World War II Armored Recon
North Africa, 1942. Command a U.S. tank. Lead your men against the Axis powers. Learn the hard lessons of war. The odds are against you. A text-based historical novel, 700,000 words and hundreds of choices…
World War II Armored Recon is an indie developed by Hosted Games, released 3 July 2025 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What World War II Armored Recon is
World War II Armored Recon is an indie game developed by Hosted Games and released in 2025. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on ChoiceScript.
The premise, in the publisher's words
North Africa, 1942. Command a U.S. tank. Lead your men against the Axis powers. Learn the hard lessons of war. The odds are against you. A text-based historical novel, 700,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
World War II Armored Recon launched on 3 July 2025, within three weeks of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, The Alters, Donkey Kong Bananza and Wuchang: Fallen Feathers.
Released around the same time: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, The Alters, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers.
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