Strategy is heavily based on those of its predecessors with a focus on the unique characteristics and skills of limited units instead of resource gathering and base building. Post-release DLCs features additional campaigns set in other theatres such as North African campaign, Winter War, Battle of Dunkirk and Pacific War. The Invasion of Poland is used as a tutorial for the game and also acts as a prelude to the German campaign. For example, in the German campaign the player commands the Wehrmacht in the Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa, the Battle of Stalingrad, the Battle of Kursk and the Battle of the Bulge. Each of the missions in the different campaigns are based on real life World War II battles/invasions. The single-player mode features 3 campaigns ( German, Allied or Soviet) with over 20 missions and modding support is planned. Originally, it was scheduled to be released for PC and PlayStation 4 on Jbut was delayed until Augand Augfor PC and PlayStation 4, respectively.
It is the first game developed by Kite Games, a collaboration of industry veteran game developers. It is the fifth game in the Sudden Strike series and the fourth standalone release. Sudden Strike 4 is a real-time tactics video game set in World War II.
