MENACE

MENACE is a turn-based tactical RPG with strong simulation and strategy elements, and Steam lists it under role-playing, simulation, strategy and early access. You command an assault force of marines, mercenaries and criminals in a remote star system cut off from the Core Worlds. The setting is Wayback, a lawless region run by pirate warlords, shady syndicates and broken planetary governments, all of them competing for a new order.

The core loop revolves around choices made at the strategic level. Distress signals arrive from different planets, and you decide which ones to answer, what resources to spend and when your forces are ready. Your home base is the attack cruiser TCRN Impetus, where you upgrade your headquarters, rest your troops and plan the next operation. Equipment is scarce because you cannot use a standard naval arsenal, so you rely on black market dealers and salvage from battles.

Once a mission begins, combat is lethal and unpredictable. You can flank enemies around cover, suppress them with heavy fire, and try to destroy the cover they depend on, but plans often fall apart on first contact. Tanks, mechs and transport vehicles each bring trade-offs, and assigning drivers to them comes at a real cost in infantry. Squad leaders have their own backstories and personalities, and their performance shifts depending on whether they see their units survive or die.

What stands out is how much the campaign changes from run to run. Missions and battle maps are generated by the game, so the mix of characters, weapons and threats is different each time, and the story unfolds around the leaders you happen to be commanding.

• Distress signals from across a cut-off star system let you choose which worlds to answer and when to commit your forces.
• Tanks, mechs and infantry squads can be deployed, each with its own strengths, weaknesses and equipment options.
• Squad leaders have individual backstories, personalities and promotion trees, and their morale changes after battles.
• Missions and battle maps are procedurally generated, so each run presents a different mix of challenges and characters.
• Your choices shape how local factions view you, which affects the help and information they are willing to offer.
• Steam achievements, trading cards, Steam Cloud saves and family sharing are all supported.

MENACE has a Steam review label of Very Positive, which is shown as 極度好評 on the Taiwan store, and about 91% of its reviews are positive. The review count is in the tens of thousands, which is a substantial sample. A label in this range generally means that most players who finished the game or spent substantial time with it recommend it, and the high percentage suggests the core tactical experience has landed well with its audience.

With a review volume this large, the overall rating is much more reliable than the scores of games with only a few hundred reviews, where a handful of opinions can swing the result. Because the game is listed as early access, it is worth reading recent reviews to see how players feel about the current version. Keep in mind that the label reflects broad sentiment rather than whether the game suits your personal taste, so check the review section on the store page before you buy.

All prices in this section are Taiwan Steam store prices in NT$. MENACE is currently NT$ 799, which is the same as its regular price, so there is no discount active at the moment. Our highest recorded price is NT$ 799, and our lowest paid price is NT$ 599, which we recorded on July 10, 2026. The game has been discounted often in our records, with a deepest discount of 25 percent, and it has not been free to keep on any day we tracked.

Our price record is still short, so any verdict here is tentative. The NT$ 599 low is the only lower price we have logged, and it is one data point at the start of our tracking. If you want to pay the lowest price we have seen, waiting for another sale is a reasonable choice given how often the game goes on sale, but there is no guarantee the same discount will return. If you are eager to play now, the full NT$ 799 price is the same as the regular price and not an inflated tag.

1. Sign in to your Steam account on the Steam website or in the Steam client.
2. Open the MENACE store page and confirm the current Taiwan price of NT$ 799 before deciding.
3. Buy the game directly if you are ready, or add it to your wishlist if you want to wait for a better price.
4. Turn on wishlist sale notifications in your Steam settings so you hear about discounts as soon as they start.
5. Check back here for the price trend, since we track discounts on this game and will update the guide as the picture becomes clearer.

MENACE supports Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and English, and English has full audio support. The game is not flagged for adult content. Prices shown here are Taiwan-region Steam prices in NT$ and may differ in other regions or currencies. Free and discount promotions can end at any time, so check the official Steam store page for the current price and offer before you buy.