# Narrow Front: WW2 Strategy for Android and iPhone > Narrow Front is a portrait WW2 strategy game for Android and iPhone by Matterward Labs. Deploy infantry and armour, take farmhouses. Free on both stores. Source: https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/ Updated: 2026-10-09 WWII strategy. In your hands. ![Narrow Front](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/brand/field-wordmark-720.webp) ## Small battlefield. Big decisions. Bring up the infantry. Call in the armour. Take the next farmhouse. Every metre matters in this portrait WWII strategy game. - [![Get it on Google Play](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/badges/google-play.png)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.matterwardlabs.narrowfront) - [![Download on the App Store](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/badges/app-store.svg)](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6816550152) [Watch gameplay](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/#in-action) [![](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/brand/reddit-icon.png) Join us on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/NarrowFront/) ## Bring a friend. Campaign. Skirmish. Two-player battles offline. 1:58 4K / 60 Two phones. One battlefield. 0:00 1:58 Trailer quality1080p604K60 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. - Portrait command - Offline battles - 3, 5 or 8 minutes - Campaign & skirmish ## What is Narrow Front? Narrow Front is a real-time WWII strategy game for phones, played in portrait, from Matterward Labs. You deploy infantry squads, tanks and support tactics as cards, capture farmhouses and push the front line toward the enemy headquarters. The game has 10 campaign missions (Colleville, 7 June 1944 to Remagen, 7 March 1945), 11 skirmish maps and 45 units and tactics, including 8 infantry squads, 24 tanks and 4 aircraft. Every battle runs offline. It is free on Google Play for Android 8.0 and later, and on the App Store for iPhone and iPad with iOS 15.0 and later. ## A front worth fighting for. From Normandy lanes to snowbound streets and the Rhine. See the battles in action. [Open the gallery](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/media) ### Watch the line move. Recruit a section. Bring the armour up. Make the next house yours. Eleven battlefields, from Normandy to the Rhine. Follow the armour into the fight in our new portrait gameplay film. 11 maps · Close combat · 4K60 master [Download Narrow Front gameplay: all eleven battlefields](https://matterwardlabs-narrowfront.web.app/media/video/narrow-front-atlas-1080p60.mp4?v=battle-20260928) ![Infantry and a Sherman fight along the farm road in Normandy, with the current battle HUD.](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/media/gen/home.media.1-720.webp?v=e9b263ddfdc4) ### The orchard road Infantry and armour in Normandy. ![Armour and infantry advance along the snowy, rubble-strewn street in Assenois.](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/media/gen/home.media.2-720.webp?v=72c11a54a495) ### A way through winter The broken streets of Assenois. ![Allied armour approaches the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, with infantry holding the approach.](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/media/gen/home.media.3-720.webp?v=a30aeb370a90) ### The far bank Fight for a foothold at Remagen. Captured from pre-release builds of the game. ## 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 command](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/game) ### Build your push Spend your supply on the troops you need now. Save enough for the threat you can see coming. ### Make 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 in the current development build, with a different battlefield and attached unit for every dispatch. 1. ### The First Road Colleville, 7 June 1944 2. ### The East Edge Carentan, 12 June 1944 3. ### Beyond the Hedgerow Hill 192, 11 July 1944 [Explore the campaign](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/campaign) ![A Sherman approaches a sunken lane between the dense hedgerows of Hill 192.](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/media/gen/campaign.mission.03-768.webp?v=2ab2347f182d) Summer in the bocage ![Soldiers keep watch behind sandbags among the snow-covered Ardennes farmhouses.](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/media/gen/campaign.mission.08-768.webp?v=5b5e6d65bc42) Winter in the Ardennes The voices that stay with you. [![](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/media/gen/character.ellis-480.webp?v=b84ce14435c5) Cpl. Ellis](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/campaign#cast-title)[![](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/media/gen/character.marin-480.webp?v=c927802e0cf7) Pvt. Marin](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/campaign#cast-title)[![](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/media/gen/character.pell-480.webp?v=16903b189c07) Sgt. Pell](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/campaign#cast-title)[![](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/media/gen/character.vogt-480.webp?v=0f4e9c63865c) Feldwebel Vogt](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/campaign#cast-title)[![](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/media/gen/character.brenner-480.webp?v=5af3201badc7) Uffz. Brenner](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/campaign#cast-title) ## 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](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/units) ![M26 Pershing, long gun forward and heavy tracks planted in the dust.](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/media/gen/armour.pershing-1200.webp?v=9dbb88b88ad1) ## No unit wins alone. Eight infantry units. Five support tactics. A job for every card in your hand. [Browse the roster](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/units) [![](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/media/gen/unit.infantry.rifle-480.webp?v=58d329befdb5) Line infantry ### Rifle Section](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/units/rifle-section)[![](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/media/gen/unit.infantry.machinegun-480.webp?v=415a136eba1e) Fire support ### Machine Gun Team](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/units/machine-gun-team)[![](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/media/gen/unit.infantry.antitank-480.webp?v=922fd9ef1efe) Anti-armour ### Anti-Tank Team](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/units/anti-tank-team)[![](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/media/gen/unit.power.artillery-480.webp?v=4de691008937) Tactic · bombardment ### Artillery Barrage](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/units/artillery-barrage) ## 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 skirmish](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/skirmish) **3min** Blitz **5min** Standard **8min** Long haul Recruit to Ace 5 difficulty ranks · your pace ## Your 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. - ![](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/media/gen/achievement.enlisted-256.webp?v=84659bcd2e89) #### Reporting for Duty Enlist a commander. - ![](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/media/gen/achievement.first_mission-256.webp?v=77d739e54ae3) #### First Orders Complete a campaign mission. - ![](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/media/gen/achievement.three_stars-256.webp?v=575849f15257) #### Distinguished Service Earn three stars on a campaign mission. ## Before you take command. [All questions](https://narrowfront.matterwardlabs.com/faq) ### When does Narrow Front come out? Narrow Front is out now on Android, iPhone and iPad. Version 1.0 was released on Google Play on September 29, 2026, in 177 countries and regions, and on the App Store on October 8, 2026, in 174 countries and regions. ### Can I play offline? Campaign and skirmish battles run offline against the computer. An account is optional. Cloud sync, native sign-in and optional rewarded ads require a connection. ### How long is a battle? A Narrow Front skirmish lasts three, five or eight minutes (Blitz, Standard or Long haul); you choose the length before the battle starts.