Warno Gold Edition

WARNO is a real-time strategy game set in a fictional World War III. In 1989, two years after a coup overthrows Gorbachev, NATO and Warsaw Pact forces face off in a divided Germany. You build a customized battlegroup and command Cold War-era units on tactical battlefields in solo and online modes, or lead forces through turn-based Army General campaigns in Western Europe.

Build your battlegroup

You can choose forces from six nations: the U.S., West Germany, the United Kingdom and France, aligned with NATO, or the Soviet Union and East Germany, aligned with the Warsaw Pact. Each nation has its own vehicles, aircraft and soldiers, from conscripts and main battle tanks to mobile SAM systems, self-propelled artillery, scout helicopters, strike aircraft and interceptors.

The game features more than 1,000 military units, including the M1A1 Abrams, British MCV-80 Warrior, French Gazelle scout helicopters, German Leopard tanks, Spetsnaz special forces, SU-25 Frogfoot, East German KPz T-55AM2 and Mil Mi-24 Hind helicopter gunships. You can inspect and compare units in the Armory. Famous military formations and brigades serve as parent divisions for your battlegroup; you choose from their available units, manage your force composition and customize your troops.

Army General campaigns

Five large, turn-based Army General campaigns focus on NATO’s CENTAG and the Warsaw Pact’s Central Group of Forces area of responsibility in 1989, near the Fulda Gap. You command hundreds of units and formations down to the platoon level, including the U.S. 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and 3rd Armored Division, West Germany’s 5. Panzerdivision, the Soviet 79th Guards Tank Division and 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division, and East Germany’s 7. Panzerdivision.

Eight scripted Operations put you through tactical combat missions that tell stories set during the conflict.

Tactical battlefields

Battles unfold across detailed environments in Western Europe, where combat and destruction reshape the battlefield. Maps offer tactical options and objectives among hills, villages, forests, rivers, bridges and industrial zones. You advance a dynamic frontline, capture objectives and contend with ambushes and outflanking maneuvers; the frontline contributes to each side’s victory or defeat.

Game modes

Standalone Skirmish missions are playable solo, cooperatively or in multiplayer. You can fight an enhanced AI or face other players in ranked 1v1 matches, team matches from 2v2 to 4v4, and battles with up to 10v10 players.

You can issue commands during pre-combat deployment and use Rules of Engagement and AI-assisted Smart Orders, alongside other quality-of-life features.