Set between the 3rd and 4th seasons of TNT's popular alien invasion TV series, Falling Skies: The Game finds players joining the cast of the show as they attempt to build a weapon powerful enough to repel the Espheni invaders. Gamers take four-person squads into turn-based battles against aliens on randomly generated grid maps. Soldiers who die are gone for good, but those who survive can return to their home base to level up and restock their supplies. Players can also earn resources by sending units on an endless number of Dispatch side missions.