The game uses a top-down perspective. Each mission places a squad on a compact battlefield with objectives such as eliminating enemies, destroying installations, reaching an extraction point, or rescuing personnel.

The player moves soldiers across the terrain, aims their weapons, attacks hostile units, and uses vehicles or explosive objects when available. Survivors continue into later missions, while casualties permanently reduce the available force. Missions are organized into themed campaigns with increasing enemy pressure and more complicated terrain.

Keep squads moving, but avoid sending every soldier into the open at once. Use terrain, buildings, and the edge of the screen to reduce exposure, then concentrate fire on the most dangerous targets first.

Preserve experienced survivors whenever possible. Check the route before advancing, use explosives and vehicles carefully, and do not treat expendable manpower as a substitute for positioning. Retreating briefly is often safer than trying to finish an objective immediately.