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Desert Thunder

Desert Thunder is an arcade-style action tank game for the PC. Ripped from today’s headlines, the storyline immerses players into the heat of a desert-based military conflict. Players will tear through desert, urban and industrial settings in their experimental battle engine, the Abrams M1A6 Advanced tank that’s loaded with awe-inspiring devastating weapons and armored to near indestructibility. You are the commander of a top secret M1A6 experimental tank division in the Armor Task Force. Your mission was to lead the northern front of Operation Desert Thunder, a secret military operation to ov

Release date
September 29, 2021
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Brainbox Games, Hip Games
Publisher
Funbox Media Limited
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Desert Thunder is an arcade-style action tank game for the PC. Ripped from today’s headlines, the storyline immerses players into the heat of a desert-based military conflict. Players will tear through desert, urban and industrial settings in their experimental battle engine, the Abrams M1A6 Advanced tank that’s loaded with awe-inspiring devastating weapons and armored to near indestructibility.

You are the commander of a top secret M1A6 experimental tank division in the Armor Task Force. Your mission was to lead the northern front of Operation Desert Thunder, a secret military operation to overthrow a terrorist faction that has taken control of a peaceful Middle Eastern country.

Your mission has been compromised, your small battalion devastated. Left with no alternative, you must complete your mission to reach the capital city and rendezvous with allied forces.

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★ 6.6/10GOG · 21 ratings
GOGLast checked November 3, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 4 / 5
Yes, I did play a demo version back then in 2003 or so, in that time is seemed like a solid arcade shooting game... Many…
★ 3 / 5
The game is a arcade tank shooter. I bought it at the time of release and I had fond memories of this title. Truth is…
★ 5 / 5
The game actually fun and cool. I played this game when I was kid when I had my win 98 pc.
★ 2 / 5
"Mom, can we have tank game?" "No, we have tank game at home!" This is clearly a budget title and there is some limited fun…
★ 1 / 5
TLDR? The kind of game you see in american tv shows as a background dressing when scene asks for kids playing and/or being interrupted from…
★ 4 / 5
This isn't a realistic simulator. This is an arcade-style game. You destroy everything in your path, pick up buffs and follow the waypoints.
★ 1 / 5
It's a very bad design game.. tanks are dumb AF, the micro soldier shoot rpg's like a machine gun at you and are anoying, not…

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★ 3 / 5
Its ok ngl, some bugs that made it less enjoayble. Funny little game. Buy on sale
★ 4 / 5
If you like driving ouround and shooting with a Abrams tank. Then this game is for you
★ 2 / 5
The mouse started malfunctioning immediately, and aside from stuttering performance, it just didn't want to move diagonally. That aside, the gameplay is painfully minimalistic, and…
★ 1 / 5
It's a very bad design game.. tanks are dumb AF, the micro soldier shoot rpg's like a machine gun at you and are anoying, not…
★ 1 / 5
TLDR? The kind of game you see in american tv shows as a background dressing when scene asks for kids playing and/or being interrupted from…
★ 4 / 5
This isn't a realistic simulator. This is an arcade-style game. You destroy everything in your path, pick up buffs and follow the waypoints.
★ 2 / 5
"Mom, can we have tank game?" "No, we have tank game at home!" This is clearly a budget title and there is some limited fun…

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