Sudden Strike 5

Sudden Strike 5 is a real-time tactics game set in World War II. You command more than 300 playable units across a 25-mission campaign on historical battlefields in Europe and North Africa, choosing your tactics, units and objectives to complete each mission. Its large, diverse maps support large-scale battles, and timing, planning and discipline can matter as much as firepower.

Campaign and battlefields

The campaign spans 25 missions across Europe and North Africa. Battles take place on huge, varied maps, where opportunities such as capturing strategic locations can provide access to reinforcements. Destroying bridges can cut off enemy movement, while recon, sabotage and alternative routes give you ways to outmanoeuvre opposing forces.

Units and commanders

You can command more than 300 authentic units: over 190 vehicles and 110 infantry units. Examples include the Sherman tank for the Western Allies, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 for German troops and the T-34 for Soviet troops. Choose a Commander to suit your tactics, whether offensive, defensive or more tactical; each has unique skills, such as deploying smoke grenades for cover or improving artillery accuracy.

Supply and objectives

You manage supplies and use unit combinations to complete mission goals. Capturing and defending key locations—including Field HQs, Supply Depots and Train Stations—can give you critical advantages. Extended camera options let you zoom out for a strategic overview or in for a closer view of the frontline.

Game modes

You can test your strategy against AI enemies at multiple difficulty levels or face real opponents in competitive PvP challenges.