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Phantom Brigade

Brace Yourself Games · 2023-02-28

SteamEpic Games Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 28, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Phantom Brigade 2.0 is a cinematic, tactical mech strategy game with a revolutionary timeline-based command system. See the future, predict enemy actions, and plot your counterattack on the timeline! Recruit and level up your squad of rebels to retake war-torn Fyrland from the Kaskad occupation.

97
playing now
81%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

97 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Phantom Brigade is a turn-based tactics video game originally developed by Tetragon Works, but currently being developed by Brace Yourself Games after they acquired the indie studio. Initially in early access on Epic Games Store since November 2020, the full game was released on February 28, 2023. The premise of the game is that the player commands a squad of mechs who obtained a secret prototype weapon that lets them see briefly into the future. The game plays out in a semi-real-time manner with turns being separated into segments of a few seconds each. The player can predict what happens during these turns and set up moves that then play out in real time.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 97 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 864 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~108/week).
  • · Review velocity up 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 90k–203k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,515 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 8 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.5k1.5k20232026Week of 2023-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,508 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 344 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

161542026-08-06 23:00 — 84 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 80 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 114 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 90 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 84 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 138 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 105 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 92 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 150 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 99 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 75 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 115 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 79 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 80 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 81 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 88 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 78 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 97 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 87 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 64 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 58 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 58 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 72 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 113 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 90 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 64 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 69 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 84 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 97 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$11.992020-11-162026-07-132020-11-16 — best price $29.992023-03-07 — best price $29.992023-04-24 — best price $29.992023-06-05 — best price $29.992023-07-13 — best price $29.992023-07-24 — best price $29.992023-09-04 — best price $29.992023-10-23 — best price $29.992023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-03-04 — best price $29.992024-03-21 — best price $29.992024-04-15 — best price $29.992024-05-29 — best price $22.492024-06-05 — best price $29.992024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-10-07 — best price $29.992024-12-18 — best price $29.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-02-19 — best price $29.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-05-13 — best price $29.992025-12-03 — best price $29.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-01-17 — best price $29.992026-03-03 — best price $29.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-04-23 — best price $29.992026-06-07 — best price $29.992026-07-03 — best price $29.992026-07-13 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3672026-05-27 — 20 pageviews2026-05-30 — 20 pageviews2026-06-02 — 12 pageviews2026-06-05 — 14 pageviews2026-06-08 — 15 pageviews2026-06-11 — 21 pageviews2026-06-14 — 15 pageviews2026-06-17 — 16 pageviews2026-06-20 — 10 pageviews2026-06-23 — 11 pageviews2026-06-26 — 18 pageviews2026-06-29 — 21 pageviews2026-07-02 — 18 pageviews2026-07-05 — 17 pageviews2026-07-08 — 16 pageviews2026-07-11 — 23 pageviews2026-07-14 — 19 pageviews2026-07-17 — 7 pageviews2026-07-20 — 19 pageviews2026-07-23 — 12 pageviews2026-07-26 — 10 pageviews2026-07-29 — 14 pageviews2026-08-01 — 14 pageviews2026-08-04 — 9 pageviews2026-08-07 — 9 pageviews2026-08-10 — 14 pageviews2026-08-13 — 13 pageviews2026-08-16 — 17 pageviews2026-08-19 — 17 pageviews2026-08-22 — 11 pageviews2026-08-24 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
91.2%
earned "Play It Back"
25.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam Cloud2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,0980%46

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

Player tags

MechsTanksActionRobotsSci-fiPhysicsStrategyTacticalTurn-BasedStrategy RPG

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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