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Delta Force

Tencent Team Jade's tactical shooter for PC and phone, built around looting and extracting

First principle

People have always liked to stake what they have for more. In Delta Force's extraction mode you bring your own gear: get out alive and keep the haul, die and lose nearly all.

The needs it meets

ThrillCore
The jolt of a draw, a pull or a bet.
Progress
Seeing yourself get better: a level cleared, a rank gained, a skill learnt.
Staying in touch
Keeping up with family, friends and colleagues; belonging to a circle.

Why it wins

  1. The guns and armour you take in were built up raid by raid; die and only the few slots of your safe box survive, so every firefight and every extraction point is tense.
  2. Loot sells for Haf coins at the trading market, and the stash keeps growing in value; a raid with only a knife costs almost nothing, and one top tier find turns it around.
  3. When you don't feel like betting, Warfare has large battles with tanks and helicopters; PC and phone share progress, so you play on the computer at home and the phone when out.
  4. Money goes on operator and weapon skins and season passes; a bought pass also unlocks a bigger safe box, which amounts to paying to lose less on each bet.

What keeps it ahead

Better product
Clearly better at the core thing.
Live operations
Events, seasons and new levels without end.
Playing together
Alliances, teams and leaderboards: with or against others.

How it makes money

In app purchases

Free to play; players buy Delta coins for skins and season passes, and a pass brings practical perks beyond looks, such as a bigger safe box.

What a small team can take from it

Bringing in something you might lose is a structure a small team can build: give players something they can afford to lose but would hate to, and an exit they can take at any moment, and even a few minute browser game gets a pulse.

This week

  • China: top grossing games, number 5
  • China: top free games, number 3

updated 29 October 2026

Developer
Shenzhen Tencent Tianyou Technology Ltd
Category
Game
Stores
App Store
First in a list
29 October 2026

Sources

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