Fall of Empires is a stand-alone game in the Infantry Attacks series, the World War One equivalent to the long-running Panzer Grenadier series. Units are companies and squadrons, and the forty scenarios represent actions from the opening battles of 1914 in southern Poland between the Russian and Austro-Hungarian armies.

Forces include the Austro-Hungarian Common Army's infantry, mountain troops, artillery and three types of cavalry. The Russian Army brings its own infantry, grenadiers, Cossacks and Plastuns.