Squad Tactics
A turn-based squad tactics game on a grid: move three soldiers between cover, flank for critical hits, set overwatch and throw grenades to clear hostile maps, then spend upgrades.
Squad Tactics is a turn-based tactics game played on a daylight battlefield of concrete walls and wooden crates. You command three soldiers: a rifleman, a long range sniper and a tough heavy gunner. Every soldier has two action points per turn to move, shoot, set overwatch or throw a grenade, and every shot shows its exact hit chance before you commit.
Position is everything. Standing beside a wall or crate gives half or full cover and lowers the enemy's odds, while shooting a target from an open side flanks it for a bigger critical chance. Moving into view of an enemy on overwatch draws reaction fire. The computer opponents use the same rules: they look for cover, flank exposed soldiers, hold overwatch when they cannot see you and, from the later maps, bombers lob grenades at clustered squads. Each cleared map brings more hostiles, tougher types such as stalkers, brutes and elites, and better aim. After every map you pick one requisition upgrade, from healing the whole squad or replacing a fallen soldier to extra aim, grenades, movement or armor. Score comes from kills, map bonuses and keeping everyone alive, and your furthest map earns a saved rank from Rookie to General.
It suits players who enjoy turn-based strategy, careful planning and tense risk calculations. Tip: use the sniper from behind cover, keep the heavy near your front line, and never end a turn with a soldier in the open.
How to play
Select a soldier, then click a tile to move: blue tiles cost one action, yellow tiles use both. Click an enemy to aim and click again to fire, which ends that soldier's turn. Overwatch shoots at enemies that move in view, and grenades damage a 3x3 area and break cover. Clear all hostiles to reach the next map; if all three soldiers fall the run ends.
Controls
- Click / tap soldier: Select
- Click / tap tile: Move (blue = 1 action, yellow = 2)
- Click / tap enemy twice: Aim then fire
- 1 / 2 / 3: Select soldier or upgrade
- Tab or F: Cycle targets / fire
- O: Overwatch
- G: Grenade mode, then tap a tile twice
- Enter or E: End turn
- P / Esc: Pause
- M: Mute
- R: Restart
Category: Strategy games
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