Othercide

Dark fantasy turn-based tactics built around sacrifice and repeated runs

Lightbulb Crew · Published by Focus Entertainment · Released Jul 27, 2020

Reviews: Very Positive; 82% of 5,307
Recent reviews: Mostly Positive; 74% of 27 in 30 days
Playing now: 10; peak 24h 19
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Last update: 4 years ago; Dec 16, 2021

What is Othercide?

Othercide is a dark fantasy turn-based tactics game about Daughters fighting creatures that threaten humanity. You lead them through battles, timing abilities and counters, and can sacrifice one Daughter to heal another. After failure, you return for another attempt.

For you if...

+you enjoy planning attacks around a combat timeline
+you want difficult battles with lasting squad losses
+you like dark fantasy and repeated roguelite runs

Not for you if...

−you dislike sacrificing squad members to heal others
−you want quick fights without repeating earlier missions
−you prefer forgiving tactics with little trial and error

What players say

82% of 5,307 reviews are positive · 74% of 27 in the last 30 days

Players praise the timeline-based combat, visual style, and music. Common complaints include repetitive missions, unclear combat information, and bugs affecting damage calculations or abilities.

Screenshots and trailer

Othercide system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit)
Processor: AMD Phenom 9950 (2.6GHz) / Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz)
Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 260 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 6 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11
Notes: at least 30 FPS average in 1920x1080 with the lowest settings.

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 26
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Not supported on SteamOS

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

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