Into the Breach

Everyone should own this game, especially at its price point. It is engrossing, has super-high replay value, and has multiple levels of difficulty. The game is unique insofar as you know exactly how each turn plays out and you have no time limit for making your moves. The puzzle is figuring out the best sequence of moves for your mechs, even with perfect knowledge. On the surface that sounds easy, but trust me it's not. Being a little careless can have huge consequences. Sometimes you will need to make sacrifices too. Do you let a building get destroyed, killing the civilians inside and sapping your power? Do you sacrifice reputation by failing an objective in order to save civilian lives? Or do you sacrifice one of your precious pilots to take a hit that would otherwise destroy a building?
If I were to have a gripe it would be the 'boss' at the end of the game isn't as epic as the boss at the end of Subset's other game F.T.L.
If you enjoy puzzles, tough decisions and a game that rewards you for your cleverness, Into the Breach is one of the best titles out there.

The perfect laid-back strategy game. A great blend of punishment and reward. Just like the last game they made (FTL), they have mastered once again the art of replay value. You just cant help but to come back....

A very deliberate and thoughtful turn-based puzzle game. You can stare at these boards for 15 minutes at a time before you hit on a perfect, elegant solution that carries your mechs out of danger and protects all the buildings and makes you feel like a genius. Won't take as long to get your first victory as FTL; you'll only get your money out of it if you intend to replay it several times with all the different squads, but the core gameplay loop is really fun, so provided you like puzzles that won't be an issue.

Fun little tactical experience, suitable for all devices, short & long sessions alike.
A charming little tactics experience that doesn't seem quite as magical as its predecessor FTL, but has more than enough content for the price asked. The combat is weighty without feeling clunky, and the randomly generated levels never seem too unfair towards you, even on higher difficulties. Backed up with interesting unlockables, a charming artstyle, and superb performance, ItB is a game that can keep you busy & retrying for a hell of a long time.
Conclusion

It's an absolutely solid recommendation for puzzle/strategy enthusiasts. Overall: good replayability, able to unlock new teams and squads, pretty addictive at times.
My rating: 9/10


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My favourite game in a long while. I wish more strategy games would take this approach rather than hidden modifiers and multipliers that make zero sense. Everything in this game is explicit about how it will help you, what it will do and how you should use it.

After 450 hours I'm really not sure what I can say. This game kept me coming back for more, long after the end of the first run, long after I'd unlocked everything and long after I had 100% achievements. It's fair to say that each run features very similar challenges, however it's the shifting around of the rules created by different mech squads, different unit combinations and different secondary weapon unlocks that make each and every game feel fresh.

If you have ever wondered what chess would be like as a science fiction campaign with many different types of upgradable pieces with modular weapons systems and idiosyncratic movement capabilities and whose vari-skilled pilots gained experience battling through spiral timelines to save civilians, installations, islands and Earth itself, struggling through fire, water, ice and acid, then Into the Breach may give you some ideas.
Gripping, challenging, replayable: recommended.