Steel Company (PC) — First Look

For the tactical crowd, this one’s squarely on target: Steel Company from Gyr Software is a detailed tactical-scale World War II wargame, and I took its Steam Next Fest demo for a first look.

Holding the bridge

I go through the settings and scenario selection, then get into the tactical gameplay defending the north side of the bridge in the famous Arnhem fight — a hard, historically grim assignment that’s a good stress test for any WWII tactical system. For a digital game trying to scratch the hex-and-counter itch, what matters is whether the decisions feel like a wargame rather than a real-time scramble. Early read here; more to come if the full game follows through.