Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance

Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance

Slitherine Ltd. · February 21, 2024 · Strategy, RTS, Real Time Tactics, Wargame, 3D

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Very Positive83% · 4,52372Metacritic223playing now
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Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance price by region

Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance costs £6.08 in the United Kingdom, €6.49 in Europe (EUR), $7.29 in the United States, $7.29 in Georgia (USD), CA$28.33 in Canada, zł29.83 in Poland, A$31.59 in Australia, NZ$34.19 in New Zealand and R$47.03 in Brazil right now.

Cheapest Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £6.08 −66% £18.09 £6.08 19
Europe (EUR) €6.49 −69% €21.05 €6.49 21
United Statesyour region $7.29 −66% $21.59 $7.29 21
Georgia (USD) $7.29 −46% $11.09 $7.29 19
Canada CA$28.33 −46% CA$28.33 CA$51.99 18
Poland zł29.83 −70% zł99.89 zł29.83 19
Australia A$31.59 −46% A$31.59 A$58.50 18
New Zealand NZ$34.19 −46% NZ$34.19 NZ$56.99 17
Brazil R$47.03 −40% R$64.79 R$47.03 12

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About Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance

✦ AI summary

Command humanity's last stand against Legion's machines in this real-time strategy game where tactical decisions, unit composition, and dynamic battlefield destruction determine your survival. Lead the Founders, Movement, or Legion across sprawling campaign maps and multiplayer battles, managing limited resources while your choices reshape alliances, available missions, and the fate of mankind itself.

Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance is a real-time strategy game based on the Terminator: Dark Fate universe that follows the war between humanity and Legion's synthetic intelligent machine network.

In the single-player campaign, you take the role of a commander in the Founders, a force made up of the remnants of the US military and guide your army in an attempt to foil Legion's plan to exterminate the last remnants of humanity. In skirmish and multiplayer modes, play as three very diverse factions: Founders, Movement and Legion.

Take control of an army carried over from mission to mission on a series of large strategic maps. Make decisions about unit placement, battle tactics and abilities so that you don’t just survive but can become the leader of the resistance against the machines. Hone your skills and military expertise by replaying and achieving the best possible outcomes.

Dynamic battlefields: realistic tactics and consequences

Engage in complex, realistic battles where your tactical decisions are vital to your survival and ultimate victory. Use a variety of military equipment, vehicles and ammunition types in your battles against the enemy. Recruit and train new units, assign new skills and acquire new weapons and equipment to continue the resistance.

Encounter tense battles. Your battlefield tactics and choices have deep consequences that will impact through the campaign, with other factions and characters either joining you or fighting against you, and with certain missions being available or not depending on your actions.

Your resources are limited and you must protect your army. Weapons of war receive damage through a modular component damage system where armour characteristics, component malfunctions and hull structure all affect if your troops survive.

Lead the survival of mankind

Recruit others to your cause and grow your army. Mix and match the composition of your troops to fit your preferred battle tactics. Use infantry units, heavy armoured military vehicles, plasma cannon technology, drones and other flying units and even human skirmishers to achieve victory.

Use the battlefield to your advantage! Physics-based building demolition lets you generate a realistic set of tactical consequences, especially in urban areas.

Multiplayer Mayhem: Skirmish and Online Battles

The excitement amplifies in skirmish and multiplayer modes, where you can play as three distinct factions: Founders, Movement, and Legion.

Engage in epic battles across vast strategic landscapes, testing your skills and military expertise. Every decision matters, impacting alliances, missions, and the overall survival of mankind.

Challenge your skills in skirmish and online multiplayer matches, facing off against AI or real-life human opponents in intense 1v1 and 2v2 battles.

Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player, Online PvP
PC Game Pass
Not included

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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance has strong theming and customization options that players enjoy, but is significantly hindered by poor RNG and inconsistent enemy accuracy that frustrates combat encounters. The tactical squad-based gameplay requires careful resource management and preservation of units, though the limited squad sizes encourage tedious save-scumming for perfectionist play, which some find tedious while others appreciate the challenge.

Not recommended Oct 1, 2026
i would not recomend this game simply because my men a squad of 6 stands 5 feet in front of the 1 enemy, and they are firing at each other for way too long, all missing. their 1 guy takes down 3 with 100% accuracy the theme is great, the army custimation is awesome but its all for nothing when mag dumping into each other
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Not recommended Oct 2, 2026
The RNG and the enemy accuracy in this game is not good.
Recommended Oct 2, 2026
Great game
Recommended Oct 1, 2026
Great game!
Recommended Oct 1, 2026
Similar to the Sudden Strike series, this game requires careful management of the limited combat units and resources you have. You only get a limited amount of each unit type, so preservation of your men is key. (Compared to other RTS games where you just build an army and attack move the other side of the map). In the campaign. this kind of gameplay overly encourages and rewards a "perfectionist" style of constantly reloading saves to get the perfect engagement without suffering any losses, which may be satisfying to some but extremely tedious to others. That aside, the overall gameplay is still quite fun and unit weapon customisation is a very captivating concept.
Recommended Sep 30, 2026
Great game! But sadly the DLCs are not very good, only ok.

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