Aliens in Athena Crisis are explorers from another dimension. They are mostly friendly, but when they are not, you dont want to face them on the battlefield! Rumored to possess advanced technology and abilities, and known to travel in spaceships, these canine-baring cryptids roam the battlefield in search of enemy units to inflict its powerful mandibular attack on. You or I would likely fare poorly were we to try and bite through armor, or metal, but defense is of little concern to an Alien unit: their attacks are powerful against infantry or armored units, with the ability to kill some units in a single fierce attack. In addition to its jaws, the Alien unit can also sabotage enemy units or rescue fallen friends. The Alien squads leader, Kai, is an interior designer known to disagree with humans about style. A xenomorph who loves interior design? Athena Crisis really does have everything. As a secret unit, you wont come across the Alien too often in Athena Crisis, but when you do, itd probably be wise to beat a hasty retreat, lest youre next in line to get your limbs bitten off.

New Features And Updates

Offline Mode (Beta) If you missed the last update, Athena Crisis now has a Local Mode that allows you to play a campaign or PVP maps against bots when youre away from the Internet! Click here for more details. Optional Objectives You can now outline optional objectives for your maps and campaigns in the editor. You can use optional objectives to insert dialogue mid-mission, give a player a skill, shuffle the player to a secret map in your campaign, and more! Spawn Effects In the editor, you can now trigger units that spawn when another condition is met. Perhaps you want to break your friends out of an enemy prison? In the editor, you can set a building to spawn units around it when captured! Theres a lot more underneath the hood of spawn effects; you can find more information in Christophs tweet here. Skill Balancing Ongoing challenge balancing continues to go on! A wide array of skills that your team can obtain in-game have been tweaked to encourage more variety in gameplay. Ongoing Optimizations and Bug Fixes As always, Athena Crisis is constantly seeing new performance optimizations and bug fixes. If youre interested in seeing whats changed over the last few weeks or months, please check out the News channel on the official Athena Crisis Discord.

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Athena Crisis is a modern retro turn-based strategy game that presents a gripping single-player campaign alongside ranked and casual online multiplayer modes, as well as a full map and campaign editor. Fans of Into The Breach, Advance Wars, or Fire Emblem will feel right at home in Athena Crisis!

Victory in Athena Crisis can be obtained in multiple ways: defeat all enemy units to clear a map, take over your opponent’s structures and bases, escort units to an escape zone, or simply survive for a period of time against overwhelming odds. Outwit, outbuild, and outfight your opponents!

Take Command

Command 40+ infantry, ground, naval and air units in turn-based battles. Each structure you capture will net you more resources each turn, which you can use to build more powerful units and expand even further! Here's the twist: the actions within your game world can echo across to other players' experiences, and vice versa - creating a dynamic, interconnected universe!

Think Tactically

Beware the fog! Proceeding too far behind enemy lines may leave your units exposed to attacks from unexpected directions, or even at risk of…dinosaur munches? Strategic thinking will be required to take advantage of terrain and lines of sight.

Just One More Game

A lighthearted, humorous story full of memorable characters will keep you playing long past when you planned to put your Steam Deck down. Just…one…more…map…

Make Your Own Maps And Campaigns

A full map and campaign editor is included, allowing you to customize your own campaigns with your own dialogue or make challenging encounters for your friends to overcome. You can make single maps to skirmish with your friends, or create complete campaigns with entirely new dialogue and stories.

Play On The Go

Athena Crisis takes the phrase “multi-platform” to a whole new level: you can start a game on PC or Mac and seamlessly continue it on phones, or Steam Deck, whether you’re playing the lengthy single-player campaign or an online skirmish with your friends.

Key Features

• Immerse yourself in a single-player campaign with funny & memorable characters
  
• Create your own maps and campaigns and share them with friends
  
• Compete online in ranked or casual battles with up to 7 players at once
  
• Explore seven environments with unique playstyles
  
• Compare your scores with other players in online leaderboards
  
• Play on Windows, Steam Deck, or your phone, seamlessly transitioning your progress between all of your devices
  
• Full-length original soundtrack