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AI War 2

Arcen Games · 2019-10-22

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 22, 2019 (Mac), Oct 22, 2019 (Linux), Oct 22, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.

AI War 2 is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2019, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 1562 reviews).

7
playing now
87%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

What Makes the AI Awesome? The AI has a distinct advantage over you in a grand strategic sense, but when it comes to combat and tactics it plays by the same rules as you... and it's very devious. The core conceit of the AI is that most of the time it's not aware of you. But pieces of its empire become aware of you at various times, and you have to then deal with those pieces in battles ranging from tiny skirmishes to thousands-strong epic encounters.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (145 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 50,300 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 39k–94k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,562 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%
Humble Store$4.99-75%
Steam$4.99-75%
GOG$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.00 at GreenManGaming (2023-07-21) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 63 of 115 observed days · $0.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12712720182026Week of 2018-10-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2122026-09-15 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 12 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 14 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 13 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 10 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 21 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 8 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
634Oct 2018Aug 2026Oct 2018 — avg 55 · peak 162Jan 2019 — avg 6 · peak 21Apr 2019 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2019 — avg 6 · peak 20Oct 2019 — avg 60 · peak 310Jan 2020 — avg 26 · peak 70Apr 2020 — avg 36 · peak 88Jul 2020 — avg 22 · peak 43Oct 2020 — avg 26 · peak 68Jan 2021 — avg 27 · peak 60Apr 2021 — avg 32 · peak 82Jul 2021 — avg 29 · peak 63Oct 2021 — avg 13 · peak 32Jan 2022 — avg 18 · peak 47Apr 2022 — avg 41 · peak 169Jul 2022 — avg 21 · peak 55Oct 2022 — avg 16 · peak 42Jan 2023 — avg 14 · peak 34Apr 2023 — avg 13 · peak 39Jul 2023 — avg 14 · peak 36Oct 2023 — avg 13 · peak 41Jan 2024 — avg 13 · peak 37Apr 2024 — avg 14 · peak 31Jul 2024 — avg 16 · peak 39Oct 2024 — avg 11 · peak 31Jan 2025 — avg 11 · peak 35Apr 2025 — avg 13 · peak 36Jul 2025 — avg 14 · peak 32Oct 2025 — avg 12 · peak 33Jan 2026 — avg 11 · peak 26Apr 2026 — avg 12 · peak 31Jul 2026 — avg 10 · peak 29Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$4.002018-10-152026-10-152018-10-15 — best price $17.992019-06-25 — best price $14.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-04-27 — best price $19.992020-07-10 — best price $19.992020-08-18 — best price $17.882020-10-07 — best price $19.992020-11-07 — best price $19.992020-12-15 — best price $19.992021-02-05 — best price $19.992021-03-04 — best price $16.882021-04-21 — best price $16.882021-05-29 — best price $19.992021-09-16 — best price $19.992021-12-04 — best price $19.992022-04-08 — best price $8.002022-07-30 — best price $19.992022-12-13 — best price $6.402023-04-04 — best price $19.992023-08-17 — best price $7.992023-11-21 — best price $4.992024-02-14 — best price $4.992024-05-01 — best price $4.992024-07-26 — best price $5.002024-10-16 — best price $19.992025-01-11 — best price $19.992025-03-19 — best price $19.992025-05-26 — best price $4.992025-08-18 — best price $19.992025-11-21 — best price $4.502026-03-19 — best price $4.992026-06-11 — best price $19.992026-09-01 — best price $4.992026-09-21 — best price $4.992026-10-11 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
23.9%
earned "Research Grant"
3.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCamera Comfort3 DLC

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2020-02-27, latest 2022-04-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,5891%255

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

4XRTSWarCo-opSpaceSci-fiEconomySandboxMilitaryReal-Time

Census log

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

Recent updates

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