Fit check
Is 9th Company: Roots Of Terror worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Real-time strategy players who want a historical Soviet-Afghan military setting
- Tactical commanders who prefer nonlinear mission selection and multiple battlefield maps
- Players interested in managing varied military units and crew experience across battles
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking turn-based combat may hit a wall when battles require continuous real-time command
- Players looking for a small, simple unit roster may find the range of more than 80 unit types demanding
- Players who want a purely fictional setting may not fit the game's historical military focus
Our take on 9th Company: Roots Of Terror
Players who prefer turn-based planning will hit the main bounce point when combat begins in real time. Another wall appears in the unit-control systems, where varied forces, firepower settings, morale, hit locations, and crew experience must be managed together.
What is 9th Company: Roots Of Terror?
Lead Soviet recruits from training in Uzbekistan to combat in Afghanistan in an action-oriented real-time strategy campaign based on historical events.
An area operations map lets commanders select missions, while 12 tactical maps provide battlefields for direct engagements. Missions follow a nonlinear structure. Units include mechanized infantry, assault, reconnaissance, and special operations forces, with more than 80 types available. Tactical behavior and firepower controls shape unit actions, while character morale and merit rewards affect combat. Mechanized units use hit locations, and the physics system supports destruction of buildings and mechanized units. Crew members gain experience across battles, and an elite military unit can be formed through the requisition screen.
How 9th Company: Roots Of Terror plays
- 01Two-Level Warfare
- Select operations from a strategic area map or fight across 12 detailed Afghan battle maps.
- 02Unit Variety
- Command more than 80 unit types spanning mechanized infantry, assault, reconnaissance, and special operations.
- 03Morale And Merit
- Each character uses combat morale and merit rewards as part of the battlefield system.
- 04Persistent Crew Growth
- Crew members gain experience after battles, with an option to assemble an elite unit through requisition.
- 05Mechanized Hit Locations
- Armored units use a hit-location system alongside controls for tactical behavior and firepower.
9th Company: Roots Of Terror compared to similar games
Men of War: Assault Squad also focuses on direct tactical command, but its description places the action in World War II and emphasizes large-scale battles with hands-on control of every unit. Xenonauts uses turn-based small-squad combat against aliens on a Cold War Earth, while this game uses real-time battles, historical Soviet forces, and nonlinear missions in Afghanistan.
9th Company: Roots Of Terror: platforms & release
Is 9th Company: Roots Of Terror worth it?
It is worth it if: real-time strategy players who want a historical Soviet-Afghan military setting. Skip it if: players seeking turn-based combat may hit a wall when battles require continuous real-time command.
Where can I download 9th Company: Roots Of Terror?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens 9th Company: Roots Of Terror's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is 9th Company: Roots Of Terror on?
Windows only.
