Ironclad Tactics

Ironclad Tactics
Developer(s)Zachtronics
Publisher(s)Zachtronics
Designer(s)Zach Barth
Keith Holman
Programmer(s)Keith Holman
Collin Arnold
Artist(s)Derek Blair
Kyle Steed
Steffani Charano
Writer(s)Hillary Barth
Composer(s)Evan LE NY
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
OS X
Linux
Android
PlayStation 4
Release
  • Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
  • September 18, 2013
  • Android
  • October 6, 2014
  • PlayStation 4
  • January 20, 2015
Genre(s)Strategy
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Ironclad Tactics is a strategy-based video game created by independent developer Zachtronics. The game takes place in an alternate history at the onset of the American Civil War where robot-like "ironclad" machines are used alongside human troops by both sides in the war. The game incorporates elements of collectible card games, whereby the player constructs a deck of cards earned from previous matches for the deployment, outfitting, and tactics of human and ironclad troops to achieve specific victory conditions. The game features single player and co-operative multiplayer campaign modes as well as skirmishes between two players. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux-based computers in September 2013, and later for Android devices and the PlayStation 4.