Build your push
Spend your supply on the troops you need now. Save enough for the threat you can see coming.
WWII strategy for Android, iPhone and iPad.
Build your camp.
Hold back the dead.
Command infantry and tanks across the Western Front. Grow an army camp, reclaim ground from the dead, and hold the line until dawn.
- Portrait command
- Offline battles
- Zombie survival
- Build your army camp
What is Narrow Front?
Narrow Front is a portrait WWII strategy game from Matterward Labs. Command infantry and tanks, build an army camp, reclaim land from the dead and survive until dawn. Free on Android, iPhone and iPad. Follow 10 story missions from Colleville, 7 June 1944 to Remagen, 7 March 1945, fight on 11 skirmish maps, or take on the dead. Campaign, Skirmish, Dead of Night and The Front work offline. The World and seasons need an internet connection.
The camp and the dead are here in version 1.6.2. See what's new
A camp worth defending.
Start with a command post. Build a home for your army. Beyond the wire, the dead hold the land.
Build your camp
Build your force
Train troops, collect resources and put builders to work. Ten Command Post levels open new buildings and defenses.
Clear the ground
Lead your own troops into short assaults. Destroy the nests, reclaim a plot and make room for your next building.
Prepare for the night
Read the raid forecast, man the defenses and hold the camp when the dead return.
Hold until dawn.
Walkers fill the road. Runners close the gap. Four bosses bring their own threats.
In Dead of Night, choose boons between waves, burn a path with the Churchill Crocodile, fight for supplies and bring survivors home. Keep your headquarters standing until dawn.
Play offline. Blood can be turned off in Settings.
Enter Dead of Night
Choose your next front.
A story to follow, a war to win, or a friend across the table.
- Offline
Campaign
Follow ten story missions from the Normandy hedgerows to the Rhine. Real places, fictional soldiers and a different objective in every dispatch.
- Offline
Skirmish
Choose one of eleven maps, set a three-, five- or eight-minute clock, and face a computer commander from Recruit to Ace.
- Offline
The Front
Fight a war across a campaign map. Take sectors, launch operations and answer counterattacks and outbreaks.
- Internet required
The World
Take a place on a shared map with room for up to 100 commanders. March to targets, fight for them and bring the loot home.
- Internet required
Seasons
A new season every two weeks, with daily orders, divisions and leagues. Check the current rules and rewards in the game.
- Local Wi-Fi
Play a Friend
Two players, two devices, the same Wi-Fi network. Open a room and fight one, three or five rounds without an internet connection.
A front worth
fighting for.
From Normandy lanes to snowbound streets and the Rhine. See the battles in action.
Watch the line move.
Recruit a section. Bring the armour up. Make the next house yours.
Our September 2026 gameplay film follows battles across eleven maps, from Normandy to the Rhine.
11 maps · Close combat · 4K60 master
The orchard road
Infantry and armour in Normandy.
A way through winter
The broken streets of Assenois.
The far bank
Fight for a foothold at Remagen.
Captured from pre-release builds of the game.
Bring a friend.
Campaign. Skirmish. Two-player battles offline.
1:58 4K / 60
Two phones. One battlefield.
0:001:58
A free WWII strategy game. Play the campaign, set up a skirmish, or battle a friend over the same Wi-Fi or hotspot. Dialogue is captioned in the film.
Read transcript
Tank on the road. Get those men into cover. Call in the airstrike!
This is Narrow Front. A free World War Two strategy game for your phone.
Normandy, nineteen forty-four. Baker Section is ashore, but the road inland is blocked. Take command in a story campaign that follows the fighting to the Rhine.
Recruit infantry and capture houses. Bring up your armour. Decide when to push, and when to hold.
Build your company from American and British forces. Face German armour. Rifle teams, engineers, Shermans, Fireflies, Tigers. And support from the air.
Fight through farms, flooded roads and ruined towns. Cross the bridges. Hold the snow-covered roads.
Pick a map in skirmish, set the difficulty, and try a different company.
Or bring a friend. Two players, two phones. Connect to the same Wi-Fi or hotspot and battle offline. Choose your companies, ready up, and see who can hold the ground.
Rockets away! Keep them pinned. Air support is coming in!
Narrow Front. Free to play. Bring a friend.
The right unit.
The right moment.
You set the force in motion. Infantry take buildings, armour pushes the road, and support can turn a stalled advance.
Learn to commandMake the ground yours
Send infantry into a farmhouse. Hold it to move the front forward and bring the fight closer to the enemy.
Call the turning point
Use artillery, reconnaissance and field repairs to support the advance. Timing is part of your loadout.
From the hedgerows.
Into history.
A campaign across the Western Front. Real places. Fictional soldiers. Your decisions.
Follow small actions from Normandy to Remagen: roads to open, crossings to secure, and ground to hold. All 10 missions are playable on Android, iPhone and iPad, with a different battlefield and attached unit for every dispatch.
The First Road
Colleville, 7 June 1944
The East Edge
Carentan, 12 June 1944
Beyond the Hedgerow
Hill 192, 11 July 1944
The voices that stay with you.
Steel in
your corner.
24 tanks, each with its own presence.
From the quick Stuart to the weight of a Pershing. British, American, and German armour now bring their own silhouettes to the battlefield.
Meet three of the tanks attached to your campaign force.
Meet your units
No unit wins alone.
8 infantry squads, 4 aircraft and 6 support tactics, including the issued Night Flare. A job for every unit in your force.
A spare five minutes.
A whole battle.
Pick your clock. Set the challenge. Take on an AI commander across 11 maps, with no connection needed.
Plan a skirmishYour service
record travels.
Connect with Google Play Games on Android, or Game Center on iPhone and iPad. Bring your campaign, army, and achievements to another device on the same platform.
Play offline without an account. Sign in when you want to back up your progress; sync resumes when you reconnect.
Android and iOS saves stay separate.
15 achievements to earn.
First orders, field promotions, a well-earned three stars. Every milestone adds to your record—even when you earn it offline.
Reporting for Duty
Enlist a commander.
First Orders
Complete a campaign mission.
Distinguished Service
Earn three stars on a campaign mission.
Before you
take command.
All questions How much does it cost?
Narrow Front is free to download on Google Play and the App Store. Optional purchases include premium crates, resource packs, a starter pack, gems and cosmetics. Crate odds are shown before purchase. Current offers and regional prices appear in the in-game store.
Can I play offline?
Campaign, Skirmish, Dead of Night and The Front work offline against the computer. Play a Friend needs a shared local Wi-Fi network, but no internet connection. The World, seasons, sign-in, cloud sync, purchases and rewarded ads require an internet connection.
Does Narrow Front have zombies?
Yes. Dead of Night is a survival mode with undead waves, four bosses and boons between waves. The dead also occupy land around your camp, attack it in night raids and appear in outbreaks. These encounters are separate from the historical setting of the story campaign. Blood can be turned off in Settings.