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Dispatch

AdHoc Studio

2025•Strategy•PEGI 18•About 9 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurecomedysuperherobusinesspoliticalfastimaginaryintricatelinearglossybig & variedall consuming questcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryempowerment/personal growthfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeExpect a heightened, glossy strategy game, big and varied rather than confined. Best if you like polish over grit.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

86 / 100

310 ratings

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About This Game

Dispatch is a superhero workplace comedy where choices matter. Manage a dysfunctional team of misfit heroes and strategize who to send to emergencies around the city, all while balancing office politics, personal relationships, and your own quest to become a hero.

Summary: IGDB

Story

In a world filled with superheroes, Robert Robertson, an ordinary human, pilots a giant robotic suit as Mecha Man, carrying on his father's legacy. When his suit is irreversibly damaged in a battle against his archnemesis and father's killer, Shroud, he's forced into retirement. Soon after, the Superhero Dispatch Network (SDN) makes him an offer: they’ll repair his suit if he agrees to lead and coordinate the Z-Team, a group of former supervillains seeking redemption, as they rush across Los Angeles to save the day. But every mission comes with choices: the kind that define what makes someone...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureComedySuperheroBusinessPoliticalAll consuming questComplex relationshipDeep rivalryEmpowerment/personal growthFighting evilRescue/escape/jeopardyUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

SuperheroStory richChoices matterFmvAvailable on - luna plus

Where to play

Details

Developer: AdHoc Studio
Publisher: AdHoc Studio
Released: 22 October 2025
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Web browser, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric, Text
Time to beat: 9h rushed, 9h normally, 14h complete
Age rating: PEGI 18
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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Games are scored on the same ten characteristics as films and matched with the same formula and your own match bands, from your film and TV taste. Game scores are estimates, made by fixed rules from IGDB genres, themes, keywords and descriptions.