Midwinter Isle has submerged, but its people and traditions of liberty live on thanks to a timely union with the island of Verde, now renamed Agora to mark the occasion and sometimes referred to as the Atlantic Federation.

Agoran intelligence discovers plans for the Operation Scorpio, a massive Saharan attack to conquer Agora, as well as widespread but scattered resistance on the isles.

They launch Operation Wildfire, a series of covert missions to push islands into rebellion in order to delay and bleed the Saharan armada on its way to Agora.

The game attempts to create a detailed open world by providing a number of different characters and different vehicles that the player can interact with.

In Flames of Freedom the player faces the additional challenge of using the player-controlled covert operative to build the chosen route, which may fail to be completed or require changes on the fly.

Each liberated island awards the player a single-use secret weapon, a monetary reward, and a luxury item such as a seaside villa or the inhabitants' collected savings.