Steam Next Fest is here and you’re likely about to be up to your eyeballs in video game demos. There are plenty of promising indies you can try for free during the event, and we’ll coming at you with some recommendations as we uncover the gems.
If you need a place to start, though, look no further than Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown. The Turtles’ latest adventure is unlike any they’ve embarked on before.
It’s not some form of beat-em-up, but a turn-based strategy game byI Am Your Beast developer Strange Scaffold. The tactics genre may sound like an odd fit for our reptilian friends on paper, but it works surprisingly well.
That’s thanks to a new spin on the genre that gives players much more to do on a single turn. It’s a fast-paced tactics game that feels spiritually linked to the Turtles’ arcade days in ways you may not see coming.
Recommended Videos In the hour-long demo that’s now on Steam, players move through a tutorial and then four stages. Each one puts players in control of a different brother, showcasing their unique move set.