Space Cats Tactics
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1494950
Made by a solo developer, Space Cats Tactics brings together the nerve-wracking battles of turn-based strategy games and the powerful epic stories of space opera.
Combining grid- and turn-based tactical combat (as seen in games like XCOM and Divinity: Original Sin) and inside-ship crew management (like in games such as FTL and Star Command Galaxies), in Space Cats Tactics you will have to be on your toes and think every step very carefully!
KEY FEATURES
Fight nerve-wracking space battles in turn-based tactical combat.
Your ship and crew will be outnumbered and outgunned – you’ll have to be smarter than your enemies to beat them!
Two strategic layers: zoom in and out of the spaceship in real-time, switching between the space combat layer and the management.
Customize your ship by buying new rooms and upgrading them to gain new abilities.
Adapt it to your playstyle or experiment with different configurations so every playthrough is unique!
Deep combat system: put your tactical skills to the test in grid-based in big grid-based battle maps. Choose how to spend your Action Points between many different kinds of weapons and attacks, special abilities, and consumables
Manage your cat crew: send your crew of space cats to different special rooms in your spaceship, activating different abilities that allow you to adapt to different tactical situations. A cat in the right place can make the difference between victory and defeat!
Explore deep space: marvel at the wonders of deep space flying through clouds of gas, mining asteroids for resources you can sell, helping ships in trouble, or boarding derelicts in random NPC encounters
Dive into a thrilling space opera story, an epic tale of just heroes, charming rogues and evil villains, full of witty dialogues and choices where every encounter has different outcomes for you to write your own story
Plot:A long time ago, humans created your race, a hybrid of cat and man. to be their slave warriors and fight their wars for them.
But after long years of servitude, these space cats turned against their creators and fought for their freedom.
Eventually, they forced humans to sign a treaty liberating the whole Catkind… but your kind is still despised and feared, even though they are fierce warriors and skilled pilots.
You are Captain Mitzi, a mercenary hired to smuggle the ship Curiosity to a remote corner of the galaxy. Turns out the job had more to it than you thought: now you’re running for your lives with the government’s ships hot on your heels! Every encounter has different outcomes and every decision will impact your destiny, so choose wisely: you can be a righteous hero or a vengeful pirate, talk your way out of things like a charming rogue or escape gun blazing.
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Game Discussion
Steam User 3
Recommended on sale for fans of space and tactics games who don't mind some rough edges. You should also check out Cobalt Core, Homeworld, Star Control Origins, Star Traders, Into the Breach, FTL, Breachway, Everspace, or Space Rogue which all have a bit more longevity.
+Visuals, UI
+Cats in space
+Voiced dialogue for main characters
+Turn-based battles
+FTL-style rooms, crew
+Music
+Some events, choices
+Characters
+Space atmosphere
+Ship/room modes, upgrades
+Impressive solo dev
-No rebinding
-Barebones options
-Autosave only, no manual saves
-Only 9 retries for the whole game
-Unclear direction at times
-No mini/map
-Some balance issues
-No difficulty options
-Very limited healing/repair
-Damage persists between levels
-Fairly short, only a few hours
Steam User 1
Its a cute little game with some really silly jokes.
The combat is pretty solid for the most part, there are some weird bugs where your ship will freeze up when trying to give it a command, and you have to cycle commands to get it to fix itself. This didn't really happen to me during actual combat, just mostly while exploring and gathering resources.
The characters are fun, and the story while not groundbreaking is good enough.
There are a few grammar errors in the text, and not all the characters have a voice over, which can be a little distracting when only certain characters speak.
If you like cats, scifi and silly jokes that will make you smile and roll your eyes more than laugh, this game is worth picking up.
Steam User 0
* I supported this game dev via Kickstarter and participated in some of the initial demo testing *
A fun if short and limited game, FTL-inspired but really plays more like XCOM with spaceships. Will humans and their bioengineered feline pets ever get along? You may get to decide after a pretty linear campaign with some diverse combat scenarios, gathering an catty crew with a token human, and a lot of cat puns and geeky references (I particularly liked Neon-Tokyo and Cathulhu). The game could definitely use improvements in interface, quality of life, more in-game info on upgrades and gear (purchasing them was a bit of a gamble), etc. but still, a decent space adventure to experience.
Steam User 0
A nice game to spend a few hours on. It's long enough to learn the mechanics and finish it, but it felt too easy by the end.