Not My War

Not My War

24-Pack Studios · November 20, 2025 · Adventure, Stealth, Exploration, 3D, Isometric

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About Not My War

The island remembers the war. Abandoned trenches. Ruined depots. The skeletal remains of humanity's last stand against the machines they created. Now, only the robots remain, patrolling endlessly through the wasteland. And you—a clever ferret, an experiment designed for a war you never chose—must escape before time runs out. Not My War is a 3D top-down stealth and exploration game where tension never fades. The machines don't sleep. The clock doesn't stop.

Stealth

Navigate deadly patrols using wits and gadgets. Blind sensors with flashlight bursts. Obscure vision with smoke. Create distractions with thrown objects. Hide in burrows when all else fails. Every encounter is a puzzle of sight lines, sound, and split-second decisions.

Day-Night Cycle

Time is your greatest enemy. The day-night cycle changes patrols and danger levels, forcing you to adapt your strategy. At night, visibility decreases and threats intensify as the clock ticks toward your deadline.

Exploration and Narrative

The island is littered with debris from the war. Search ruins for boat parts, gadgets, and resources. Find other survivors—forgotten experiments like you—and learn their stories through dialogue and environmental storytelling. Explore abandoned military installations to piece together how humanity fell and why you were left behind.

Scavenging and Survival

Every item scavenged brings escape closer, but navigating this desolate land while avoiding patrols is treacherous. Aid them with what they need. This war was never yours. But freedom is.
Made by 24-Pack Studios, in U-tad, University of Technology, Arts and Design.

Not My War — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended May 6, 2026
[h1] Action adventure game where you play as a mouse with top down view. Avoid being detected by cameras and robots. Use flash to stun them and get pass through security. Overall I guess it's ok. A bit boring to be honest. [/h1]
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Recommended Sep 11, 2026
=======《 [b]Graphics[/b] 》======= ☐ Feels like real life ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Not great ☐ Better not stare too long ☐ MS-DOS =======《 [b]Gameplay[/b] 》======= ☐ Really good ☑ Good ☐ It's gameplay, I guess ☐ Meh ☐ I'd rather watch paint dry ☐ Don't even try =======《 [b]Audio[/b] 》======= ☐ My ears are happy ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Okay ☐ Bad ☐ RIP my ears =======《 [b]Audience[/b] 》======= ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandpa =======《 [b]PC Requirements[/b] 》======= ☐ Runs on a calculator ☑ Potato PC ☐ Decent ☐ Pretty fast ☐ You'd better have a good PC ☐ Ask NASA for a computer =======《 [b]Game Size[/b] 》======= ☐ Fits on a floppy disk ☑ Small ☐ Manageable ☐ Pretty big ☐ Goodbye, 1 TB of storage ☐ Needs its own hard drive ☐ Time to buy a black hole =======《 [b]Difficulty[/b] 》======= ☐ Press W and win ☐ Easy ☑ Easy to learn, hard to master ☐ Needs some brain power ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls level =======《 [b]Grind[/b] 》======= ☑ Basically no grind ☐ Only for rankings ☐ Optional grind ☐ Average ☐ Too much grinding ☐ Prepare to lose your life =======《 [b]Story[/b] 》======= ☐ What story? ☐ Some lore ☑ Average ☐ Good ☐ Really nice ☐ This game is my life now =======《 [b]Game Tim…
1 found this helpful
Recommended Oct 16, 2026
Interesting little stealth game with some light exploration. Thoroughly enjoyable to pick your way through these ruins while learning about the other characters
Not recommended Jul 23, 2026
Not a very good game, nothing special, couldn't play it for more than 15 minutes
Recommended Jul 13, 2026
A short (1-2 hours) but atmospheric isometric stealth game. It’s not groundbreaking or particularly beautiful, but accessible and with solid art design. The game is actually a student project, so don’t expect a perfectly polished experience. At start-up the game told me to plug in a controller, but it was perfectly playable with keyboard and mouse. The game world is fairly small and appears to be reasonably open, but is in fact a series of corridors flanked by impassible bushes or stones. This wasn’t quite what I was expecting (as a rodent, shouldn’t the protagonist have an easier time slipping through?), and it’s not always obvious from the graphics where you can or cannot pass. The in-game map will usually give a better indication of where you can go. But that is a minor gripe. The game is not particularly difficult: there are a number of “assists” available, but with a bit of trial-and-error you do not need them. Overall, a solid game, if you are willing to put up with some rough edges and a short length.
Recommended May 24, 2026
Not My War is a stealth survival adventure from 24-Pack Studios that builds its identity around vulnerability, exploration, and quiet tension rather than overwhelming action. Set in a world devastated by conflict and technological collapse, the game places players into an unfamiliar perspective where survival depends not on power or firepower, but on caution, patience, and intelligent decision-making. It creates an atmosphere shaped by loneliness and danger, delivering a smaller-scale experience focused on tension and environmental storytelling. The premise introduces a bleak future where humanity lost control of the machines it created. Long after civilization has fallen, automated war systems continue functioning without purpose, endlessly patrolling ruined landscapes while the remnants of human ambition decay around them. Players assume control of a genetically modified ferret left behind after humanity’s downfall, trapped on an isolated island filled with mechanical threats and abandoned military infrastructure. Escape becomes the central goal, but survival comes first. Unlike games that encourage confrontation, Not My War builds nearly every system around avoidance. Stealth …

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