A rebuilt coastal base between sunlit mountains and turquoise water at dawn; concept art, not gameplay.

HORMUZ:RED SOIL

The region went dark. Rebuild your country.

A free real-time strategy game for your desktop browser, set on the real map of the Middle East. Eight countries. One worker to start.

Plays in a desktop browser. Join the list and we’ll email you when it’s ready.

You’re on the list. We’ll email you before the first match.

COMING SOON · DESKTOP BROWSER · NO INSTALL · NO PAY-TO-WIN

One match. 30–45 minutes.

A worker, a coastal depot, fields, oil storage and a harbor in a desert valley; concept art, not gameplay.
CONCEPT ART · NOT GAMEPLAY
  1. Start with one base and one worker.
  2. Grow an economy from what your land really holds: oil, water, food, materials and money.
  3. Ally, trade, betray, and fight for the five sites that move the region’s trade.

UP TO 4 PLAYERS + BOTS · SOLO OR ONLINE · 8 COUNTRIES · 4 ERAS

The real map.

Geography is the game. Five places decide who trades, who drinks and who waits.

The real Middle East map and its five strategic sites

  1. Hormuz

    About 39 km wide at its narrowest. In 2024 it carried about a fifth of the world’s oil use.

  2. Bab el-Mandeb

    About 26 km wide. Oil shipped through it fell by more than half after late 2023.

  3. Suez

    193 km of canal with no locks, joining the Mediterranean and the Red Sea.

  4. Upper Euphrates dams

    The Euphrates rises in Turkey’s mountains, where a chain of large dams holds back its water.

  5. Shatt al-Arab / Arvand Rud

    Forms where the Tigris and Euphrates meet, and runs about 200 km to the sea; its lower course is the Iran–Iraq border.

Borders follow UN cartographic practice and imply no position on sovereignty. Dashed lines mark areas whose status is disputed.

Sources: EIA, IEA, OPEC Annual Statistical Bulletin 2025, Suez Canal Authority, Britannica, FAO AQUASTAT, Israel Water Authority, DSİ. Map data: Natural Earth.

Four eras. One base.

A lone worker beside a small coastal depot and scattered ruins in the Ashes era; concept art, not gameplay.

I · ASHES

Rebuild from what is left. Your land decides what you can gather.

The same coastal base with new homes, cultivated fields and trade routes in the Claims era; concept art, not gameplay.

II · CLAIMS

Borders meet. Trade and alliances open.

The same coastal base with industrial tanks, expanded roads and a busy waterfront in the Crisis era; concept art, not gameplay.

III · CRISIS

Geography powers unlock. The five sites open to everyone.

The same coastal base fully developed with oil storage, military vehicles and a harbor in the Showdown era; concept art, not gameplay.

IV · SHOWDOWN

Each country’s real top-tier forces. The race for the megaproject.

CONCEPT ART · NOT GAMEPLAY

Eight countries. Every one can win.

Egypt

Runs the Suez Canal. Almost all its fresh water comes from the Nile.

Iran

Holds the northern shore of the Strait of Hormuz.

Iraq

The Tigris and Euphrates meet here. About 145 billion barrels of proven oil (2024).

Israel

Little natural fresh water; desalination supplies much of its drinking water.

Saudi Arabia

A pipeline across the peninsula carries oil to the Red Sea, around Hormuz.

Turkey

The Tigris and Euphrates both rise in its mountains.

UAE

A pipeline to Fujairah ships oil from outside the Strait of Hormuz.

Yemen

Holds the eastern shore of Bab el-Mandeb.

LISTED A–Z · EVERY COUNTRY PLAYABLE · EVERY COUNTRY CAN WIN

Rules we won’t break.

  • No pay-to-win. Ever. Nothing you can buy will change a match.
  • Real arsenals only. No country gets a weapon it doesn’t really have.
  • No nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, for anyone.
  • No real leaders. Every country playable, every country a possible target, every country able to win.

Dev log

Building the first match

The first prototypes are running: a crowd-rendering test for large armies in the browser, and the pipeline that brings 3D models into the game. Now: a high-end look pass on the coast, the terrain and the light.

More entries soon.

Questions

Is Hormuz: Red Soil pay-to-win?

No. It’s free, and nothing you could ever buy will change a match. If we ever sell anything, it will be cosmetic only.

What kind of game is it?

A real-time strategy game in the spirit of the classic base-builders: gather resources, build a base, advance through four eras, and win by conquest, by holding the strategic sites, by finishing your national megaproject, as a coalition, or on score at the time limit.

Which countries can I play?

Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the UAE and Yemen. All eight are playable and every one can win.

How long is a match?

30 to 45 minutes.

Do I need to install anything?

No. It runs in a desktop web browser. Phones and tablets aren’t supported at launch.

Can I play solo?

Yes, against bots on easy, normal or hard. Online matches take up to four players, and bots fill the empty seats.

When does it come out?

It’s in development, with no release date yet. Join the invite list and you’ll hear first.

Is it based on real events?

The story starts from the real escalation in the region from 2024 to 2026, then turns to fiction: a 2027 collapse that forces every nation to rebuild. No real leaders appear.

Is there a press kit?

Yes. Facts, wordmark and concept art are on the press page. For anything else, write to hello@redsoil.fun.

Be in the first match.