PC Wargame Burden of Command has Arrived on Steam

Apr 10, 2025

The eagerly awaited wargame Burden of Command is now available on Steam from Green Tree Games. The game is set during the Second World War and is a combination of tactical wargame and RPG/visual novel as the player takes command of an American infantry regiment. This week you can pick up the game at the discounted price of $19.99 from the normal $24.99 MSRP.

About the game:

Can you lead? Burden of Command is an emotionally authentic World War II tactical leadership RPG. You’re the Captain of a company of the fabled Cottonbalers, leading your men on and off historical battlefields from Morocco to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest. Fighting psychology as much as bullets, you must build respect, trust, and battlefield experience to bring your brothers safely home.

Realistic WWII Tactical Leadership — learn to Suppress the enemy, Flank them, and finish them. Good tactics earn you Trust, Respect, and an enemy Surrender. Bad tactics earn death for your men.
Life and Death Decisions – get a soldier killed, lose them forever (permadeath). Your choices, their consequences.
A Leadership RPG – guide your men through personal crises and combat stress. How you treat them affects their Mindsets. Mindsets change how they speak and think, and how they perform on the battlefield. Lead well, and forge a brotherhood willing to follow you to hell and back.
The Burden of Command – Lead your unit through a narrative-driven campaign of 18 turn- based, tactical battles. When will you risk their lives for the mission, or withdraw to preserve them?
Face the Same Decisions They Did –Painstakingly recreated historical battlefields and forces from period accounts, satellite imagery, period maps, and aerial reconnaissance. Military historian Professor John McManus, official chronicler of the Cottonbalers regiment we follow, playtests and advises us.

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Jeff McAleer

Founder/Editor-in-chief of The Gaming Gang website and host of The Gaming Gang Dispatch and other TGG media for fifteen years, Jeff takes on any and all sorts of games but is especially ready to tackle roleplaying games and strategy games. He's been involved with the hobby since he was just a wee grade school lad, over four decades ago.