We Are The Caretakers
Release date: Jan 6, 2023
Developers: Heart Shaped Games LLC
Publishers: Heart Shaped Games LLC
Genres: Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Categories: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Stats, Steam Leaderboards, Family Sharing
Supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese

We Are The Caretakers is a sci-fi strategy RPG with an epic 23-mission narrative campaign. Assemble a secret faction of protectors in squad-building systems inspired by Ogre Battle, Darkest Dungeon, Black Panther, and XCOM. Defend the endangered animals your world relies on in strategic turn-based combat. Define your approach to a global resistance by balancing your reputation, funds, research, animals and alliances. We Are The Caretakers is an exciting new type of strategy game, blending squad building, RTS-with-pause, narrative, and turn-based JRPG combat into one thrilling campaign. The game introduces players to an original sci-fi universe with nuanced characters, grim dark narrative, deep mysteries, layered unit management challenges, and escalating conflicts that have no easy or absolute solutions. It is developed by a critically-acclaimed and diverse team including IGF nominees, ex-Microsoft, and ex-Blizzard developers. REPUTATION SYSTEM : Every action committed in the world affects how others see the Caretakers. Do they fear you? Or will they support your quest to protect the endangered Raun, and decide the fate of the world? TURN-BASED ENCOUNTERS : Balance force with diplomacy in an innovative turn-based combat system. Live with the consequences as you deal with the messy reality of animal conservation. SQUAD BUILDING : Assemble up to 9 exploring parties from 100s of characters with diverse traits, weaknesses, abilities, and personalities. Train and upgrade your Caretakers across 30+ unique job classes. ORIGINAL SCI-FI WORLD : Former Blizzard artist Anthony Jones' breathtaking afrofuturist style and signature character designs bring a new sci-fi world to life. GROW YOUR HEADQUARTERS : Meet leaders, research technologies, and recruit allies in your sci-fi HQ. Balance their conflicting demands to save our world. DARK NARRATIVE : The individuals outside your squad matter as much as the rangers you deploy on each map. Follow a grim narrative from devastating losses through a hope of a better future. TECHNOLOGY TREE : From field-level technology upgrades, to large-scale speculative research and development, your technology decisions have a global impact. YOU GET A BABY RAUN : It will nuzzle against your bed long after it grows too large to reasonably do so. It is adorable. 


Notes: The game has a stylized art style, however to build empathy and support our game's animal conservation narrative, there are a few moments that show our fantasy animals injured, killed, or in distress.