Spaceland Review

Posted: 6 months ago.

Overview

Spaceland is a quick turn-based strategy game where you command sci-fi troopers to shoot, kick, blow up and destroy the enemy. It's a little like a game of chess as you equip and plan your missions, before carefully moving and attacking on your turn.

Each of your space rangers has a unique fighting style and abilities. Choose the right guns for each member of the team: assault rifles, machine guns, plasma guns or grenade launchers. Then take on the varied enemies from alien animals to dangerous monsters.

Unlike other strategy games (XCOM) that start simply and then get more complex, Spaceland maintains its quick strategy format. This takes a lead from older strategy games like Laser Squad, Battle Isle or Advance Wars that means it is a great game to play when time is short.

This follows up the slightly simpler Braveland games from the same developer, that offer a turn-based strategy battle in different settings:

Braveland (2014) on PC, Mac, Android and iOS
Braveland Wizard (2014) on PC, Mac, Android and iOS
Braveland Pirate (2015) on PC, Mac, Android and iOS

Details

Rating: PEGI 7+, ESRB EVERYONE 10+

Release Date: 30/10/2019

Platforms: Mac, Nintendo Switch, PC and iOS Apple Arcade.

Genres: Fighting, Shooting, Strategy and Turn-Based.

Tips

View our choice of games like Spaceland. This game is good if you want to:

Take on baddies with fists and guns

Commitment

Duration: This game will take between 10 minutes and 15 minutes to complete.

Players: This is a single player game.

Costs

Does not offer in-game purchases, 'loot boxes' or 'battle/season passes'.

Subscription: This game is free to play on iOS with Apple Arcade subscription. You can't play this on iOS without Apple Arcade.

Age Ratings

Rated PEGI 7 for mild violence.

ESRB EVERYONE 10+ for Fantasy Violence, Language, Use of Tobacco.

Accessibility

Accessibility for this game is as follows:

System Settings

Nintendo Switch has some built-in features, including a lockable zoom, that can be used on all games. Windows has extensive accessibility features. Some, like colour correction, work with games. Lots of accessibility software can be used with PC games, from voice recognition to input device emulators. iOS has a very extensive suite of accessibility settings including ways to navigate with voice and comprehensive screen reading, though most of the features don't work with games... read more about system accessibility settings.

Games Like Spaceland

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Pendragon

Stoneshard

Steamworld Heist

Wargroove

Advance Wars

Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle

Worms

Age of Empires

Tooth and Tail

Invisible Inc

XCOM

Carrion

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