ActionFit check
Is Recruits worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who want squad command combined with top-down shooting
- Strategy-minded action players who accept permanent character loss
- Players interested in an alpha game with ongoing development
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a forgiving campaign where defeated characters return
- Players who prefer slow, low-pressure combat rather than fast-paced missions
- Players wanting a finished game without reported bugs or development issues
- Players seeking cooperative multiplayer, which is listed as a future feature
Our take on Recruits
Permanent death defines the campaign: soldiers who fall in battle are lost, so each squad carries lasting consequences into the platoon’s progression.
What is Recruits?
Command a platoon in a top-down war shooter, sending one squad into each mission.
Objectives include eliminating enemies, destroying buildings, covert operations, and survival scenarios. Soldiers gain experience, ranks, attributes, nicknames, and customizable equipment as they serve. Defeat removes soldiers permanently, while respect points can open stronger weapons and abilities such as airstrikes and cluster bombs. A right-click menu provides basic squad orders in single-player missions. The game also includes online death match and team death match, plus missions built around controllable helicopters and tanks. Weather, destruction, physics, lighting changes, dismemberment, and gore are part of the current gameplay. Recruits is in alpha and is still being developed, with bugs and issues noted by the vendor.
How Recruits plays
- 01Permanent Soldier Loss
- A fallen soldier is removed from the campaign, making survival part of progression.
- 02Mission Variety
- Current objectives cover enemy elimination, building destruction, covert tasks, and survival situations.
- 03Squad Command Menu
- Single-player missions include a right-click interface for issuing basic orders to squad members.
- 04Rank And Loadouts
- Surviving troops can gain enlisted ranks, personal attributes, nicknames, and customized equipment.
- 05Vehicle Missions
- Some environments and missions are made for operating helicopters and tanks.
- 06Online Death Match
- Multiplayer currently includes death match and team death match modes.
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Recruits: platforms & release
Is Recruits worth it?
It is worth it if: players who want squad command combined with top-down shooting. Skip it if: players seeking a forgiving campaign where defeated characters return.
Where can I download Recruits?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Recruits's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Recruits on?
Windows only.
