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web + ios + android · arcade
What it does
Iron Swarm is a fast 2D top-down tank arcade game. It drops you into tight, readable battlefields where smart movement matters more than twitch reflexes: your barrel aims in the direction you drive, so movement and aim are one motion. Roll out across handcrafted mission chapters, hold off escalating enemy armor, and fight an escalating boss tank every fourth round.
There are three ways to play. Campaign is a run of handcrafted missions grouped into chapters, each scored with a star rating so there is always a cleaner run to chase. Survival is an endless mode where difficulty scales indefinitely and the only goal is to last one more wave. The Daily Challenge is a fresh, daily-rotating objective that gives you a reason to come back.
Every run rewards thinking a half-second ahead: use cover and positioning to break enemy line of sight, line up shots instead of spraying, and manage your missile and drone cooldowns. Boss encounters arrive every fourth round and scale up across the campaign — the Standard boss, the Glacier Warden, the Bastion, and the Iron Commander each run multi-phase attack patterns, so learn to read their telegraphs before you commit.
Iron Swarm is fair by design: no pay-to-win and no loot boxes. On the web, any ads are optional and player-initiated — you can choose to watch a rewarded ad to revive or double a reward, and they are never forced or overlaid on your controls. On mobile, a one-time Commander Pro unlock removes ads entirely. The web build is free to play instantly; the game is also available on iOS and Android.
