Fifteen months after it entered early access, Every Day We Fight has left it with version 1.0, Signal Space Lab announced on Thursday, October 22, 2026. The turn-based tactics game is out on Steam and GOG for PC, published by Wild Hog Games. It lists at $29.99, and a 60% launch-window discount brings it to $11.99 on Steam for now.
An alien invasion has frozen time for everyone except a small band of resistance fighters, and they are stuck in a loop. You start with a trio of civilians. Anything you discover in one loop is available from the start of the next, so a lost run still leaves you better informed.
How Every Day We Fight replaces the hit chance
Many turn-based tactics games, with XCOM: Enemy Unknown the best-known example, show you a percentage and roll it when you fire. Here you aim down the sights yourself, and the store page says hit chances depend on positioning, aim and reaction time. Units can also react across turns to interrupt an enemy’s move. Allies can assist each other’s kills with reflex actions. Signal Space Lab’s announcement says those choices are “in the players’ hands, not a matter of chance.”
Version 1.0 is the game’s largest update so far. The studio lists 70% more guns, 100% more gun parts and new legendary gun perks. It adds a Heat Meter, which the announcement names but does not explain, along with new mission types, more level variety and better randomization. The new Forever War mode sits with Iron Man among the store page’s options for players who want a harder run. The 1.0 launch trailer is real gameplay from the update, built around weapons, levels and tactical setups.
Signal Space Lab is a Montreal studio founded in 2015 that works across games, XR and production. It made the game with strategy YouTuber Christopher Odd as co-producer, and the release says this is their first project together. A strategy channel helping to make a tactics game is an unusual credit. Early access went reasonably well: as of Friday, Steam shows 72% of 391 user reviews positive.
This is a tactics game for anyone who has lost a squad member to a 95% shot, and if that describes you, it is a recommendation. If the aiming sounds like the fix, buy it on Steam while the launch discount runs; if not, wait for the 1.0 reviews to say what the Heat Meter does.
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