STRAIT COMMAND

Hormuz Ops · Sector 26°34'N

Sixty seconds. Two sides. The world's most dangerous shipping lane. Pick the IRGC Navy or the US 5th Fleet. Engage real ships, real weapons, real geography. Free. No download. Plays on phone or laptop.

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No signup · No install · ~150kb · 60fps mobile

Three Modes

One engine, three rule packs. The arcade is the daily driver. The daily is the ritual. The story is the reason you tell your friends about it.

— ARCADE —

SCORE CHASE

60-second round. Pick a side. Combo multiplier. Local high score. Endless. Two minutes from "what is this" to a 12k high score.

— DAILY —

ONE PER DAY

One scenario per UTC day, identical worldwide. Real Hormuz events: the Stena Impero, Praying Mantis, the Pacific Zircon. Wordle for naval operators.

— STORY —

MOSQUITO FLEET

12 missions, 4 endings. You play Captain Reza Tahami, IRGCN. Yusef rides shotgun. Three branches. ~90 minutes per path. The reason this game exists.

Meet Yusef

Petty Officer Yusef Karami. 47. IRGCN since 1985. The XO who tells stories instead of arguments. The conscience the campaign is built around.

"My father said the same thing once. About a Liberian tanker. 1986."

"Did you let it pass that time too?"

"Of course. What else."

— Yusef Karami · Mission 2 · The Stena Shadow

Reza Tahami

Captain · The Player

26. Top of his Sepah class. Idealistic at start. Increasingly torn. Engaged to a marine biologist named Faezeh.

Yusef Karami

Petty Officer · XO

Cynical, weathered, loyal. Father killed in 1988 Praying Mantis. The heart of the game.

Hossein Tahami

Lieutenant · The Cousin

Hot-headed. Half a step too eager. Posts to IRGC TikTok. The foil. May or may not survive.

How to Play

Tap or click to fire. Hold for autofire on infinite-ammo primaries. Keys 1-5 to swap weapons. Story mode steers the boat with your cursor.

CLICK / TAP

Fire weapon at target

HOLD

Autofire (Nasr / SM-2 only)

1 - 5

Swap weapon

Toggle mute

ESC

Close modal · pause briefing

CURSOR

Steer the Boghammar (Story)

FAQ

Is this free?

Yes. Free to play, free to share, no signup. Ads support development. Optional one-time $2.99 STRAIT OPERATOR upgrade removes ads, unlocks a custom callsign on the leaderboard, and adds a gold chevron. Free players still rank — they just appear as Anonymous-####.

Why Iran vs US?

The Strait of Hormuz is the most consequential 21-mile-wide piece of water on Earth — 20% of global oil moves through it daily. The two navies that face each other across it are the IRGCN and the US 5th Fleet. The story is built around real history, real weapons, and real geography. We are not making this up.

How long is the campaign?

About 90 minutes per ending. Four endings, three branches. ~5 hours for full completion.

Does it work on mobile?

60% of our audience is mobile. The game is built mobile-first — touch as good as mouse, tap-and-hold autofire, native share sheet for the score card. You can install it as a PWA for offline arcade.

Who made this?

One developer. Two weeks of focused solo work. Built on vanilla JS + canvas with esbuild. Audio by Howler. Leaderboard by Supabase. Ads by Google AdSense H5. Sponsor checkout by Stripe. No frameworks, no React, no bullshit.

Is the politics balanced?

The campaign portrays both sides with weight. Both endings of Mission 12 are valid. The game does not tell you which side was right. That's the player's decision.