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Publisher:
Ritual Interactive
Based in Warsaw, Poland
Developer:
Red Mountain Games
Based in Kyiv, Ukraine
Team Size:
5 Developers
Themes and Genres:
Indie, Action, Simulation, Tactical,
First-Person Shooter, Single Player,
Cooperative, Police, Crime
Platform:
Steam PC (Windows)
Release Date:
Early Access – 31 July 2025
Price:
$19.99
Publisher:
Ritual Interactive
Based in Warsaw, Poland
Developer:
Red Mountain Games
Based in Kyiv, Ukraine
Team Size:
5 Developers
Themes and Genres:
Indie, Action, Simulation, Tactical,
First-Person Shooter, Single Player,
Cooperative, Police, Crime
Platform and Price:
Steam PC (Windows)
$19.99
Release Date:
Early Access – 31 July 2025
PITCH
Plan. Command. Breach. Secure. In the first-preson tactical squad shooter SWAT Commander, you join an elite Special Weapons and Tactics Unit and embark on a number of high-risk interventions to protect innocent civilians and bring criminals to justice.
Issue orders to your SWAT squad as its leader or play with your friends, and together, enter and secure all sorts of locations where there are hostages to rescue, perps to book, terrorist attacks to thwart, and evidence of wrongdoing to bag.
Configure equipment loadouts, study briefings, select different game modes. And once you're ready to deploy – complete your objectives successfully. Follow your operatives into various special forces operations that will test your tactical abilities.
FEATURES
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Single player mode where you take charge of a computer-controlled squad as its leader
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Locally hosted co-op with a team of up to 5 players
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Dynamic gameplay that offers various degrees of challenge and engages your responsiveness and tactical thinking
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A system of complex orders that will enable you to carry out diverse combinations of moves with your squad, utilizing many combinations of equipment and maneuvers – breaches, clears, engagements, securing, and more
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6 missions on Early Access launch with more to come during development
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Each mission comes in three game modes that alter its objectives, threats, environment, among other factors
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Over 40 pieces of SWAT equipment – armor, utilities, and weapons with customizable attachments and ammo type options
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Fully voiced characters – SWAT officers, suspects, and civilians
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A specially designed behavioral system to allow the AI a variety of responses to the dynamics of a mission's progression
DESCRIPTION
TAKE CHARGE OF your squad
Take on the commanding role for an advanced special weapons and tactics team. SWAT Commander places great focus on realism, drawing not only from the rich history of tactical games, but also real-life situations that saw need for this kind of units to intervene.
Your squad members follow your lead, but also actively respond to various situations themselves to effectively combat hostiles and follow police protocol. Make sure you issue the correct orders but also remember that you'll be right there in the middle of the action, performing many tasks yourself!
deploy on missions
As a highly-trained operative and member of a key tactical unit, you and your people will be sent on a number of highly dangerous missions.
Become the witness of hostage situations, robberies, gang wars, and many other criminal activities. Complete missions with computer-controlled operatives or with your friends in co-op mode of up to 5 players in total!
Prepare your equipment
Equip your team members with the right gear for the role that you intend for them, whether it's offense, support, or defense.
Weapons:
| Apparel:
| Utilities:
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exercise caution
Properly equipping your SWAT squad is only the first step. Every situation you and your team end up in requires careful assessment if you want to bring everyone back to HQ in one piece.
Pay attention to the briefing and study whatever intel you get before you set out to complete the operation.
SWAT Commander's missions take place in a number of different settings, from offices to industrial compounds to even a sprawling old mansion. It is up to you to know the paths for your team to take, the available cover and the potential hazards in the form of armed hostiles and innocent bystanders. Always be aware of your surroundings or suffer the consequences.
complete your objectives
Always know what you're doing but, more importantly, know why you're doing it. The game features missions with a number of different objectives:
- eliminating bloodthirsty terrorists
- capturing ruthless criminals
- rescuing vulnerable hostages
- recovering valuable intel
- securing crucial evidence
- clearing key locations of hostiles
Use your tactical skills to the best of your abilities. Don't leave anything up to chance by using a special system of order queuing to ensure a smooth sequence of actions among your units.
exercise caution
Properly equipping your SWAT squad is only the first step. Every situation you and your team end up in requires careful assessment if you want to bring everyone back to HQ in one piece.
Pay attention to the briefing and study whatever intel you get before you set out to complete the operation.
SWAT Commander's missions take place in a number of different settings, from offices to industrial compounds to even a sprawling old mansion. It is up to you to know the paths for your team to take, the available cover and the potential hazards in the form of armed hostiles and innocent bystanders. Always be aware of your surroundings or suffer the consequences.
complete your objectives
Always know what you're doing but, more importantly, know why you're doing it. The game features missions with a number of different objectives:
- eliminating bloodthirsty terrorists
- capturing ruthless criminals
- rescuing vulnerable hostages
- recovering valuable intel
- securing crucial evidence
- clearing key locations of hostiles
Use your tactical skills to the best of your abilities. Don't leave anything up to chance by using a special system of order queuing to ensure a smooth sequence of actions among your units.
DESCRIPTION
TAKE CHARGE OF your squad
Take on the commanding role for an advanced special weapons and tactics team. SWAT Commander places great focus on realism, drawing not only from the rich history of tactical games, but also real-life situations that saw need for this kind of units to intervene.
Your squad members follow your lead, but also actively respond to various situations themselves to effectively combat hostiles and follow police protocol. Make sure you issue the correct orders but also remember that you'll be right there in the middle of the action, performing many tasks yourself!
deploy on missions
As a highly-trained operative and member of a key tactical unit, you and your people will be sent on a number of highly dangerous missions.
Become the witness of hostage situations, robberies, gang wars, and many other criminal activities. Complete missions with computer-controlled operatives or with your friends in co-op mode of up to 5 players in total!
Prepare your equipment
Equip your team members with the right gear for the role that you intend for them, whether it's offense, support, or defense.
Weapons:
- semi-automatic handguns
- submachine guns
- automatic rifles
- shotguns
- an array of non-lethal measures
Apparel:
- light armor (kevlar, ceramic)
- heavy armor (kevlar, ceramic)
- ballistic shield
- various headgear for protection from different hazards
Utilities:
- grenades
- C2 explosives
- first aid injector
- lockpick gun
- battering ram
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HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
Minimum
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10, Windows 11
Processor: Intel Core i3-12100F or AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050M 4GB or GTX 1650 4GB / AMD Radeon RX 580 4GB
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 10 GB available space
Additional Notes: 1080p / 30 FPS – Upscaler disabled
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10, Windows 11
Processor: Intel Core i5-12400F or AMD Ryzen 5 5600
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 / AMD Radeon RX 6600XT 8GB
DirectX: Version 12
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 10 GB available space
Additional Notes: 1080p / 60 FPS – Upscaler disabled
PROJECT HISTORY
The SWAT Commander project began in 2020 as a joint effort between the studios Ritual Interactive from Poland and Red Mountain Games from Ukraine.
As an indie game, it's being developed by a modest team of 5 permanent members. However, our team is hard-working and has accomplished much in the course of improving the game by constantly enhancing its quality and introducing more and more immersive features to create the special police forces simulator we've always wanted to see.
We've pictured SWAT Commander as a spiritual successor to the widely acclaimed SWAT series, which have been our sole source of inspiration. As huge fans of SWAT 4, in particular, we wanted to witness a similar game become reality, a fruit of our own gamedev efforts.
A interesting fact about SWAT Commander is that we first presented it under the title "Tactical Squad: SWAT Stories" but we eventually changed it when we noticed it wasn't as memorable to players as a title of a video game could be!
