Tackle for Loss

Developer:

Indifferent Penguin
Based in Berlin, Germany

Release Date:

5 Feb, 2026

Platforms:

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Short Description

Tackle. Die. Repeat. Use American football skills to dash through a bloody 2D underworld. Fast, top-down carnage until the floor is cleared. You’re at the top of your game… but unfortunately, your C.T.E. is catching up.

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About the game

Tackle for Loss is a 2D top-down action game built around a combat system inspired by American football’s four-down rule: limited moves, no room for error, all forward momentum. You play as a former football pro—bruised, broken, and battling through a criminal underworld to rescue your beloved daughter. Haunted by concussions, your only tools are raw instinct and the muscle memory of a game that no longer remembers you.

Violent combat, a captivating narrative, and dark pixel art combine to create a pumped-up experience, inspired by the likes of Hotline Miami.

Tackle for Loss is being solo-developed by Daniel Wichterich / Indifferent Penguin and will be released on February 5, 2026, for Windows PC. It is supported by funding from the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, a German film and media funding agency.

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