Battlezone 98 Redux
Battlezone 98 Redux
Game
Game2018
Battlezone: Combat Commander
Developer Big Boat Interactive
Battlezone: Combat Commander remasters FPS-RTS classic Battlezone II with slick new visuals, brand new achievements, Steam Workshop support and much more! The solar system is at war. Take command. From the Steam store page
316 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
91
LovedLoved
164 positive · 16 negative
95% range 86–94%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 164 | 16 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 32 | 0 | 76 |
| Lemmy * | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 0 | 5 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
700 of 772 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
91% recommend · 164 yes, 17 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 181 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (868 of 964 positive).
Players praise the game as a faithful remaster of a classic FPS/RTS hybrid. [1][2][3] Many note its unique blend of genres remains unmatched by modern titles. [4][5][6] Some criticize the lack of significant improvements and persistent bugs. [7][8][9]
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- [8]
As far as I can tell there was only one significant thing done to this game, better models/graphics. All the major complaints about the old version are still here. Bad AI, horrible pathfinding, sluggish controls, broken missions, etc. They didn't bother re-rendering the intro to a higher resolution. It just seems lazy. I can't recommend a game like this. It's the same clunker with a fresh coat of paint. …
- [2]
Not only is this a faithful recreation of an unusual, classic game, but I'd say it stands as a decent title by today's standards. The biggest problems are a lack of autosave and the janky pathing (same as the original), but the story, voice acting, music, and visual design of this game are all top notch. I'd recommend it even to people who don't have the Nostalgia Factor of having played the original. There are so …
- [6]
Ah Battlezone 2, one of my all time favourites next to Deus ex. At the time of release I thought this game was the future of Gaming and stepping stone to greater things, Unfortunately nothing greater has surpassed what BZ2 or BZ1 have done, and though some new games in the FPS/RTS Genre are been made, so far nothing as great as this and until either a new Battlezone title gets made or a better spiritual successor is …
- [7]
Idk it's cool but they remastered the absoloute bare minimum. The cinematics are all in such a tiny resolution it only covers a small square in the middle of your screen, the menus and UI haven't been touched and the audio sounds like it's being broadcast through an old cell phone.
- [1]
This game was ahead of it's time. Even now, it offers superior game play to some current games. There needs to be a battlezone series using the game engines of today.
Summarised from 34 of the 296 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
Players who liked Battlezone: Combat Commander talk about unique and fun FPS/RTS hybrid gameplay; those who didn't talk about lack of autosave and janky pathfinding. Which matters more to you?
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60 of 316 · most liked firstCoolest thing I've seen at Salute today: this minis version of the classic early-80s Atari arcade game Battlezone. Not the digital-to-tabletop adaptation I'd expected to find, but wow.
positive · AI labelView post →Does anyone remember the Battlezone arcade game?
neutral · AI labelView post →I tracked down the guy who gave a negative review to Battlezone 98 Redux after playing for over 8,000 hours, and came away convinced he was right.
neutral · AI labelView post →Random Screenshots of my Games #7 - Battlezone 98 Redux. For you older gamers out there, I'm gonna take you back a bit today. Back in 1980 (four years before even I was born!), Atari released an arcade game called *Battlezone* that was one of the original popular FPS games. It looked like this:  Almost 2 decades later, in 1998, Activision published their own version of the game, also called *Battlezone*. This was…
neutral · AI labelView post →Recuperating from the Pistons loss by playing a tabletop version of Atari’s Battlezone. It’s a homebrew hack of a game called What a Tanker. Lots of fun, it would be cool to paint the edges with a brighter green and turn on a black light.
positive · AI labelView post →my most popular post from the weekend was that of the Battlezone game and I hope you will all go take time to look at and check out their work brigademodels.co.uk/mws/blog/202...
neutral · AI labelView post →I tracked down the guy who gave a negative review to Battlezone 98 Redux after playing for over 8,000 hours, and came away convinced he was right. cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/18655596
neutral · AI labelView post →#arcade #retrogames #retrogaming #PastTimesArcase Battlezone (Atari, 1980). Located at Past Times Arcade, Girard, OH. Had one of these at home growing up. Great classic arcade game.
positive · AI labelView post →this morning i dreamed about a low poly 3d game adjacent to Spectre, which is a compelling solid shaded, very 1991 shareware reimagining of Atari's Battlezone. the game in my dream was more of an ecosystem game, however. i worked out the design and drew some notes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectre...
neutral · AI labelView post →If the name sounds familiar....the game is based on the popular 1980 arcade game Battlezone! It was also remade from the ground up for modern consoles in 2016!
neutral · AI labelView post →I tracked down the guy who gave a negative review to Battlezone 98 Redux after playing for over 8,000 hours, and came away convinced he was right.
neutral · AI labelView post →Don't like my chances but is there like a good meaty history of 3D modelling production processes anyone knows about? Something like 'here's how they did it in Battlezone and then here's how they did it in Mario 64 and here's how you do it on a 2026 triple-a game'.
neutral · AI labelView post →Battlezone, supertanks in outer space (1980). Early 3D arcade game using vector graphics. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlezone_(1980_video_game)), > With its use of three-dimensional vector graphics, the game is considered to be the first true 3D arcade game that has a first-person perspective, the "first big 3D success" in the video game industry, and the first successful first-person shooter video game in particular. It got ported to every other thing, and most…
neutral · AI labelView post →Does anyone remember this game?. My friend and I used to play this early 80's arcade game back in the day. I can't for the life of me remember it's name. Hoping someone here can help. I remember it was a vector game. It was sort of a combination of Battlezone and Space Fury. It was in 3D like battlezone -- you moved around a 3D maze and shot at enemies. I remember the maze/arena was circular. But it sort of was like Space Fury, in that there was this big vector head that would appear during…
neutral · AI labelView post →Set Phasers for Fun! I got the Sega Star Trek machine at Pinball Hall of Fame (mostly) working. The audio is out, but the game is otherwise playable. It plays like a fast moving Battlezone, with more stuff to do.
neutral · AI labelView post →The @l0pht.bsky.social got a Battlezone machine in 1995 when it was 15 years old. It was the first FPS arcade game! Now it's pushing 45 and needs repair. It got new resistors and a cleaning. Still work to be done however as it gets to the gameplay screen and no tanks show up including yours!
neutral · AI labelView post →Paul Di’Anno, early Iron Maiden frontman, dies at 66. > Paul Di’Anno, an English singer who was an early frontman for the popular heavy metal band Iron Maiden in the 1970s and ’80s, has died at his home in Salisbury, England. He was 66. > >Conquest Music, a label that represented Mr. Di’Anno, announced his death in a statement on social media on Monday. No additional details were given. > >Mr. Di’Anno, whose legal name was Paul Andrews, gained popularity on the heavy metal scene in the late…
neutral · AI labelView post →I am live now playing more SMW Gaiden. It’s like a sequel to SMW but way harder. Later, we continue Battlezone: Rise of the Black Dogs. It’s a weird hybrid rts and first person tank game twitch.tv/thabeast721
neutral · AI labelView post →I find the best way to perfect a games engine, be it sprites, platformer or 3D, is to try and write a game in it. Might have a crack at Battlezone now I’ve got enough of the engine working.
neutral · AI labelView post →Battlezone Commodore 64 Published by Atarisoft in 1983 A vector tank blasting game. Based on the arcade-coin-op from ATARI in 1980. Gives you the experience, but lacking a bit of oomph. Love the green !! 😎👍 #retrogaming #commodore64 #c64 #gaming #games #njenkin
neutral · AI labelView post →🕹C64 Game of the Day🕹 Encounter (1984) by Paul Woakes and published by Novagen. Such a good game this, I’ve had a great time revisiting it today. Battlezone on steroids probably best describes this and the loader is just bizarre! #Commodore64 #RetroGames #C64GameOfTheDay
neutral · AI labelView post →Battlezone -1980 I don't remember ever having to wait to play this game
neutral · AI labelView post →🕹C64 Game of the Day🕹 Battle Command (1991) by Steve Caslin and published by Ocean. An impressive 3D Tank simulator with BattleZone like gameplay and benefitting greatly from being cartridge based. #C64GameOfTheDay #Commodore64 #C64
neutral · AI labelView post →Some neat demo games at #Salute52, including neon-drenched #Gaslands, a huge WW2 Berlin game & a wargame take on arcade classic Battlezone...
neutral · AI labelView post →I have not played a video game since Asteroids and Battlezone AMA
neutral · AI labelView post →CGW's 1998 Game of the Year Awards Game of the Year: Half-Life Best Action: Battlezone Best Adventure: Sanitarium and Grim Fandango Best RPG: Baldur's Gate Best Simulation: European Air War Best Space Sim: Independence War Best Strategy: Starcraft Best Driving: Need for Speed III Hot Pursuit
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m a sucker for two stick tank controls and view port vector graphics. Battlezone arcade (1980) was epic. I played a lot of hours on the Atari 2600 version of Battlezone (1983) at home too. It didn't have the awesome vector graphics, instead using standard raster graphics, but still a fun game.
positive · AI labelView post →Battlezone 2 is my Christmas game.
positive · AI labelView post →Battlezone (1998) - Shell (title screen theme). So hi, I'm from Europe. When this game came out, I was a teenager and I was like "oh based on what I've heard, I guess this is what all American military music sounds like". Damn, I need to figure out how to replay the game, it still sits on my shelf on place of honour. (...is "Battlezone '98 Redux" substantially different? I appear to have it on GOG) I remember being a little bit sour at this game, because I was *so* psyched up about game…
positive · AI labelView post →My mom had an early Mac all-in-one, that I would use for word processing. I'd also play Battlezone on the computers at Duke Labs where she worked - not the 98 remake, this was circa 1994, but what i'm guessing was the original Atari game ported by hand.
neutral · AI labelView post →The view of Jupiter from there would be super impressive as well. From what I can gather the apparent size is 19 degrees, or 40 times the moon viewed from earth. Still not quite as extreme as it appeared in the 1998 game Battlezone sadly 
neutral · AI labelView post →In Battlezone II single player, there is a custom map called "Moon 2000" that I love. It is a huge, open lunar crater, with a big flat ledge around the outside. It is difficult to get your recycler up onto the ledge, but I will take the time to do it. Then, I build a huge, sprawling base up in a flat corner. Absolutely surrounded with defenses. To the computer, an impenetrable fortress. To me, an experimental playground. I have an area that I take enemy ships i have sniped the pilots out of,…
positive · AI labelView post →Battlezone 1980 arcade game wire-frame tanks are where I think he got the design from.
neutral · AI labelView post →This game was ahead of it's time. Even now, it offers superior game play to some current games. There needs to be a battlezone series using the game engines of today.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is another one of those times I wish there was a neutral option. Battlezone II is a completely functional, competently designed game. The fusion of FPS and RTS works well, the interface is useful once you get used to it, the campaign is lengthy and there's a multiplayer suite, and it's generally stable and bug free. What the game lacks is soul. I grew up playing Rise of the Black Dogs on N64, unaware there was a PC version out there. I was able to snag a copy of the Gold Pack years later,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Battlezone 1980 pizza parlor arcade game vector-ass truck
neutral · AI labelView post →In real life, I know all couple people who are also interested in watches, but mostly nobody wears a watch at all anymore, let alone is interested in them as a hobby. Also, fountain pens. I love pens. I love finding them at antique stores and restoring them. There's a little bit of a community here, not like there was on reddit though. Calculators. I think I'm alone there. Vintage TI, HP, and modern Casio. Staplers. Especially Ace. As for games, probably Battlezone II. Such fun…
neutral · AI labelView post →And it's relatively trivial to move the camera in the direction that it is pointing, essentially a Battlezone style game. Incredibly happy with the way this is progressing, and plenty of room for performance tweaking still. Hope you're enjoying these dev updates, warts and all.
neutral · AI labelView post →made a new overlay for Mikko Huovinen's Battlezone Dual - a crazy proof of concept / 2p game on #Vectrex
neutral · AI labelView post →We'll be at Broadside in Gillingham in a couple of weeks. Also there will be John Treadaway and the Werelords with a 6mm Hammer's Slammers game which we've helped put together. It's also another chance to see (and join in) Maidstone Wargames Society's Battlezone game.
neutral · AI labelView post →The awesome yoke controller used in the game was originally developed by Atari for the Army Battlezone Bradley Fighting Vehicle Simulator that it built for the U.S. Army. As seen at the Morristown Game Vault arcade in Morristown, New Jersey. Flyer
neutral · AI labelView post →35 years ago, Ocean was THE licensed game company. However, it did very, very occasionally publish an original title - like this 16-bit first-person shooter in which you drove a tank into combat, Battlezone-style. It was pretty fun - but not the sort of game Ocean was known for!
neutral · AI labelView post →DOOM gets ported to board design app, transforming walls into PCB traces, iconic demons into 64-pin packages, and ammo into 3-pin parts. > It kinda looks like DOOM ported to the Atari Battlezone wireframe arcade games era.
neutral · AI labelView post →🄵🅁🄾🄼 🅃🄷🄴 🄵🄰🄻🄲🄾🄽 🅅🄰🅄🄻🅃🅂 #365xFalconGames25 A game a day keeps the doctor away! Game 2️⃣2️⃣7️⃣ This is Atari’s Battlezone. What a cool game! Love the 8bit pixels! What are you sharing today? Something old? #gaming #GamersUnite
positive · AI labelView post →Although this game is has been around a long time, it still remains one of the few unique ones that blends FPS and RTS the way it does. This is truly enjoyable when playing in multiplayer in teams, where one commander can manage the RTS and team-mates handle battle on the ground.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Am I the only one that hears Battlezone arcade game music when I see one of these things?
neutral · AI labelView post →As far as I can tell there was only one significant thing done to this game, better models/graphics. All the major complaints about the old version are still here. Bad AI, horrible pathfinding, sluggish controls, broken missions, etc. They didn't bother re-rendering the intro to a higher resolution. It just seems lazy. I can't recommend a game like this. It's the same clunker with a fresh coat of paint. Disappointing. Even after release, we were promised fixes and improvements. Where are they?…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The time has come to give away more game codes to my followers here. Here are the titles available: Almightree: The Last Dreamer Arkshot Battlezone 98 Redux Castlestorm City of Beats Dream Tactics FortressCraft Evolved! IS Defense Legion TD Neckbreak Terrian Saga: KR-17 #giveaway #indiegames
neutral · AI labelView post →Game of my childhood, remastered! Perfection. Wish there were more RTS's like this one.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Favorite Underrated Video Game: BattleZone(1998) Your turn. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmHc...
positive · AI labelView post →Gameplay wise the game is fine, but the campaign missions are not well put together. What I've repeatedly ran into is the missions breaking on me because of something stupid. for example: Mission 6: You're suppose to keep your units back for a few attack waves before taking them to a location to destroy a building. If one of your units dies, the mission doesn't continue to the next phase and you're forced to restart. It fails you if you lose a builder unit you get later, but not for losing…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Did Playstation have a Battlezone type game? This is kinda wild.
neutral · AI labelView post →I will never stop being excited by Battlezone whenever I see it. This game felt like the future back in the 1980s!
positive · AI labelView post →I just came here to say I played BattleZone 1980 on PC with CGA 3 colour graphics back in the day, and it was the best and one of the first in the world first person shooter games out there. BattleZone Combat Commander carries on that legacy and does a pretty good job. Sure, it lacks that triple A polish that big studios have, but its fun for what it is. Nice story, nice graphics, nice gameplay too. Worth a go!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You can be a single person snipping to running the whole campaign. One of the best core games ever made.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not only is this a faithful recreation of an unusual, classic game, but I'd say it stands as a decent title by today's standards. The biggest problems are a lack of autosave and the janky pathing (same as the original), but the story, voice acting, music, and visual design of this game are all top notch. I'd recommend it even to people who don't have the Nostalgia Factor of having played the original. There are so few RTS+FPS hybrids out there, and while this is firmly a Jack of All Trades…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Battlezone, not Tron - Tron was a bit more colourful 🙂. We published a post on our blog if you'd like to read more - brigademodels.co.uk/mws/blog/202...
neutral · AI labelView post →Battlezone - a short homage to the 1980 vector 3D tank game. #onemorecredit @musicweeklies.bsky.social soundcloud.com/tonal_drift/...
neutral · AI labelView post →I've played both of the original games in the late 90's. I am grateful that they did the remakes. It's amazing how modern and outdated they are at the same time. The experience is definitely worth your 20 bucks. I wish they'd make a new game. With better missions (more base building and more synergy between base building and fighting.) The one mission where this game really shines is "fanning the fire". You have to build a base, but you also have to get outside and fight. Most of the other…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played the old games on PC when I was a kid in the 90's. This game updates a lot of stuff so it is still functional. The graphics are decent, and the resolution has been updated to support newer monitors. If you want to try an unique experience blending RTS and FPS this is it.
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