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Welcome Back, Commander

Welcome Back, Commander

Commander, your strike team is to dive deep into the contaminated city of Sun Stone and get some answers before the mysterious deadly plague spreads . Good luck Commander!

Released Feb 6, 2025 Developer S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L. Platforms Windows TacticalReal-Time with PauseReal Time TacticsTop-DownAction
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-15.

81.3%positive246 reviews
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Go read Alitari's review, I pretty much agree with everything he said. Also, if it is the first game of Chromosome Evil trilogy you'll play, do yourself a favour and PLAY THE DEMO before. You'll be able to judge for yourself if you want to invest your time and money in the game.…”

— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“After doing 3 normal run 2 hard run and 1 insane run and nearly completing the game achievements I can safely say that the game provided me with some really fun tactical gameplay. My only gripes is that the skills on the units when leveled up is to RNG. aside from that, I had…”

— a player, Steam review · 62 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“The best part about this game is also the only really good part about it and that is the "hold and search this location" parts where you actually have 100% influence everything else is mobile game level RNG decissions that are thrown at you to artificially make the game harder.…”

— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

30achievements
32.0%median completion
5.9%rarest: Bad end
75.6% of players 75.0% of players 56.5% of players 51.6% of players 51.6% of players 44.9% of players 44.7% of players 43.6% of players 41.8% of players 41.5% of players 41.3% of players 41.2% of players 38.7% of players 38.3% of players 34.4% of players 32.0% of players 28.3% of players 21.4% of players 21.2% of players 20.7% of players 20.6% of players 19.9% of players 17.9% of players 16.9% of players 15.3% of players 12.2% of players 10.8% of players 8.0% of players 7.1% of players 5.9% of players 75.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
75.6%Doors — Open 10 doors.
75.0%Alarm — Trigger noise meter 1 time.
56.5%Loot 500 12Ga in total. — Loot 500 12Ga in total.
Rarest badges of honor
5.9%Bad end — End game with blood sample and data fail ,not deliverd
7.1%No fuel — End game with strike APC extraction fail
8.0%Kill muscled — Destroy 100 muscle infected.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-13. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$8.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-31
US14.99 USD
EU12.75 EUR
UK11.25 GBP
Australia22.50 AUD
Canada20.49 CAD
Japan2,350 JPY
Brazil81.99 BRL
China105.00 CNY

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

Canada≈$14 EU UK Japan US China Australia Brazil≈$16

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 08-13 08-21 08-31 09-08 09-17 09-26

Latest official news

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

Aug 26, 2026
16 BIT NIGHTS - Game Showcase 2027

Hey Folks, Gather around the fire, we have some BIG news for you. We just started 4 coming soon pages for 4 new projects, yes, not 1, not 2, not 3, BUT 4! Want to know more ? Here is our official vide

Jul 24, 2026
News - price increase

Hey Folks, We have some not-so-good news, but also some good news. "Welcome back, Commander" just had its price increased due to a new wave of inflation, new taxes, and changes in the indie industry.

Feb 17, 2026
BIG UPDATE on Welcome Back, Commander + News on New Game

Hey commanders, Fast news: Before we move any further with the update on Welcome Back, Commander, I would like to make a call to action for our new "Horizon 1990" project. SMASH that wishlist button w

Nov 13, 2025
SUPPORTER EDITION - DLC - Welcome Back, Commander

Hey folks, Lots of stuff has happened behinde the courtain since last we spoken. I know a few months ago we said we wanted to release a concept art PDF optional DLC for 20$ for the ones of you who wan

Aug 22, 2025
NEWS - new game

Hey Folks, We come here to share with you the news about the current status and future of 16 BIT NIGHTS . Current status: We cook, we cook HARD. Well, we have not 1 but 3 projects in development. Proj

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.

GenresSimulation, Strategy
Player tagsTactical · Real-Time with Pause · Real Time Tactics · Top-Down · Action · Strategy · Indie · Military · Action RTS · RTS · Simulation · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Stats · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Russian, Spanish - Spain * , Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America * *
Achievements30
Official sitehttps://16bitnights.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP or higher Processor: Pentium 4 Memory: 8 MB RAM Graphics: Any DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: Any