Phantom Doctrine

Buy74%

Mostly Positive · 5k player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

CreativeForge Games · Turn-Based Tactics · Aug 14, 2018

Player review score
74%
Mostly Positive
Price
$39.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
47
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
8
Full audio1 of 8
Subtitles8 of 8

Should I buy Phantom Doctrine?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 123 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 91 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 22 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 105 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 41 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 39 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 5k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise25% are divided42% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
123 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I love the stealth option to complete full missions without firing a shot, love that you can capture enemy agents, love the customization and "new identity" features (though the 3D graphics look like they're about 20 years old when you're up close to a character).
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
91 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The voice acting for the cut sceens and narrative is pretty good, but apparently nobody on the dialog crew knows how to pronounce the surname "Aguirre." That's embarrassing, but the dialog in the tactical game is much worse.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The music and graphics do a good job giving you the feeling of the Cold War era in which the game is set.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
OST is nice and reflects the ambience of the era however it becomes repetetive so quickly.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay123 reviews
Story91 reviews
Graphics22 reviews
Audio12 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
73% still recommend
Optimization
100% still recommend
Steam Deck
100% still recommend
Players complain
Combat
69% still recommend
Crashes
24% still recommend
Difficulty
72% still recommend
Bugs
62% still recommend
Interface
55% still recommend

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Multi-player
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSUnsupported
Steam MachineUnsupported

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$39.99

The lowest we've tracked is $3.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $39.99

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