"You'll never play it."


3,000 hours later. "I WISH I HADN'T."

"Foxhole's difficulty is job-level" this quote hits hard

No game goes further to destroy the main character syndrome than Foxhole. You don't matter and that's the point.

"And yet, you'll never play it..."
This is the obligatory "Oh yeah? Well I already play it, so there!" comment.
You're welcome.

“I made no attempt to tamper with anything, at all times felt scared of doing anything of importance in the game, and lived in constant fear of doing something I shouldn’t be doing”


Wow, that’s the most realistic video game depiction of majority of military life right there

One of my favorite aspects of Foxhole is the artillery system. Artillery guns can shoot incredibly far- so far, in fact, that the binoculars won't let you see out to their minimum range. This means any spotters have to approach the front lines and do trigonometry to calculate the optimal firing vector.

The best example I can give for how little you matter in foxhole is; If you had a cheat for infinite health then ran into one of the fronts you would not move that front and the enemy would build some structures around you to box you in and put a sign 'Live Dump for test firing'. That said, when you are part of a team and working together to get mats, build, push the front, run artillery etc. you feel like you are making a difference with your group. So it really is about being a team player to enjoy the game. Also grinding your own anything is a pain in the butt.

the most horrifying moment i've ever had in gaming was in foxhole. namely taking a trench/bunker system only to be wiped out by a counter attack with the collies using flamethrowers, it was like something out of all quiet on the western front.

The thing that kinda saves foxhole imo is that you can constantly just walk up to someone and ask them, and 90% the very hard stuff to build isn’t done by solos but by large groups that divide work so it’s becomes actually enjoyable

The thing I fell in love with is the teamwork with strangers. 20 randoms coming together to rush the enemy spawn point with HE grenades is something I've never seen before 😅

I've always been an infantryman. Just another body thrown at the front.

Highlights of my playthroughs so far would be:

- Getting stuck in a relic base for a full half an hour unable to do anything as high caliber shells pounded everything around us.

- A collapsing front which was saved by the timely arrival of friendly tanks. The euphoria of having the cavalry arrive and save the day was unforgettable even if I died when our infantry mass charged alongside the tanks.

- Fighting in a doomed last stand alongside a single remaining Warden tank who also refused to retreat while the Collies swarmed us.

I remember when i bought Foxhole couple years back. I spawned in frontline region "Faranac coast" i think was a name.
I was trying to figure out what to do and all of sudden some dude pulled up with a truck.
He noticed i am new, he tell everyone to commend me and asked me what my favorite animal is.
I then jumped into the truck, he brought me to the actual front and i died shortly after.

In this map, there is (or maybe was) this narrow path with rock on both sides of the road. We were fighting back and forth there for 3-4 days.
Finally we pushed through and take out enemy base. I died in the process... but as i was going back from spawn, i had one of the best moment in gaming.
There was column on the right of the road - tanks, trucks bringing supply to new base, construction vehicles, bus full of soldiers and in the other direction, there was column of push guns, tanks and truck which we stole from the colies. Everyone was cheering and yelling. It was special

Played a little bit, grinded logi until a random player was like “want to help prepare this tank push?” 4 hours later we had the supplies, and BOY was that a tank push.

If you aren't aware, these same devs are making a medieval version of this game called Anvil Empires, if you want to REALLY feel like a peasant toiling for your feudal lords.  It's not out yet but they run closed betas and it has a steam page.

My time in foxhole was 90% dying and 10% being the most heroic medic i could be lol

This game is teamwork. Anything form, "Can you carry this tripod so I can place this machine gun out on the frontline?" to "Hey, come be a part of my tank crew." It can be great for making people feel involved just from people talking to others, and with how many unofficial roles you can take on, some seemingly more important than others, but everything is for the war effort at the end of a day. You might be swinging a hammer relentlessly at a building of yours being besieged to stop it from falling, or you might be a medic risking their meat out in the midst of gunfire to save your fellow teammates.

Back in 2016-2017, I played Foxhole during Pre-Alpha, when there were barely any players. Something happened then that will probably never happen again in the game.

The servers were about to shut down to update the game from Pre-Alpha to Alpha, meaning all progress would be wiped—guns, vehicles, artillery, everything. Since we were losing it all, both factions decided to meet up and celebrate in-game. We brought all our gear, vehicles, and artillery to the middle of the map.

We formed a line of vehicles and troops, slowly marching toward each other. When we met, we built a message out of sandbags that said "Thx Devs." Then, we unleashed everything—bullets, artillery shells, and more—until the server shut down. I think we even ended up shooting at each other for fun.

I still have screenshots of the event. This wasn’t planned by the devs—it was entirely the community’s idea. I was part of the 82DK squad, one of the bigger squads back then. If anyone remembers those days, you know how special it was.

PS: YouTube keeps deleting my comments in every video and content creator, it's getting really annoying.

My favorite Foxhole moment. 4 partisans caught me on the way to the front with supplies. I hopped out of my truck and took cover behind it. They were coming from the front of the truck and I only had a pistol to defend myself. I peeked around the corner and took out the two on my left side before they could fire back. I moved to the left side of the truck while the two remaining enemies came from the right side. I peeked the back corner where I had just been standing and took out another enemy. The final enemy panicked and tried to run away and I shot him in the back. I took all of their gear and delivered it with my supplies to the front. The guys at the front asked where I got Warden gear and after I told them the story everyone cheered and commended me. Foxhole is an incredible game! Logi gang!

0:48  he hasn’t even said the title of the game and I can already tell he’s talking about foxhole

The thing about Foxhole is you learn whatever small section you're interested in. Whether that be Infantry, Trucker, Factory worker, Engineer, Scraper gatherer. Tanker, Seaman, etc. Its near impossible to do it all but it forces people to band together and each pick a piece of the puzzle to create cohesive organizations. If anyone is looking to join foxhole then I recommend you join a regiment(clans). There a lot of them who try to focus on different things.

1:43 These AI images are atrocious to look at