Coastfall: Drone Strike

Eleven hand-built sorties, each a different kind of mission. It opens with First Light, a precision strike in a whitewashed harbour town at two in the morning. General Rourke talks you through every control as you go: put a missile on a gun truck in the square, fly up the main street for two more, flatten a weapons workshop with a heavy missile, lase the commander's ammunition truck on the coast road without hitting the civilian traffic around it, then beat a missile launcher with flares. Not one house may be hit. Then come a night beach landing (Black Coast), a desert airstrip raid (Dust Depot), a tight rules-of-engagement manhunt (Quiet Hour), a maritime interdiction (Iron Tide), a SAM-nest extraction (Last Light), an endless outpost defence against wave after wave (Hold Fast), a convoy escort (Long Road), an artillery spotter mission with no weapons of your own (Anvil), a combat search and rescue for a downed pilot (Fallen Star), and a stealth strike with a single heavy bomb (Blackout).

Choose the right munition for every target. Laser-guided AGM missiles handle vehicles, GBU glide bombs level buildings and fuel dumps, FFAR rocket salvos catch troops in the open, and heavy AGM-H missiles break armour and ships. Ammunition reloads over time, so pace your shots.

Altitude is a trade-off. Fly high to stay out of reach of the guns, or low to see more and hit harder while drawing fire. Advanced airframes can climb above the cloud layer. When a SAM or a missile boat's heat-seekers lock on, drop flares in time. Watch for tunnel mouths where enemy squads come up, zoom in to tell friend from foe, and switch to white-hot thermal at any time.

Earn up to three stars per sortie for time, accuracy and airframe health. The first time you complete a sortie pays bonus intel, and a daily op pays double. Stars unlock new sorties and five airframes, from the VX-9 Halcyon to the high-flying VX-4 Petrel, and every sortie earns intel to spend on upgrades for the airframe you fly. Replay cleared sorties with modifiers such as Sandstorm, Hot Airspace, Stale Intel and Bingo Fuel for bonus intel.

Your progress and settings are saved automatically.

Desktop: W A S D or the arrow keys fly the drone. Move the mouse to aim the sensor crosshair and left click to fire. Right click (or Shift) locks the laser on a target. Keys 1 to 4 pick a munition and R cycles them. E climbs and Q descends. Mouse wheel or Z zooms. F drops flares. T switches between night vision and thermal. P or Esc pauses.

Phone and tablet: the left stick flies the drone, drag the right side of the screen to aim, and tap FIRE. MARK locks the laser, WPN changes munition, ZOOM zooms, FLARE drops flares, and the two arrow buttons climb and descend.