variable battlefields
- Procedural map generation and faction customization change the conditions across conflicts.
- 04Short RTS matches
- Individual matches are listed as lasting from 5 to 12 minutes.
- 05Split-screen play
- The game supports local couch matches alongside online competitive play.
Tooth and Tail compared to similar games
Creeper World 4 is also a real-time strategy game, but it centers on defending against fluid enemy waves across 3D terrain while building an energy and mining economy. Tooth and Tail instead focuses on commanding animal factions, base building, short 5-to-12-minute conflicts, and a single-player campaign with online and split-screen play.
Tooth and Tail: platforms & release
Is Tooth and Tail worth it?
It is worth it if: RTS players who want matches lasting 5 to 12 minutes. Skip it if: players seeking long, drawn-out strategy matches may find the 5-to-12-minute format too brief.
Where can I download Tooth and Tail?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Tooth and Tail's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Tooth and Tail on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
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