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Tactical Troops: Anthracite Shift cover art

Tactical Troops: Anthracite Shift

QED Games · 2021-04-15

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Apr 15, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 15, 2021 (Linux)

Dive into a top-down, turn-based strategy game with 80's sci-fi flair. Command elite soldiers in multiplayer duels on 24 maps, local hot-seat mode, or a thrilling singleplayer campaign. Master teleportation and gridless movement on the mysterious planet Anthracite.

75%
positive of 55 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 60% of 28,840 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 55 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.04 at Steam (2025-06-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520212026Week of 2021-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$1.042021-04-152026-07-092021-04-15 — best price $13.492021-04-22 — best price $14.992021-06-24 — best price $9.742021-07-08 — best price $14.992022-01-28 — best price $9.742022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-04-15 — best price $4.492022-04-18 — best price $14.992022-07-21 — best price $4.492022-08-01 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $2.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-04-14 — best price $2.992023-04-21 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $1.492024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $1.492024-12-04 — best price $14.992024-12-20 — best price $1.492025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $1.492025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-06-17 — best price $1.042025-06-24 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $1.492025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-10-01 — best price $1.042025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $1.042026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $1.042026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $1.042026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, French, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

2DPvP1980sIndieSci-fiPhysicsStrategyTacticalTop-DownOld School

Census log

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

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