Behold Studios

Behold Studios is a Brazilian video game development team whose best-documented title is Chroma Squad, a tactical role-playing game built around the production of a fictional tokusatsu television series. The studio’s work combines turn-based combat, character and team management, television-production mechanics, comedy, and a strong visual and thematic connection to Japanese superhero programs and international adaptations such as Super Sentai and Power Rangers. Chroma Squad follows stunt performers who leave their previous employment to create their own tokusatsu production company. Players establish and customize the fictional studio, assign performers to colored hero roles, develop equipment and a giant robot, and manage the show’s ratings, audience, sponsors, and revenue. Episodes function both as narrative chapters and tactical missions. Performance in battle and completion of episode objectives influence the fictional program’s popularity, which in turn supports improvements to the team and its production capabilities. This structure gives the game a hybrid identity: it is simultaneously a tactical role-playing game, a management simulation, and a playful tribute to televised superhero production. Development of Chroma Squad was supported through Kickstarter, providing a community-funded route for the project. The game first launched on April 30, 2015, for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, with digital distribution through Steam and GOG.com. It subsequently expanded to console and mobile platforms. Versions for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, and Android were released in early 2017, with Bandai Namco Entertainment serving as publisher for those editions. A PlayStation Vita version was planned but ultimately cancelled. The PlayStation 4 release was announced for PlayStation Network in May 2017, and a Nintendo Switch edition followed on August 1, 2019. The title received mixed-to-positive critical coverage. The reference material records Metacritic scores of 75 out of 100 for the PC version, based on 21 reviews, and 74 out of 100 for the PlayStation 4 version, based on seven reviews. These figures indicate a generally favorable reception while also reflecting that the game was not universally acclaimed. Chroma Squad also created a rights and branding issue because of its close thematic relationship to the Power Rangers property. Saban Brands, then associated with ownership of the Power Rangers franchise, disputed aspects of the project’s rights position. The matter was resolved through an agreement under which Saban received a royalty share. The game’s official logo included an additional statement identifying it as inspired by Saban’s Power Rangers. This episode illustrates the legal and commercial sensitivity of creating an original game that deliberately draws on a recognizable entertainment format. Behold Studios is also associated in the supplied reference material with Out of Space, although the available material does not provide enough information to document that title’s release history, gameplay, commercial performance, or current availability. Beyond its documented releases and projects, public information supplied for this dossier does not establish the studio’s founding date, founders, ownership structure, headquarters city, current leadership, or present operating status.

The available reference material documents Behold Studios primarily through Chroma Squad, a Brazilian-developed tactical role-playing game centered on the fictional production of a tokusatsu television series. The studio’s broader corporate history, including its founding date, founders, headquarters, ownership, and organizational development, is not established in the supplied sources. Chroma Squad was developed as a genre hybrid. Its combat uses turn-based tactical mechanics, while its wider progression systems ask the player to operate a fictional television studio. Players recruit or manage performers, allocate them to colored superhero roles, customize the program’s identity, improve equipment and a giant robot, and pursue ratings and sponsorship objectives. Episodes combine battles against villains with production-oriented goals, and successful performances contribute to the show’s fictional audience and income. The design draws on tokusatsu conventions, particularly the team-based structure associated with Super Sentai and Power Rangers, while presenting the subject through original characters, humor, and management systems. The project received Kickstarter funding, indicating that community support was part of its development model. Chroma Squad launched on April 30, 2015, for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. It was distributed digitally through Steam and GOG.com. The game later expanded into the console and mobile markets: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, and Android editions appeared in early 2017, with Bandai Namco Entertainment identified as publisher for those versions. A PlayStation Vita edition was planned but cancelled. The game was also released for Nintendo Switch on August 1, 2019. Critical reception was mixed to positive. The supplied reference records Metacritic scores of 75 for the PC version and 74 for the PlayStation 4 version. These scores, together with the game’s multi-platform release history, document its most visible commercial and critical milestone. The project encountered a rights dispute involving Saban Brands, which was associated with the Power Rangers franchise. The dispute concerned the game’s relationship to that recognizable property. It was resolved by an agreement that granted Saban a royalty share. Chroma Squad’s official logo consequently included a statement that the game was inspired by Saban’s Power Rangers. The episode is significant because it shows how the game’s deliberate engagement with tokusatsu and Power Rangers conventions created intellectual-property and branding considerations even though the game was presented as its own production. The supplied material also identifies Out of Space as another Behold Studios title, but does not provide sufficient information about its development, release, gameplay, reception, or current status. No reliable information is provided here about later company strategy, additional leadership, financial performance, or current operations.

• 2019

  Chroma Squad releases on Nintendo Switch

  [1]Chroma Squaden.wikipedia.org

  The Nintendo Switch version launched on August 1, 2019.

• 2017

  Chroma Squad reaches console and mobile platforms

  [1]Chroma Squaden.wikipedia.org

  PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, and Android versions were released in early 2017, published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.

• 2017

  PlayStation Vita version cancelled

  [1]Chroma Squaden.wikipedia.org

  A planned PlayStation Vita edition of Chroma Squad was ultimately cancelled.

• 2015

  Chroma Squad launches on personal computers

  [1]Chroma Squaden.wikipedia.org

  Chroma Squad was released on April 30, 2015, for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, with digital distribution through Steam and GOG.com.

• Kickstarter-backed development of Chroma Squad

  [1]Chroma Squaden.wikipedia.org

  Chroma Squad’s development was funded through Kickstarter, making community crowdfunding part of the project’s documented production history.

Brazilian independent game development focused on distinctive, theme-led games that combine accessible genre mechanics with strong pop-culture concepts and humorous narrative presentation.

• Tactical role-playing video game · 2015

  Chroma Squad

  Chroma Squad is a tactical role-playing game about stunt actors who leave their former work and create a tokusatsu production studio. Players assign performers to colored hero roles, customize the team and its show, fight villains in turn-based battles, and manage ratings, sponsors, equipment, and a giant robot. It was funded through Kickstarter and launched for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux in 2015, followed by releases on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Android, and Nintendo Switch.

• Video game

  Out of Space

  Out of Space is identified in the supplied reference material as another game associated with Behold Studios. The available sources do not provide enough detail to describe its genre, release platforms, launch date, gameplay systems, publisher, or current availability without speculation.

• Dispute over Chroma Squad’s Power Rangers-related rights and branding

  Saban Brands disputed rights associated with Chroma Squad’s close thematic relationship to the Power Rangers franchise. The matter was resolved through an agreement that gave Saban a royalty share. The official logo added wording identifying the game as inspired by Saban’s Power Rangers.

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• Chroma Squad Kickstarter campaign

  International crowdfunding market

  Behold Studios used Kickstarter to fund development of Chroma Squad, allowing prospective players and supporters to contribute directly to the project before its commercial release.

  Outcome. The campaign supported development of a game that subsequently launched on PC and expanded to consoles and mobile devices.

  Source

• 2017

  Cancel the planned PlayStation Vita versionOther

  Background

  A PlayStation Vita edition of Chroma Squad had been planned as part of the game’s platform expansion.

  Action taken

  The planned Vita version was ultimately cancelled.

  Aftermath

  The game continued to expand on other platforms, including PlayStation 4, Xbox One, mobile devices, and later Nintendo Switch.

  Source

• 2015

  Release Chroma Squad through digital PC channelsProduct launch

  Background

  After Kickstarter-backed development, Behold Studios brought its tokusatsu-themed tactical role-playing game to the PC market.

  Action taken

  The studio released Chroma Squad for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux on April 30, 2015, using digital distribution through Steam and GOG.com.

  Aftermath

  The game later expanded to consoles and mobile devices and received mixed-to-positive critical reviews.

  Source

• Resolve the Saban Brands rights disputeOther

  Background

  Saban Brands challenged aspects of Chroma Squad’s relationship to the Power Rangers property.

  Action taken

  The parties reached an agreement under which Saban received a royalty share, and the game’s logo included an inspiration statement referring to Saban’s Power Rangers.

  Aftermath

  The game remained commercially available while carrying the additional branding language described in the reference material.

  Source

• 2019

  Chroma Squad releases on Nintendo Switch[1]Chroma Squaden.wikipedia.org

  Product launch

  A Nintendo Switch version of Chroma Squad was released on August 1, 2019, extending the game’s platform coverage beyond personal computers, earlier consoles, and mobile devices.

• 2017

  Chroma Squad expands to consoles and mobile devices[1]Chroma Squaden.wikipedia.org

  Product launch

  The game reached PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, and Android in early 2017, with Bandai Namco Entertainment publishing those editions.

• 2015

  Chroma Squad launches for PC, Mac, and Linux[1]Chroma Squaden.wikipedia.org

  Product launch

  Behold Studios released Chroma Squad on April 30, 2015, for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux through digital distribution platforms including Steam and GOG.com.

1. 1Chroma Squaden.wikipedia.org
2. 2Behold Studios official websitebeholdstudios.com.br