The Game Census
1943 Deadly Desert cover art

1943 Deadly Desert

HandyGames · 2018-05-15

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Dec 07, 2016 (iOS), May 15, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 03, 2017 (Android)

North Africa 1943. Lead your forces to victory in the most intense WW2 battle!

65%
positive of 113 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 61% of 18,324 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.8k–6.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 113 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.80 at GamesPlanet UK (2022-04-28) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 70 of 91 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520182026Week of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$10.77$0.802018-05-162026-08-152018-05-16 — best price $8.992019-01-08 — best price $9.992019-04-26 — best price $9.992019-08-01 — best price $4.992019-11-08 — best price $9.992020-01-01 — best price $8.992020-02-13 — best price $9.782020-05-04 — best price $2.552020-06-17 — best price $2.102020-08-22 — best price $8.492020-11-28 — best price $1.992021-02-05 — best price $9.992021-03-12 — best price $1.682021-04-18 — best price $7.162021-05-21 — best price $9.992021-07-16 — best price $2.992021-09-21 — best price $1.602021-11-24 — best price $1.992022-01-27 — best price $0.992022-04-20 — best price $0.842022-07-06 — best price $7.342022-10-07 — best price $2.002022-12-21 — best price $1.592023-04-13 — best price $9.992023-10-02 — best price $1.992024-02-26 — best price $9.992024-08-06 — best price $6.992024-11-01 — best price $1.992025-01-05 — best price $9.992025-06-09 — best price $2.002025-08-15 — best price $7.932025-10-09 — best price $6.472026-01-07 — best price $7.932026-05-22 — best price $1.802026-08-10 — best price $8.422026-08-15 — best price $8.42
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
18.1%
earned "Point-blank"
5.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

2DWarIndieClassicHex GridMilitaryStrategyTacticalIsometricHistorical

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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