MENACE

Choose which planetary distress calls to answer, when to engage, and how many resources to commit.

Equip infantry with weapons, armor, and accessories using limited supplies before each mission.

Squad leaders and their squads can die permanently, taking experienced troops out of your campaign.

Procedurally generated operations and battle maps combine with different character selections and equipment options across playthroughs.

Rounds landing near a squad cause suppression even beyond accurate weapon range, affecting nearby friends as well as enemies.

Move around enemy cover, use heavy ordnance to force enemies from firing positions, and destroy cover they could retreat to.

Weapons differ in effective range, damage over distance, and effectiveness against lightly or heavily armored targets.

Battles take place across multiple biomes, with weather conditions affecting engagements.

Squad equipment options include flamethrowers, sniper rifles, and EMP cannons.

Infantry armor choices balance protection against utility through additional accessory slots.

Available accessories include drones, grenades, and target designators.

Acquire equipment from local black market dealers and the spoils of war, including pirate machinery and high-end mercenary arms.

A professional Marine loyal to the Republic who remains steadfast in the face of adversity.

A squad leader carrying the trauma of past scars, with violent anger simmering beneath the surface.

Owes Pike for saving his home colony and distrusts non-Marines, complicating cooperation with local recruits.

Squad leaders improve through promotions, with varied perk trees offering active and passive abilities.

Battlefield achievements can bolster morale, while losing a team can leave its leader performing worse during recovery.

Bring immense firepower to the battlefield, with slower handling than nimble walkers.

Rotate freely and quickly to respond to fast-moving threats.

Field troop carriers, multiple launch rocket systems, jury-rigged pickup trucks, and vehicles with different weapon systems.

Deploying captured self-propelled artillery can consume resources otherwise available for better infantry equipment.

Operations span multiple missions, with choices between available objectives as you progress across a world.

Operation decisions include destroying air defenses that prevent tank landings or rescuing hostages to earn local trust.

Criminal elements specialize in intelligence gathering, hacking enemy equipment, and securing favorable dealer prices.

Local recovery and repair teams help keep vehicles operational and provide advanced technology.

Pirate warlords, questionable corporations, and fractured planetary governments compete for control as an alien threat emerges.

Your strike cruiser serves as the base of operations and transports your force between missions.

The Impetus provides orbital support for your operations.

Invest in upgrades and customization that complement how you fight on the ground.

The cruiser gives troops a place for rest and recuperation between engagements.

Both minimum and recommended specifications require Windows 10 64-bit and a 64-bit processor.

Intel Core i5-7600 or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X, with 8 GB RAM.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB or AMD Radeon RX 570 4 GB, with DirectX 11.

Intel Core i5-9600K or AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, with 16 GB RAM.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB, with DirectX 12.

12 GB of available space is required; an SSD is recommended.