Enlisted, the squad-based World War II shooter from Darkflow Software and Gaijin Entertainment, is holding to the live-service cadence that has kept it going: fresh missions folded into existing campaigns, backed by a steady stream of maintenance patches. Recent updates have added new missions across various campaigns while more routine fixes clean up long-standing quirks — including, in one recent pass, puddles that were floating in the air.
It is not a headline-grabbing overhaul, but it is the kind of consistent upkeep that a persistent multiplayer shooter lives or dies on. For a game where each player controls a full squad of AI-backed soldiers rather than a single trooper, keeping the map roster fresh matters as much as any big feature.
More Ways to Fight Familiar Theaters
The recent additions expand mission variety inside campaigns players already own, rather than gating new content behind an entirely separate purchase. That approach spreads activity across the game's WWII settings and gives squads new objectives and layouts to learn without fragmenting the player base.
Enlisted's campaigns span the major fronts of the war, from the Pacific theater — with its island landings and tropical-jungle fighting — to the European battlefields the game launched with. Adding missions to those campaigns deepens the pool of what you can queue into on any given night.
The Squad System Still Sets It Apart
What continues to distinguish Enlisted from other WWII shooters is its core conceit: you command a squad, not a lone soldier. Fall in battle and you take over the next member of your unit, which turns firefights into a rolling contest of attrition rather than a single-life gamble.
Here is what the current live-service push emphasizes:
- New missions added across multiple existing campaigns.
- Bug fixes and polish targeting visual and gameplay glitches.
- Squad-based combat where each downed soldier hands control to the next.
- Free-to-play access on PC and consoles, funded by optional purchases.
Maintenance as a Feature
The less glamorous half of Enlisted's recent activity is stability work. Patch after patch, the team has been chipping at bugs — the floating-puddle fix being an easy example of the small, visible corrections that add up over time. In a live shooter, that grind is not filler; it is what keeps returning players from bouncing off avoidable annoyances.
Gaijin has long paired big content drops with these smaller cleanup passes, and Enlisted is following the same playbook. The result is a game that rarely stands still even when there is no marquee announcement on the calendar.
The Takeaway
Enlisted's current state is steady rather than spectacular. New missions keep its campaigns feeling alive, and the ongoing bug-fixing keeps the experience from fraying at the edges. If you are already invested in its squad-driven take on WWII combat, there is more to play and fewer rough spots to trip over. If you are new, the free-to-play entry point and expanding mission list make now as reasonable a time as any to enlist.
