Into the Breach might not fit the mold of your typical tactical shooter—it’s a lo-fi grid-based game in which you see the whole battlefield from bird’s eye view, more Fire Emblem than XCOM—but it unequivocally deserves a spot on your backlog. Every level is like a puzzle, in that there’s seemingly always a “correct” solution, if you can spot it. You pilot a trio of time-traveling mechs on a mission to save the planet from an onslaught of building-sized bugs. As you play, you unlock more mechs, plus options to mix and match them across teams, tweaking your approach. It is a relentlessly compelling tactical shooter, the sort of game you can play in bite-sized sessions or day-long marathons.
Platforms: Switch, PC, Xbox, PlayStation
Playtime: It will CONSUME YOU