A clever blend of a roguelike and a turn-based strategic board game. The object on each map is to have your squad survive for a set number of turns, using your units' unique attack ranges and abilities to defeat enemies while protecting civilian buildings and completing other random objectives such as defending particular structures or guest units. Buildings serve as a secondary life meter in the form of the "power grid" that persists between each set of missions, so avoiding collateral damage as much as possible is a major priority. Should all three of your mechs be disabled in a single mission or the grid lose all power across a set, you fail and travel back in time to try again. While enemy moves are telegraphed, you have too few resources to completely stop them from doing damage, so you'll have to carefully weigh your options and make calculated sacrifices to successfully complete levels and complete long-term goals. However, you'll gradually unlock new units and upgrades by completing various objectives (called "achievements") and can optionally carry over one surviving pilot's earned experience from a failed attempt, allowing you to refine your team and unlock new equipment and pilot abilities. Basically, the more you play the better-equipped you become for later challenges, giving it that good old addictive quality.
The game is a perfect fit for mobile platforms for its short play sessions and pick-up-and-play design, but frustratingly you can't just get it as a one-time purchase on iOS or Android; you need an active Netflix subscription to play it there. At least the Switch version has no such restrictions, and the PC version also works perfectly on the Steam Deck and similar devices. You can also stream the PC version on a mobile device via Steam Link, though you'll need a pretty solid internet connection for that.
Developer: Subset Games
Publisher: Subset Games, Netflix (iOS/Android versions)
Released: 2018, 2020, 2022
Platforms: PC, macOS, Switch, Linux, Stadia, iOS, Android