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Joint Task Force

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2007

Should you play it?

Joint Task Force is the real-time strategy (RTS) game where you command the frontline forces in tomorrow's most hazardous conflicts. Lead twenty dramatic missions in explosive war-zones including the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Balkans.

What works

  • Detailed modern military tactical gameplay
  • Unit promotion and progression system
  • Varied and immersive campaign missions
  • Map editor with customization
  • Co-op multiplayer support

Things to keep in mind

  • Poor ai and pathfinding issues
  • Dead online multiplayer servers
  • Some technical issues on modern systems
  • Clunky controls and ui
  • Short and abrupt campaign ending

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Door Kickers 2: Task Force North

  • Men of War™

  • Faces of War

  • Codename: Panzers, Phase One

  • War Mongrels

  • Soldiers: Heroes of World War II - Enhanced Edition

More competitive

Games that feels like Joint Task Force but with more competition against others

  • Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

  • Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition

  • Company of Heroes 2

  • Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor

  • Final Assault

  • COH 2 - The Western Front Armies: US Forces

Less social

Games that feels like Joint Task Force but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Starship Troopers: Terran Command

  • Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising

  • Codename: Panzers, Phase Two

  • Syrian Warfare

  • Sudden Strike 4

  • Last Train Home

More fantastical

Games that feels like Joint Task Force but with more imaginative fiction

  • Command & Conquer™ Tiberian Sun™ and Firestorm™

  • Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance

  • Earth 2160

  • Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars™

  • Command & Conquer™ 3: Kane’s Wrath

  • Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak

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Joint Task Force: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026