Gear up and take the fight to the MENACE next February

September 29, 2025 - Hooded Horse and Battle Brothers creators Overhype Studios are excited to announce the early access release date of their upcoming sci-fi turn-based tactics game, MENACE. Gear up and prepare to fight when the game deploys into early access for PC on February 5, 2026, coming to Steam, GOG, the Epic Games Store, and the Microsoft Store. It will be released day one via PC Game Pass (Game Preview).
 

Those eager for a taste of what the game has to offer can grab the free demo, available now on Steam, that provides a complete procedurally generated operation and some army-building options for enhanced replayability. This is primarily a combat-focused demo, with elements such as the strategic layer left out.

Lead a strike force of marines, misfits, and miscreants in the Wayback system, a lawless frontier far from the core worlds, beset by pirates, warlords, morally bankrupt corporations, and fractured local governments who struggle for dominance. Aboard the TCRN Impetus, players will lead an ensemble cast of colourful characters who will lead their forces, whether that’s fielding mechs, tanks, or infantry squads.

Cut off from civilization, players must utilize whatever resources and weapons they can buy or scrounge, with a vast array of equipment, weapons, and armors to choose from when assembling their squads and vehicles. As the Marines take losses, they’ll need to replenish their numbers from the ranks of mercenaries or even criminals they encounter. Travelling from planet to planet, players will need to plan out multi-staged operations, ensuring there is enough manpower and equipment to meet all objectives.

And just as some semblance of order emerges… the MENACE arrives.

The game will be localized from English into German, French, Spanish, Polish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese.

MENACE will be coming to early access on PC via Steam, GOG, the Epic Games Store, and the Microsoft Store on February 5, 2026. It will also be released day one via PC Game Pass (Game Preview).

A press kit is available.
Press inquiries: press@hoodedhorse.com

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About Hooded Horse™
Hooded Horse is a publisher of deep strategic and tactical games, including Manor Lords, Against the Storm, ENDLESS™ Legend 2, Old World, Norland, Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era, and 9 Kings. With people and partners around the world, our goal is to empower and support developers in doing what they do best: creating world-class experiences for their audiences.

You can find out more about us on our Steam publisher page or website, as well as our social channels: Twitter, Bluesky, Facebook, YouTube, and Discord.

About Overhype Studios™
Overhype Studios is an independent developer based in Hamburg, Germany, that strives to reflect the creativity, complexity, and originality of the old days when developers were passionate gamers. Its debut title, Battle Brothers, was released to great success in 2017, and it's currently working on a new game, MENACE.

You can find out more via the official website as well as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Discord social channels.