In the dynamic realm of real-time strategy (RTS) games, victory hinges on effectively deploying your forces.
Stormgate units are the lifeblood of your campaigns and matches, and they are tools with which you shape the battlefield and determine the fate of your opponents.
RTS games are fundamentally about resource management and unit creation. Players amass resources to construct buildings, which churn out the units that will ultimately decide the outcome of the conflict.
Each unit is a specialized instrument of war, designed to excel in specific roles. Every unit, from frontline infantry to towering behemoths, has its own strategies for defining a great commander.
Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of your Stormgate units is paramount to achieving dominance. By mastering their capabilities and coordinating their actions, you can outmaneuver your foes, seize strategic objectives, and ultimately claim victory.
What is Stormgate?
Stormgate is a free-to-play RTS game developed by Frost Giant Studios, a team of industry veterans renowned for their work on iconic titles.
Set in a gritty, post-apocalyptic future, the game thrusts players into a world ravaged by an alien invasion. As humanity fights for survival, players command one of several distinct factions, each with its unique units, abilities, and playstyle.
Stormgate seeks to capture the spirit of classic RTS games while incorporating modern gameplay mechanics and a visually striking world.
All Stormgate units
Stormgate features three playable factions: the Human Vanguard, humanity’s last stand against the invading demonic forces; the Infernal Host, an evil alien race bent on conquering the world; and the Celestial Armada, a mysterious third faction with advanced technology that intervenes in the conflict.
Human Vanguard
The Vanguard was created as humanity’s final defense as Earth faced extinction. Comprised of the world’s top scientists, soldiers, and strategists, they stand firm against the invading Infernal Host.
Elite units, known as ‘Dagger teams,’ use colorful callsigns on the battlefield for better communication.
| VANGUARD UNIT | UNIT DESCRIPTION |
| Aerial bomber | The aerial bomber delivers heavy ground damage but remains slow, even with upgrades. |
| Atlas | The Atlas has tank and deployed modes with AOE damage, and can be paired with an Evac for harassment. |
| B.O.B. | B.O.B.s harvest resources, build, repair, and defend. Multiple B.O.B.s speed up construction. Produced from the command post. |
| Evac | The Evac is an early transport air unit, holding a set number of units based on size. It pairs well with Atlases for quick deployment and extraction. |
| Exo | Exos are produced from the barracks, can attack ground and air units, counter Vulcans with skilled kiting, and become flak cannons in sentry posts. |
| Hedgehog | The Hedgehog is the fastest unit, a missile jeep that deals rapid damage but requires reloading between attacks. |
| Hornet | The Hornet is an anti-aircraft unit from the hangar bay, gaining speed and damage when out of combat. |
| Lancer | The Lancer is a tier 1 melee unit from the barracks with extended range due to its lance. It deflects some projectiles and reduces damage. |
| Med Tech | The Med Tech is a caster unit that heals or repairs friendly units, with upgrades and abilities unlocked over time. |
| S.C.O.U.T. | S.C.O.U.T.s are fast, laser-shooting dogs with enhanced detection. They can be upgraded for bonus damage, repaired, and increase vision when placed in sentry posts. |
| Sentinel | The Sentinel is a unit with support abilities that boost movement speed and disrupt enemy units by reducing their speed, damage, and vision. |
| Skyrider | Skyrider is a levitating spherical support unit, similar to the science vessel from Starcraft. |
| Vulcan | Vulcans are ranged mech units from the mech bay, using chain guns with AOE cone damage that increases in speed over time. They excel against small units and can clear trees with their jump jets. |
Infernal Host
The Infernal Host is a relentless warrior race that invades planets like a locust swarm, using portals to spread across the galaxy in its quest for power.
It drains resources and Animus for its dark magic, subjugating entire civilizations and reshaping conquered worlds in its image.
Despite its brutality, the Host follows a strict code, valuing strength, victory, and loyalty above all else.
| INFERNAL HOST UNITS | UNIT DESCRIPTION |
| Brute | The Brute is a two-headed ogre-like creature that can split into two Fiends to attack nearby enemies. It can be upgraded to split automatically upon death. |
| Fiend | Fiends spawn from a Brute and automatically attack nearby enemies. Their health deteriorates unless kept within the Shroud, where it regenerates. Fiends count toward the population cap. |
| Burned One | Burned Ones are created by Maloc’s “Serve the Flame” ability. They cost no supply, and up to five can be summoned at once, growing larger with more corpses consumed. |
| Doombringer | The Doombringer is an air transport that generates a Shroud radius when deployed but must land to activate it. |
| Felhogs | Felhogs are automatically produced by meat farms, serve as a defensive deterrent, and provide 0.5 animus upon death. |
| Flayed Dragon | The Flayed Dragon is summoned with enough animus. It inhales the infest effect from nearby units, damaging them and restoring white health to nearby allies. |
| Gaunts | Gaunts are Infernals’ basic infantry with bouncing glaive attacks. They can be upgraded to spread infest, spawning Fiends from infested enemy deaths. They target both air and ground units. |
| Hellborne | The Hellborne is a siege unit with cone damage on impact. It is built at the iron vault and requires a shadowcleft. |
| Imp | The Imp is the Infernal faction’s worker unit, sacrificing itself to build structures. |
Celestial Armada
The Celestial Armada is an ancient, advanced civilization traveling the universe in massive world-ships, seeking Animus-rich planets to study and protect against threats.
Led by Sovereigns, they wage an endless war with the Infernal Host. Their core race, the angelic Biosynths, has merged with nanotechnology, while the Machine Legion, a terrifying robotic force, powers their war efforts.
| CELESTIAL UNITS | UNIT DESCRIPTION |
| Animancer | Animancers are Celestials’ caster units that drain enemies to heal allies and cloak allies with stealth. |
| Archangels | Archangels are the Celestial Armada’s strongest units, easily destroying flying enemies and crashing down to become avatars of celestial vengeance. |
| Argents | Argents are frontline Celestial units that attack air and ground. Their damage is stronger with full energy, making them ideal for hit-and-run tactics. Energy can be recharged by power banks. |
| Cabal | Cabal is a swarm of spirits surging forward to immobilize the Celestials’ enemies from a distance. |
| Kri | Kri can receive a late-game upgrade, allowing them to become invulnerable briefly before self-destructing and damaging nearby ground targets when fatally hit. |
| Prism | The Prism harvests both luminite and therium but is not needed for building construction. |
| Saber | The Saber is the Celestial Armada’s main battle tank, equipped with a long-range dark matter cannon. It hovers, can temporarily boost speed with mass accelerators, and has a self-repair function. |
| Scanner | The Scanner is an early Celestial ground scouting unit with a ranged attack. |
| Scythes | Scythes are core Celestial air units that deal more damage the closer they are to their target. They have an air-to-air attack but are fragile, making them glass cannons. |
| Vectors | Vectors are mobile skirmisher Biosynths, ideal for enemy harassment and capable of teleporting using Delta Jump. |
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