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Drone Sector

Icosphere, MicroProse Software

Drone Sector is a futuristic gunship game. Provide close air support by firing variety of weapons at the enemies and guide your allied troops via commands. Keep your troops alive, complete objectives, collect resources and recruit engineers. Research better weaponry for the gunship and the troops.

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About This Game

Futuristic Drone Gunship

Drone Sector fuses the gunship close air support role with the drone's observation and mission command. Inspired by the real-life AC-130 gunship and MQ-9 Reaper drone, it merges these powerful roles in a futuristic setting, where advanced technology and heavier firepower enable you to take on more complex and dangerous missions. While not a pure military simulator, the focus remains on tactical planning and execution, with greater flexibility in mission design and weaponry.

Mission Control

Guide your squads as they advance through hostile environments to achieve mission objectives. Command with precision, helping them avoid traps and eliminating high-priority threats with your overwhelming firepower. Outnumbered by enemy forces, you’ll need to maximize your technological superiority to turn the tide.

Mission-to-Mission Progression

During each mission, you’ll need to make strategic decisions about resource gathering. Send your ground squads into buildings or key areas to collect vital resources and research documents—but this comes with risk. Stay too long, and you may lose your squad to overwhelming enemy forces. Decide when to extract and when to push your luck for valuable rewards.

Between missions back at base, upgrade your gunship, squads, and weapons. Manage your ammo production and research new technologies to improve your chances in the field.

Key Features

  • Fluid, responsive gunship weapon controls

  • Multiple camera modes: color, night vision and thermal vision

  • Commanding self-sufficient squads on the ground

  • A variety of infantry and armored unit types

  • Resource collection and ammunition management

  • Weapon research and manufacturing

  • Squad building and upgrades

  • Handcrafted levels with randomized missions

Community Activity

  1. Drone SectorSteam announcement

    v0.3.0 - Spotting & Accuracy

    Spotting & Accuracy One of the biggest issues infantry has had in Drone Sector is dying too quickly. In some situations that makes sense. They aren't super soldiers, and if a…

  2. Drone SectorSteam patch notes

    v0.2.1 - HUD & Vehicle Improvements

    v0.2.1 - HUD & Vehicle Improvements Improved unit tracking and HUD readability, alongside better vehicle driving and collision avoidance. Added Unit type icons now appear when…

  3. Drone SectorSteam announcement

    v0.2.0 - Vehicle Transport

    This is the first update since launch a month ago that brings larger gameplay changes rather than mainly fixes and improvements. Vehicle transport had been in my plans for a…

  4. Drone SectorSteam patch notes

    v0.1.6 - Anti-Air & Weapon Balance Hotfix

    v0.1.6 - Anti-Air & Weapon Balance Hotfix I originally planned to move straight from v0.1.5 into the larger v0.2.0 update, which is mainly focused on vehicle mounting and…

  5. Drone SectorSteam patch notes

    v0.1.5 - Combat Systems Update

    v0.1.5 - Combat Systems Update This update reworks several of Drone Sector's underlying combat systems, including projectile damage, explosions, and weapon configuration.…

  6. Drone SectorSteam patch notes

    v0.1.4 - Pathfinding Update

    v0.1.4 - Pathfinding Update This update reworks the tactical pathfinding and vehicle movement systems, alongside several map, balance, and UI changes. A new previous-version…

  7. Drone SectorSteam patch notes

    v0.1.3 - Minor Update

    v0.1.3 - Minor Update This update improves text readability for Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean players, adds Steam Cloud support, and includes several smaller content…

  8. Drone SectorSteam announcement

    Drone Sector Early Access Roadmap

    In the previous post, I covered what Drone Sector includes at its Early Access launch. This time, I want to look further ahead and share my current plans for the game. This…

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