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Press release:
London, UK – November 9, 2024.
The London-based (The UK) indie games developer Super Rare Originals and indie games developer Ctrl Freak (Jérôme Scheefer), are today super excited and happy to announce that their co-op top-down tactical shooter “Phantom Squad“, is coming to PC via Steam in 2025.

In this cooperative top-down tactical shooter from CTRL Freak and Super Rare Originals, players will work together to strategize and craft plans with the intelligence on hand in order to execute the perfect operation before it inevitably goes sideways.

Tactical skills will be tested as the Phantom Squad demo is lurking just around the corner, available as part of Daedalic’s ‘Four is a Party – Multiplayer Celebration’, an indie multiplayer celebration hosted on Steam, which is running from December 9th-16th.

The Phantom Squad are a unit of officially KIA operatives, tied to no country, and dedicated to combatting terrorism anywhere on the planet, by any means necessary. Players play as a member of the Phantom Squad, with each team member playing a different role – led by the player’s choice of weapons and gadgets.

Players can work together online across a number of missions with different and intense objectives and environments; neutralize key figures, extract hostages, infiltrate enemy bases and more. Before each mission, players work together to plan and strategize how to complete the mission. Once the mission commences, players will work on-the-fly, as gunplay, gadgets, and reactive decisions will dictate the success or failure of the mission.

Communicate with your squad by using real-time collaborative tools and voice chat, gather intel using tactical gadgets, annotate mission area maps and draw paths and blind spots. Phantom Squad provides players the tools to craft and execute flawless plans and strategies. However, things don’t always go as planned, and once all hell breaks loose, players will shoot their way to completion with the precise and intuitive controls in Phantom Squad.

Gameplay Features:

Planning & Strategy – Scout routes, mark objectives and set and exit points before each mission. Engage in direct combat or prioritise stealth, you call the shots on how to finish the job.

Real-Time Tactics – Issue real-time commands to the squad, directing them to take cover, hold positions, and engage specific enemies. Your commands can ensure your squad finishes the mission intact, or put them in the enemy’s line of fire.

Gadgets & Equipment – Utilize cameras, door wedges and other specialised tools in the Phantom Squad’s arsenal to transform how each mission plays out, giving the squad options beyond direct confrontation and rewarding careful use of resources.

Co-op Teamwork – Join other players online to form the optimal Phantom Squad. Each member of the squad has a specialised role, making team composition key to executing specific strategies.

About Super Rare Games
Super Rare Games strives to be the indie’s best friend. Defined by that mission, we are both a wholly original publisher as well as a publisher of limited physical content for the Nintendo Switch™. We operate alongside our partners to bring the most exclusive offering of the very best indie games to collectors worldwide. From the packaging of the products to opening the limited edition trading cards, we aim to provide gamers with the purest experience. As we continue to expand our collection of games, we hope you join us and grow yours too. You can find out more on the Super Rare Games website, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.

About Ctrl Freak
As a teenager, Jérôme was captivated by crafting flawless plans in the early Rainbow Six games, sparking his desire to recreate that tactical thrill combined with a “not-too-serious” vibe: fast-paced, fun, and intense shooting action. With 15 years of professional experience in software development across various business fields in French companies and a decade of game development as a hobby, Jérôme began prototyping his dream project, Phantom Squad, collaborating with his co-op gamer friends to experiment and refine his ideas.

Phantom Squad pays homage to games that Jérôme regards as genre-definers; the chaotic gunplay of Hotline Miami, tactical planning and strategising from SWAT 4 and Ready or Not. It’s built to immerse 2-4 players in a cooperative blend of precision and chaos. Using real-time collaborative tools, players can gather intel with tactical gadgets, spot enemies, and communicate through voice chat to mark paths, blind spots, and areas of concern directly on interactive blueprints. Each mission challenges players to sketch out their best short-term plans right in-game, but it’s all about adapting on the fly when things go sideways.