WWII Operational Real-Time Strategy

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Take command of entire divisions in a historically inspired World War II operational wargame. Draw multi-stage battle plans directly on the map, coordinate your officers, manage supply lines, and lead your forces through the Western Front campaign.

  • Released Oct 12, 2026
  • 11 Historical Missions
  • 2 Tutorial Levels
  • 6 Supported Languages
  • Windows PC

What is Battleplan?

Battleplan is a World War II operational-level real-time strategy game developed by Foolish Mortals Games Inc. and published by Slitherine Ltd. Released on October 12, 2026, it puts you in command of large military formations fighting historical battles across the Western Front. Instead of controlling every soldier, you direct divisions and corps through detailed operational plans.

Its signature mechanic lets you draw complex orders directly on battle maps built from real-world geographic data. Build your chain of command, recruit officers, coordinate combined arms, and manage supply lines as battles unfold in real time. The launch version includes 11 historical campaign missions and two tutorial levels, with options to pause and accelerate the simulation.

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Battleplan store header: the game logo on a wooden sign over an operations map table
  • Developer
    Foolish Mortals Games Inc.
  • Publisher
    Slitherine Ltd.
  • Platform
    Windows PC
  • Genre
    WWII Real-Time Strategy
  • Release Date
    Oct 12, 2026
  • Historical Missions
    11
  • Tutorial Missions
    2
  • Game Mode
    Single-player
  • Supported Languages
    6
  • Minimum RAM
    4 GB
  • Storage Required
    8 GB
  • Platforms
    Windows PC
  • Genres
    World War II Real-Time Strategy
  • Players
    1
  • Modes
    Single player
  • Release date
    2026-10-12
  • Developer
    Foolish Mortals Games Inc.

Battleplan Wiki Hub

Eight deep dives into Battleplan's systems, from zone orders to supply lines.

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Battleplan Beginner Guide

Learn how to start your first Battleplan campaign, organize your army, and issue battlefield orders. This beginner guide covers the tutorial missions, map-based planning, zone tactics, and essential logistics for new commanders.

  1. Create your commander and corps

    Start a new campaign by creating your commander, choosing the United States, United Kingdom, or Canada, and establishing your corps.

  2. Review your starting division

    Review your free starting infantry division, including infantry, anti-tank guns, artillery, engineers, anti-aircraft guns, and headquarters.

  3. Finish both tutorial levels

    Complete the two tutorial levels to become familiar with formations, battlefield management, and the command system.

  4. Draw operational areas

    Draw operational areas directly on the map and use Regimental Plans to divide responsibilities between regiments.

  5. Assign zone tactics

    Assign tactics such as Seize Ground or Balanced Hold, and examine predicted attack and defense outcomes before committing troops.

  6. Secure supply and Requisition

    Protect supply routes, position depots near active formations, and earn Requisition from completed missions to expand your army.

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Battleplan Campaign Missions

Explore Battleplan's 11 historical campaign missions spanning major Western Front operations from D-Day to Operation Varsity. Learn about mission objectives, historical battlefields, tutorial content, and the additional challenges available when replaying missions as Germany.

  • Campaign

    The full release includes 11 historical single-player campaign missions covering World War II operations from the D-Day landings through Operation Varsity.

  • Tutorials

    Two tutorial levels introduce the game before commanders progress through its historical operations.

  • Cherbourg

    The German replay offers objectives including holding Cherbourg for two weeks or holding for one week and then capturing and defending Carentan for a day.

  • Caen

    The German scenario includes alternative objectives involving the defense of Caen or an offensive to capture Bayeux.

  • Bastogne

    The Siege of Bastogne scenario features encirclement and supply challenges, including the situation of the 101st Airborne Division.

  • German Replays

    Completed missions can be replayed from the German perspective with different objectives and challenges rather than the Allied campaign's persistent custom army.

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Battleplan Zone Orders Guide

Master Battleplan's Zone Orders system to control large formations without issuing every movement manually. Learn how Regimental Plans, zone tactics, battlefield predictions, and troop reassignment work together during an operation.

  1. Draw a Zone Order

    Create a Zone Order by drawing an operational area on the battlefield map.

  2. Split zones with a Regimental Plan

    Use a Regimental Plan to divide the selected area into zones based on the number of regiments in your formation, with headquarters and support elements assigned to a reserve area.

  3. Choose the zone tactic

    Choose Seize Ground for aggressive territorial advances or Balanced Hold for more cautious movement when flanks and force ratios permit.

  4. Read the zone battle panel

    Inspect each zone's battle information panel to compare predicted attack and defense outcomes, troop numbers, and terrain conditions.

  5. Reassign battalions

    Reassign battalions between zones to reinforce threatened sectors or improve the predicted outcome of an attack.

  6. Reshape zone boundaries

    Hold the right mouse button and drag a zone boundary to reshape the operational area, including while the plan is executing.

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Battleplan Army Builder

Build and customize your army using Battleplan's Army Constructor, historical formations, and flexible chain-of-command system. Discover how to recruit divisions, reorganize regiments and battalions, and spend Requisition earned during the campaign.

  • Allied Nations

    Start with a division determined by your selected nation and recruit units from the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada.

  • Starting Division

    Your free infantry division initially contains three infantry regiments alongside anti-tank guns, artillery, engineers, anti-aircraft guns, and headquarters.

  • Historical Units

    Historical divisions and their commanding officers become available for recruitment after completing missions in which those formations participated.

  • Custom Divisions

    Create customized formations with the drag-and-drop interface, adjusting organizational structures, unit connections, names, and insignia.

  • Requisition

    Earn Requisition by completing missions and spend it on additional formations, companies, and eligible officers.

  • Deployment Weight

    Each mission has a deployment weight limit, requiring commanders to balance formation size against the total forces they can field.

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Battleplan Units and Combined Arms

Compare Battleplan's infantry, armored units, engineers, scouts, and support weapons through their documented battlefield effects. This guide explains the combined-arms bonuses provided by different unit types rather than presenting an unsupported universal unit tier list.

  • Infantry

    Infantry, mechanized infantry, and paratroopers provide nearby eligible friendly units with +20% defense and +30% morale.

  • Light and Medium Tanks

    Light and medium tanks provide the Tank Support effect, granting +25% damage and +30% morale to nearby eligible friendly units.

  • Heavy Tanks

    Heavy Tank Support provides nearby eligible friendly units with +50% damage, +10% defense, and +50% morale.

  • Engineers

    Engineer Support grants minefield immunity, +50% fortification destruction, and +50% entrenchment speed to nearby eligible friendly units.

  • Scouts

    Scout Support provides a +50% movement speed bonus to nearby eligible friendly units, while reconnaissance units help reveal enemy positions.

  • Support Guns

    Anti-tank guns and artillery provide Support Gun Support, granting +50% damage and +100% fortification destruction to nearby eligible friendly units.

  • Bonus Rules

    Combined-arms bonuses do not stack from multiple units of the same type, and units do not receive their own type's support bonus.

Battleplan Supply and Logistics Guide

Learn how supply hubs, supply depots, terrain, and encirclement influence military operations in Battleplan. Understand how ammunition, fuel, food, and supply routes affect combat effectiveness and how to prevent an advancing division from becoming isolated.

  • Company Supply

    Every company tracks supplies representing ammunition, fuel, and food. Low supply causes combat penalties, while depleted supplies lead to attrition and increased surrender risk.

  • Supply Hubs

    Fixed battlefield supply hubs, including ports and major transport centers, provide supplies that are distributed to supply depots.

  • Supply Depots

    Depots store and distribute supplies to formations. Players can establish and dismantle depots, with deployment-phase changes occurring immediately.

  • Terrain and Distance

    The supply transfer rate depends on the distance and terrain between a depot and a divisional headquarters.

  • Encirclement

    Encircled units can continue using available local supplies, but cutting their replenishment routes can eventually cause attrition and rapid surrender.

  • Armored Advances

    The official logistics guide recommends using armored formations for breakthroughs while following with infantry to hold the supply corridor.

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Battleplan Officers and Skills Guide

Discover how Battleplan's officers influence formation performance through skills, personality quirks, and command bonuses. Learn about the Skill Web, officer recruitment, active abilities, and the consequences of losing headquarters personnel.

  • Officer Recruitment

    Every deployed formation requires an officer assigned to its headquarters. Inexperienced officers can be recruited for free, while higher-level officers cost Requisition.

  • Skill Web

    The Skill Web includes infantry, armor, artillery and support gun, air support, and general skill specializations.

  • Passive Skills

    Assertive Staff provides +5% movement speed and +5% damage to all units under the officer's command.

  • Active Skills

    Lightning Strike grants units within its radius +300% movement speed, +100% damage, and +50% morale when activated.

  • Personality Quirks

    The Timid personality quirk provides +10% defense but applies a -40% morale penalty. Officers can acquire additional quirks through service.

  • Officer Casualties

    Wounded officers may acquire permanent injuries and become unavailable for the next mission, while captured or killed officers are permanently lost.

Battleplan System Requirements

Check Battleplan's official PC system requirements, supported operating systems, memory needs, and graphics specifications before installing the game. This page also covers its confirmed release date, Steam availability, and officially supported languages.

  • Release Date

    Battleplan was released on October 12, 2026, developed by Foolish Mortals Games Inc. and published by Slitherine Ltd.

  • Platform

    The confirmed Steam release is for Windows PC, with support for 64-bit Windows 10 and Windows 11.

  • Minimum RAM

    The minimum memory requirement is 4 GB RAM.

  • Recommended RAM

    The recommended memory requirement is 8 GB RAM.

  • Minimum Graphics

    The listed minimum graphics options include NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and AMD Radeon RX 460, with DirectX 11 required.

  • Storage

    The game requires 8 GB of available storage space under both minimum and recommended configurations.

  • Languages

    The Steam listing includes English, French, German, Spanish (Spain), Polish, and Russian interface and subtitle support, with English full audio.

Battleplan FAQ

Common questions about Battleplan, answered for Windows PC players exploring WWII operational strategy, army management, and historical campaigns.

When was Battleplan released?

Battleplan was released on Steam for Windows PC on October 12, 2026. It was developed by Foolish Mortals Games Inc. and published by Slitherine Ltd.

Is Battleplan available on Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, or Nintendo Switch?

As of October 13, 2026, the verified official system requirements list 64-bit Windows 10 and Windows 11. No native macOS, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, or Nintendo Switch release has been confirmed in the official listings.

Is Battleplan a single-player or multiplayer game?

Battleplan is officially listed as a single-player strategy game. Its current Steam feature list does not advertise multiplayer or cooperative play.

How many missions are in Battleplan?

The launch version of Battleplan includes 11 historical single-player campaign missions and two tutorial levels. The campaign covers major Western Front operations from the D-Day landings through Operation Varsity.

How do you create battle plans in Battleplan?

Players draw operational orders directly onto the battlefield map, combining multiple movements and objectives into coordinated plans. Battleplan supports timeline-based commands and Zone Orders, while subordinate officers execute high-level instructions automatically. Players can also intervene with more specific unit orders.

Can you play as Germany in Battleplan?

The main Battleplan campaign focuses on Allied forces. The publisher also confirms that individual historical scenarios can be played from the German side, providing different objectives and challenges.

Can you pause or fast-forward battles in Battleplan?

Yes. Battleplan simulates battles in real time, second by second, with controls to pause, resume, and fast-forward the action. Individual scenarios generally cover between one week and one month of simulated wartime operations.

How do supply lines work in Battleplan?

Battleplan models supply flow using terrain and supply infrastructure. Capturing depots helps sustain offensives, while cutting enemy supply lines can weaken opposing formations. Commanders must protect their own logistics and withdraw or reorganize units when supplies run low.

What languages does Battleplan support?

Battleplan supports English, French, German, Spanish (Spain), Polish, and Russian for its interface and subtitles. The Steam listing identifies English as the supported language for full audio.

What are the minimum PC requirements for Battleplan?

Battleplan requires 64-bit Windows 10 or Windows 11, 4 GB RAM, 8 GB of available storage, and DirectX 11. Listed minimum graphics options include the Nvidia GeForce GT 1030 and AMD Radeon RX 460.

Ready to Master Battleplan?

From your first tutorial mission to complex Western Front offensives, learn to command divisions, create effective battle plans, and keep your army supplied. Explore practical guides to every major command system.