Army Men
Army Men
Game
Game2017
Army Men: Toys in Space
Developer The 3DO Company
Army Men: Toys in Space, known in Europe as Army Men in Space, is a 1999 real-time tactics video game developed and published by The 3DO Company for Microsoft Windows. It is the only game in the Army Men series to feature Tina Tomorrow and the Space Aliens. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
147 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
64
Fresh
36 positive · 20 negative
95% range 51–76%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 11 | 7 | 69 |
| Steam reviews | 36 | 20 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 1 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
40 of 62 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
64% recommend · 36 yes, 20 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 56 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (60 of 85 positive).
Players praise the nostalgia and classic gameplay of Army Men: Toys in Space. [1][2][3] Many reviewers note the game is challenging, especially on higher difficulties. [4][5][6] Some players report technical issues, particularly with mouse controls and bugs. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [7]
pretty cool old classic game but this version has a critical bug 1. mouse doesn't work smoothly every time while play game 2. when you playing this game sometimes escape to window and flickering forever
- [8]
I really wanted to enjoy it but I can't. The movement is overall fine, it is the mouse that is the problem. For whatever reason the mouse will just lock up and not let you look around and it happened so often I couldnt even get 20 mins into the game without just being so annoyed with it and quitting. Every time it would lock up the only way I can reset or continue looking around the map was shooting and then I'd get …
- [1]
The Army Men games were some of the first games I ever played as a little kid. Happy to see that they have FINALLY been added to steam. Gameplay wise, it's obviously older then most of you reading this, so yeah, it's not "ultra pretty real life OMG graphics" Still a fun game in a series of awesome games ( Except maybe Sarges Heros ) Buy this for the nostalgia. UPDATE: I got drunk the other night and replayed all of …
- [5]
Great little Army Men game! All or at least most of the content seems to be present. Bigger battles and better variety of units compared to the second game. This one is the most challenging in the series. A crunchy classic well worth your time. Give it a try!
- [6]
Grew up living on the computer playing all these army men games between mowing the lawn and playing with actual plastic army men. I remember Toys In Space being impossibly difficult, and it still is. This is probably the most difficult game in the entire Army Men franchise. Glad it's on Steam, for the price you can't complain. Time to get World War and Air Tactics too on to Steam too!!!!!!!
Summarised from 34 of the 143 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
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Army Men: Toys in Space sits at 64% positive across 56 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The game received unfavorable reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 147 · most liked firstThe Army Men games were some of the first games I ever played as a little kid. Happy to see that they have FINALLY been added to steam. Gameplay wise, it's obviously older then most of you reading this, so yeah, it's not "ultra pretty real life OMG graphics" Still a fun game in a series of awesome games ( Except maybe Sarges Heros ) Buy this for the nostalgia. UPDATE: I got drunk the other night and replayed all of Sarges Heroes. They weren't as bad as I remember. I will not omit that…
positive · 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 →Quick Summary: - Playable with windows 10. (But there's still a chance that it will not work for some people) - Gameplay is like Army Men 2, with some adjustment both better and worse. - This one has offline battle mode. - The enemies in the campaign are harder to kill than previous game even in easy difficulty which makes the campaign harder and more frustrating. I played this game when I was young which was about 15 years ago. I finished the game using cheat codes because I was bad at the…
positive · 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 →People whining the weapons are underpowered and the enemies are too powerful. Get gud.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nostalgia overload. Great port.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When I was but a child, when all my peers had a console, I had a tower with XP, and this collection of Army Men games from 3DO. Before I had friends, these little green chumps filled that spot. These games are classic gems to another time. No matter how far we go with tech and the gaming world, I'll always come back to this, time and time again.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Army Men Advance (Game Boy Advance, DC Studios, 2001)
neutral · AI labelView 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 →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 →pretty cool old classic game but this version has a critical bug 1. mouse doesn't work smoothly every time while play game 2. when you playing this game sometimes escape to window and flickering forever
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView 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 →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 →Great little Army Men game! All or at least most of the content seems to be present. Bigger battles and better variety of units compared to the second game. This one is the most challenging in the series. A crunchy classic well worth your time. Give it a try!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView 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 →Army Men I and II are my favorite games. But I don't like this one. The sense of control is badly. Sarge is too weak, enemies are too strong. You can't kill a single soldier with your rifle in a short time. But he can kill you very quickly.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView 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 shitty Game Boy Color Endings www.vgmuseum.com/end/gbc Army Men: Air Combat Frogger 2 Hands of Time NSYNC: Get to the Show Tonic Trouble
neutral · 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 very nice game with toy army :) ..but this time in space :D ...is very nice and cool game from this franchise as it is a bit different from others but still fun and nice to play...have fun and enjoy !!
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 →I really wanted to enjoy it but I can't. The movement is overall fine, it is the mouse that is the problem. For whatever reason the mouse will just lock up and not let you look around and it happened so often I couldnt even get 20 mins into the game without just being so annoyed with it and quitting. Every time it would lock up the only way I can reset or continue looking around the map was shooting and then I'd get a second of looking before it locked up again.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Grew up living on the computer playing all these army men games between mowing the lawn and playing with actual plastic army men. I remember Toys In Space being impossibly difficult, and it still is. This is probably the most difficult game in the entire Army Men franchise. Glad it's on Steam, for the price you can't complain. Time to get World War and Air Tactics too on to Steam too!!!!!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Remember play this game as a kid loved every min of it highly recommend!! bring more Army men titles !!!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView 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 →Stupid game that I enjoyed as a kid and wanted to play for nostalgia reasons. Unfortunately, the controls are broken with this version of the game (specifically the mouse freezing), as others have also reported. :(
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView 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 →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 →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 →Its a good game. But the cheat codes do not work for campaign mode, Map 5 mission 1 isn't funtioning. It keeps shelling out to my windows screen everytime. I load the game from my saved games. it says: It had an tech error. Easy feels more like medium or hard difficulty level. But its a lot of fun to play. I played for about after 9 hours. The game stopped working.
negative · 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 →Mouse controls are broken, they lock up and freeze and it completely breaks how you would play the game, its almost impossible, like playing with a blindfold and a banana as a controller
negative · 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...
neutral · AI labelView post →Wheel of Nostalgia stream from 7/17/2025... Army Men Air Combat (N64) Wordyl (Game Boy) XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Steam) **Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (GameCube)** Mario vs. Donkey Kong (GBA) twitch.tv/lowkisapfoot
neutral · AI labelView post →It's time for everyone's favorite Army Men spinoff, PORTAL RUNNER! It's time for my favorite Friday activity: putting in a game and playing it until I beat it! Live now! twitch.tv/profbloomvtuber
neutral · AI labelView post →I Love the Army Men franchise. However this game is so atrocious compared to any other army men game. It tries to mix a RTS with isometric shooter. How is this different than other Army Men games? Everything. Movement control is horrid when it does work. Looks like you can move past an obsticle? nope, you got stuck on who knows what. Different commands for units to use, sure, but completely worthless unless set on def or atk. What about the different guns and abilities you can pick up?…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Best childhood game today... but this version for some reason harder and more buggy than older version other than that, it's good
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →“Dude. Do you have 13 Army Men games in your PS1 collection?” Yup. Variants. It’s why I have 4 copies of Crash Bandicoot Warped. And 3 copies of WipEout. And 3 copies of Warhawk. Same game, various (re)releases. The variant rabbit hole is deep.
neutral · AI labelView post →Army Men: Sarge’s War A toy soldier game trying to be modern and gritty, but with gameplay that felt ancient even when the game was new. (Read Full Review)
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