Indie SWAT strategy No Plan B now out on Steam

Though it’s not a part of the apparently premiere tier of Triple-I Initiative of indie games, the all-new SWAT door-kicking strategy No Plan B already enjoys some acclaim on Steam.

Having just released its 1.0 build, No Plan B affords ample customization and infinite replayability, as per the developer. No Plan B is, indeed, a rogue-lite indie, albeit it does take a wholly different approach to this niche than most other indies do. Notably, No Plan B has fixed, albeit entirely randomized door-breaching missions set up into campaigns that players need to wrap up in one go. If your operatives are wounded or downed, they remain in that state until the campaign is wrapped up, upping the ante a fair bit. The Steam release trailer illustrates the point of the game very well.

No Plan B is available on Steam as of today

What’s really enticing about No Plan B is that the game got acclaim from the developer of Door Kickers 2: Task Force North, which some consider to be the very pinnacle of this niche. According to the review, No Plan B is “the next best thing since Door Kickers 2, and [the developer in question, Vulpe Nebuna] made Door Kickers 2. Seriously, it’s very cool!”

Many players specifically praise No Plan B‘s timeline tool, which allows you to time your squad’s movements and actions to an extreme level. Further, the timeline also has dedicated features that make it easy to do several things simultaneously or use one squad member’s movement as a trigger for another squad member to do something else. “We totally need to steal that timeline thing,” said the Door Kickers 2 developer.

No Plan B was in Early Access for about two years before its 1.0 release, and its key features include the aforementioned timeline tool, extremely in-depth character and weapon customization, a powerful set of modding tools, and heaps more. Certainly, the game’s generic-looking low-poly visuals are emblematic of its indie roots, but there’s merit to No Plan B for sure, and the game is currently sitting at a ‘Very Positive’ review rating on Steam, with over 350 players having left a review so far.