Chroma Squad

Chroma Squad pulls double duty as a tactical RPG and a TV studio management game. Five stunt actors quit their stable jobs to start their own Power Rangers-inspired show, and the game splits between two layers: the studio backstage, where you hire actors, buy equipment, market episodes, and craft costumes and giant cardboard Mechas; and the on-camera battles, where the cast you've assembled fights monsters in turn-based combat.

Combat hinges on Teamwork maneuvers — combination moves where two or more characters chain abilities for amplified effect. The Mecha fights happen at the end of episodes when the monster of the week grows to building-sized; you take direct control of the giant robot and destroy chunks of the city to save the city, which is the genre's central paradox played straight.

Behold Studios designed the campaign as an explicit love letter to Power Rangers, Tokusatsu, and the Japanese hero shows that lined Saturday morning schedules. Skill trees, random equipment, crafting, and a branching storyline with three different endings give the campaign meaningful replay depth. Pixel art and a chiptune soundtrack carry the rest of the aesthetic.