Phantom Doctrine (2018)

Developer: CreativeForge Games
Publisher: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Action, RPG, Strategy
Rating: 3.7 of 5, 4,674 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 22 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A tense, methodical spy thriller where every move feels calculated and the paranoia of Cold War-era covert ops seeps into the gameplay.

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What players say

Players praise the cold war spy theme, complex mechanics, and the corkboard investigation minigame, but are split on the execution. Many enjoy the tactical stealth and agent management, while others report bugs, poor AI, tedious missions, bad writing, and a tutorial that fails to explain key systems.

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