Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire

Strategy· Turn-Based Tactics· Female Protagonist· Turn-Based Strategy

Released Aug 2016

Guide Tahira, the 20-year old princess of Avestan, through the most challenging night of her life in this epic tactical turn-based adventure. You must fight to save your people from the genocidal Astral Empire on a world fallen into a medieval dark age after the collapse of a spacefaring civilisation.

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Evaluation

Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire launched on August 31, 2016 as a self-contained tactical RPG with a complete 12-hour story. Following launch, the three-person development team at Whale Hammer Games released a series of bug-fix hotfixes through September 2016, then shipped a larger quality-of-life patch (version 1.1) on October 19, 2016. The only additional content ever released was a soundtrack DLC on launch day and an art book DLC on November 15, 2016 — both of which are now available. No further updates, DLC, or developer communications have appeared since October 2016, and the developer never announced or hinted at any additional story content, expansions, or ongoing development plans. The store description presents the game as a complete narrative experience with no mention of future content. This game launched as a finished product, received its post-launch polish, and has been content-complete since November 2016.

Evidence

Art book DLC released on November 15, 2016 — the last content ever added to the game. Both DLC items are released with no further entries in the listing.

dlc listing · Nov 15, 2016 source content shipped

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Game launched after three years of development; no mention of planned post-launch content beyond bug monitoring.

news post · Aug 31, 2016 source ambiguous

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Content

2 of 2 released · no outstanding content

Released

The Art of Tahira

Nov 2016

Released

Tahira Soundtrack

Aug 2016

Media

Details

Developer

Whale Hammer Games

Publisher

Whale Hammer Games

Achievements

Platform

Windows, macOS, Linux

Controller

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Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player

Turn-Based Tactics Female Protagonist Turn-Based Strategy Strategy RPG Isometric Adventure Turn-Based Sci-fi Medieval Indie 2D Walking Simulator Cartoon Hand-drawn

About this game

A thousand years after the fall of a spacefaring empire, a young princess named Tahira travels the far reaches of her barren kingdom, alone but for her trusty horse, Iba.

When word reaches her of an army wielding the devastating technologies of the past, she finds herself thrust into the most challenging night of her life as she fights to become the leader her people desperately need.

Experience the epic coming of age story of a young woman, told in near-real-time across a 12-hour period in this tactical turn-based adventure.

Tahira:

Control up to 20 characters as you fight against the vast army of the Astral Empire in large-scale tactical turn-based battles.
Guerrilla Warfare – Even the odds by ambushing enemies, taking cover and knocking foes off cliffs and rooftops.
Meet a rich cast of characters - Spend time between battles exploring the environment and talking to your companions.
Discover a shattered world, where the shadow of the past hangs heavily over all that remains.
Four difficulty settings, catering for beginners more interested in the story and to seasoned tactics veterans.
A soundtrack featuring instruments, sounds and textures recorded while travelling in the Middle East and Central Asia