Battle Brothers

Item: Battle Brothers
Rating: 78
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-05-17

Summary

Deep tactical combat with high replayability
Unique mercenary company management simulator
Extensive content and active modding community
High customization and flexibility for varied builds
Excessive RNG reliance can be punishing
Repetitive gameplay loop; grindy progression

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 63%
Unhelpful reviews: 36%
Protest reviews: 1%

78%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
22%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 2223
Negative points: 1824
Gameplay points: 593
Perf. points: 36
Rec. points: 758
Misc points: 85

Point	Description	Importance
Deep, rewarding tactical combat Description The game features deep and rewarding tactical combat. Success requires strategic thinking, careful planning, and adaptation to diverse enemies and environments. The game rewards players who learn its mechanics and utilize positioning, skills, and equipment effectively. Importance 91%	The game features deep and rewarding tactical combat. Success requires strategic thinking, careful planning, and adaptation to diverse enemies and environments. The game rewards players who learn its mechanics and utilize positioning, skills, and equipment effectively.	91%
High replayability, unique experiences Description The game offers high replayability due to its procedurally generated world, dynamic events, and varied starting conditions. Players can enjoy unique experiences and discover new content in each playthrough, leading to countless hours of engaging gameplay. This is a major strength of the game. Importance 81%	The game offers high replayability due to its procedurally generated world, dynamic events, and varied starting conditions. Players can enjoy unique experiences and discover new content in each playthrough, leading to countless hours of engaging gameplay. This is a major strength of the game.	81%
Challenging, fair, and rewarding Description The game is challenging but fair, rewarding strategic decisions and punishing mistakes. Overcoming difficult encounters and progressing your mercenary company provides a strong sense of accomplishment. The game also creates emotional investment through permadeath and character development. Importance 57%	The game is challenging but fair, rewarding strategic decisions and punishing mistakes. Overcoming difficult encounters and progressing your mercenary company provides a strong sense of accomplishment. The game also creates emotional investment through permadeath and character development.	57%
Unique mercenary company simulator Description The game offers a unique mercenary company simulation experience. Players can create their own stories, develop their characters, and make meaningful choices that impact the game world. The game's writing and character backgrounds contribute to a strong sense of immersion and attachment. Importance 25%	The game offers a unique mercenary company simulation experience. Players can create their own stories, develop their characters, and make meaningful choices that impact the game world. The game's writing and character backgrounds contribute to a strong sense of immersion and attachment.	25%
Extensive content, active modding Description The game has extensive content, with DLCs and mods significantly enhancing the gameplay experience. The active modding community provides additional content, customization options, and replay value. This allows players to tailor the game to their preferences and extend its lifespan. Importance 25%	The game has extensive content, with DLCs and mods significantly enhancing the gameplay experience. The active modding community provides additional content, customization options, and replay value. This allows players to tailor the game to their preferences and extend its lifespan.	25%
High customization and flexibility Description The game offers a high degree of customization and flexibility, allowing players to tailor their experience to their preferences. There are many different ways to play the game, with diverse campaign options, character builds, and difficulty settings. This contributes to the game's replayability and appeal to a wide range of players. Importance 15%	The game offers a high degree of customization and flexibility, allowing players to tailor their experience to their preferences. There are many different ways to play the game, with diverse campaign options, character builds, and difficulty settings. This contributes to the game's replayability and appeal to a wide range of players.	15%
Appealing art style, great audio Description The game features a distinctive and appealing art style, with detailed character models and environments. The sound design and music are also excellent, enhancing the atmosphere and immersion. These elements contribute to a cohesive and engaging overall experience. Importance 15%	The game features a distinctive and appealing art style, with detailed character models and environments. The sound design and music are also excellent, enhancing the atmosphere and immersion. These elements contribute to a cohesive and engaging overall experience.	15%
Dynamic and engaging game world Description The game world is dynamic and engaging, with new creatures, locations, and events to discover. The world evolves based on player actions, creating a sense of immersion and exploration. This contributes to the game's replayability and overall enjoyment. Importance 14%	The game world is dynamic and engaging, with new creatures, locations, and events to discover. The world evolves based on player actions, creating a sense of immersion and exploration. This contributes to the game's replayability and overall enjoyment.	14%
Enjoyable character progression Description The reviewer enjoyed seeing their well-equipped and experienced characters progress through the game. The reviewer also found the game to be fun and engaging. This cluster represents general positive sentiment towards the game. Importance 8%	The reviewer enjoyed seeing their well-equipped and experienced characters progress through the game. The reviewer also found the game to be fun and engaging. This cluster represents general positive sentiment towards the game.	8%
Immersive low fantasy setting Description The game is set in a well-realized low fantasy medieval world, creating a unique and immersive atmosphere. The game's setting and systems evoke a pen and paper RPG experience, appealing to fans of the genre. The game balances medieval simulation with fantasy elements effectively. Importance 7%	The game is set in a well-realized low fantasy medieval world, creating a unique and immersive atmosphere. The game's setting and systems evoke a pen and paper RPG experience, appealing to fans of the genre. The game balances medieval simulation with fantasy elements effectively.	7%
Minimalist, accessible, good value Description The game has a minimalist approach to graphics and resources, but achieves depth and realism in its details. The game is easy to pick up and play, making it suitable for short bursts of play. The game also offers good value for the money. Importance 6%	The game has a minimalist approach to graphics and resources, but achieves depth and realism in its details. The game is easy to pick up and play, making it suitable for short bursts of play. The game also offers good value for the money.	6%
Excellent sound design Description The game features pulse-pounding battle anthems and realistic weapon hit sounds that create tension. The sound design is top-notch, with every yelp and crunch providing intuitive feedback and gratification. The soundtrack fits the game perfectly and is memorable. Importance 5%	The game features pulse-pounding battle anthems and realistic weapon hit sounds that create tension. The sound design is top-notch, with every yelp and crunch providing intuitive feedback and gratification. The soundtrack fits the game perfectly and is memorable.	5%