
Single player tactical action real-time game with active pause to plan orders carefully. Based on real war-time experience of living Russian veterans of war in Ukraine. It's all about modern conflict small infantry groups with some armored vehicle and drone support as well as real events story
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Immerse yourself in realistic tactics and command your squad in Squad 22: ZOV, a gripping tactical strategy game. Utilizing a top-down view with an 'active pause' system, strategically plan every action. Exploit the unique personal skills and attributes of your squad members, deploy a diverse arsenal of weapons and equipment, and utilize drones and external support to dominate the battlefield.
Designed with insights from Russian veterans and active soldiers, Squad 22: ZOV delivers an authentic and intense infantry warfare experience.
Game is officially recommended by the Russian Military for use as a basic infantry tactic manual for cadet and Yunarmy training.

Test your skills in a variety of dynamic missions, from defending open areas to storming buildings and executing forest night stealth operations. Rescue hostages, capture prisoners, and leverage ally armored vehicle support, long-range snipers, and artillery strikes. Be prepared to face the same tactics from the enemy as you navigate intense combat scenarios.
Encounter and interact with civilians, making choices that impact the unfolding events and the narrative's direction. Your decisions matter!

Progress through campaigns and master an ever-expanding collection of small arms, grenades, ammunition, and special items. We continuously enhance the game with updates featuring new weapon types and mods, armored vehicles, drones, equipment, characters, and locations, ensuring a rich and evolving player experience. Enjoy a continuous stream of content additions as the game grows.
Exercise complete control over your squad with detailed combat micromanagement. Monitor view angles, ensure squad coverage, carefully manage ammo load, and effectively utilize tactical medicine. As your squad progresses, unlock even more tactical options and strategic depth. Dive into in-depth squad management.

Delve into the complexities of the 2014 and 2022-2024 events through compelling campaigns. Gain insight into the perspectives of those who lived through these periods, understanding how these events shaped their lives and opinions. Explore a narrative based on people's experience and opinions during specific historical conflicts.

The game is in Beta mode. While we consider it to be in a good state with many game mechanics and complete narrative scenario, there are still some more things we wish to add for it to become a truly modern infantry warfare! Also, we will track player experience and may tune balance.
We will keep deploying more content through 2025.
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Languages: Russian*, English, Simplified Chinese*languages with full audio support
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Themes across 42 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
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Most reviews (positive or negative) have under 1 hour of playtime. That's because hardly anyone find it interesting enough play for an extended length of time. I suspect most download it just to write a review and have a predetermined opinion before even starting the game. I got curious and decided to beat the first couple of levels to see what the fuss is about. Short version: This game is Russian propaganda first and actual video game second. Replace the game's setting (Ukraine) with something else and no one would even take note of this below mediocre release. The graphics are uninspiring, the AI is terrible most of the time, everything from sound to UI just reeks of minimum effort. It's free to play so you don't pay anything other than your time and sanity. It's still in Beta with no updates in 6 months. That says something about the developers ambitions with the game. Even shorter version: Terrible game that's only out to spread propaganda. Buy DoorKickers instead.
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Even ignoring the fact that this is a propaganda game, it's still not very good.
ukraine sucks
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Really nice gameplay, ZOV!!
ZOV
“War is where the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other.” — Niko Bellic
Really good game peak zov experience but lwk fun if u lock in
Good game, free and enjoyable to play. The only downside is that it saddens me a little because I think of all the harm that Europe, the USA, and the Bandera regime have inflicted on the Ukrainian and Russian people through terrorist acts... I can't wait for this operation to end, and if there needs to be an Odessa DLC, then so be it.
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