I’m not sure if this counts as a “patient gamer” because I played them to death years ago…but I’ve been playing both again recently and they’re just perfect little games with a ton of replayability. They’re not retro (FTL 2012, ITB 2018) but they’re old enough to regularly go on sale which is great!
Highly recommended if you like roguelite strategy games.
If you have any similar games to suggest, please leave a comment. I’m sure there’s tons of great strategy games I’ve missed over the years
I‘m saving Into The Breach - like many excellent 2D pixel games - for when I get my Steam Deck, gonna be later this year hopefully, looking forward to it
That was actually one of the first games I broke out on the Steam Deck, after sleeping on the game for years. It’s perfect for that system and just a great little game.
Great couch game for sure. If I had it on a mobile device I’d play it all the time
You’ll be thrilled. I’ve got many many hours logged playing this game on my Deck after buying it on Switch and only playing a few minutes.
Into the Breach is so good and well-made, but depressingly, I’m just not smart enough to get addicted to it.
By that I mean, it is legitimately challenging. Battles take a bit longer because I need to really think through my moves, and require long-term strategic planning so I can’t just put it down and pick it up with the limited 15-30 minute blocks I can spare for fun. If I was better at making quick, correct decisions or had better long-term memory for a detailed battle plan, I’d enjoy it a lot more. As it is, I just keep looking at it for month after month and thinking, “when I have more time.”
I get that, you absolutely do need to be thinking a move or two ahead.
Back when I first played it, I was beating it on the max difficulty…but when I came back a few weeks ago, I had to knock it down to easy
I think FTL might have been my overall favorite game of the 2010’s. Anything with a space setting can immediately get my attention, but I think it also managed to be just the kind of roguelite gameplay I love, too.
Fights in Tight Spaces and Nitro Kid are the closest I’ve seen to Into the Breach’s puzzly/must-think-ahead style. Both are card-based battlers, though.
Also…adding those two to my wishlist, thanks!
My friend and I were talking games and each wrote up our (unordered) top 20 games of all time and FTL was on both. I don’t think it’s top 10 for me overall… but it might be for the 2010s! I’ll have to review it
I hate strategy games but I love Into The Breach. It’s a perfectly executed game packed into a single screen.
It plays a lot like a puzzler on the surface.
You’re right, that’s probably why I love it. I’m a big fan of puzzle games (Portal, Talos Principle, Qube).
Only game I’ve ever 100%'d
Is it even winnable? I always get killed before clearing all the islands. Still love it, though.
It definitely is, but yeah you’ll die a lot at first. Once you know your squad’s (and the enemies’) abilities it becomes like chess, where you spend a lot of time thinking about the consequences of a single move.
Two of my favorite games ever. Can’t wait to see what subset does next
Me, too. It looks like they’re developing prototypes for several games at the moment (no sequels) but haven’t decided which to focus on.
I hope their library is like Supergiant Games where every game is unique and interesting
