<s>
Into	B-Application
the	I-Application
Breach	I-Application
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
indie	O
studio	O
Subset	B-Application
Games	I-Application
,	O
consisting	O
of	O
Justin	B-Application
Ma	I-Application
and	O
Matthew	O
Davis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Into	B-Application
the	I-Application
Breach	I-Application
is	O
their	O
second	O
game	O
,	O
following	O
FTL	B-Application
:	I-Application
Faster	I-Application
Than	I-Application
Light	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
in	O
February	O
2018	O
,	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
in	O
August	O
2018	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
in	O
April	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
devices	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Netflix	O
in	O
July	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Into	B-Application
the	I-Application
Breach	I-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
far	O
future	O
where	O
humanity	O
fights	O
against	O
an	O
army	O
of	O
giant	O
monsters	O
collectively	O
called	O
the	O
Vek	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
of	O
Into	B-Application
the	I-Application
Breach	I-Application
has	O
been	O
compared	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
chess	B-Application
,	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
less	O
about	O
overpowering	O
the	O
opposing	O
forces	O
and	O
instead	O
about	O
maintaining	O
position	O
control	O
and	O
sacrificing	O
units	O
to	O
gain	O
a	O
larger	O
advantage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
FTL	B-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
broken	O
into	O
a	O
sequence	O
of	O
islands	O
each	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
scenarios	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
island	O
sectors	O
)	O
to	O
complete	O
;	O
while	O
the	O
islands	O
remain	O
the	O
same	O
each	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
scenarios	O
themselves	O
are	O
generated	O
procedurally	O
in	O
a	O
roguelike	O
manner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Into	B-Application
the	I-Application
Breach	I-Application
came	O
out	O
of	O
ideas	O
that	O
Ma	O
and	O
Davis	O
had	O
following	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
FTL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
had	O
tried	O
various	O
prototypes	O
for	O
a	O
game	O
,	O
including	O
one	O
for	O
a	O
grid-based	O
tactical	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
recognized	O
was	O
seeing	O
a	O
resurgence	O
in	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
industry	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
XCOM	B-Application
:	I-Application
Enemy	I-Application
Unknown	I-Application
(	O
2012	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
Into	B-Application
the	I-Application
Breach	I-Application
started	O
mid-2015	O
,	O
after	O
all	O
of	O
Subset	O
's	O
commitments	O
to	O
FTL	B-Application
were	O
completed	O
,	O
providing	O
them	O
with	O
the	O
financial	O
security	O
to	O
move	O
forward	O
onto	O
this	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
,	O
announced	O
in	O
February	O
2017	O
,	O
was	O
expected	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
though	O
Subset	O
did	O
not	O
expect	O
this	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
simultaneous	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subset	O
said	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
reveal	O
that	O
Into	B-Application
the	I-Application
Breach	I-Application
was	O
still	O
a	O
ways	O
off	O
from	O
release	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
had	O
enough	O
in	O
place	O
to	O
show	O
off	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
ideas	O
and	O
preliminary	O
art	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
still	O
lack	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
content	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
prefer	O
to	O
perfect	O
the	O
game	O
at	O
their	O
own	O
pace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
Avellone	O
and	O
Prunty	O
,	O
Subset	B-Application
Games	I-Application
has	O
obtained	O
help	O
from	O
Isla	O
Schanuel	O
for	O
community	O
management	O
and	O
user	O
testing	O
,	O
Power	O
Up	O
Audio	O
for	O
audio	O
work	O
,	O
and	O
Polina	O
Hristova	O
to	O
assist	O
Ma	O
in	O
art	O
assets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ben	O
Prunty	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
composed	O
the	O
FTL	B-Application
soundtrack	O
,	O
provided	O
the	O
music	O
for	O
Into	B-Application
the	I-Application
Breach	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
with	O
FTL	B-Application
,	O
Prunty	O
and	O
Subset	O
wanted	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
style	O
of	O
music	O
not	O
normally	O
associated	O
with	O
the	O
narrative	O
genre	O
,	O
but	O
had	O
difficulty	O
in	O
deciding	O
which	O
direction	O
it	O
should	O
go	O
,	O
particularly	O
that	O
they	O
felt	O
that	O
music	O
for	O
a	O
strategy	O
game	O
should	O
be	O
soft	O
and	O
quiet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	O
version	O
of	O
Into	B-Application
the	I-Application
Breach	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
27	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
macOS	B-Application
version	O
followed	O
later	O
that	O
year	O
on	O
August	O
9	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
version	O
followed	O
later	O
that	O
month	O
on	O
August	O
28	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
native	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
20	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
a	O
mobile	O
version	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
was	O
released	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
by	O
Netflix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Into	B-Application
the	I-Application
Breach	I-Application
received	O
praise	O
upon	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
holding	O
a	O
90	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
on	O
review	O
aggregation	O
site	O
Metacritic	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
site	O
's	O
best	O
reviewed	O
PC	O
game	O
for	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
