Tooth and Tail

Real-time strategy with quick battles between warring animal factions

Pocketwatch Games · Released Sep 12, 2017

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 80% of 4,153
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 0; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 1 week ago; Sep 11, 2026

What is Tooth and Tail?

Set amid an animal civil war over who gets to eat and who becomes food, this 2D real-time strategy game has you build bases and command units on procedurally generated maps. It has a single-player campaign, online competitive play, and split-screen matches.

For you if...

+you want split-screen strategy matches with friends
+you enjoy dark humor in a war story
+you prefer controls designed around a gamepad

Not for you if...

−you want precise orders for individual units
−you prefer fixed maps over randomized battlegrounds

What players say

80% of 4,153 reviews are positive

Players praise the pixel art and music. They criticize frustrating campaign missions, and some report difficulty finding online opponents.

Screenshots and trailer

Tooth and Tail system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7 or later
Processor: 2 GHz Processor
Graphics: 1.5gb video card required to play. nVidia 320M, Radeon HD 2400, Intel HD 3000 or better
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 2 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements: 38
Steam features: Workshop, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Playable

Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
External controllers are not supported for the primary player

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: Korean, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Turkish, French, Dutch, Ukrainian, Polish.