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STEEL PHANTOMS

A modern military RTS. Command one of three armies - real tanks, drones, rocket artillery, and mobile AA. Cloak past defenses, hose drones with flak, rain ballistic strikes, and crush the enemy base. Battle friends online or skirmish vs AI. Tactics over twitch.

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Coffee & Crashes
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Critical Failure Studios
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About the Game

STEEL PHANTOMS

A modern military real-time strategy game. Three factions fielding real-world machines - tanks, drones, rocket artillery, anti-air. Every match is decided by tactics, not reflexes.

Campaign: 21 Missions

A full campaign across all three armies - 7 missions each. Storm cities, hold the line, hunt enemy commanders, and unleash devastating superweapons. Every faction fights its own way.

Three Military Powers

  • Alliance - Western combined arms. Titan main battle tank, Interceptor AA drones, HIMARS-style rockets.

  • Federation - Heavy armor & saturation fire. Mammoth tank, Pantsir-style mobile AA, ballistic missile trucks.

  • Dynasty - Drone swarms & asymmetric warfare. Type-99-style tanks, loitering munitions, stealth bombers.

A Full Arsenal

  • Dozens of units per faction - tanks, scouts, harvesters, fire-support, mobile AA, rocket and ballistic artillery

  • Drones for every role - recon, attack UCAVs, kamikaze loitering munitions, stealth bombers, AA interceptors

  • Bases that matter - refineries, oil derricks, war factories, drone hangars, tech labs, superweapons

Multiplayer

  • Battle friends online - invite straight through Steam

  • 1v1 and team matches

  • Skirmish vs AI across multiple difficulties

Modern Warfare Systems

  • Attack drones and loitering munitions that dive onto their targets

  • Mobile anti-air that tracks and hoses down aircraft

  • Rocket artillery and ballistic trucks raining arcing strikes anywhere you designate

  • Stealth - cloaked units stay hidden until they fire

Built for PC

Runs from integrated Intel graphics to RTX 4070+. Native Mac support. No microtransactions, no live-service grind.

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