Fit check
Is Firefight worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- World War II strategy fans who want real-time battlefield command
- Players interested in soldier-level and vehicle-level combat details
- Commanders seeking multiple scenarios across Western, Eastern, Pacific, and modern-city maps
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking turn-based combat rather than continuous real-time battles
- Players looking for a small campaign instead of 36 maps with eight scenarios each
- Players who want a setting outside World War II and the listed modern-city maps
Our take on Firefight
The store presentation puts substantial emphasis on detailed simulation, from individual soldier statistics to vehicle mechanics and projectile behavior. The playable structure is also defined by 36 maps and eight scenarios per map, so the experience is a scenario-based command game rather than a single linear campaign.
What is Firefight?
Firefight is a World War II real-time simulation focused on detailed battlefield command.
Tanks use a physics system with gears, rev counters, speedometers, and brake-lever steering. Bullets, shells, and shrapnel are modelled in 3D, while soldiers display personal information such as rank, name, weapon, ammunition, heart rate, and fatigue. Machine gunners can request ammunition, wounded soldiers can call for medics, and off-board artillery begins with ranging shots before an eight-gun battery fires together. The game includes 36 maps: nine each across the Western, Eastern, and Pacific Fronts, plus Modern Cities. Every map has eight scenarios, with play as major nationalities involved on the Western Front from 1939 through 1945.
How Firefight plays
- 01Individual Soldier Data
- Each infantryman can show rank, name, weapon, remaining ammunition, heart rate, and fatigue.
- 02Tracked Vehicle Physics
- Tanks use gears, rev counters, speedometers, and brake levers for movement.
- 03Ammunition Resupply
- Squad members carrying spare ammunition can respond when machine gunners request it.
- 04Medical Response
- Wounded soldiers can call for medics, who run over to provide first aid.
- 05Off-Board Artillery
- Artillery uses several ranging shots before its full eight-gun battery fires simultaneously.
- 06Scenario Variety
- The game offers 36 maps with eight scenarios on each, covering four geographic settings.
Firefight compared to similar games
Men of War: Assault Squad also focuses on World War II command with direct control over units and hands-on combat. Firefight emphasizes individual soldier information, vehicle mechanics, projectile simulation, artillery procedures, and a fixed structure of 36 maps with eight scenarios each, while Men of War: Assault Squad is described as combining large-scale strategy with direct combat.
Firefight: platforms & release
Is Firefight worth it?
It is worth it if: world War II strategy fans who want real-time battlefield command. Skip it if: players seeking turn-based combat rather than continuous real-time battles.
Where can I download Firefight?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Firefight's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Firefight on?
Windows only.
