The main goal in 5 Trenches is to place a soldier in the fifth trench.

It seems trivial, however, as soldiers accomplish missions reaching more distant trenches, it becomes more difficult, verging on the impossible.

5 Trenches is a puzzle game based on Conway's Soldiers problem.

In addition to the 19 missions that compose the main course of the game, 5 Trenches has 3 other game modes: impossible mission, solitaire soldier and free mode.

Conway's soldiers problem is also known as the solitaire army game, checker-jumping problem or Conway's checkers.