Tax-Force

Tax-Force is a 2D action-roguelite platformer inspired by 1990s comic books. You hunt down tax-evading billionaires and negotiate repayments to pay off the planet’s Solar Shield debt before it causes worldwide destruction. You have seven cycles to reach your goal.

Combat and powers

You fight your targets’ mutant henchmen with fists, boots and melee-focused, close-range combat. Hand-drawn biomes remix with every run. You can also equip special abilities inspired by comic-book mutant powers, including Astral Projection, Metal Man and Optical Blasts.

Choices and rebuilding

Negotiations with your targets affect the economy, narrative and gameplay on each run. You decide whether to reinvest in business to pay off the debt faster or fund public services to upgrade biomes and support your mission. As you invest in infrastructure, new bridges, paths and upgrades appear in the biomes.

Public or private investment in healthcare changes the price and potency of healing items, while increased security spending affects weapons and criminal activity. Your decisions have consequences for the planet’s citizens, whose stories respond to your choices as the city grows and changes around them.

Cycles and consequences

The game has a branching, time-looping narrative. When you die, your time-travelling mutant power sends you back to the first cycle, with knowledge of your enemies and the consequences of your actions.

Comic-book art

The hand-drawn art is inspired by Jim Lee and 1990s X-Men comics.