Covert Command is a single player third person shooter set during World War II. In the game the player will take on the role of an unexperienced soldier that is send to the battlefield.

The offers a total of thirty missions witch usually involve killing all enemies, destroying a certain target or completing the mission in a set time. Terrain ranges from towns to jungle. While playing the player can use grenades and guns to kill the enemies. Addition ammo and guns can be recovered from the killed enemies sometimes.