Showgunners
Released
Release Date: May 2, 2023
Showgunners is a strategy game featuring turn-based combat. The player participates in a gruesome futuristic reality show, fighting psychopathic hunters on arenas filled with traps and dangers.
Release Date: May 2, 2023
Showgunners is a strategy game featuring turn-based combat. The player participates in a gruesome futuristic reality show, fighting psychopathic hunters on arenas filled with traps and dangers.
Showgunners is a strategy game revolving around tactical turn-based combat. It was developed by the Polish studio Artificer, founded by Kacper Szymczak, the main designer of Phantom Doctrine and Hard West.
The game is set in a grim imagining of the future, one of its most popular pastimes being a brutal reality show, the participants of which must survive a hunt by hired mercenaries.
The game's main character is Scarlett Martillo. She joins the competition to exact revenge on those associated with the show.
Showgunners is a tactical game revolving around battles taking place in closed arenas. The gameplay is turn-based, with use of cover and the environment being crucial.
Over time, Scarlett manages to recruit some allies to her team. All characters have unique abilities we can develop. Equipping them with progressively better weaponry and gear is also very important. Each map features optional bonus objective, completing which unlocks additional equipment and characters.
The arenas are filled with dangers, traps but also possible advantages to exploit. The game is made more diverse thanks to the AI director, who can make our lives easier or more difficult depending on how the battle's going.
Winning encounters grants us fame, which results in more money and more generous sponsors providing unique benefits.
The game only supports singleplayer.
Showgunners features appealing 3D visuals viewed from isometric camera angles, their main strengths being the imaginative character and location designs.
Platforms:
PC Windows May 2, 2023
PlayStation 4 cancelled
Xbox One cancelled
PlayStation 5 February 19, 2026
Xbox Series X/S February 19, 2026
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The new turn-based strategy Showgunners follows the path paved by Firaxis Games, which reinvented the genre. It's very dynamic, but also quite predictable.
Opinions
Peter Bathge
April 19, 2023
In a little over a month, Showgunners will be released. The strategy game set in a dystopian future is being developed by a team of people of significant merit in the genre.
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Adam Celarek
April 3, 2023
System Requirements for Showgunners Video Game:
PC / Windows
Minimum System Requirements:
Intel Core i5-7400 3.0 GHz / AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 4 GB GeForce GTX 960 / Radeon RX 570 or better, Windows 10 64-bit.
Recommended System Requirements:
Intel Core i5-9400F 2.9 GHz / AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz, 16 GB RAM, graphic card 8 GB GeForce GTX 1080 / Radeon RX 5700 XT or better, Windows 10 64-bit.
List of Game Add-Ons and DLCs for Video Game:
DLC Security Breach July 22, 2023
Game Ratings for Showgunners Video Game.
Hey Poor Player: 4 / 5 by Shane Boyle
Showgunners is a violent delight that leans into its setting and premise to great effect. It may not be the deepest tactical RPG out there, which, in turn, removes a lot of the replayability that the genre is known for, but as a 12-15 hour experience that puts spectacle and accessible systems first, it’s a hell of a good time. You could argue that by removing a lot of the class versatility and research systems that genre veterans appreciate, it’s narrowing its appeal somewhat, and I myself don’t see myself ever going back for a repeat playthrough. However, it’s just as easy to argue that by carving its own path and not sticking religiously to genre conventions, Showgunners is opening the door to a whole new world of players looking for something less intimidating as a gateway into the tactical RPG space. It might not have enough meat on the bone to become your next obsession, but if you want to see meat carved from the bone in tactical bloodbaths, Showgunners is absolutely worth experiencing.
Try Hard Guides: 7 / 10 by Erik Hodges
If you’re a fan of the XCOM style of games, you’ll find a lot to enjoy in Showgunners. Though lacking some polish in the mechanical side of things and not straying far from a tried and true formula, the game is still solid and has a ton to offer with its style and setting.
GamesCreed: 5 / 5 by Rexifirus Nightshade
Showgunners is showing massive potential to shake things up in the turn-based strategy genre while maintaining a great story to keep you coming back. You’ll be made to think on your toes and sometimes outside the box, though this is also what makes it such a great game. The voice acting, visuals and general challenges in Showgunners pull it all together for a game that can appeal to everybody, making it well worth the time.
Average score from votes.
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