Iron Tide Command

Iron Tide Command drops you into a series of coastal battles where you never have quite enough units. That scarcity is the whole appeal. Every move matters, and losing a squad early can wreck an entire mission.

The interface is clean for a strategy game on a small screen. Tapping to move and dragging to set formations feels natural after the first mission. There's a campaign with escalating maps plus a skirmish mode for quick sessions, all offline.

It's demanding, and it doesn't hold your hand. But if you like sweating over a grid and finding the one clever flank that turns a loss into a win, this one delivers.

What we liked

• Tight resource management
• Readable controls on a small screen
• Skirmish mode for short bursts