Freedom Fighters is a third-person shooter video game for the Microsoft Xbox where players navigate through an alternate reality where the Soviet Union has invaded and occupied New York City. The game combines squad-based tactics and urban guerrilla warfare as players take on the role of a plumber turned resistance fighter, leading a band of civilians turned soldiers in a fight for freedom. Players recruit and command their resistance members in strategic battles for control points throughout the city. The genre of Freedom Fighters is action, shooter, with a focus on strategy and insurgency warfare.