Tracks of War

DISPATCH 1.4.0-M17FROM IRON COMPASS STUDIOSTO ALL COMMANDERS10 OCT 2026

Tracks of War

A Second World War real-time strategy game for Android. Build a base, raise an army of Germans, British, Americans or Soviets, and take the map.

Coming soon to Google Play

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Free to play. No ads.

A column of tanks and two landing craft lined up along a desert oasis, palm trees throwing long shadows across the sand.
FIG. 1Desert oasis, late afternoon

02 / ORDER OF BATTLE

Four nations, one map table

Every nation builds its own base, trains its own units and has its own answer to the same problem.

  1. Germans

    Tiger and Panzer IV armour, Stuka dive bombers, flak emplacements and a V2 factory.

    • Tiger
      Tiger
    • Panzer IV
      Panzer IV
    • Stuka
      Stuka
    19 unit types

  2. British

    Matilda tanks in three versions, a Radar Station, Spitfires, Hurricanes and the Lancaster.

    • Matilda
      Matilda
    • Mk IV
      Mk IV
    • Spitfire
      Spitfire
    17 unit types

  3. Americans

    Shermans that swim, a Hospital with Nurses, the M3 Halftrack and the P-51.

    • Sherman
      Sherman
    • M3 Halftrack
      M3 Halftrack
    • P-51
      P-51
    17 unit types

  4. Soviets

    T-34s from a Mass Production Factory, Katiuska rockets, Detonators and Amphibious Elite.

    • T-34
      T-34
    • Katiuska
      Katiuska
    • Yakovlev
      Yakovlev
    16 unit types

Full roster on the wiki

03 / STANDING ORDERS

Six things that shape a match

  1. Day and night

    Every match runs through a full day: dawn, dusk, a moonlit night and shadows that turn with the sun.

  2. Formations

    Send a mixed group to one point and it lines up: tanks in front, infantry behind, support at the back.

  3. Terrain and cover

    Roads, mud, snow, forest and bushes change how fast units move. Infantry in cover is harder to hit.

A headquarters glowing on a snowy field at night, snow falling through deep blue shadow.
FIG. 3Frost Line, 00:30

  1. Experience

    Rifles and machine guns can miss. About 77% of shots hit with no star, up to 97% with three.

  2. Online

    Quick Match finds an opponent. Private rooms take a room code. Six mode packs set the rules in one tap.

  3. Plays offline

    Training and skirmish run with no connection. Nothing from single player leaves your phone.

The long version

04 / CONTACT SHEET

From the field

Real frames from the game, no paint-over.

All photographs
  • Infantry walking in single file behind four camouflaged tanks across open desert.
  • Tanks, half-tracks and riflemen spread across a snowfield while a rocket trail arcs over them.
  • German armour and a heavy railway gun at the edge of a pine forest, smoke rising from a hit among the trees.
  • A shell trailing smoke lands on a grassy island where tanks and landing craft wait near the beach.
  • A multiplayer room screen: map Dune Crossing, mode pack Classic, one player ready and one open slot.
  • Base buildings spread over dry ground beside a small lake, one of them selected with a green ring.
  • The main menu, laid out like a briefing map with brass pins, a red stamp and four nation cards.
  • The same headquarters at midday, the snowfield bright under a high sun.

05 / LATEST DISPATCH

What changed

1.4.0-m17

FROM IRON COMPASS STUDIOS / 10 OCT 2026
  • Day and night: every match now runs through a full day, with dawn, dusk, a moonlit night and shadows that move with the sun. You can turn it off in Options > Game > Day / night cycle.
  • Formations: a mixed group sent to one point lines up with tanks in front, infantry behind them and support units at the back, and marches together at the pace of its slowest unit.
  • Clearer team colours: a coloured apron around every player building, stronger colours on flags and signs, and a coloured disc under every land unit.
  • Terrain matters: roads, mud, snow, forest and bushes change how fast units move. Infantry in a forest or in bushes is harder to hit, and a little easier to hit on open ground. The selection panel shows the ground under the unit.
  • Rifles and machine guns can now miss, and experience counts: about 77% of shots hit with no star, up to 97% with three stars.

+3 items / All dispatches

06 / LIAISON

Find the others

Match-ups, bug reports and questions go to Discord. Unit stats and guides live on the wiki.