Lone Soldier is an action-adventure/shooter video game developed by British studio Tempest Software for the PlayStation. The game was released in January 1996 in Europe and on 4 October 1996 in Japan. The game features a single playable main character, a lone soldier armed with various weapons, with the goal of killing enemy forces to progress, eventually defeating terrorist leaders and an intergalactic alien army. The game has a third person view, with the player battling through traditional war settings such as jungle, canyon and city, and also a more futuristic space environment.