Still remember your XCOM squad? Meet Wildermyth

Wildermyth starts with ordinary people and gives you time to become attached. They fight together, form relationships, pick up scars and grow old. An odd encounter can change someone’s body as well as their abilities.

Our Algebra puts it near XCOM 2 + The Banner Saga. We can see the connection: careful positioning in a fight, then decisions about the people who survived it. A romance or a strange transformation becomes part of how you remember that hero. You can even bring favorite characters into later adventures.

The comic panels deserve a look before buying. Some players love the folktale style; others find the assembled events disjointed.

Our recommendation

Try it if losing a favorite XCOM soldier hurt because you’d already invented a whole life for them.