Army Men: Toys in Space
Army Men: Toys in Space
Game
Game2017
Army Men
Developer The 3DO Company
Army Men is a 1998 real-time tactics video game developed and published by The 3DO Company for Microsoft Windows and Game Boy Color. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
193 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
76
LovedLoved
78 positive · 24 negative
95% range 67–84%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 78 | 24 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 13 | 8 | 66 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 1 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
84 of 110 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
76% recommend · 78 yes, 24 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 102 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (121 of 157 positive).
Many players praise the game for its strong nostalgic value, especially for those who played it as children. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note the game has not aged well, citing poor controls and difficulty. [4][5][6] A few players criticize the removal of multiplayer and skirmish modes, and report technical issues. [7][6][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [7]
This game doesn't even have the multiplayer aspect which also includes the PVE skirmish against AI even in singleplayer. There's no point in buying this game just for the campaign. Go to the Internet Archive and download Army Men 1 and 2 for free, and you can play with the skirmish aspect that's been gutted from this version.
- [11]
I enjoyed this game, very fun so far especially because Im a big fan of the Army Men series. It's very different how its a birds eye view shooter compared to a 3rd/1st person shooter like Sarge's Heroes (The first Army Men I played). Im glad this game is on steam and i hope 2K brings Army Men World War, Sarge's Heroes, Air Combat and Air Tactics to steam too!
- [14]
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ the music is loud as all hell, and the game straight up doesn't work in windowed mode. Forcing it into it screws up one of the functions. I recommend changing your display settings to a 4:3 resolution while maintaining aspect ratio when you play this game so it doesn't stretch to your entire screen if you have a widescreen monitor. You also may want to tinker around with the control settings as a lot of …
- [1]
Awesome game!!! brings back so many childhood memories! I highly recommend! works on 1920 x 1080 screens!
- [2]
This was one of my favorite games in childhood. But I lost the disc with my old house when relocating. Thanks to 2K! I never thought I can buy it back on Steam!
Summarised from 34 of the 189 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
76% of the 102 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Army Men. The complaint that keeps coming up: controls are outdated and awkward. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The Game Boy Color version received favorable reviews, while the PC version received mixed reviews, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Next Generation called the latter version "a solid, fun example of the genre, and anyone looking for a new strategy game with a very nice graphic twist should seriously consider this."
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 193 · most liked firstPros: -The game is the same, nothing changes. Cons: -The game is the same, no new control schemes. Playable with windows 10.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoyed this game, very fun so far especially because Im a big fan of the Army Men series. It's very different how its a birds eye view shooter compared to a 3rd/1st person shooter like Sarge's Heroes (The first Army Men I played). Im glad this game is on steam and i hope 2K brings Army Men World War, Sarge's Heroes, Air Combat and Air Tactics to steam too!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome game!!! brings back so many childhood memories! I highly recommend! works on 1920 x 1080 screens!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Take-Two and 2K games have updated all their games Terms of Service, turning this game as well as all of their other games into literal spyware. Important Info in Terms of Service: • Mods are a bannable offense • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Now I'm thinking up Cursed Retrogame Collections: * The Video Game Adventures of Superman * LJN Rainbow Collection * Croc Ages * Army Men: The Complete Series * Castlevania 3Ds
neutral · AI labelView post →Another lost game recovered! Today we're releasing early builds of the cancelled and previously unknown Army Men: Sarge’s Heroes conversion for the #GameBoyAdvance. Developed by DC Studios in 2000, scrapped before release. Full story: www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/06/army...
neutral · AI labelView post →This was one of my favorite games in childhood. But I lost the disc with my old house when relocating. Thanks to 2K! I never thought I can buy it back on Steam!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game doesn't even have the multiplayer aspect which also includes the PVE skirmish against AI even in singleplayer. There's no point in buying this game just for the campaign. Go to the Internet Archive and download Army Men 1 and 2 for free, and you can play with the skirmish aspect that's been gutted from this version.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I get asked what N64 game I'm looking forward to. It is always one I've not seen since I was a kid. First was Space Station Silicon Valley, then Army Men Sarge's Heroes. Those got played quickly, so I started saying Cruisn USA. It has three marbles in the race and STILL has not been picked somehow
neutral · AI labelView post →On this episode of The 3DO Experience we are joined by @quest64official.bsky.social to talk about another Army Men game, this time covering Air Attack what is in many ways one of the finest games in the series to many! #superpodnetwork superpodnetwork.com/podcast/the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Sweet little classic shooter that is over due for a remake. I loved these games as a kid!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At one point in my childhood these this series was the only video games I owned I still have the collection on disk to this day and this hit my nostalgia like a freight train. Army Men (1998) is a classic top down shooter by The 3DO Company where you play as Sarge a plastic soldier who dies… a lot. Tanks, mines, flamethrowers, your own explosives you name it. “Sarge is dead” becomes a regular occurrence. There’s actually some cool lore here with Green, Tan, Blue, and Gray factions, plus a WW2…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 3 was in development for the PlayStation 2 but never saw release. Only a small glimpse of the game has surfaced so far. Could more of the game still survive and can it one day be preserved? www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/07/army...
neutral · AI labelView post →Sarge's War is an underated and remarkably self aware game that offers meta commentary on the unsustainable nature of the games industry. Then all those people got laid off and Major Malfunction came out with none of the original team and it sucked really bad. Anyway, I bought more Army Men games.
neutral · AI labelView post →If you played this as a kid, its great. Brought back so many good memories of playing this in my basement back when you couldn't use the phone and play online at the same time. My mom didn't like it very much
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is an absolutely fantastic breakdown of the Army Men games that John's been working on for months. The franchise provides a surprisingly strong perspective for what happens when you put an N64 game on PS and vice-versa. Plus some really great level design that's often overlooked.
neutral · AI labelView post →The ambition for this game is crazy. They wanted to make Rogue Squadron for GBA. Though at times you get hints of Rebel Assault and even the speeder-bike level from Shadows of the Empire. They also made a solid GBA Army Men game and the underrated GBC Alone in the Dark New Nightmare port.
neutral · AI labelView post →This is what an Army Men game feels like: 🌀Still Thinking🌀 twitch.tv/DoctorButler 🌀
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh hey, I'm on this episode of Video Game History Hour as a guest host. If you woke up this morning hoping to hear me talk about Army Men Sarge's Heroes MORE then I have fantastic news. gamehistory.org/episode-127-...
neutral · AI labelView post →🌄 Morning folks! Do you remember the 'Army Men' video game series? This is a Playstation exclusive titled 'Army Men 3D' published by 3do & It might just be better than you think #GamersUnite #RetroGaming #Ps1
positive · AI labelView post →New Game Boy Color Endings www.vgmuseum.com/end/gbc Army Men Bomberman Max: Blue Champion (all the endings) F-1 World Grand Prix Sylvanian Families: Otogi no Kuni no Pendant Wizardry Empire Thanks to MrRichard999.
neutral · AI labelView post →PS1 Army Men 3D The little plastic army men you played with as a child are now living beings bent on destruction, you get to play an integral role in the conflict as Sarge in an action shooter game by 3DO More info: psxdatacenter.com/games/U/A/SL... #ps1 #psx #retrogame #playstation #ArmyMen #3DO
neutral · AI labelView post →I’ve posted it before, but I’d say pretty much nobody knows that for a several year period I was the voice of the 3DO game company. When booting up any 3DO property, (Heroes, Army Men, High Heat Baseball, BattleTanx, etc) a generation of gamers would hear my voice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk9i...
neutral · AI labelView post →Who remembers Army Men: Sarge’s War? I was obsessed with this game and have only now put two and two together! Got such a craving to play it now but my PS2 is long gone 🥲 #sizesky #macrophilia
positive · AI labelView post →A great game of military strategy but in this game you control a toy army which i think is very nice and fun as it is different from others military strategy game !! if want try something new in military category this game is worth in my opinion ..have fun and enjoy !!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Games that are 20+ yr old and straight clones of the original should not be on Steam for $8.00. There are no launch options; or anything - honestly, this should be like $0.50c. The experience of fky controls in 2019 actually sort of ruined the nostalgia.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A favorite from way back when as a kid! Controls are the same at then: this means using the number pad for almost everything. Works on higher resolutions.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🌙 Action adventure platform gaming this evening, with an early #PlayStation 2 title called Portal Runner, developed by the 3do company, Did you know Portal Runner is a spin off of 3DO's Army Men game series? Have you heard of it this #Ps2sday? #GamersUnite #RetroGaming #Ps2
neutral · AI labelView post →thinking about the time I got close to the end (I assume??) of Army Men: Sarge's Heroes and my brother lent the game to someone and we never got it back 🙃 I'm def over it. Yup. 100% over it. IM NOT BOTHERED BY IT - STOP ASKING
neutral · AI labelView post →Tragic news, I've discovered there was an Army Men game that wasn't represented on my completion spreadsheet thus dropping me back below 60% completion for the 3DO era. Thoughts and prayers appreciated.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's been suggested that providing a single arena with brief layouts of several disasters/encounters that might happen in this one place could be something that players and Game Masters alike enjoy, and get use out of; your thoughts? #DND #ArmyMen #RPG taking10.blogspot.com/2025/01/army...
neutral · AI labelView post →....we came in? Hey, what do you say to starting this new year with some color? Here are some new Game Boy Color endings www.vgmuseum.com/end/gbc Army Men 2 Daikatana FIFA 2000 Konami GB Collection Vol. 3 Tomb Raider: Starring Lara Croft
neutral · AI labelView post →Random Game of the Day Day 339 - Army Men 2 One of those games that I don't recall how I came into possession of and haven't really played much of. But looking it up online, appears to be RTS style game. Anyone here played or are fans of this one?
neutral · AI labelView post →I love Josh's games! And I'm so excited for their next one, May I Enter. Follow Josh to learn more about his latest game, In The Wake of the Binding! Also everyone should buy Army Men and then play me in Army Men. It's a game about recreating military skirmishes with lil green army men toys!
neutral · AI labelView post →Here are the latest additions to my Gen5 game library. I don’t know why, but my interest in Army Men games has gone up recently. I suppose I should get the Gen6 ones. Oh, and the Snowboard Kids 2 find? Yeah, I was psyched to land that one.
neutral · AI labelView post →I worked support at a game company. They held auditions for voice talent. I did vendors calls & crowd heckling on High Heat baseball, & was the 1st thing folks heard when launching Heroes of Might & Magic, Army Men, Battletanx, etc. A generation of gamers knows my voice. youtu.be/Mk9iajGViDs?...
neutral · AI labelView post →I now have the worst Army Men game on both Wii and PS2. Just need the DS version and I can assemble some sort of terrible triforce.
negative · AI labelView post →Random Game of the Day Day 148 - Army Men: Turf Wars Another GBA game I don't recall how I came into ownership of it. Nor have I really played it. I believe it's a top down shooter but not much else. Has anyone played this game?
neutral · AI labelView post →Army Men: Air Combat A simple but fun helicopter game in the style of the Desert Strike series, but featuring toys. n-europe.com/features/all...
neutral · AI labelView post →♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ the music is loud as all hell, and the game straight up doesn't work in windowed mode. Forcing it into it screws up one of the functions. I recommend changing your display settings to a 4:3 resolution while maintaining aspect ratio when you play this game so it doesn't stretch to your entire screen if you have a widescreen monitor. You also may want to tinker around with the control settings as a lot of keys are mapped onto the numpad, which I find pretty awkward to use. Compatibility…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Army Men 1, 2, World War, and RTS were some of my favorite games as a kid. I remember playing them for hours on my Windows 98 computer and can still to this day remember many of the levels, voice lines, and soundtracks. I still have the original CDs for atleast 6 of the Army Men games and I cant get any of them to work without a virtual machine or an actual windows xp computer. These run great, work on windows 10, and somehow can go full screen on 1920x1080 which is worth rebuying alone.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good memories of playing this on the old windows 98
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sarge Army Men: Sarges War 3DO produced a few bangers back in the day, but i never got to play any of the Army Men games until Sarges War. I always liked 3rd person shooters and in this game you damage is seen by how many blastholes are in Sarges plastic body. #ArmyMen #fanart #videogames
positive · AI labelView post →I forgot that this Army Men game on N64 straight up just has an implied concentration camp
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm in the mood for garbage, so tonight at 9pm EDT (about an hour from now) I'll play Army Men: Soldiers of Misfortune on the PS2! This is a lazy Wii port of a game meant to cash in on the name recognition of Army Men, years after the 3DO company died. Surely it will be good?
negative · AI labelView post →-Quick Review- Army Men is a Top-Down Shooter developed by The 3DO Company and released in 1998. You play as plastic protagonist Sarge, and he’s usually dead because he got ran over by a tank, shot by a bazooka, ambushed by a squad, stepped on a mine, shot by a tank, melted by a flamethrower, ran over by the caravan he was escorting, accidental demolition incidents happen all the time too. Review Video: If you don't like reading, or are curious about watching gameplay check out my video…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's the 25th Anniversary of absolute banger, Toy Commander! This Dreamcast-exclusive vehicular combat game pits your toys against tanks, helicopters, Army Men, Teddy Bears, and more - all set to the proportionally massive backdrop of an upper-middle-class suburban household!
neutral · AI labelView post →this game have problem and crash any time this game need remaster thanks.....
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played this game to death as a kid and remember it being extremely difficult. Over 20 years later, I found this game and thought I could play this game again with few issues. Boy was I wrong, obviously these past 20+ years have caused me to look back on this game with nostalgia goggles on the entire time. The controls are terrible, the difficulty curve is ridiculous, and the balancing is practically non-existent because one second you're kicking ass and the next you're getting run over by a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wish they still made games like this. I have so many good memories of playing this game over and over on my old box of a Gateway desktop on disk. I had the entire Army Men War Chest. I loved each and every one of my hundreds of plastic army men and being able to see my scenarios acted out in game was straight up magic. This is the exact same game as it was released in 1998. No modern ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ to taint the developers original vision. Rest in peace 3DO. I can't thank you enough for making…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this a while ago because I played it as a kid. Unless you're going on a nostalgia trip I wouldn't spend the time or money on this. It hasn't aged well at all and suffers crashes pretty often. If you do buy this, then cheats are your friend in this unbalanced and unpolished game. Start a level, hit Esc, and then type Aeroballistics (case sensitive) to fill out your air-support slots. Plethora (case sensitive) will give you unlimited ammo for secondary weapons. The fact I beat this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love the game when I was on less powerful computers vista, but does not work on advanced computers had to get a refund sorry to say
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Even better then I remember 20 years ago.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Space Station Silicon Valley comes to mind, as well as Army Men: Sarge's Heroes and the Toy Story 2 game
neutral · AI labelView post →On this episode of The 3DO Experience, we are joined by @davepetro.bsky.social and @jiggylookback.bsky.social from @remember64show.bsky.social to discuss Army Men: Sarge's Heroes the first game in the Sarge side series! #superpodnetwork superpodnetwork.com/podcast/the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →I mean, its worse than I remember, did not age well but brought back memories.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My child hood right here
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →now that the LAME awards are over, real gamers can have their turn Game of the forever: Army Men: Sarge's Heroes Most incoherent game design: Ride to Hell: Retribution "Best" Soundtrack: Hydlide (NES) Best fart direction: Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus Most anticipated: Bubsy Collection
neutral · AI labelView post →Army Men: Sarge's Heroes D (the game) Zombies Ate My Neighbors Undertale Killer7 Earthworm Jim Nekketsu Street Basket
neutral · AI labelView post →Almost worked on something like this with Alessio Cavatore a few (more than ten? :/) years back - and currently helping someone with an 'Army Men' game that sometimes involve lobbing stuff at them to resolve attacks...
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