$10.79 (−10%)GroundInFlames Every Soldier Counts
A top-down tactics game where terrain, morale and supply decide the fight, not build orders.
Is GroundInFlames worth it?
GroundInFlames is worth it if…
- you want tactics where manpower and supply are scarce, not renewable
- you like terrain that actually matters, down to stripped treelines
- you enjoy combined-arms problems: drones, jamming, armor angles, morale
- you prefer a sandbox fight over a scripted campaign
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Squads, not units
Your soldiers behave like people under fire. They take cover on their own, go prone, get suppressed and eventually break: a squad that has lost its nerve will simply not carry out an order, so you pull it back and let it recover before it matters again.
The terrain does real work too. Trees, bushes, walls, smoke and folds in the ground cut visibility, and the canopy is a separate layer of its own. Shelling strips the foliage, and once a treeline has been shot bare it stops hiding anyone.
You dig trenches, build dugouts, connect positions with communication trenches, and all of it wears down under fire and collapses. A fortified building does not need a human-wave assault: a tank can blow the wall open and the infantry goes in through the breach.
Drones, jamming and honest armor
FPV drones are among the most important tools in the game, and recon drones differ only in field of view, carrying no weapons. There is a proper cat-and-mouse layer here: every operator launches on their own frequency, and electronic warfare systems have theirs. If the frequencies do not match, the drone flies straight through the jamming.
Vehicles are modeled just as stubbornly. Penetration accounts for impact angle, with ricochets and non-penetrations in the mix. The running gear sits in front of the hull as its own layer, so a shell can tear off a track, punch through into the side, or do both at once.
Frequently asked?
Can you play it solo?
Yes. That is the interesting part: each side trusts its own eyes and nothing else.
Can you control units directly?
The squad-level systems run on their own, so hands-on control is there for the moments you want to do the work yourself, not a requirement for everything on the map.
Is there base building?
No, and that is deliberate. There is no base to grow and no army appearing out of thin air: you get a sector of the front with trenches, treelines and villages, and a limited pool of resources to work with. Fortification means digging trenches and building dugouts, not constructing a production chain.
How do replacements work?
Slowly, if you play it straight. Mobilization manpower replenishes over time, and success at the front brings in more volunteers. Forced conscription hands you people immediately, but it breeds discontent in the rear, and a rear that stops working stops delivering good supply. You can also take enemy soldiers prisoner, and drag wounded men out, or decide the cost of going after them is too high.
