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Templar Battleforce

Templar Battleforce

An addictive mix of strategic combat and army building, with the precision of an RPG. Design your squad members' exact build of equipment and talents to create unique fireteam combinations. Step into the pilot suit of a Leviathan mech, lead the Templar Knights in turn-based tactical warfare.

Released Sep 21, 2015 Developer Trese Brothers Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Turn-Based TacticsTactical RPGPerma DeathDifficultTurn-Based
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

93.5%positive950 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“The story is weak, but at least is there. Slightly lacking in some visual elements and aids, but nothing major, would not hurt to have some thick lines surrounding the squares. Before playing, take some time to change the controls, especially screen movement keys. Nice level for…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Was hesitant about this at first but it has the depth I like, turn based combat which is my jam, and an interesting (if 40Kish) story”

— a player, Steam review · 41 hrs played
Not recommended · 5 found this helpful

“I'll preface this by saying I have hundreds of hours on max difficulty Iron man in XCOMs (TFTD, as well as EW, and XCOM 2), as well as stuff like Mechanicus and Xenonauts. You'd think that this game would be right up my alley, but no. Negative mechanics (As in things that…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:06 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

2playing at last check
224-hour peak
98all-time peak
0 50 100 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 55 avg · Sep 2015

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

51achievements
15.2%median completion
0.2%rarest: Campaign Victory - Ironman Hell
91.2% of players 90.8% of players 90.4% of players 75.8% of players 72.8% of players 71.4% of players 65.7% of players 62.6% of players 59.8% of players 59.1% of players 58.8% of players 54.4% of players 41.4% of players 39.9% of players 36.1% of players 28.7% of players 28.1% of players 23.2% of players 21.8% of players 21.6% of players 20.5% of players 19.4% of players 18.5% of players 17.6% of players 16.4% of players 15.2% of players 12.2% of players 11.8% of players 10.5% of players 3.8% of players 3.3% of players 2.4% of players 2.1% of players 1.7% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 91.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
91.2%One Shot, One Kill — Destroy a Xeno in a single attack.
90.8%Blades of Vengeance — Destroy a Xeno with a single counter-attack.
90.4%Rescuer — Save Soldier Dalan
Rarest badges of honor
0.2%Campaign Victory - Ironman Hell — Complete Campaign on Ironman Hell
0.2%Campaign Victory - Ironman — Complete Campaign on Ironman
0.2%Lords of Death — Kill 30 Xeno in a Single Turn

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US9.99 USD
EU9.75 EUR
UK8.50 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada12.99 CAD
Japan1,200 JPY
Brazil32.99 BRL
China42.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$6.2 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$11

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jun 12, 2025
Our new squad-based strategy RPG is now fully launched!

Templars, we're thrilled to share that our latest game, Cyber Knights: Flashpoint, is now fully launched on Steam! If you're a fan of in-depth squad-based tactics (a.k.a. "XCOM-like"), with a unique s

May 28, 2024
Battleforce Community "Race" Event

We are excited to announce that this Thursday, May 30th at 3pm Eastern (12pm Pacific) we will be hosting a Templar Battleforce ‘race’ between a handful of our veteran players over on our Discord. Each

Mar 17, 2024
Update #94: Paladin's Chain

Templars! We are once again back with a new Relic, some new HP rules for Berserks and a pile of weapons, armor, gear and Talent rebalances as well as some bug fixes from community posts. A huge thanks

Oct 19, 2023
Our new game has LAUNCHED!

Exciting news all! Cyber Knights: Flashpoint - our squad tactics heist RPG - launched on Steam this week! 🎉🎉🎉 It's our first 3D game and a big step up for our studio; we'd love for you to check it out

Jun 25, 2023
Update #93: Double Drop!

Templars! We are back again with the double drop of 4 new Relics in Update #93 just because we can't leave the other Templar classes out of the good fun. This time, we've got a Armor Plating, Reactor

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Indie, RPG, Strategy
Player tagsTurn-Based Tactics · Tactical RPG · Perma Death · Difficult · Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy · Strategy RPG · 2D · Rogue-like · Character Customization · RPG · Strategy (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Playable without Timed Input · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements51
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.tresebrothers.com/#tbf
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP, Windos Vista, or Windows 7 / 8 / 10 Memory: 1024 MB RAM Graphics: Requires OpenGL 2.0 or higher Storage: 250 MB available space