Assigned to Mission Sandstorm, your duty is to locate and annihilate a new terrorist cell setting up shop and recruiting foreign insurgents in a remote desert hot spot.

Modern Combat: Sandstorm is a first-person shooter set in the Middle East. The player controls the character Chief who, working together with a squad, participates in ten missions against terrorists. Missions are linear with scripted events. Different weapons can be used, such as two types of assault rifles, an SMG, an RPG, a sniper rifle and grenades. Some weapons are hidden in crates found along the way. The character is controlled using a virtual joystick while aiming is done by scrolling across the touchscreen.