Subset Games have released Into the Breach: Advanced Edition, a massive update to their tactical mech roguelite from 2018.
Into the Breach: Advanced Edition is a free update for existing owners, and coincides with the game coming to mobile via Netflix Games. This update adds 5 new squads, new enemies and bosses, 12 new missions with 3 new optional mission goals, 4 new pilots, 10 new skills, 39 new weapons and equipment, a new Unfair difficulty setting, and much more.
You can find a trailer for the Advanced Edition below, and read more about it here.
You can find a rundown (via Steam) below:
The free major update, Into the Breach: Advanced Edition is now available!
Nearly every aspect of the game is expanded with new content, including:
- New Mechs and Weapons: Five new mech squads and nearly forty new weapons.
- New Challenges: More enemies, more bosses, and more mission objectives.
- New Pilot Abilities: Four new pilots and triple the amount of pilot skills.
- “Unfair” Mode: A more challenging difficulty to test the most seasoned tacticians.
The remnants of human civilization are threatened by gigantic creatures breeding beneath the earth. You must control powerful mechs from the future to hold off this alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game from the makers of FTL.
Key Features:
- Defend the Cities: Civilian buildings power your mechs. Defend them from the Vek and watch your fire!
- Perfect Your Strategy: All enemy attacks are telegraphed in minimalistic, turn-based combat. Analyze your opponent’s attack and come up with the perfect counter every turn.
- Build the Ultimate Mech: Find powerful new weapons and unique pilots as you battle the Vek infestation across Corporate-Nation islands.
- Another Chance: Failure is not an option. When you are defeated, send help back through time to save another timeline!
Into the Breach is available on Windows PC, Linux, Mac (via GOG and Steam), Nintendo Switch, and mobile via Netflix Games. If you missed it, you can find our review here.