The Road to Dunkirk
The BEF campaign has fought its way back to the Channel.
Cassel and the Canal Line are playable now. The Dunkirk finale is in production.
- Playable now
- Five campaign chapters: the Phoney War, the Dyle Line, the Escaut, Cassel, and the Canal Line.
- In production
- The Dunkirk chapter close: the evacuation battle and the chapter finale. It lands in the browser preview first, targeted for September 2026.
- Where to play
- Free browser preview at play.fieldofcommand.com.
- The road ahead
- Free preview now. Steam demo next. Early Access after that, opening with the Desert War.
Holding the perimeter
The retreat has reached its hardest days, and the two newest campaign operations put you in them. Both shipped with their own battlefields, diaries, and voiced characters, and both are live in the free preview today.
- Cassel. A hilltop rearguard, off the line with a handful of men. Hold the town that buys the army time.
- The Canal Line. The outer Dunkirk perimeter on the Bergues canal. Water in front, the sea at your back.
The road here runs through the whole career so far: training at Budbrooke Camp, the Phoney War, the rush to the Dyle, and the fighting withdrawal through the Escaut.
What ships next
The chapter closes at Dunkirk: hold the shrinking perimeter and get the army away. That battle, the ships that lift it, and the chapter finale are in production now. The close lands in the browser preview first, targeted for September 2026, and the Steam demo follows it.
Arras and Calais are also on the bench as standalone battles. They ship when they are ready, and this page will say so when they do.
Field reports
Latest shipped update
Version 0.2.4, 10 August 2026. The full record lives in the game changelog on the welcome dispatch.
- Added three campaign operations: the Escaut, Cassel, and the Canal Line, with new battlefields, diaries, and voiced characters.
- Your campaign follows your account across devices, including which briefings and films you have already seen.
- Playing signed out now keeps a proper local save, and you can bring it with you when you sign in.
Known issues
No standing issues are tracked against the live preview right now. In-game, press Ctrl+Shift+B or use the bug report button to file anything you hit.
Questions and answers
- Is the preview free?
- Yes. The browser preview is free. The full game will be a paid release on Steam, and the Steam page opens with a free demo before it.
- What do I need to play?
- A desktop browser. No download, no install. A recent Chromium browser such as Chrome or Edge gives the best results.
- Does my progress carry over?
- Yes. Sign in and your campaign career follows your account across devices. Signed-out play keeps a local save you can bring with you when you sign in.
- When can I fight the Dunkirk battle?
- When the chapter close ships. It arrives in the browser preview first, targeted for September 2026. Discord hears first.
- When is the Steam demo? When is Early Access?
- The order is fixed: free preview now, Steam demo next, Early Access after that. Early Access opens with the Desert War. The public roadmap carries the schedule.
- Where do I report a bug?
- In the game, press Ctrl+Shift+B or click the bug report badge. Or post in Discord and a human will read it.
Take the field
The retreat is playable today, from the training camp to the canal. Pick up a platoon and walk the road yourself.