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Phantom Brigade
Phantom Brigade 2.0 is a cinematic, tactical mech strategy game with a revolutionary timeline-based command system. See the future, predict enemy actions, and plot your counterattack on the timeline! Recruit and level up your squad of rebels to retake war-torn Fyrland from the Kaskad occupation.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
72 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Absolutely top-notch tactical gameplay when it comes to heavily armed robots. Right up there with Battletech and Mechwarrior. My only complaint is the story. This game needed a deeply frustrated Cobra Commander type to…”
“A small game with many flaws that provide amazingly satisfying tactics like gameplay. Watching weapon fire and enemies blowing up in slow motion really captures the Mech fantasy amazingly well. - Software performance…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“the 2.0 update made this a whole new game. Phantom brigade allows you to live the fantasy of a captain of a small gundam style mech squad. It plays as a turn based esque game. I say turn based esque because it is VERY…”
“I bought this game when it first released on EGS and while I loved the mech design, the timeline system became tedious and so I dropped it. I then saw they had overhauled the game with the 2.0 version and finally…”
“Very engrossing turn based strategy that has received massive support from the devs since release. Can't wait to jump back in!”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Phantom Brigade takes what Frozen Synapse did and made it the sickest turn based strategy game around. Mech customization is varied and interesting, building your pilots up is rewarding and pushes you to try new things.…”
“Phantom Brigade mixes gridless and turn-based tactics brilliantly. You control a section of several seconds, seeing what each participant is doing, how attacks will connect, and how to best maneuver your units. Once you…”
“Yup this game is amazing and absolutely addictive. I lost so much sleep due to it this week because i cant stop playing. - The premise: its basically a real time turn based game where every turn takes 5 real life…”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Its rare that nowdays I play a game until the end however Phantom Brigade 2.0 was worth it. Even after 44h blowing up cities with swarms of rockets didnt lost its joy :). Really enjoyed it and the difficulty was…”
“Early game is a nice mechwarrioralike; the simultaneous move system is cool but I suspect there's a lot more to learn about it.”
“I loved Mechwarrior, it was amazingly tough, challenging, really a tactical mech game with epic duels and a great universe. So, Phantom Brigade was a natural match for a huge fan of XCOM series and Mechwarrior, like me.…”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“MECHS! REAL mechs. A proper mech game for once. Amazing game, feels fantasic, lost of variety in gameplay and builds, all with a great solo campaign! Every mission is a joy to play though. More games like this please.…”
“The game has it's quirks - but I really enjoyed it. Biggest complaint was that it was a pain in the neck to kit out my mechs exactly how I wanted them and to play around with the loadouts. Feels like it depended on RNG…”
“This is a great game. I love mechs and the time prediction thing is pretty dope ngl. The overworld is... not the best but the rest is super fun. There are Gundam mods.... I am so happy. What was like a SOLID 8/10 game,…”
26 of the 104 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“A small game with many flaws that provide amazingly satisfying tactics like gameplay. Watching weapon fire and enemies blowing up in slow motion really captures the Mech fantasy amazingly well. - Software performance…”
“I bought this game when it first released on EGS and while I loved the mech design, the timeline system became tedious and so I dropped it. I then saw they had overhauled the game with the 2.0 version and finally…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Absolutely top-notch tactical gameplay when it comes to heavily armed robots. Right up there with Battletech and Mechwarrior. My only complaint is the story. This game needed a deeply frustrated Cobra Commander type to…”
“I had followed this game for a long time - back in the Epic exclusive days. Didn't pick it up until the 2.0 update and I found a dang fine game. The core gameplay mechanic is akin to coordinating an intricate dance…”
“What sets this game apart and makes it unique, is its predictive timeline based command system, which is really ingenious and the reason I kept coming back, even after reaching the end of the campaign. Not a lot is…”
11 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“A small game with many flaws that provide amazingly satisfying tactics like gameplay. Watching weapon fire and enemies blowing up in slow motion really captures the Mech fantasy amazingly well. - Software performance…”
“AI is way too fking stupid to make it fun after the first 10 hours. I've had ennemy TK eachother turn 1 more often than not, crash into eachother and the like. It stol me the feelings of accomplishment.”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Really Great game. - Quality Gameplay. - Awesome turn base type. Though I wish there could be more customization on the mech looks or cosmetics. It feels a bit short for me. Resources is quite hard to come by. Like…”
“The game has it's quirks - but I really enjoyed it. Biggest complaint was that it was a pain in the neck to kit out my mechs exactly how I wanted them and to play around with the loadouts. Feels like it depended on RNG…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Потрясающая трпг, механика боев отлично реализована. Жалко слишком мало разнообразия билдов, слишко быстро находятся оптимальные которыми до конца игры все проходишь.”
“Really Great game. - Quality Gameplay. - Awesome turn base type. Though I wish there could be more customization on the mech looks or cosmetics. It feels a bit short for me. Resources is quite hard to come by. Like…”
“Phantom Brigade 2.0 fixes a lot of the problems the original release did. Whereas the original release of this game felt more like a tech demo, 2.0 makes the game feel very worthy of it's $30 price tag. It's still…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 81.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“A turn based tactics game in which turns take 5 seconds, you have near-perfect knowledge of the enemy's intentions for the current turn, and you can plan your mech squad's actions down to the millisecond. This is a recipe for a BRILLIANT entry into the TBT genre, and the core of…”
— a player, Steam review · 208 hrs played“Lots of fun and the core mechanic of turn based/real time hybrid is very well done. I do wish it had a way to replay the entire match at the end instead of just round-by-round. I would love to see the real time version of an entire encounter.”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“I am not a fan of any of the V2 changes they took a nice open world and destroyed it. The Pilot bonus seem too gimmicky and the bonus are mostly minor. Your pilots also get weary and tired so quickly. The whole exhaustion system is just bad. Resting you can only rest 3 pilots or…”
— a player, Steam review · 101 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Hotfix 2.2.2-b8339
If you missed the 2.2 update, you can check the patch notes for it HERE 🔁 ChangesChanged squad makeup for some contractsTank squads will no longer appear for Convoy Airlift contracts.Heavy two mech sq
Hotfix 2.2.1-b8336
If you missed the 2.2 update, you can check the patch notes for it HERE🆕 New Features and ContentAdded dynamic display of stability in unit overlays and unit detailsIt can be challenging to know wheth
Phantom Brigade 2.2 - Free Content Update
Attention Brigadiers! 2.2 is here and with it comes a new supply drop of content and features. About the 2.2 UpdateThe goal of this update is to add new content and give players more ways to play! Wit
Small Update (again!)
In our previous patch yesterday, we accidentally introduced an invalid character in the Spanish localization that prevented the game from being launched or played if the language was set to Spanish. T
Very small update
Fixed a bug where gameplay tips weren't appearing to players after the first breakthrough mission.That's it, that's the update!
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Turn-Based Tactics · Tactical RPG · Mechs · Strategy · Real Time Tactics · Tactical · Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy · Physics · Strategy RPG · Sci-fi · Robots (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Achievements | 46 |
| Official site | https://braceyourselfgames.com/phantom-brigade/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K or AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB), or AMD Radeon RX 580 (8 GB) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 10 GB available space