We Are The Caretakers News

If you're looking for the opposite of a 4X game, this one might just qualify. Instead of xploiting and xterminating and those other two X activities, We Are The Caretakers is a turn-based strategy game about animal conservation. The afrofuturist sci-fi setting has you forming alliances between factions and fighting tactical battles to save your planet. It's just launched into early access with a campaign and survival mode.

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We're excited to share that We Are The Caretakers is now out in Early Access! Buy the game now at a launch discount, and let us know what you think! We're ready to develop this alongside the community, so let us know your feedback in our Steam Forums and Official Discord Server





We Are The Caretakers is a sci-fi turn-based squad management RPG. Assemble arcane teams of protectors to defend your planet and the endangered wildlife you rely on. Unite the world against an extraterrestrial threat. Fight for our future.

10% of net revenue from every purchase goes to support charities helping rhinos, including WCN's Rhino Recovery Fund.

Creative Director Scott Brodie will play through the demo live and answer your questions. We Are The Caretakers is a strategy RPG where you lead a sci-fi anti-poaching force. You form your Caretakers into up to 9 squads of 6 members each. Then deploy them into the field to care for animals, track and confront poachers in turn-based RPG encounters.

We'll show off the updated Story Campaign and get your feedback on the newly announced Survival Mode.

Wishlist the game on our store page. You can view the stream live from the store page and the Steam Game Festival landing site:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1042960/We_Are_The_Caretakers/

We Are The Caretakers is an epic sci-fi multi-squad strategy RPG set an Afrofuturist world. Defend the endangered animals your planet relies on in dangerous open RTS fields. Track & confront sci-fi poachers and giant aliens in strategic auto-battle JRPG combat. Assemble up to 9 customized squads in systems inspired by Darkest Dungeon and XCOM. Uncover an engrossing narrative about global resistance, conservation, and fighting for our future.



We Are The Caretakers blends inspirations from Ogre Battle, XCOM, Darkest Dungeon, Black Panther, and Northgard, to create a grand strategy game like nothing else you've played before.

Heart Shaped Games is a diverse, design-centric indie game studio founded in 2010 by 18-year game industry veteran Scott Brodie. We work remotely with team members all around the world. We strive to have an impact, and create meaningful and memorable games fans will love.

We'd love to get your feedback on our Beta build on our official Discord. Our development team is there regularly discussing design and gameplay strategy: https://discord.gg/wearethecaretakers





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Hi everyone,

Some exciting stuff coming up! As many of you are aware, the Steam Summer Festival will be launching on the 16th of June, and we're excited to share that We Are The Caretakers will have its free beta demo available to play all week! The beta will include the first Era of the game and a preview of some of the progression, tech tree, and collection systems.

We'll also be hosting a Q&A on our Discord Server on Thursday, June 18th, and will also be available all week to get your feedback on what you're playing. We're looking forward to hearing from you all to help get the game ready for Early Access in the fall!

Be sure to Wishlist the game, and hope to see you on Discord!