Military strategy · Free in your browser
Real wars. Real maps. Your command.
Run the whole of the Second World War from the spring of 1942, or a coalition trying to hold Afghanistan together. Every game here runs in a browser tab, costs nothing to play and needs no install.
The operations
Each game has its own site, its own rules and its own privacy policy. All of them are free to play.
World War II · Spring 1942
Global war on all fronts.
Real-time grand strategy for six players on a world map. Germany, Italy and Japan against the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States, all on one clock with no turns to wait for. When a major battle starts, you can let the dice decide or take command of it on a real-time 3D battlefield.
Afghanistan · 2001 onward
Winning the war was the easy part.
A real-time counterinsurgency strategy game across the whole of Afghanistan, on real terrain. Hunt targets, secure the roads, build bases and raise local forces, then win the trust of the people. Win the peace with free elections and a stable year, or bring every district under control.
Strait of Hormuz · 2026
Keep the oil moving. Keep the price down.
A real-time naval and economic strategy game in the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf of Oman and the Red Sea. Escort tankers, sweep mines and ration scarce interceptors while the price of a barrel keeps score. Factions, nations and ships are fictional; the geography and the oil market are real.
Earth Ablaze will add more operations.
About
Earth Ablaze is the label for a set of browser games about modern and historical military operations. Each game stands on its own, with its own site, but they're all built to the same three rules.
No download, no install, no launcher. Open the link and you're playing, on desktop, tablet or phone. Operation Overlord's practice games run entirely in your browser once the page has loaded.
Maps come from open geographic data. Overlord's 221 land territories and 151 sea zones are built from Natural Earth. Operation Freedom covers all 398 districts of Afghanistan on real terrain, where mountains slow your trucks and the Salang closes with snow. Operation Epic Fury's shipping lanes are checked against real coastlines.
Nobody waits for a turn. Overlord puts six players on one shared clock, and Freedom's convoys, raids and missions play out while you watch. Both let you take command of a real-time tactical battle when it matters, in the spirit of Command & Conquer: Red Alert.
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