Fair and Square

About

Fair and Square is a real-time strategy game where players build bases, gather resources, and command squads of geometric shapes in fast-paced battles. Defend against enemy waves or challenge others in direct combat, using a mix of units from different factions to create hybrid strategies. The game emphasizes quick decision-making and adaptive tactics, letting you switch between defensive and offensive playstyles mid-match. The standout feature is the flexible faction system, which lets players combine units from multiple groups instead of picking a single army. This creates unexpected synergies, like pairing triangles for speed with circles for defense. Running on PC, Mac, and Linux, it offers solo campaigns and co-op multiplayer for up to four players. With a June 2024 release date, it’s the first new project from Octopus Engine since 2019’s Ironclad.

Storyline

Welcome here! here is a place composed only of simple shapes. Those shapes are the vessel of powerful beings and they are their only way to interract with the physical world. They all aspire to reach "there", where all shapes and forms exists. However gatekeepers prevent shapes from here to access it to avoid mayhem out "there". They used to live in peace, waiting for their time to cross the gate and reach the splendid world out "there". But it has been a very long time since any one has been able to accomplish the ritual to "there". It is even said that the gatekeepers have forgotten the ritual itself. More and more shapes now wants to get rid of the ritual to get to a better place. First came vocal protestation but since those stayed ignored it quickly turned into war. Shapes wanting to get "there" rush in huge numbers to the gate while the gatekeepers try as mush as they can to prevent them. But one day a simple square arrives here. The chosen one. A square that is coming back from "there" to bring back balance here.