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Red Mountain Games, Ritual Interactive · Published by Ritual Interactive
Content notice: The game features gun violence throughout its entirety – human characters killing and dying in firearm combat, as well as some adult characters depicted in a sexual context.
Mostly Positive — 78% positive (764 reviews) · 50 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Take charge of a SWAT unit as an elite operator. Command a specialized AI squad or team up in co-op to seize suspects, rescue civilians, and restore order. Study the briefing, kit out your team, and execute your plan with disciplined precision.
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Action, Indie, Simulation, Early Access · 2025 · More £15 - £30 games
Lead elite SWAT teams in this action-packed simulation where every decision counts. Study briefings, equip your squad, and execute plans with precision in early access.
About this game
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About the Game
Command the Breach
Take point as a US police officer leading a SWAT unit. High-risk calls demand more than just fast reflexes — they require a plan. From the initial breach to the final "all clear", you must maintain tight control, room by room, ensuring every entry is executed with professional precision.
Whether you're running singleplayer with a responsive AI squad or coordinating with other players in online co-op through private or public lobbies, use the classic SWAT-style command system or voice chat to direct your team through the chaos.
Dynamic Operations
No two interventions play out the same. SWAT Commander’s missions are unpredictable by design as living tactical sandboxes where the variables shift every time you deploy.
Diverse Environments: Navigate high-tension standoffs in an office complex, industrial factory, rural farm, sprawling residential estate, and more.
Unpredictable Factors: With every playthrough, suspect positions change, weather shifts, and lighting transitions from day to night, forcing you to adapt your tactics rather than relying on memorization.
Multiple Game Modes: Each mission features distinct modes to keep the gameplay fresh and the threat level unpredictable.
Advanced Mission Tuning
Fine-tune your experience with mission customization. Beyond conventional difficulty selection, you can specify nearly every property of your intervention: push NPC counts up or down, switch archetypes, and apply different behavior presets. You can even pull NPCs from other missions into the one you’re playing, creating setups that feel handcrafted — or completely unhinged.
Gear for the Objective
Success is decided in the briefing room. Select your squad’s loadout based on the mission profile. First, choose between serious firepower and less-lethal implements for your weapon options, then back them up with tools for safer entries and cleaner clears in your dedicated tactical utility slots, and finally customize weapons with attachments and ammo types to improve handling and control, so your kit fits the space, the lighting, and the pace of the fight.
Every Second Counts
In SWAT operations, there is no room for error. Stay vigilant, stay disciplined, and respect the "fatal funnel." Every corner turned is a risk; every room cleared is a hard-won victory.
Put on the uniform, take command, and bring the situation under control — one room at a time.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10, Windows 11
- Processor: Intel Core i3-12100F or AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050M 4GB or GTX 1650 4GB / AMD Radeon RX 580 4GB
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 30 GB available space
- Additional Notes: 1080p / 30 FPS ・ Upscaler disabled
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10, Windows 11
- Processor: Intel Core i5-12400F or AMD Ryzen 5 5600
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 / AMD Radeon RX 6600XT 8GB
- DirectX: Version 12
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 30 GB available space
- Additional Notes: 1080p / 60 FPS ・ Upscaler disabled
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Third Roadmap Update
🚨 Officers,It's a new month and the seasons will soon change again. We've recently had our midsummer blast when we celebrated our first EA launch anniversary, so now is a good moment to update you on the upcoming plans for SWAT Commander.No better way to do that than to present you with a new version of our development roadmap. You'll find it included in this news post down below as well as the full app's Steam page. There are plenty of interesting things to read up on, so be advised and study this intel carefully.We've got on the horizon new features such as a complete campaign system with challenges and mission progression for unlockable rewards and new format of stats tracking in a revised save file system (your previous stats will be preserved). We're planning new missions, extra voice lines, and a complex revamp of our guns' audio set.All of the features you see presented in the roadmap are already being worked on to varying degrees of progress as we speak. These are not hypotheticals, we're talking real stuff that's coming your way.Each update will be dropped with prior announcement, so continue to keep track of our game for more info. Always share your thoughts, since a lot of the development decisions you see come from your feedback.Over and out,SWAT Commander TeamRead full article on Community Announcements (Ritual Interactive)AnnouncementsOfficial
Cannon Clicker - Now Available!
Teeeen-hut!At ease, soldiers - actually, no. Nobody's at ease today, because this is the big one - Cannon Clicker, our incremental battle game, is out NOW in full on Steam!The free demo was basic training, maggots - this is the real war. Take command of infantry, tanks and aircraft, fight your way through the full campaign, climb the expanded skill tree, and juggle three currencies on your way from one lonely cannon to total military supremacy.Enlist during premiere week and you'll deploy with a 15% launch discount. That's not a request, that's an order of exceptional value!And when the dust settles, report back to command! Drop a review and comment your impressions - your intel wins wars, and it tells new recruits where the action is.Now move out and start clicking!Diiiiiismissed!Read full article on Community Announcements (Ritual Interactive)Patch NotesOfficial
SWAT Commander v.0.7.9.6 - The Elite Society Update
🚨 Officers, The Early Access version of SWAT Commander has received a major update today, bringing a brand new mission to our EA players - The Elite Society! Check it out right here on Steam: New Mission - The Elite SocietyBehind rusted gates and overgrown grounds, a crumbling old residence has stood quiet for years, or so the neighborhood believed. The once-grand estate has been serving as the meeting place of a self-styled "elite society": a circle of privileged individuals convinced that wealth and connections place them above the law. Soon, a large-scale police investigation reveals that this group's gatherings serve as little more than a cover-up for their benefactors' crossing from private indulgence into serious criminal activity.Tonight, their exclusive club receives its least welcome guests yet. Membership has its privileges, but immunity from a SWAT intervention isn't one of them. Expect individuals who believe consequences are for other people, protected by those paid handsomely to keep it that way. The decaying mansion offers as many hazards as it does hiding places: \Watch our announcement trailer below to get a feel of what the mission is like:SWAT Commander Early Access v.0.7.9.6 - "The Elite Society"MISSIONS Added a new Early Access mission: Elite Society. Includes 3 game modes and is available in Custom Game mode.UI Improved attachment sorting to ensure attachments are always displayed in a consistent order. BUG FIXESFixed an issue where attachments could become mixed up after customizing a team member's weapon.Fixed incorrect attachment descriptions.Fixed gamepad navigation issues in the briefing menu.Maintain contact for further updates. Over and out, SWAT Commander TeamRead full article on Community Announcements (Ritual Interactive)AnnouncementsOfficial
SWAT Commander - Launch Anniversary
🚨 One Year in Early Access - You Said It. We Built It.Officers,One year ago on July 31st, SWAT Commander deployed into Early Access. Our brief anniversary video tells the story of that year the only way it should be told - through you. We went back through twelve months of your reviews, forum threads, and feedback, then lined them up against every update we shipped. You said the AI needed work. You said finding a squad was the hardest mission. You said the Commander needed a new voice. One of you said, in all caps, that you NEEDED MORE AMMO. Message received, every time. Year one, by the numbers: 14 milestones: from the free Prologue (April 2025) and EA launch (July 31, 2025) through Headcams, Game Modes, Under the Hood, Mission Customization, Weapon Handling, Public Lobbies & AI, The Blue Holster, the new Commander voice by Brian Watts, subtitles in all 17 languages, Magazines, and Ragdolls 8 missions and counting, each with multiple game modes 17 fully subtitled languages Countless bug reports, suggestions, and reviews from you. Read, logged, and shippedAnd year two is already in motion: Highest Stakes, a campaign system, non-lethal equipment, and more missions on smaller maps. (Often requested. We noticed. 📋) 🎉 Anniversary SaleTo celebrate, SWAT Commander is 30% off for a limited time in the From Poland With Love event!To everyone who filed a bug report, wrote a review (yes, even the tough ones), suggested a feature, or cleared a room with us in co-op: this year happened because of you. Keep the feedback coming in our Discord and right here in the discussions.Good hustle, everybody, but we're just getting started. We know your feedback goes further than all we've done so far and we'll be doing our best to cross off as many objectives as we can.Over and out, SWAT Commander TeamRead full article on Community Announcements (Ritual Interactive)Community & EventsOfficial
"From Poland With Love" Sale Event!
🚨 Officers,Some good news from the home front: SWAT Commander is taking part in the From Poland With Love sale, an event hosted by Untold Tales. It goes live today at 19:00 CEST (10 AM PT) and runs until August 3rd - and for its whole duration, the Early Access version of our game is available at a 30% discount! 💰Fig. 1 - SWAT Commander participates in "From Poland With Love"If you've been holding off on deployment, this is a great opportunity to get on board and support our ongoing Early Access development. And the timing is no accident, because…Anniversary Update - New Mission: "The Elite Society" 🎭July 31st marks one year of SWAT Commander in Early Access, and we're marking the occasion with a major update headlined by a brand new mission - "The Elite Society."An old mansion, well past its better days, is hosting a genuine masquerade. The high-ranking leadership of a dangerous sect has gathered there alongside its members and associates - every one of them of interest to the investigation, none of them expecting company. Your squad's orders are to breach that house, work its halls, and bring the leaders in, potentially making startling discoveries along the way...Expect narrow corridors, bad sightlines, and a crowd that answers to someone other than the law. Study the briefing and mind your fire - in a gathering like this one, telling a devoted follower from a frightened guest isn't always an easy call.Fig 2. - In "The Elite Society," the SWAT squad drops in unexpectedly in the middle of a very exclusive club meeting...Full patch notes arrive with the update on July 31st. Until then, the sale is live = secure the objective in eight missions now, and a ninth before the week is out.As always, stand by for further intel!Over and out, SWAT Commander TeamRead full article on Community Announcements (Ritual Interactive)
