Games Like 12 Months: Vietnam

1965, Vietnam.

You arrive at an Airborne Brigade not as a frontline fighter, but as the administrative officer responsible for keeping a platoon alive on paper.

Your decisions determine everything: – who deploys, – who rests, – who gets promoted, – who goes home, – and who will remain forever inside a personnel file.

12 Months: Vietnam is a minimalist yet emotionally heavy, paper-based military simulation inspired by historical statistics, period-accurate organization, and real wartime casualty patterns.

Your task is simple only on paper — survive your Tour of Duty while keeping your unit combat-ready.

In reality… nothing about it is simple.

Controls.:

Mouse for interaction, Mouse Wheel to zoom in and out on the table, and WASD for movement when zoomed in.

Key Features

► Tour of Duty Simulation (12-Month Cycle)

Every soldier serves a 12-month tour, with optional extensions up to 3 tours — if morale allows it.

Soldiers constantly: – arrive – rotate out – get wounded – recover – die – change roles – or extend their service

You must maintain a deployable platoon at all costs.

► Morale System That Truly Matters

Every decision affects morale:

– medals – rest – casualties – promotions – injuries – deployments

Low morale collapses the entire unit. High morale boosts survival — but nobody is bulletproof.

► Injuries and Consequences

– Three wounds = automatic discharge – Severe wounds = permanent removal from duty – Every death lowers morale and adds pressure on you

► Promotions & Qualifications

Wartime cares nothing for protocol. If a leader is needed, even a fresh replacement may be promoted instantly. The machine must keep turning.

► Paper-Based Presentation

The entire game takes place inside the administrative reality of the platoon:

– dossiers – reports – assignment boards – personnel files – wounded and casualty logs

No combat. No cinematics. Just the quiet horror of paperwork in war.

► A System Built on Chain Reactions

Every choice ripples outward:

→ bad choises

→ more injuries

→ morale collapse

→ an undeployable unit

→ you are relieved from duty

Every campaign is different:

– different casualties

– different outcomes

Infinite replayability — with a finite number of men.

► You Can Send Them Out — But You Can’t Bring Them Back

The game offers: no reload no undo no alternate saves

Every choice is final.

This Is Not…

 Not an action game  Not a shooter  Not a power fantasy

This is a responsibility–morale–decision simulator, depicting the most invisible yet most brutal side of war: the administrative burden of keeping a unit alive.

The game does not depict: – civilian casualties – graphic violence – real historical tragedies – war crimes

Everything occurs within fictionalized military structures.

Content Warning

Themes include: – war and military loss – stress and moral decline – administrative pressure – failure and monotony

No blood or graphic violence. Flashing effects can be disabled.

About the Developer

12 Months: Vietnam was created by a solo indie developer with a background in law enforcement.

The goal is not to glorify war, but to reveal its unseen side — where paperwork decides who goes home and who does not.

Your Mission

– Serve your Tour of Duty

– Keep the platoon alive

– And try to keep your conscience intact