# MENACE: Upcoming turn based tactics game with strategic layer
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menace-upcoming-turn-based-tactics-game-with-strategic-layer/1024101
**Category:** The Game Room
**Tags:** video-games-e-games
**Created:** [October 19, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menace-upcoming-turn-based-tactics-game-with-strategic-layer/1024101 "2025-10-19T21:59:00Z")
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### Author:  [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menace-upcoming-turn-based-tactics-game-with-strategic-layer/1024101/1 "2025-10-19T21:59:01Z")
I found out about MENACE a long time ago, long before it was even close to release. The game is being made by the same studio that made Battle Brothers, an incredibly fun tactics game with a minimalist art style that I Was very late too - long after the hype around it had died down. By that point, that game came with a banner letting you know that the studio was now working on MENACE, which I was incredibly hyped for. An XCOM-like scifi tactical game from a studio with a history of such mechanically solid games? Count me in!
Well, after quite a bit of time, MENACE… Is not quite out yet. But they DID put out a VERY solid demo for the game.
Anyone else play this yet? How did you like it?
> **[MENACE on Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2432860/MENACE/)**
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> Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in...
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### Author:  [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menace-upcoming-turn-based-tactics-game-with-strategic-layer/1024101/2 "2025-10-19T23:12:22Z")
It seems neat, but also years away from the 1.0 release so it’s hard to care. It made me think I should finally get around to Battletech at some point. They added a similar “mercenary company” mode to that, I think. (I don’t know if Menace is a mercenary company like Battle Brothers, but I assume so.)
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### Author:  [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menace-upcoming-turn-based-tactics-game-with-strategic-layer/1024101/3 "2025-10-20T15:24:44Z")
It’s on my wishlist, and tonight I might try out the demo if I get time. I’ve been watching/listening to gameplay of it while I work, and it looks good!
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### Author:  [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menace-upcoming-turn-based-tactics-game-with-strategic-layer/1024101/4 "2025-10-20T15:34:18Z")
> [@Palooka](#):
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> It seems neat, but also years away from the 1.0 release so it’s hard to care.
Oh hey, you’re right - February is early access, not release. I’ll likely wait to get it until release, then - though the demo is quite fun.
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### Author:  [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menace-upcoming-turn-based-tactics-game-with-strategic-layer/1024101/5 "2025-10-20T19:46:33Z")
I hope this time they understand that the thing that makes games like X-Com and Battle Brothers endure is the amount of customization available to your soldiers, a way to make them your own and get attached to them. Both visually and through gameplay choices. Phoenix Point was pretty disappointing in that regard.
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### Author:  [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/menace-upcoming-turn-based-tactics-game-with-strategic-layer/1024101/6 "2025-10-24T03:32:18Z")
Thoroughly enjoy the demo. I’ll pick up the game on early access release.