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Send infantry over the top, call in artillery and gas strikes to dominate the front lines.\nReal-time strategy that can be played fully offline, with a large roster of nations, changing weather and an endless campaign where no two battles are alike.\nFree to play with no ads of any kind. One purchase unlocks every nation, skill and elite units.\n\nLead your army through the chaos of 1917 Trench Warfare in this retro-style military strategy game. Command infantry, deploy brutal artillery strikes and dominate the battlefield with tactical precision. Procedurally generated battles mean every fight offers new challenges.\n\n▶ FEATURES ◀\n\n[PROCEDURAL BATTLES]\n- Procedurally generated battlefields, so no two wars are alike.\n- Face dilemmas that can change morale, rewards and your troops' stats.\n\n[SPECIALIZED UNITS]\n- Unlock, upgrade and deploy Sharpshooters, Flame Troopers, Sentries, Trench Raiders and Medics.\n- Call in artillery, and with Unlimited add Tanks, Armored Vehicles, Mortar Teams and Strafing Runs.\n- Grow your army through the in-depth Officer Tree and your platoon officers.\n\n[AUTHENTIC WW1 SETTING]\n- Detailed pixel art shows the brutality of trench warfare.\n- Fight through mud, and with Unlimited, lightning storms, blizzards and sandstorms that change your tactics.\n\n[UNIQUE FACTIONS]\n- Play Germany, France, Britain or Austria-Hungary for free. Every nation has two faction perks that change how it fights.\n\n[OFFLINE FRIENDLY]\n- Battles play without an internet connection.\n\n▶ WHAT'S FREE ◀\n- Procedurally generated battles, artillery, mud and platoon officers\n- Most of the Officer Tree\n- Germany, France, Britain and Austria-Hungary\n- Seasonal events\n- No intrusive ads\n\n▶ WHAT UNLIMITED ADDS ◀\nOne purchase, no subscription, unlocks:\n- More nations: Italy, Ottoman Empire, Russia, the USA, Canada, Bulgaria and Serbia\n- Tanks and armored vehicles\n- Specialists: Sharpshooters, Flame Troopers, Sentries, Trench Raiders and Medics\n- Grenades, Mortar Teams and Strafing Runs\n- Weather: lightning storms, blizzards and sandstorms\n- Daily, weekly and monthly missions\n\nCommand. Adapt. Survive.\nDo you have what it takes to lead your army to victory? Enlist now and head To The Trenches!\n\n▶ SOCIALS ◀\nDiscord: https://discord.gg/3TJ6sH3qQG\nBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/dadmadethings.com\nReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/tothetrenches/\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DadMadeGames\nTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dadmade\nX: https://twitter.com/DadMadeGames","facts":{"developer_id":1650986024,"developer_url":null,"first_released":"2024-04-26T07:00:00Z","support_url":null,"privacy_url":null,"website_url":null,"app_version":"1.9.11","release_notes":"Troop skins arrive to give any platoon a new uniform.\nNight Raid victories now pay Bonds, shown before you start\nRaided platoons now fight with their real stats, specialist and officer\nThe store can always be opened, and tells you why if it cannot connect\nFixed Discord sign-in, a renaming issue between Officer and Commander, the 2x Bond voucher not activating and several crashes, plus other fixes.","rating_current_version":4.69625,"rating_count_current_version":8224,"star_counts":null,"genres":["Games","Strategy","Simulation"],"languages":["EN"],"content_advisories":["Frequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy Violence"],"device_families":null,"made_for_iphone_duo":null,"chart":null},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-10-23T07:20:12.819Z","catalog_read_at":null,"reviews_checked_at":"2026-10-21T01:48:13.783Z","summary_written_at":"2026-10-20T23:10:12.847Z","placed_at":"2026-10-16T07:30:49.487Z","scored_at":"2026-10-23T07:50:13.059Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"Pixel-art real-time strategy game where you command a WW1 army in trench warfare, with infantry, artillery and gas.","what_is":"To The Trenches: WW1 Army RTS is a retro-style real-time strategy game set in 1917 trench warfare. 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