Showgunners (v1.1.0 & ALL DLC)

Corporate dystopia meets televised slaughter in a sharp, stylish tactical campaign built around revenge. Scarlett Martillo enters the city’s most vicious reality show to settle a personal score, surviving broadcast-ready death arenas where every gunfight is designed for maximum spectacle. The tone is gleefully grimy and pulpy, mixing cyberpunk excess, sadistic game-show production values, and a cast of violent competitors who feel more like themed boss encounters than anonymous cannon fodder. Showgunners turns its ugly future into an entertaining stage, constantly reminding you that the audience, sponsors, and producers are watching.

Outside combat, Scarlett and her crew move through arenas in real time, dodging hazards, solving environmental problems, opening routes, and hunting optional secrets before an encounter begins. Battles shift to turn-based, cover-focused tactics: positioning, line of sight, cooldown management, and smart use of each fighter’s special abilities matter as much as raw firepower. New allies join over the course of the campaign, each bringing a distinct role, while skill trees, weapons, equipment, and consumable items let you shape a squad around direct damage, control, support, or survivability. Encounters rarely stay static, thanks to exploding threats, moving machinery, traps, ambushes, and a producer-like director who can alter the situation based on how well the show is going.

Its strongest feature is the handcrafted mission design. Rather than relying on endless procedural maps, each chapter frames tactical battles as a compact, dangerous puzzle with unusual objectives and environmental complications, making the campaign feel closer to a violent tactical TV season than a generic skirmish ladder. Fame also has practical value, unlocking sponsorship benefits as Scarlett earns fans through efficient, stylish survival, while hidden challenges reward thorough players with extra gear and recruits. Twitch integration lets viewers meddle with terrain, enemies, obstacles, and item drops, making it a natural fit for streamers. Fans of XCOM-style positioning, Mutant Year Zero’s character-driven tactics, or The Running Man’s grim entertainment satire should find plenty to enjoy, and its gradual onboarding makes it approachable without losing bite for genre veterans.