r/TurnBasedTactical

Permadeath makes you care more about your squad?

I've played plenty of tactical games with permadeath, but I've noticed that permanent death alone doesn't always create attachment. In some games, losing a soldier is devastating. In others, they're just another replaceable unit.

So what do you think? Is permadeath enough to make you emotionally invested in your squad, or does that come from something else with progression, personalities or simply good game design? In our sci fi tactics Frontier we removed permadeath do add more personal approach to your crew.

What's the first tactical game where you genuinely didn't want one of your soldiers to die?

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u/oduvangames — 8 hours ago

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Im looking for battles games like the battle style of Conquest of the New World. Many units per tile.

CONW had this very unique system where many units fit the same tile. So maximum was 6 infantry. Or 2 cavalry and 2 infantry in the same tile. I find the one unit per tile in all tactical games, to be very boring. Any other games that implement a similar system?

CONW battle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfRDJm9OoSE

u/FutureLynx_ — 12 hours ago

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Top 20 Turn Based Strategy RPGs Like XCOM That are BRUTALLY Overlooked!

#20. SteamWorld Heist II (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch)
#19. Invisible, Inc. (PC, PS4, Switch, iOS)
#18. Expeditions: Rome (PC)
#17. The Lamplighters League (PC, Xbox Series X/S)
#16. King Arthur: Knight's Tale (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
#15. Silent Storm Gold Edition (PC)
#14. Showgunners (PC)
#13. Miasma Chronicles (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S)
#12. Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)
#11. Hard West 2 (PC)
#10. Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery (PC)
#9. Shardpunk (PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Switch)
#8. Othercide (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch)
#7. Phoenix Point (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
#6. Stellar Tactics (PC)
#5. Phantom Brigade (PC)
#4. Xenonauts 2 (PC)
#3. Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game (PC)
#2. Cyber Knights: Flashpoint (PC)
#1. Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children (PC)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPdG4Ebqf-k

u/Danceman2 — 1 day ago

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After a year in Early Access, Nightmare Frontier launches on July 22nd.

After an incredible journey through Early Access, Nightmare Frontier is officially launching on July 22nd.

For anyone hearing about it for the first time, Nightmare Frontier is a turn-based tactical extraction game from the creators of Hard West 2 and Rogue Waters. You lead a crew of scavengers into a boom town of the alternative 1900s that got swallowed by a living Nightmare, and the monsters you fight are grown from your own recruits' fears. Every raid is a bet. You can extract early with a light bag, or push your luck while the Nightmare Level climbs and the loot gets better.

Early Access changed this game more than we expected when we launched in June 2025. A lot of that came directly from player feedback, including things we were sure about and turned out to be wrong about.

So before we lock the final patch, one question for people who play tactics games: what is the one thing a game like this has to nail at full release? Difficulty balance, enemy variety, the extraction economy, something else? We are reading everything.

u/meti314 — 3 days ago

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I'm trialing a feature to address my game's miss mechanic being "boring" - how does the turn based community feel about quick time events to address this. I had to rebalance the whole game based on this as getting good at QTE means your misses become your best hits.

u/astral_kranium — 2 days ago

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Here's the Trailer for our Game: Did you Ask for some Gundam with your Advance Wars?

u/VaporwaveGames — 4 days ago

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Save 70% on Stolen Realm ($5.99)

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u/AGamerofYesterday — 3 days ago

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Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga is free on Amazon Luna

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u/Danceman2 — 3 days ago

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Game Title: Daily Wars

Playable Link:
playdailywars.com

Platform:
Web

Description:
Daily Wars is a turn-based strategy game where you get a new map to beat every day. Build an army, capture properties to increase your income, and defeat the enemy as quickly as possible. Destroy the enemy in as few days as possible and compete against your friends (and foes) on the daily leaderboards.

There's a premium access tier that gives you a second map each day, plus access to all past maps in the archive. The code R7JJCLBN can be used to unlock premium for free, forever.

Free to Play Status:
- [ x ] Free to play
- [ ] Demo/Key available
- [ ] Paid (Allowed only on Tuesdays with [TT] in the title)

Involvement:

I've always been a fan of quick dailies such as Wordle and NYT Strands. And I'm also a long-time fan of turn-based strategy games. Since becoming a father in April, I've had far less time for long strategy sessions. I wanted a quick game I could pick up during a few minutes of downtime, and couldn't find exactly what I was looking for. So I created Daily Wars. I hope you'll enjoy it!

u/eliasbrange — 4 days ago

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