Invisible, Inc. (Klei Entertainment, 2015)

I occasionally lurk here, and I don't think I've ever seen anyone mention this game. It's my favorite game of the past several years that I've sunk several hundred hours into so consider this a public service announcement. If you don't like games that make you think, just stop reading now, but if you do like tactical games, there's a strong chance you'll love this game. Invisible, Inc. is a roguelite, turn-based stealth/strategy game with nearly infinite replayability. Being a roguelite, turn-based strategy game, it probably has more in common with X-Com than anything, but it's still a very unique game. Here's some info:

Destructoid Review (10/10):

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It feels weird to be finally reviewing a game I played more than anything else last year despite it being in Early Access. I mean, I already gave it a Game of the Year award. Klei (Don't Starve, Mark of the Ninja) has perfectly, sensibly mashed up two genres with its stealth turn-based Invisible, Inc.

In a not too far off future of corporate villainy, Invisible is an underground network aiming to undo the controlling corporate overlords. Invisible is sussed out, however, leaving you, the Operator, with 72 hours to gear up two surviving agents and plug the powerful Incognita AI back into a suitable host lest the group be done for good.

Chances are you'll cock it up and have to try again. Invisible, Inc. occupies an XCOM-like space where failure is a plausible end result to one story, not a reset state. Unlike the latter, however, the 72-hour time constraint makes for snappy runs in the modern roguelike vein.

And every damned time I doom the agency, I feel compelled to start right over.

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Metacritic (82/100)

Please share if you've played this before, or if you decide to give it a shot. Let me know what you think.