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'83 cover art

'83

Blue Dot Games · 2026-04-23

Steam

ActionMassively MultiplayerSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Apr 23, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

'83 is a 40v40 squad based, objective focused online tactical first person shooter set in a Cold-War-Gone-Hot scenario. It's designed with 'accessible realism' for the most enjoyable, but still hardcore experience that gets you to the action fast, without losing the lethality of war.

'83 is a 2026 Action, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation, Strategy game priced at $29.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 1299 reviews).

67%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

1983 was a tense year for global politics. With Western powers ramping up anti-Soviet rhetoric and the Soviets responding in kind, it represented one of the most dangerous years in the 20th century. In ‘83, these tensions explode into a global conflict where ‘what if’ has become ‘when’. Birthed from the timeline of the real Cold War, sabre-rattling escalates to a World War for dominance between two nuclear superpowers.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 181 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~23/week).
  • · Review velocity down 82% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (721 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 26k–58k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,299 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $8.12 at GreenManGaming (2026-09-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 7 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
49249220262026Week of 2026-04-23: 492 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 229 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 83 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$12.302026-04-232026-08-152026-04-23 — best price $21.592026-04-30 — best price $29.992026-05-01 — best price $29.992026-06-04 — best price $14.992026-06-18 — best price $29.992026-06-21 — best price $12.302026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-07-14 — best price $29.992026-07-20 — best price $12.302026-07-29 — best price $14.992026-08-01 — best price $29.992026-08-04 — best price $29.992026-08-07 — best price $12.302026-08-15 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundSteam CloudHDR availableFamily SharingSteam Timeline

Census log

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