Welcome Back, Commander

Buy81%

Very Positive · 246 player reviews · Low confidence

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L. · Tactical · Feb 6, 2025

Player review score
81%
Very Positive
Price
$14.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
30
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
5
Full audio3 of 5
Subtitles5 of 5

Should I buy Welcome Back, Commander?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Audio: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 246 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 120 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
45% of themes are praise33% are divided22% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
35 of 120 sampled reviews raised it
New player to the series, love the art style and the playstyle, choice making in the day and then some hands-on action at night.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
9 of 120 sampled reviews raised it
The presence of multiple endings adds narrative value, giving your successes and failures narrative weight.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
9 of 120 sampled reviews raised it
Welcome Back, Commander is a tense and deliberately unforgiving blend of tactical combat and survival strategy that places you in charge of a desperate operation inside a quarantined, plague-ravaged city.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
6 of 120 sampled reviews raised it
The positives would be a great and simple art style, quick game play, and a good strategy game.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay35 reviews
Story9 reviews
Combat9 reviews
Graphics6 reviews
Divided opinion
Bugs
83% still recommend
Crashes
67% still recommend
Interface
100% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty
71% still recommend
Audio
60% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Stats
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$14.99

The lowest we've tracked is $5.39.

6 points recordedtoday · $14.99

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