Free to playHired Ops Mercenary Firefights on Your Terms
Pick a class, gear up from a huge arsenal and fight fast, tense matches for contracts around the world.
Is Hired Ops worth it?
Hired Ops is worth it if…
- you want fast, competitive firefights in short sessions rather than long sieges
- you like tinkering with weapons and modules until a loadout feels like yours
- you enjoy working toward contracts and climbing a reputation ladder
- you have fond memories of that era of midcore online shooters
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Contracts, reputation and the mercenary life
You are not a soldier here, you are a contractor. Each fighter picks suitable contracts, takes on the hardest jobs and earns a name in the PMC market. Your income, the contracts you can land and your standing among other mercenaries all depend on what you do in a match, and the higher your reputation climbs, the harder the tasks that open up. It gives the shooting a goal beyond the scoreboard: every operation is a step up the ladder, and every botched job is money left on the table. Combat operations play out across the globe, from a military base in Iran to a railway station in Kazakhstan, as BEAR and USEC compete for dominance.
Four classes, eighty weapons, endless builds
Pick one of four classes, each with its own skill system and its own arsenal. The armoury holds over 80 pieces of modern small arms and more than 100 modules to bolt onto them, so two players with the same rifle rarely fight the same way. You buy weapons, ammunition and special equipment and bring them into battle, using everything your class allows to force the enemy to change tactics and fight on your terms. A suppressor here, a different optic there, and the same map becomes a different fight. The build you settle on is yours, and learning its quirks is half the game.
What should you know before playing?
Can you play Hired Ops solo?
Not in the traditional sense. The setting is a global conflict between the BEAR and USEC mercenary companies, fought out across locations like a Bangkok ghetto and a coastal communications station in the Norvinsk region, but the game tells it through atmosphere and contracts rather than a campaign. If you want a plot to follow, this is not that kind of shooter; if you want a war you drop into mission by mission, it fits.
How does progression work, and is spending money required?
Progression runs through your fighter's level, class skills and the reputation you earn from contracts. You can level up your operators without spending anything; grinding is mostly there if you care about ranks and leaderboards. Weapons, ammunition and special equipment are bought with in-game earnings, and the store offers premium items, but playing the game itself is enough to keep your arsenal growing.
