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Into the Breach cover art

Into the Breach

Subset Games · 2018-02-27

SteamGOGEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 19, 2022 (Android), Jul 19, 2022 (iOS), Feb 27, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 20, 2020 (Linux), Dec 01, 2020 (Google Stadia), Aug 28, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

196
playing now
94%
positive of 22k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (269 ratings)
12h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

196 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Into the Breach is a turn-based strategy video game developed and published by indie studio Subset Games, consisting of Jay Ma and Matthew Davis. Into the Breach is their second game, following FTL: Faster Than Light. It features writing by Chris Avellone and music composed by Ben Prunty. It was released for Microsoft Windows in February 2018, for macOS and Nintendo Switch in August 2018, and for Linux in April 2020. A version for iOS and Android mobile devices was published by Netflix in July 2022.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 196 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 893 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~112/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 556k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 22,236 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.25-65%
GOG$5.25-65%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.25-65%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2025-08-30) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 55 of 88 observed days · $2.26 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.5k1.5k20182026Week of 2018-02-01: 602 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1,517 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 859 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 458 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 527 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 656 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2721522026-08-06 21:00 — 214 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 167 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 216 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 210 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 178 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 245 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 256 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 184 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 269 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 267 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 167 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 239 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 244 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 167 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 242 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 236 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 189 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 242 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 260 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 177 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 188 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 230 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 215 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 190 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 207 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 213 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 157 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 235 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 196 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.002018-02-272026-08-302018-02-27 — best price $14.992018-10-01 — best price $11.992018-12-08 — best price $14.992019-04-04 — best price $10.042019-07-08 — best price $14.992019-12-11 — best price $7.492020-01-14 — best price $7.492020-04-13 — best price $7.492020-06-26 — best price $7.492020-09-12 — best price $14.992020-12-13 — best price $14.992021-02-25 — best price $14.992021-06-28 — best price $14.992021-10-18 — best price $7.492021-12-04 — best price $14.992022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-05-19 — best price $3.742022-07-28 — best price $14.992023-01-03 — best price $14.992023-05-10 — best price $14.992023-09-12 — best price $7.492024-01-05 — best price $14.992024-04-18 — best price $14.992024-07-29 — best price $7.492024-12-02 — best price $14.992025-02-10 — best price $7.492025-04-08 — best price $5.242025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-09-06 — best price $14.992025-10-23 — best price $5.992025-12-14 — best price $14.992026-02-23 — best price $14.992026-03-30 — best price $2.992026-05-06 — best price $6.002026-07-16 — best price $4.492026-08-28 — best price $5.252026-08-30 — best price $5.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

253882026-05-31 — 141 pageviews2026-06-03 — 109 pageviews2026-06-06 — 121 pageviews2026-06-09 — 128 pageviews2026-06-12 — 103 pageviews2026-06-15 — 117 pageviews2026-06-18 — 110 pageviews2026-06-21 — 142 pageviews2026-06-24 — 104 pageviews2026-06-27 — 244 pageviews2026-06-30 — 140 pageviews2026-07-03 — 150 pageviews2026-07-06 — 127 pageviews2026-07-09 — 144 pageviews2026-07-12 — 129 pageviews2026-07-15 — 120 pageviews2026-07-18 — 119 pageviews2026-07-21 — 127 pageviews2026-07-24 — 123 pageviews2026-07-27 — 133 pageviews2026-07-30 — 133 pageviews2026-08-02 — 134 pageviews2026-08-05 — 114 pageviews2026-08-08 — 136 pageviews2026-08-11 — 109 pageviews2026-08-14 — 133 pageviews2026-08-17 — 146 pageviews2026-08-20 — 121 pageviews2026-08-23 — 120 pageviews2026-08-26 — 159 pageviews2026-08-28 — 88 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
74.7%
earned "Island Secure"
16.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

16 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Korean…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)25,3774%70
Switch (Nintendo)6330%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

IndieMechsPuzzleSci-fiStrategyTacticalIsometricRogue-likeRogue-liteTurn-Based

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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