MENACE: If you're not paying attention to this game, you should be.
Thoughts after a frankly embarrassing amount of hours playing. What is MENACE? MENACE is a pending turn-based tactical game, with a sci-fi setting, broadly inspired by the 40k franchise and classic analogue science-fiction ("retro-futuristic") movies and books. Don't roll your eyes. This game is going to be different. Let me convince you. MENACE is from the creators of the niche, but much-loved, Battle Brothers by Overhype Studios. Started by a pair of siblings in Hamburg, Overhype wears its inspirations on its sleeve, and Battle Brothers has given them a well-deserved reputation as developers with an attention to detail, willingness to provide long-life support (Battle Brothers got a free content update in March 2025), effective procedural generation, and keyboard-smashing difficulty. If that does not convince you MENACE is in capable hands, then the content you can see from diving into it's recently released Demo most certainly will. As for what MENACE's actu...
