Tax-Force is a narrative action rogue-lite that forces the player to weigh up morality-based policies and economic strategy. Its themes deal with the economic and personal effects of government policy and corporate responsibility.

The Galaxy is in debt.

In a final, desperate attempt to repay the debt on Farset 13’s Solar Shield, you are invited to lead Tax-Force - an elite department of heavily armed treasurers, granted emergency powers to hunt mutant billionaire tax evaders.

Fight your way through their defenses to negotiate repayments. Spend those resources to clear the debt directly, or reinvest in your city to grow the economy and organically pay the debt, before the planet burns to a crisp.

You have 7 days.

Northern Irish indie developer Outsider Games will be showcasing the first-ever hands-on gameplay of Tax-Force at the Indie Arena booth at this year’s Gamescom, as well as the chance to meet with the Outsider Games team.

“Over the last couple of years, we’ve been working on developing our magnum opus, Tax-Force,  which combines the team’s love of 90’s comic books and our disdain for tax-avoiding billionaires” commented Stephen Downey, CEO of Outsider games. “We have been working extremely hard on creating something very special with Tax-Force and we can’t wait to unveil the game on the Indie Arena booth at Gamescom”.

Key Features:

• Melee Combat - a focus on tough, close-range combat, with hand-drawn, rogue-lite biomes that remix with every run. 
• Mutant Powers - Specials inspired by superhero mutant powers. Astral Projection! Metal Man! Optical Blasts!
• Strategy and Morality - Negotiate with targets to affect the economy, narrative and gameplay on each run. Every decision challenges players to choose between sci-fi metaphors for socialist vs capitalist economic policies.
• Rebuild - As you reinvest in society, the gameplay reacts. Price and potency of healing responds to public or private investment in healthcare. Weapons and criminal activity adjust as you increase defense spend, while new bridges and paths appear as you invest in infrastructure. 
• Branching Narrative - Every decision leads to narrative consequences for the Farset13 citizens, as their stories are guided by your choices, and the city organically grows and changes around them.
• Timeloop - Death activates your time-travelling mutant power, sending you back to Day 1, armed with knowledge of your enemies and the consequences of your actions.
• Stunning Visuals - Gorgeous, hand-drawn comic book art style inspired by Jim Lee and 90’s X-men comics. 

Tax-Force is coming to PC (Steam).