| Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Barbedwire Studios, Digitalmindsoft |
| Publisher(s) | Digitalmindsoft |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | June 11, 2021 |
| Genre(s) | Real-time strategy, real-time tactics |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Gates of Hell: Ostfront, officially called "Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront" is a standalone expansion pack to the real-time strategy game Call to Arms . It was released in 2021 by Digitalmindsoft and is seen as a successor to Men of War: Assault Squad 2 . The purpose of the game is to bring the player to an immersive recreation of the Eastern Front during World War II. [1] [2]
The game depicts battles on the Eastern Front during World War II, spanning the years 1941 to 1945. Players command units in online battles, AI battles, or custom campaigns called "conquest". The "main game" consists of two campaigns which include 12 pre-made missions in total. The game solely focuses on battles (like it's predecessor, Call to Arms), and it is only in conquest that players experience something that resembles a strategic aspect. Players may choose to play as either Germany or the Soviet Union. The game is split into three different time periods: early war (1939 to 1941), mid-war (1941 to 1943), and late war (1943 to 1945). Each time period has a separate unit roster, although some units appear in several time periods. [3] [2]
Players can play as every infantry unit in third-person mode (first-person view is available exclusively for vehicles). There are 250 vehicles featured in the game, alongside 100 heavy weapons such as field guns and howitzers.
As of July 2025, five expansion packs are available which bring new nations, missions, maps, and units to the game:
The game was announced in 2015 and was developed by Barbed Wire Studios. In February 2021, a beta version of the game was released in which everyone who owned a copy of the game Call to Arms could participate. It included the first German campaign mission "The Big Prize". Later that year, in June 2021, the game was released. [4] [5] [6]
Gates of Hell: Ostfront has received "generally favorable" reviews according to the platform Metacritic, with a total score of 7.5 out of 10 as of the seventh of July 2025. At the same time period, 83% of the reviews at the gaming platform Steam were positive. [7]