German invasion of the USSR: Small-scale turn-based strategy board game
4.29·506 reviews·5,000+ downloads
About Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa is a strategy app developed by Joni Nuutinen.
Download Statistics
Operation Barbarossa has been downloaded 7.8 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 0 times.
User Ratings
Operation Barbarossa is rated 4.29 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 510 ratings.
App Information
Operation Barbarossa costs $4.90 to download. The APK download size is 3.17 MB. The latest version available is 7.1.6.0. The last update was on August 6, 2026.
Technical Requirements
Operation Barbarossa requires Android 5.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Low Maturity. The app has been available on Google Play March 2011.
Description
Operation Barbarossa is a highly rated turn based strategy game set on the Eastern Front during the Second World War. From Joni Nuutinen: By a wargamer for the wargamers since 2011. Latest version out on August 2026.
You are in command of the German WWII armed forces—tanks, infantry, and air force units—and the object of the game is to conquer the Soviet Union as quickly as possible. To have a chance to seize the top spot in the Hall of Fame, you need to skillfully encircle scores of Red Army infantry units with your panzers while battling both the feared T-34 tank units and the notorious Russian weather.
The fairly small scale of the map means you can't really make any big mistakes if you're aiming for the top spots in the Hall of Fame, as the battle-hardened players have been grinding this game for a decade.
FEATURES:
+ Limited scale, so turns advance quickly.
+ Historical accuracy: Campaign mirrors the historical setup.
+ Long-lasting: Thanks to in-built variation and the game's smart AI technology, each game provides a unique war gaming experience.
+ Reinforcements and replacement units, plus new unit types - like Tiger I tanks - if the war lasts several years.
+ Experienced units learn new skills, like improved attack or defense performance, extra move points, damage resistance, ability to cross rivers without losing move points, etc.
+ Settings: Various options are available to alter the look of the gaming experience: Change difficulty level, hexagon size, Animation speed, choose icon set for units (NATO or REAL) and cities (Round, Shield, Square, block of houses), decide what is drawn on the map, and much more.
+ A large range of WWII units under your command: famous German panzer divisions, infantry, motorized infantry, weak Axis infantry, the German air force and espionage units. Meanwhile, the Red Army starts with weaker infantry, cavalry and tank units, but as the weeks pass, is reinforced with stronger Siberian and T-34 tank units.
+ Weather modelling: Spring/autumn mud slows movement, while winter reduces line-of-sight and freezing cold hampers units, especially mechanized ones.
Privacy Policy (full text on website and app menu): No account creation is possible, the made-up username used in the Hall of Fame listings is not tied to any account and does not have password. Location, personal, or device identifier data is not used in any way. In the case of crash the following non-personal data is sent to allow quick fix: Stack trace (code which failed), Name of the App, Version number of the App, and Version number of the Android OS. The app only requests the few permissions it needs to function.
Conflict-Series by Joni Nuutinen has offered highly rated Android-only strategy board games since 2011, and even the first scenarios are still actively updated. The campaigns are based on the time-tested gaming mechanics TBS (turn-based strategy) enthusiasts are familiar with from both the classic PC war games and legendary tabletop board games. I want to thank the fans for all the well thought-out suggestions over the years which have allowed these campaigns to improve at a much higher rate than what any solo indie developer could dream of. If you have advice on how to improve this board game series please use email, this way we can have a constructive back and forth chat without the limits of the store's comment system. In addition, because I have huge number of projects on multiple stores, it’s just not sensible to spend handful of hours each day going through hundreds of pages spread all over the Internet to see if there is a question somewhere -- just send me an email and I will get back to you. Thanks for understanding!
Recent changes: + New forest options + Flag remakes + Compatibility enhancements
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Excellent hex strategy game AI is challenging and game play is deep/strategic. Very reminiscent of old Axis and Allies game.
★★★★★A Google User· Nov 10, 2014
War game in your pocket! Within the limits of a cell phone application, this strategic level game is really outstanding-and continuously upgraded. I will not hesitate to get products from this developer.
★★★★☆A Google User· Feb 5, 2014
Need more units There were 3.3 million soldiers who were involved in operation Barbarossa. 107 inf divs. 19 panzer divs. 18 motorized divs. And 4 mountain divs. And for the 21 inf divs under Von Leeb in the north and 6 panzer. I'd say 7 inf and 1 tank unit on the game is fine. But where's the artillery? There should be an artillery unit there as well plus 1 mechanized.
★★★★★Jacob Dwyer· Jan 4, 2016
Crushed I am happy to recommend the title. Each update comes through; have been playing since version 1.x and no joke I play Operation Barbarossa daily. Give it a try, Joni has many awesome titles and, I mean it, highly
★☆☆☆☆A Google user· Dec 18, 2015
UGLY UPDATE.... After the last update I cannot attack and the unit is moving another direction, not on the enemy unit. Basically the game became unplayable....
★☆☆☆☆Brian Abare· Jun 6, 2026
The latest update has ruined the game-units will not come back to full strength, new units arrive at lowered strength and NEVER get to full. The "rest disturbed" text completely takes over the map and cannot be disabled. Have played this game for years and it is now unplayable.
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