Scorched 3D is licensed under the GNU GPL-2.0-or-later, and supports numerous platforms: Windows, Unix-like systems (Linux, FreeBSD, OS X, and Solaris).

At the beginning of each round, AI and player controlled tanks are randomly situated on a 3D landscape.

They may also equip shields and use defensive gadgets or countermeasures based on their current landscape position.

To win, a player must kill a majority of the enemy tanks by the end of 10 rounds and have the highest score.

The player can then use their funds to buy additional weapons, gadgets, defenses and fuel before the next round.

Offensive weapons: Defensive gadgets: Scorched 3D is user modifiable, and various community mods are available.

Recently on a boring flight I played it with friends for eight hours straight; we hardly noticed the time passing.