Cyber Knights: Flashpoint

Item: Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
Rating: 94
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-06-03

Summary

Active development and strong community support.
Excellent tactical gameplay within a cyberpunk setting.
Deep stealth and combat mechanics offer complexity.
Engaging gameplay loop with high replayability.
Overwhelming complexity and poor tutorials.
Lacks polish, content, and compelling story.

Reviews (sample size): 713
Helpful reviews: 92%
Unhelpful reviews: 8%
Protest reviews: 0%

94%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
6%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 1840
Negative points: 584
Gameplay points: 530
Perf. points: 35
Rec. points: 606
Misc points: 142

Point	Description	Importance
Active development and community support Description The developers are highly active and responsive, consistently releasing frequent updates, bug fixes, and new content based on community feedback. They have a proven track record of supporting their games and addressing issues promptly, even during weekends and holidays. This dedication fosters a positive community and demonstrates their commitment to improving the game. Importance 97%	The developers are highly active and responsive, consistently releasing frequent updates, bug fixes, and new content based on community feedback. They have a proven track record of supporting their games and addressing issues promptly, even during weekends and holidays. This dedication fosters a positive community and demonstrates their commitment to improving the game.	97%
Excellent tactical gameplay and setting Description The game successfully blends elements from XCOM, Shadowrun, Invisible Inc., and other tactical RPGs, creating a unique and enjoyable experience. Many reviewers compare the game favorably to XCOM, citing improvements in stealth mechanics, strategic depth, and overall gameplay. The cyberpunk setting and heist themes further differentiate it from other titles in the genre. Importance 72%	The game successfully blends elements from XCOM, Shadowrun, Invisible Inc., and other tactical RPGs, creating a unique and enjoyable experience. Many reviewers compare the game favorably to XCOM, citing improvements in stealth mechanics, strategic depth, and overall gameplay. The cyberpunk setting and heist themes further differentiate it from other titles in the genre.	72%
Deep stealth and combat mechanics Description The game features a well-designed stealth system that is integrated with combat mechanics, offering players a variety of approaches to missions. The game rewards careful planning and tactical decision-making, allowing for both stealthy and aggressive playstyles. The class system and multiclassing options provide further flexibility in character builds and team compositions. Importance 62%	The game features a well-designed stealth system that is integrated with combat mechanics, offering players a variety of approaches to missions. The game rewards careful planning and tactical decision-making, allowing for both stealthy and aggressive playstyles. The class system and multiclassing options provide further flexibility in character builds and team compositions.	62%
Engaging gameplay and high replayability Description The game offers a compelling and engaging experience with a well-paced progression system, a non-linear story, and a high degree of replayability. Reviewers praise the game's ability to keep them hooked for dozens of hours, citing the enjoyable gameplay loop, meaningful choices, and the potential for emergent storytelling. Importance 60%	The game offers a compelling and engaging experience with a well-paced progression system, a non-linear story, and a high degree of replayability. Reviewers praise the game's ability to keep them hooked for dozens of hours, citing the enjoyable gameplay loop, meaningful choices, and the potential for emergent storytelling.	60%
Immersive cyberpunk setting Description The game's cyberpunk setting is rich and immersive, capturing the essence of the genre with its dystopian atmosphere, mega-corporations, and morally gray characters. Reviewers praise the game's world-building, writing, and art style for creating a believable and engaging cyberpunk experience, often drawing comparisons to Cyberpunk 2077 and Shadowrun. Importance 21%	The game's cyberpunk setting is rich and immersive, capturing the essence of the genre with its dystopian atmosphere, mega-corporations, and morally gray characters. Reviewers praise the game's world-building, writing, and art style for creating a believable and engaging cyberpunk experience, often drawing comparisons to Cyberpunk 2077 and Shadowrun.	21%
Meaningful faction and contact system Description The game features a robust faction and contact system that adds depth and immersion to the gameplay. Player decisions have consequences, impacting relationships with factions and creating a sense of a living world. The contact system provides opportunities for trade, favors, and mid-mission assistance, enhancing replayability and strategic decision-making. Importance 11%	The game features a robust faction and contact system that adds depth and immersion to the gameplay. Player decisions have consequences, impacting relationships with factions and creating a sense of a living world. The contact system provides opportunities for trade, favors, and mid-mission assistance, enhancing replayability and strategic decision-making.	11%
Varied maps and challenging combat Description The game features varied and well-designed maps and encounters, creating a challenging and engaging combat experience. The graphics are nice, with atmospheric lighting and levels designed to encourage exploration. The game also offers flexible difficulty options and a 'Retry Last Turn' feature, improving the overall experience. Importance 11%	The game features varied and well-designed maps and encounters, creating a challenging and engaging combat experience. The graphics are nice, with atmospheric lighting and levels designed to encourage exploration. The game also offers flexible difficulty options and a 'Retry Last Turn' feature, improving the overall experience.	11%
Risk vs. reward gameplay Description The game rewards thoughtful planning and decisive action, forcing players to balance greed with the risk of leaving loot behind. The game creates a tension between looting at leisure and needing to escape due to the number of guards. The game's system avoids feeling helpless due to random dice rolls. Importance 11%	The game rewards thoughtful planning and decisive action, forcing players to balance greed with the risk of leaving loot behind. The game creates a tension between looting at leisure and needing to escape due to the number of guards. The game's system avoids feeling helpless due to random dice rolls.	11%
Solid core and generous content Description The game has a lot of content and quality, especially for an early access title. The game avoids DLC or other money grabs. The core gameplay is a real gem that is being polished. The game shows that it is made with love. Importance 7%	The game has a lot of content and quality, especially for an early access title. The game avoids DLC or other money grabs. The core gameplay is a real gem that is being polished. The game shows that it is made with love.	7%