Unconventional Warfare (v0.8.1.2)

Andarushia’s civil war provides the backdrop for a squad-focused tactical RPG built around desperation, improvised leadership, and early twentieth-century military hardware. After a plane crash strands an experienced officer in a country tearing itself apart, survival depends on guiding a handful of untested companions through hostile territory. The tone is grim without abandoning personality: the survivors are misfits with their own fears and conflicts, rather than anonymous units following orders. Unconventional Warfare leans into the tension of being outnumbered, under-equipped, and forced to make every command count.

Battles combine real-time pressure with turn-based decision-making, letting players pause or assess a changing fight, issue plans, and then react quickly when those plans meet reality. The central loop revolves around moving the squad through dangerous encounters, managing each character’s role, and finding the right use for cover, positioning, weapons, and vehicles. More than ten distinct party members can be outfitted with period-inspired rifles, equipment, tanks, and other tools drawn from the First World War and interwar era. Story mode follows the group’s attempt to reach safety, while a sandbox option gives players room to experiment with squad setups and combat scenarios outside the campaign’s narrative path.

Its strongest draw is the blend of character-driven RPG structure and tactical combat that does not entirely commit to either strict turns or nonstop real-time micromanagement. The unusual 1920s-inspired arsenal helps separate it from the more familiar modern and science-fiction settings common to squad strategy games, while armored vehicles add extra tactical possibilities beyond infantry skirmishes. Players who enjoy the planning of XCOM, the battlefield awareness of real-time tactics, and a more personal band-of-survivors premise should find plenty to like. It suits genre newcomers willing to learn its hybrid combat rhythm, but veterans will likely get the most from experimenting with loadouts, formations, and sandbox battles.