Forged Battalion (2018)

Developer: Petroglyph
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Rating: 2.9 of 5, 1,111 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 4.7 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A deep, customizable real-time strategy game where you engineer every aspect of your faction's units and economy against a bleak climate-wracked backdrop.

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What players say

Players praise the ability to design your own faction but find the unit customization limited to a few meaningful parts. The campaign is criticized for having no tutorial and relying on brute force, while the AI is often seen as brutally hard. Multiplayer is reportedly non-functional or dead. The music by Frank Klepacki is a highlight.

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