Fadedlands: The Reckless Squad

Fadedlands: The Reckless Squad is a compact yet thoughtfully layered turn-based tactics experience that blends squad combat, roguelike progression, and light base development into a cohesive strategic loop. Developed by ForindGames and published by OKJOY, the game focuses less on flashy presentation and more on moment-to-moment decision making, positioning, and long-term planning. Its design philosophy favors clarity and repeatability, encouraging players to learn through experimentation and gradual mastery rather than overwhelming them with systems upfront. At the heart of the experience is a distinctive approach to turn-based combat that emphasizes movement and spatial awareness over direct command of every action. Units act automatically once engaged, but the player’s influence comes from carefully positioning the squad, anticipating enemy behavior, and exploiting terrain. This creates encounters that feel fluid and reactive, where success often hinges on placing characters just out of reach of incoming attacks or maneuvering enemies into disadvantageous positions. The result is a combat flow that feels more dynamic than traditional turn-based exchanges, rewarding foresight and…

Finished the game in 9hrs so I hope they release more content, but albeit a bit short its already worth the price. Its a clean roguelite deckbuilder with nice cheesy pixel graphics. It starts out pretty hard, with a steep learning curve like the old days of gaming, but then you get the hang of it.

It's like a short and sweet darkest dungeon with real time pause. A lot easier too.