Capes Steam Charts & Stats

It's so ugly and cringe

This is an excellent game in the same sphere as X-com.

I wish I knew what made the writing so hard to tolerate, but it was unbearable. I would not have been surprised if you were to tell me that the script was AI. The graphics in the cut scenes and animations were /terrible/. They should have stuck with their 2D renders, which were so much better that the 3D, and the two didn't really map well. Gameplay was typical, and the only reason I stuck with it to the end. Oh, that and it's not that long....

Cannot recommend game. Combat is not very good and I love turn-based tactical games. Graphics are very behind. Story is really not interesting. Game is something I would have expected from an indie studio in 2010.

Amazing turn-based tactic game, a blast for fans of superheroic campy fun.

I've been reading all the whining about this game and honestly, it makes me sick. When did we all start expecting games to hand us everything on a silver platter, with zero effort? Let me start by saying this: I’ve got almost 20 years of experience in pushing games to their limits. I’m over 40, have a full-time job, a wife, kids — my time is precious. So if I commit to a game, it damn well better be worth it. And when it is, I’ll speak up. This review comes from someone who doesn’t touch Easy, Medium, or Normal modes. If I play, it’s Hard or Brutal — go big or go home. I don’t use Ironman modes because I don’t trust autosaves, and I’m not about to dump dozens of hours into a single save file roulette. I know I’m in the minority, but I want games to challenge me. I like when things don’t happen by chance. I like thinking several moves ahead. I live for the moments where a carefully planned turn ends in pure tactical satisfaction. And I’ve got the achievement stats to back it up — if you’ve ever read "0.01% of players have unlocked this" and smiled, you get me. Capes is exactly that kind of game — nothing here happens randomly. There’s no RNG, no hit percentages. If something is supposed to hit, it will hit. Simple. Capes is a classic turn-based tactics game where you control a squad of superheroes. Each hero is completely unique — and I don’t just mean visually or story-wise. They play differently. Like, totally different playstyle for each one. And on top of that, their abilities interact based on who’s in the team. One hero might be able to push or pull enemies — and just having them in the squad unlocks synergy modifiers for the others. You end up with a tactical playground full of creative combos. Everything matters in this game: Which heroes you pick, Their powers, Their positioning each turn, The passive modifiers they bring to the rest of the team. I’m not even going to dive into the story — it’s straight out of a comic book: good guys vs. bad guys, stylish and pulpy. It does its job, nothing more. If I wanted deep emotional storytelling, I’d go replay The Last of Us for the 10th time. This game is for your brain. Every turn, every skill, every combo — all of it needs planning. And when a mission goes off exactly the way you imagined? That feeling is chef’s kiss. If you're like me — someone who wants challenge, strategy, and the satisfaction of seeing your plan actually work — then playing Capes on the hardest difficulty is absolutely worth your time. You’ll finish a mission, sit back, nod to yourself, grin a little, and say under your breath: "Damn, that was a badass run." Peace out.

I think Capes is a pretty good game. The combat is deterministic so you will almost always know what your choices will yield. Contrast this to XCOM "style" (which I love too) where your whole strategy can come unwound because your team misses three (80+ percentage to hit) shots in a row (clearly RNG Jesus hates you). The synergies created by your different possible team members adds a fun flavour too. The missions do not have to be played like puzzles as many reviews complain. I have completed missions after making staggeringly bone headed moves. However, mistakes will often cost you secondary objectives and it is possible to fail outright. The game allows you to go back and collect those missed objectives by replaying previously completed missions. You can take heroes back no matter how much they have been upgraded and you can try different team combinations. The one area where I will agree with many of the complaints is the writing. It is not always fantastic and it is sometimes actually bad. However, there are some gems mixed in and they have taken the time to write and record lines for the "alternate" heroes you can take into the previously completed missions. If you like turn based strategy and super heroes then you shouldn't miss out on this game.