Fit check
Is Wargame: Airland Battle worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Real-time strategy players who want Cold War military conflicts
- Players who enjoy selecting from large rosters of land and air units
- Groups seeking online battles with up to 20 participants
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking turn-based combat rather than real-time battles
- Players looking for a small-scale or character-focused strategy experience
- Players who prefer fantasy, science-fiction, or non-military settings
Our take on Wargame: Airland Battle
The defining structure is a 1985 NATO–Warsaw Pact conflict that combines 750 period military units with battlefields reaching 150 km², placing air power alongside tanks, helicopters, and infantry in real-time engagements.
What is Wargame: Airland Battle?
Set in 1985 during a war between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, this real-time strategy game puts military resources from the period under command.
Players choose from 750 units across 12 nations and two opposing sides, including tanks, aircraft, helicopters, and infantry, then assemble an army for a dynamic campaign. Battles unfold on maps reaching 150 km² and use an updated graphics engine. Air forces are part of the available military roster. Solo play is supported, while online multiplayer allows as many as 20 participants to fight at the same time. The game is a sequel to Wargame: European Escalation.
How Wargame: Airland Battle plays
- 01Large Unit Roster
- The game includes 750 military units drawn from tanks, aircraft, helicopters, and infantry.
- 02Two Factions
- The conflict is structured around NATO and the Warsaw Pact, with forces from 12 nations.
- 03Expansive Battlefields
- Some battle maps cover up to 150 km².
- 04Large Multiplayer Battles
- Online matches can include as many as 20 players simultaneously.
Wargame: Airland Battle compared to similar games
Xenonauts also uses a Cold War-era military setting, but its description centers on turn-based combat with small squads of persistent soldiers against aliens. Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation focuses on managing vast armies across an entire world and a galactic empire, rather than this game's 1985 NATO–Warsaw Pact conflict and period unit roster.
Wargame: Airland Battle: platforms & release
Is Wargame: Airland Battle worth it?
It is worth it if: real-time strategy players who want Cold War military conflicts. Skip it if: players seeking turn-based combat rather than real-time battles.
Where can I download Wargame: Airland Battle?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Wargame: Airland Battle's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Wargame: Airland Battle on?
Windows and Linux.
