Strange Scaffold, the studio behind I Am Your Beast and El Paso, Elsewhere, has announced Gods With Badges, a narrative tactics game about the power police hold over life and death.

It was unveiled during the Triple-I Initiative showcase on 8th October and is due out on Steam for PC in 2027. You can check out a trailer below:

You play as Harrow McClellan, a disgraced police officer transferred back to her original post after the scandal that drove her out has become law enforcement legend. Every dialogue choice and turn-based encounter is a decision to play into that reputation or try to rise above it.

You'll patrol the open hubs of Scarhelm, a dystopian city of the future, seizing contraband, investigating complaints, and searching back alleys for evidence. Your dialogue choices, arrests, and uses of force shape Harrow's relationships with her fellow officers, the public, and the institutions around her.

Interestingly, when a situation escalates, the game shifts to isometric turn-based combat. Here you can take cover, rescue hostages, and decide how much force to use. You can also temporarily disable Harrow's body camera, unlocking new tactical and dialogue options but removing the public record of what happens next.

Gods With Badges began life as Hard Justice, an unrealised project from strategy studio Artificer. Strange Scaffold has built on its foundations and development materials, reinterpreting them in its own style.

It's also the latest entry in Project Share, an initiative Strange Scaffold pioneered last year that encourages developers to exchange technology and explore more sustainable ways to make games.

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