Play Steel Panthers III: Brigade Command – 1939-1999 Online

Steel Panthers III: Brigade Command came out in 1997 as part of the MS-DOS Classic Games lineup, developed by Strategic Simulations, Inc. and published by Mindscape. It arrived late in the DOS era, a time when complex wargames still demanded patience and a keyboard full of hotkeys, offering a deep simulation for those willing to learn its systems.

You command brigades and battalions, not individual soldiers, across large hex-based maps that can span entire regions. The main objective is to outmaneuver and destroy the enemy force through combined arms tactics, using infantry, armor, and artillery in concert. Key mechanics include detailed line-of-sight calculations that make terrain positioning critical, and a phased turn structure where you plot all your unit movements before watching both sides execute their orders simultaneously. The pacing is deliberate, often slow, with a high difficulty curve that punishes careless advances. It feels like conducting a messy, unpredictable operation where a single overlooked anti-tank gun can ruin your entire battle plan.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".