Partisans 1941 (2020)

Developer: Alter Games
Publisher: Daedalic Entertainment
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Indie, Strategy
Rating: 4.1 of 5, 8,705 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 17 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

The game feels like a tense, methodical struggle for survival where you carefully plan ambushes and manage scarce resources against a formidable enemy.

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What players say

Players see a real-time tactics game with light base management that lets you kill Nazis a few ways, but nearly all reviews cite persistent bugs that break missions, and the developer stopped patching in 2021. Stealth is forced yet unreliable, and those coming from Shadow Tactics or Desperados 3 will feel the gap in polish.

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