Welcome Back, Commander is a simulator developed by 16 BIT NIGHTS, released 5 February 2025 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Welcome Back, Commander is
Welcome Back, Commander is a simulator game developed by 16 BIT NIGHTS and released in 2025. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A mysterious deadly plague has infected the city of Sun Stone, and all communications with the city administration have been cut off. You are the appointed commander who must assemble a strike team and deploy them within the epicenter to find answers before the plague spreads beyond the city limits. You will get to make strategic decisions that will impact the status, supplies, and sanity of your squad, and tactical decisions that will impact the survival chances of your strike team during combat engagement with the creatures. The lives of your men are in your hands and the story will be shaped according to your choices.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Welcome Back, Commander launched on 5 February 2025, within three weeks of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Avowed, Sid Meier's Civilization VII and Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.
Released around the same time: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Avowed, Sid Meier's Civilization VII, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.
Official trailer
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