Fit check
Is Run For Cover worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Turn-based strategy players who want procedurally generated campaigns
- Players who prefer squad management with randomized weapons and armor
- Strategy fans seeking tank combat alongside soldier progression
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking real-time battles rather than turn-based encounters
- Players who prefer fixed campaigns and predictable maps over repeated randomized runs
- Players looking for a character-focused RPG rather than squad-based military strategy
Our take on Run For Cover
The store presentation foregrounds procedural maps, loot, abilities, and tank battles, while the premise and campaign structure receive less practical detail. The result is a clear feature list, but not much indication of how those systems shape moment-to-moment turns or longer runs.
What is Run For Cover?
Run For Cover is a turn-based strategy game about guiding a team of soldiers through hostile territory.
The world expands as the team advances and is procedurally generated for each new run, with quests, enemies, events, and distinct areas. Soldiers gain experience, unlock abilities, and can be customized with randomly generated weapons and armor. The team can also drive tanks and take part in tank battles. The story follows hired guns sent to stop chemical attacks and oppose a corrupt regime after a rigged election triggers civil unrest. Progression combines movement through a changing world with equipment collection, unit development, and randomized challenges.
How Run For Cover plays
- 01Procedural world
- The game creates a single world that grows outward as the team travels.
- 02Randomized equipment
- Weapons and armor are generated randomly for soldiers to discover.
- 03Soldier progression
- Units earn experience during the journey and gain access to new abilities.
- 04Tank combat
- Soldiers can operate tanks and participate in dedicated tank battles.
- 05Quests and events
- Runs include quests and events whose contents are randomized.
- 06Unit customization
- The game includes options for customizing individual soldiers.
Run For Cover compared to similar games
Men of War: Assault Squad focuses on large-scale World War II operations with direct control during combat, while Run For Cover centers on a traveling squad, procedural territory, randomized equipment, and progression between encounters. Xenonauts uses persistent soldiers in a Cold War alien-defense campaign, whereas Run For Cover uses generated runs and a contemporary political conflict. Shogun Showdown emphasizes positioning, attack tiles, combos, and deck-building, while Run For Cover uses soldiers, gear, quests, and tank battles.
Run For Cover: platforms & release
Is Run For Cover worth it?
It is worth it if: turn-based strategy players who want procedurally generated campaigns. Skip it if: players seeking real-time battles rather than turn-based encounters.
Where can I download Run For Cover?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Run For Cover's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Run For Cover on?
Windows only.
