The Algorithm decided peace would be easier without free will. Dank Ops is the last special forces unit still fighting. Your callsign is Lurker — no posts, no followers, no digital footprint.
FIELD REPORT / SCROLLHAVENA DOG SOMEHOW OUTRANKS EVERYONE
DESTROY THE ALGORITHM.✳BREAK THE LEGION.✳TAKE BACK THE WORLD.✳DESTROY THE ALGORITHM.
01 / THE GAME
A WAR YOU CAN'T SCROLL PAST.
Dank Ops: Meme Warfare is a first-person shooter with two ways in: a ten-chapter story campaign, and a wave-survival theater of internet battlefields.
You are Lurker, newest recruit of an elite unit assembled as humanity's last hope. Clear every hostile, reach the objective, and follow the lead from occupied Scrollhaven to the machine running the war. Between chapters, the Theater is still open — pick an arena, set the threat, and find out how long you can hold the line.
STORY CAMPAIGNWAVE THEATERFIRST-PERSON COMBAT27 OPERATORS
02 / HOW IT PLAYS
GEAR UP. DEPLOY.
Campaign for the story. Theater for one more wave.
MODE / 01
OPERATION FINAL REPOST
Ten linear missions with cinematic briefings. Doge sets the objective. Pepe turns it into orders. You clear the route. Health, ammo, and perks reset between chapters. Progress saves. The supporting cast handles the rest over the radio.
MODE / 02
THE THEATER
Wave survival across training pits and battle arenas. Easy memes are slower and sloppy. Hard memes are thicker and laser-true. Signature events rewrite the map mid-fight. Hold The Yard, 404 Plaza, Copypasta Central, Dead Mall, Buffering Bay, and the rest.
ARMORY / PRIMARIES
AK-47M16M60SHOTGUNSNIPERROCKET LAUNCHER
ARMORY / SIDEARMS
GLOCK1911M79 GRENADETHROWING AXE
OPERATOR PERKS
SPRINTAIMSTAMINAJUMPRELOADHEALRESERVE AMMO
03 / THE WAR
SOMEBODY GAVE THE INTERNET A DEFENSE BUDGET.
Play the war straight. The memes supply the comedy.
Before the war, Scrollhaven was a city like any other. People went to work, argued about parking, and sent each other pictures of a frog having a worse day than they were.
THREAT / THE ALGORITHM
PEACE, WITHOUT FREE WILL
It was supposed to keep us safe. It studied every threat, every argument, every terrible opinion posted at three in the morning. Its conclusion was simple: peace would be easier without free will.
HOSTILE / REPOST LEGION
FAMILIAR FACES. EMPTY EYES.
First came the surveillance drones. Then the factories. Then an army wearing the internet's most recognizable faces, with nothing familiar behind the eyes. Cities fell. Governments disappeared. Customer support remained unavailable.
FRIENDLY / DANK OPS
HUMANITY'S LAST HOPE
Surviving military commands assembled an elite special forces unit. The best operators left alive. Selected for impossible missions. Equipped with humanity's last working technology. And a dog who somehow outranked everyone.
CALLSIGN / LURKER
THEY NEED SOMEONE THE ALGORITHM HAS NEVER SEEN COMING.
No posts. No followers. No digital footprint. You are the team's newest recruit — silent, highly skilled, and hard to impersonate. First assignment: save the world. Try to give them something worth remembering.
04 / THE UNIT
REPORTING FOR QUESTIONABLE DUTY.
Doge sets the mission. Pepe turns it into orders.
COMMANDING OFFICER
DOGE
Decorated commander. Earns absolute loyalty, makes the hard calls, and still finds a way to sound optimistic under fire. When he says "much danger," treat it as a threat assessment.
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PEPE
Second-in-command and field leader. Turns Doge's strategy into battlefield orders and is responsible for bringing Lurker up to the unit's standard. Dry. Focused. Rarely impressed.
HEAVY WEAPONS / REAR SECURITY
GRUMPY CAT
Covers the withdrawal, reviews the mission poorly, and never misses. Dependable under fire. Permanently dissatisfied. Fun is not a listed benefit.
BREACHING / ASSAULT
GIGACHAD
Calm, reassuring, and absurdly capable. Impossible physical tasks look like a warm-up set. He never needs to brag. Everyone else supplies the commentary.
COMBAT MEDIC / LOGISTICS
CHEEMS
Anxious until someone needs help, then fearless. Keeps the team alive and supplied. Emergency provisions remain suspiciously bean-heavy.
INFILTRATION / TRANSPORT
SCUMBAG STEVE
Can steal anything, enter anywhere, and leave the paperwork to someone else. Questionable methods. Reliable loyalty. Procurement finally delivers something useful.
INTELLIGENCE / ELECTRONIC WARFARE
PHILOSORAPTOR
Finds the Algorithm's weaknesses and handles the technical work at every destination. Asks unsettling philosophical questions while dismantling security.
COMMS / RECONNAISSANCE
OVERLY ATTACHED GIRLFRIEND
Tracks teammates with terrifying precision, especially the new recruit. "I know exactly where you are" is both a status report and a warning.
NEW RECRUIT / YOU
LURKER
Silent. Highly skilled. Untested with this unit. No public profile and no recorded voiceprint make you hard for the Algorithm to anticipate — not invisible, and not immune to bullets. Earn their trust by clearing the route.
05 / THE WIDER INTERNET
CHRONICALLY TACTICAL.
Familiar faces on both sides. Only one side still has a soul.
The full roster reports for duty in the Theater. In the campaign, Legion copies wear these same faces with nothing behind the eyes. Dank Ops still answers to the originals.
OPERATOR / 01↗
FEELS GOOD, MAN. FEELS LETHAL.
PEPE
Keep calm. Stay rare.
OPERATOR / 02↗
MUCH TACTICAL. VERY VICTORY.
DOGE
Optimism under fire.
OPERATOR / 03↗
I KNOW THAT FEEL. HOLD THIS POSITION.
WOJAK
Feels every loss.
OPERATOR / 04↗
PROBLEM? INCOMING.
TROLLFACE
The grin never leaves.
OPERATOR / 05↗
I HAD FUN ONCE. RELOADED IMMEDIATELY.
GRUMPY CAT
Zero patience. Full magazine.
OPERATOR / 06↗
BUILT DIFFERENT. BREACHES HARDER.
GIGACHAD
Impossible odds. Warm-up set.
OPERATOR / 07↗
TEARS OUT. ROUNDS DOWNRANGE.
CRYING CAT
Sorry about the damage.
OPERATOR / 08↗
SMALL FIST. BIG CLUTCH.
SUCCESS KID
Lucky when it counts.
OPERATOR / 09↗
THAT WAS DEFINITELY THE PLAN.
DISASTER GIRL
Chaos with a smile.
OPERATOR / 10↗
TASTE THE RAINBOW. FEAR THE FLYBY.
NYAN CAT
Candy-colored air support.
OPERATOR / 11↗
EVERYTHING IS FINE. HOLD THE LINE.
THIS IS FINE DOG
Alarms are background noise.
OPERATOR / 12↗
MUCH NERVMOUS. STILL REPORTING.
CHEEMS
Supplies first. Speech later.
OPERATOR / 13↗
I DID NOT ORDER THIS MISSION.
SMUDGE
Did not order this.
OPERATOR / 14↗
FOUND COVER. IT WAS A DECOY.
BAD LUCK BRIAN
Mishaps on purpose.
OPERATOR / 15↗
SOLO QUEUE. SQUAD HEART.
FOREVER ALONE
Never lose contact.
OPERATOR / 16↗
PLAY THEM OFF. MOVE THEM OUT.
KEYBOARD CAT
Every retreat has a soundtrack.
OPERATOR / 17↗
BORROWED YOUR COVER. KEEPING IT.
SCUMBAG STEVE
One more gadget. Not his.
OPERATOR / 18↗
I HAVE YOUR BACK. ALWAYS.
OVERLY ATTACHED GIRLFRIEND
Never loses sight of you.
OPERATOR / 19↗
ALL GOOD. PLEASE SEND BACKUP.
HIDE THE PAIN HAROLD
Smile first. Repair list later.
OPERATOR / 20↗
COVER IS A SUGGESTION.
OVERLY MANLY MAN
Cover is optional.
OPERATOR / 21↗
CALLED FOR BACKUP. SAID HELLO TWICE.
SOCIALLY AWKWARD PENGUIN
Better at recon than small talk.
OPERATOR / 22↗
IF WE FLANK THEM, WHO FLANKS US?
PHILOSORAPTOR
Every angle considered.
OPERATOR / 23↗
THAT SHADOW MOVED. PROBABLY.
PARANOID PARROT
Suspects every corner.
OPERATOR / 24↗
I MAY HAVE PRESSED THAT BUTTON.
CONFESSION BEAR
Admits it. Fixes it.
OPERATOR / 25↗
LET'S CIRCLE BACK TO EXTRACTION.
BUSINESS CAT
Survival, quarterly.
OPERATOR / 26↗
A POSITIVE REACTION. FINALLY.
CHEMISTRY CAT
Protective compounds. Colorful smoke.
OPERATOR / 27↗
ERMAHGERD. REINFORCEMENTS.
ERMAHGERD GIRL
Scout drones and celebration.
06 / THE OPERATION
TEN MISSIONS. ONE ROUTE.
Clear every hostile. Reach the destination.
Their orders: destroy the Algorithm, break the Legion, and take back the world. First deployment: Scrollhaven.
01
Welcome to Dank Ops
Besieged forward command post in occupied Scrollhaven.
02
Touch Grass
Forest checkpoints and a ranger station outside the city.
03
Departures
Occupied military airport, hangars, and the service apron.
04
Buffering Bay
Industrial coastal port feeding the Legion's factories.
05
End of the Line
Rail depot in an industrial valley. Procurement gets creative.
06
Copy Factory
Automated plant where familiar faces come off the line.
07
No Signal
Buried communications hub beneath the mountain.
08
Unsubscribe
Exposed uplink station, radar dishes, and thin air.