Winter War 1939

Winter War 1939 is a first-person game in which you fight as Finland or Russia and command units across the battlefields of the Winter War. You can order your units to follow, stay or charge enemy lines, while also fighting yourself. Battles feature hundreds of units, and you can set strategic objectives, call in artillery and mortars, or mark targets for artillery and air attacks.

Battlefields and factions

Fight across seven large historic battlefields or create maps and battles in Sandbox Mode. The battlefields cover more than 100 square kilometres and represent real locations from the Winter War. At the heavily fortified Mannerheim Line on the Karelian Isthmus, you fight in trenches and bunkers. Near Suomussalmi, you can ambush and attack Soviet forces along Raate Road, in cold northern forests. At Tolvajarvi, the fighting takes place around frozen lakes.

As Finnish forces, you can use ski troops and the terrain to resist the Soviet forces’ greater manpower and weaponry. You can also lead the Red Army on the battlefield.

Units and equipment

You can operate the vehicles, artillery and aircraft yourself. The available equipment includes T26 and T28 tanks, flame tanks, armored cars, aerosani snowmobiles, trucks and reindeer-pulled sleds. You can ski through Finland’s forests and across its lakes to outflank the enemy.

The Finnish air force includes Fokker XXI fighters, which can defend against Soviet air raids or attack ground targets with rockets and bombs. As a Soviet pilot, you can fly I-15 and I-16 fighters to gain air superiority, or use Tupolev SB2 bombers against Finnish defenses. Weapons include rifles, SMGs, machine guns, sniper rifles, anti-tank rifles, mortars and Molotov cocktails.

Command and defenses

Gain resources to build defenses, weapons and vehicles, including fortifications. You can also direct artillery and mortar fire or provide targets for artillery and air force attacks. Structures can be destroyed, and weather includes snow, clouds, temperature and wind.

Key features

• First-person combat with unit command
• Sandbox Mode
• Seven historic battlefields with hundreds of units
• Tanks, vehicles, artillery, fighters and bombers
• Operable vehicles, artillery and aircraft
• Fortifications and buildable weapons
• Russian and Finnish voice acting