Forged Battalion

Forged Battalion is a real-time strategy game set toward the end of the 21st century, after climate change has devastated the world and a military force called The Collective has spread across the globe. You join the resistance and command its fight, while also engineering a faction of your own by designing units, factories, superweapons and an economy. The game includes a story campaign, skirmish battles, solo play and online multiplayer.

Build your faction

You manage and develop blueprints for your faction’s units and factories. Between missions, a tech tree unlocks components for designing combat units; as you gain technology, your designs can become more advanced and powerful. Resources earned in battle let you choose options such as archetypes, armour, locomotors, weapons and special abilities including stealth and regeneration. You can also unlock an array of superweapons.

You can modify units, your HQ and superweapons, choosing from different weapons, support and locomotor types. For example, you can add regenerative armour to a light vehicle or an anti-tank gun to an aircraft. You can save factions and adapt them to different situations and opponents.

Technology upgrades

Winning battles in any mode contributes toward faction technology upgrades along different science paths. The persistent tech tree has over 60 attachments across four tiers, offering combinations of equipment and options for your faction.

Story campaign

In the story campaign, the resistance needs you to build a new fighting force against the growing threat of The Collective. The campaign tests your ability to react and adapt as that threat increases.

Online multiplayer

Online modes support up to eight players in co-operative and versus battles. You can also face rival commanders in ranked 1v1 matches on dedicated servers.

Create battlefields

A map editor lets you create battlefields to fight over, with Workshop support.

Sound and music

The soundtrack, sound design and voice-overs are by RTS composer Frank Klepacki.