Phantom Brigade

Phantom Brigade

Released Feb 2023

Phantom Brigade 2.0 is a cinematic, tactical mech strategy game with a revolutionary timeline-based command system. See the future, predict enemy actions, and plot your counterattack on the timeline! Recruit and level up your squad of rebels to retake war-torn Fyrland from the Kaskad occupation.

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Evaluation

Phantom Brigade launched on February 28, 2023 and has maintained a strong post-launch update cadence from a small core team. The game has received multiple major free content updates since launch, most recently Phantom Brigade 2.0 on November 19, 2025 — a sweeping overhaul of pilots, the campaign, and the overworld — and Phantom Brigade 2.2 on June 25, 2026, which added new weapons, a new mobility subsystem, optional remote assistance contracts, a test range, mech-mounted action cameras, new underground maps, and full controller support. A hotfix (2.2.2) followed on July 3, 2026, confirming the developer remains actively engaged. The developer's March 26, 2026 announcement post teased upcoming work with redacted spoilers — "exciting stuff we're working on like [REDACTED] and the big [EXTRA REDACTED]" — indicating content beyond 2.2 is in the pipeline, even if not yet named. The December 2025 Supporter Upgrade DLC explicitly described itself as supporting "the ongoing development of Phantom Brigade." With major updates shipping roughly every 5–8 months since launch, and the most recent arriving just seven weeks before today's date (August 17, 2026), the game is clearly in active post-launch development. No developer statement has indicated that content development is winding down.
Evidence
Phantom Brigade 2.2 launched as a free content update, adding new weapons, a new mobility subsystem, remote assistance contracts, a test range, mech-mounted action cameras, new underground maps, and full controller support.
news post · Jun 25, 2026 source content shipped
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Phantom Brigade 2.0 launched as a massive free overhaul, transforming pilots, the campaign, and the overworld. Post noted the team would take a break and then 'look ahead to what's next for Phantom Brigade.'
news post · Nov 19, 2025 source content shipped
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Content

2 of 2 released · no outstanding content

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Details

Publisher
Brace Yourself Games
Achievements
46
Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player

About this game

The free, major update, Phantom Brigade 2.0, is now available!

The 2.0 update is extensive, transforming nearly every aspect of the game, but the highlights include:

  • Fully realized pilots – Recruit pilots with over 100 unique pilot traits and abilities which allow for in-depth buildcrafting and synergies with your mechs. With a new recruitment and class specialization system, expansive leveling with varied progression trees, combined with new visual customisation options, you can build your own flavor of deadly (and stylish) ace pilots.

  • A reworked campaign – New maps, new quests, and new combat scenarios along with fully rebalanced factions ensure you face varied squads with different equipment, armour and unit configurations. You have even more reason to collect new equipment and experiment with different loadouts to take on these new threats.

  • Completely reimagined overworld – Explore new provinces, varied landscapes and overhauled campaign systems. New liberation and overworld mechanics, new points of interest and events, new province modifiers and improved mission generation provide a varied, constantly evolving environment to encourage players to adapt and overcome.

  • A HUGE amount of community driven quality of life updates – New salvage and debriefing menus, new mission previews and reward generation, reworked workshop and crafting, improved damage logic and prediction, new options and difficulty settings, comprehensive weapon balancing, subsystem reworks and much more!

Phantom Brigade is a cinematic, tactical mech strategy game with an innovative timeline-based command system. See the future, predict enemy actions, and plot your counterattack on the timeline! Recruit and level up your squad of rebels to retake war-torn Fyrland from the Kaskad occupation.

KEY FEATURES:

  • Cinematic spin on the turn-based genre – Predict enemy movements, orchestrate precisely timed countermeasures, and hit “execute” to watch the physics-based action unfold in real time.

  • Extensive customization – Featuring a rich customization system, Phantom Brigade enables you to fine-tune the performance of your mechs, install a wide selection of equipment, and access a wealth of cosmetic options. Prepare your squad for any challenge - in style.

  • An expansive arsenal – Railguns, beam weapons, missiles, energy swords, and more! Rain destruction down upon your homeland’s invaders with weaponry salvaged from each enemy mech you defeat.

  • Strategic tactical combat – Make high-level tactical decisions on the world map, manage your mobile base, and decide how to apply your limited resources. Take command of your squad in varied missions ranging from sabotage of enemy equipment and convoy ambushes to liberation battles and challenging outpost onslaughts.

  • Destructible environments – It's not a proper game about giant mechs without destructible buildings! Phantom Brigade allows every square meter of each battle map to be destroyed. Shatter your enemy’s cover and collapse buildings on top of them!

Last evaluated Aug 17, 2026
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