Fit check
Is Chronostorm: Siberian Border worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Real-time strategy players who want battles involving time manipulation
- Military strategy fans interested in near-future conflicts on realistic territories
- Players who prefer directing varied combat units through terrain and cover
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking turn-based planning may bounce off the continuous real-time battles
- Players wanting a purely historical military setting may reject the time-management technology and futuristic vehicles
- Players looking for a puzzle adventure or role-playing game will not find those as the central format
Our take on Chronostorm: Siberian Border
The bounce point is the time-control system: players who want conventional real-time strategy may hit a wall when battles require stopping a selected area and coordinating units from different eras.
What is Chronostorm: Siberian Border?
Chronostorm: Siberian Border is a real-time strategy game set in a near-future conflict on Russia’s eastern border.
In 2015, a Chinese invasion of Transbaikalia follows the use of secret time-management technology. The campaign involves capturing and investigating that technology, pushing enemy forces out of the country, and uncovering its origin. Players can stop time in a selected area or move across the battlefield while directing units from different periods, including T-34 tanks and futuristic combat vehicles. Battles take place around locations including the Tynda railway junction and the Irkutsk hydroelectric station. Equipment is based on modern prototypes, while terrain, cover, and unit abilities shape tactical decisions.
How Chronostorm: Siberian Border plays
- 01Localized time control
- Time can be halted within a chosen area of the battlefield.
- 02Cross-era forces
- The battlefield includes units ranging from T-34 tanks to futuristic combat vehicles.
- 03Siberian battlefields
- Operations include the Tynda railway junction, the Irkutsk hydroelectric station, and positions near the Great Wall of China.
- 04Terrain-based tactics
- Terrain, cover, unit abilities, and equipment management affect battlefield tactics.
Chronostorm: Siberian Border compared to similar games
Men of War: Assault Squad focuses on World War II strategy with direct control over individual units and hands-on combat, while Chronostorm: Siberian Border uses real-time time manipulation and near-future Siberian battlefields. Xenonauts centers on a multinational organization defending a Cold War-era Earth from aliens through turn-based squad operations, whereas Chronostorm uses real-time combat against human invading forces.
Chronostorm: Siberian Border: platforms & release
Is Chronostorm: Siberian Border worth it?
It is worth it if: real-time strategy players who want battles involving time manipulation. Skip it if: players seeking turn-based planning may bounce off the continuous real-time battles.
Where can I download Chronostorm: Siberian Border?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Chronostorm: Siberian Border's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Chronostorm: Siberian Border on?
Windows only.
