PC
$14.99 Region US
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Action · Touch Dimensions Interactive
Strain Tactics
Mature content
Windows
Very Positive · 85% of 241
Wait Chip's verdict · US updated 7 hr. ago Good game, but it sits 100% of the way from its all-time low to full price. It drops harder in seasonal sales. Patience pays.
Why this verdict
Price position between all-time low and full price 100%
All-time low $4.49 · 17d ago
Player reviews 85% positive of 241
Quality score 85/100
Value score 0/100
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- Tactical Squad Creations -23% From $27.87Tactical Squad Creations
- Tactical War Bundle MK2 From $44.97Tactical War Bundle MK2
About this game
What this game is, in the developer's words
Strain Tactics is a real-time-with-pause tactical game, where you command a squad of soldiers to liberate earth from an alien infestation. Using your helibase, deploy your custom squad and provide air support. Remember to keep your crew sane and motivated while staying clear of alien contamination!
Strain Tactics is a real-time-with-pause tactical game, where you command a squad of soldiers to liberate earth from an alien infestation. Featuring 80 playable characters and over 150 unique items and weapons, the game challenges players to defeat enemies by commanding customizable ground teams from their Helibase overhead. Players can indulge in a variety of scenarios across over 30 different maps, and the sandbox-style mechanics allows users to approach the maps according to their play style.
Key Features
Key Features
- Build and command your own 1-5-member heliborne task force.
- Choose from over 80 playable characters with unique personalities and traits, and equip their 1-3 inventory slots with countless weapon and item combinations.
- Choreograph your team’s actions in real time with a fast and dynamic drag-control system, alongside traditional RTS-style controls.
- Freedom to focus on simply positioning your squad and observe like a traditional RTS, or micromanage them like a top-down shooter!
- Defend your Helibase, and protect your team from above with miniguns, autocannons, and more.
- Manage your team’s mental health. Keep your squad topped up with happy pills, or deploy emotionless combat droids.
- Protect your task force from contamination, or watch them erupt into even more strain.
- Level up your units, and revive fallen team members by body-bagging (or selling their corpses for points).
- Travel to over 30 unique maps with various scenarios including Hunter-Killer, Escort, Retrieval, Perimeter Defence, and more.
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Accepted price history and the lows that matter
Historical lows
All-time low ATL $4.49 2026-06-27
3-month low $4.49
12-month low $4.49
Current $14.99
Price events From the accepted price history · updates automatically
Jul 9, 2026
Sale ended · back to $14.99
Jun 27, 2026
New all-time low $4.49
Strain Tactics price history and best deals
Strain Tactics for PC currently sells from $14.99 at authorized stores. Its all-time low is $4.49, set on 2026-06-27.
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Should I buy Strain Tactics now or wait?
Our verdict is wait. At 100% of the way to full price, it usually drops harder in seasonal sales, so patience tends to pay.
Is $14.99 a good price for Strain Tactics?
$14.99 sits 100% of the way from the all-time low of $4.49 to the full price. It has been cheaper before, so there is room to wait.
Where can I buy Strain Tactics?
Strain Tactics is tracked at steam. We only list authorized stores here and always link out with a clean outbound link.
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Steam reviews Very Positive · 85%
85% positive of 241
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buttstroke_kill 62.5%
blitzkrieg 61.9%
read_info 51.8%
10_missions_completed 40.8%
run_and_gun 34.7%
sell_unit_in_cryopod 33.3%
long_range_kill 28.6%
escape 28.2%
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