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Act of War: Direct Action cover art

Act of War: Direct Action

Eugen Systems · THQ Nordic · 2008-03-12

SteamGOG

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Apr 01, 2005 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Tomorrow's War Is NOW Ripped from today's headlines, Act of War: Direct Action™ is a frightening tale of suspense, international intrigue and geopolitical military conflict. This real-time strategy experience puts you squarely in control of counterterrorist forces and delivers a first look at tomorrow's war.

4
playing now
91%
positive of 624 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
1.1h
to beat · rushed 1.2h · completionist 1.3h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Act of War: Direct Action is a real-time strategy game developed by Eugen Systems and published by Atari. The game was released in March 2005 and features a detailed story written by Dale Brown, a retired captain of the United States Air Force and a bestselling author. An expansion pack called Act of War: High Treason was released in March 2006 in Europe and Australia, and in May 2006 in North America. The original game and expansion were later released as Act of War: Gold Edition, on 28 September 2007 in Europe. In September 2015 Eugen Systems released Act of Aggression which is considered a spiritual successor to Act of War.

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  • · Top 42% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 25k–50k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 624 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.52 at GameBillet (2018-08-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 60 of 89 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.13$0.692015-01-012026-08-212015-01-01 — best price $7.512015-05-18 — best price $8.952015-09-21 — best price $4.992016-02-16 — best price $11.132016-09-22 — best price $2.992017-04-12 — best price $1.022017-09-21 — best price $2.992018-02-02 — best price $2.352018-08-23 — best price $2.992018-11-30 — best price $2.992019-04-08 — best price $2.602019-08-04 — best price $2.062019-10-30 — best price $2.122020-01-11 — best price $2.512020-04-10 — best price $0.822020-07-04 — best price $2.592020-11-30 — best price $1.202021-04-08 — best price $1.192021-07-19 — best price $1.192021-10-29 — best price $1.192022-01-08 — best price $2.512022-04-30 — best price $1.012022-08-11 — best price $0.892022-11-18 — best price $1.192023-01-30 — best price $0.992023-05-08 — best price $1.192023-08-06 — best price $2.992023-12-02 — best price $2.992024-03-21 — best price $2.992024-07-01 — best price $1.992024-11-01 — best price $1.192025-01-13 — best price $1.062025-05-21 — best price $2.992025-09-09 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $1.012026-04-20 — best price $1.992026-07-25 — best price $1.992026-08-21 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

3DRTSWarGoreActionMilitaryPoliticsStrategyTop-DownPolitical

Census log

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

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