Athena Crisis
Turn-based sci-fi tactics with campaigns and player-made battle maps
Nakazawa Tech · Released Sep 23, 2024
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 80% of 153
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update on Steam
- 2 months ago
- Sep 5, 2026
Metacritic: 83/100 (critic reviews)
What is Athena Crisis?
A top-down, sci-fi turn-based strategy game with pixel graphics and lighthearted story campaigns. You command infantry, ground, naval, and air units across maps, using terrain and lines of sight to defeat enemies, capture bases, escort units, or survive. You can also play online matches and create maps or campaigns.
For you if...
- +you like planning turns around terrain and varied objectives
- +you want campaigns and community-made maps to play
- +you enjoy online co-op or competitive skirmishes
Not for you if...
- −you want real-time combat instead of turn-based planning
- −you prefer open-ended battles over tightly structured missions
What players say
80% of 153 reviews are positive
Players praise the amount of campaign and community-made content, unit variety, and map editor. The most common complaint is that even the single-player campaign requires an internet connection; some players also find missions too restrictive or difficult.
Screenshots and trailer
Athena Crisis system requirements
Minimum: Integrated, 4 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Athena Crisis?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- 10
- Processor
- Intel i5 or equivalent
- Graphics
- Integrated Graphics
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
Recommended
- OS
- 10
- Processor
- Intel i5 or equivalent
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or equivalent
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
Does Athena Crisis have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: co-op online; PvP online. It also has a single-player mode. Crossplay with other platforms is declared.
Does Athena Crisis run on Steam Deck?
Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, German, Japanese, French, Spanish - Spain, Ukrainian, Italian, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese.
Does Athena Crisis use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Turn-Based Tactics
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Pixel Graphics
- Tactical
- Sci-fi
- PvE
- PvP
- Retro
- 2D
- Top-Down
- Colorful
- Tactical RPG
- Strategy
- Co-op
- Relaxing
- Atmospheric
Recent updates
- Sep 5, 2026 · September Update
- Jun 3, 2026 · v2.3.0
- May 14, 2026 · New Features + 60 Fixes
- Jun 3, 2025 · Athena Crisis Update: Major new Features and Content!
- Dec 19, 2024 · Monthly Update: Flamethrower
1 DLC available.
