How do the gates work in Horde Commander?

A x2 gate doubles whatever passes through it, so aiming the centre of the squad at it matters - a partial pass only doubles the part that went through.

Why is the causeway getting harder?

Your squad occupies more width as it grows, so gaps that were easy with a small horde become tight with a large one. Doing well is what makes it difficult.

What happens at the end?

You reach the enemy camp. Arrive with a big enough horde and you take it; arrive thin and you do not.

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Slide your army down the causeway, multiply through the gates, take the base.

A top-down army-builder: slide to steer your squad down a narrow causeway, growing through ×2 gates and losing numbers to the obstacles you don't dodge in time. Reach the enemy camp at the end with enough of a horde left and it's theirs, not yours anymore.

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How to play Horde Commander

A top-down march down a narrow causeway. Drag or use left and right to slide your squad sideways, steering it through x2 gates that double your numbers and away from the obstacles that cut them down. The causeway is narrow enough that a gate and a hazard are often close together, so most decisions are about how much of the squad you are willing to expose to reach the multiplier. At the end is an enemy camp: arrive with enough of a horde and you take it, arrive thin and you do not. The squad's width grows with its size, which makes the same gap progressively harder to thread.

Tips

Aim the centre of the squad at the gate, not its edge. A partial pass through a x2 doubles only the part that went through.
A wide horde clips things a narrow one would have missed. Leave more margin as the run goes on.
An obstacle taken head-on costs less than one taken at an angle, because fewer of your units are in contact.
Getting to the camp at all is worth more than any single gate. Late in a run, protect what you have rather than chasing a double.

About Horde Commander

Horde Commander is a mob-battler with a single axis of movement and a single decision repeated under pressure, and it is the most compact version of that idea in the arcade. The design detail that makes it more than an arithmetic exercise is that the squad has physical width proportional to its size, so success narrows your options: the same gap that was comfortable with twenty units is a real threat with two hundred, and the game gets harder purely as a consequence of going well. It is a Unity WebGL build. Like the other hidden games it is off the shelves but still reachable, because older articles link to it.

What you need

Graphics: WebGL, which every browser from the last decade has switched on already
Controls: Keyboard or touchscreen
On a phone: Yes
Install: Nothing. It runs in this tab.

Questions

How do the gates work in Horde Commander?: A x2 gate doubles whatever passes through it, so aiming the centre of the squad at it matters - a partial pass only doubles the part that went through.
Why is the causeway getting harder?: Your squad occupies more width as it grows, so gaps that were easy with a small horde become tight with a large one. Doing well is what makes it difficult.
What happens at the end?: You reach the enemy camp. Arrive with a big enough horde and you take it; arrive thin and you do not.