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BATTALION: Legacy

BULKHEAD · 2019-05-23

Steam

ActionFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 23, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

BATTALION: Legacy recaptures the core of classic shooters in the final iteration of Battalion 1944. Return to the simple days of playing first person shooters with your friends. Grab your bolt action rifle in 'rifles only' mode or compete in 5v5 Search and Destroy.

BATTALION: Legacy is a free-to-play Action and Free To Play title released in 2019, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and Mixed sentiment (60% of 16,306 reviews).

0
playing now
60%
positive of 16k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
56/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Battalion 1944 is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by Bulkhead Interactive and published by Square Enix Collective and released for Windows. The game was announced via a Kickstarter campaign in February 2016, and released on 23 May 2019. The game is set during World War II and runs on Unreal Engine 4. Bulkhead is a collaborative effort between companies Deco Digital and Bevel Studios. Versions for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One were also announced but never released.

Trailer

BATTALION: Legacy trailer thumbnail

BATTALION: Legacy - Release Trailer

≈347,617 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 77 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (5,324 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $6.39 at Fanatical (2020-10-16) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.9k2.9k20182026Week of 2018-02-01: 2,926 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2,398 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 256 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 660 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 282 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2,436 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 842 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,368 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 286 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 536 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 522 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 348 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002018-02-022022-08-162018-02-02 — best price $13.492019-04-22 — best price $19.992019-06-17 — best price $19.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992019-08-05 — best price $19.992019-10-08 — best price $19.992019-11-01 — best price $19.992019-12-03 — best price $19.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-03-02 — best price $19.992020-04-01 — best price $19.992020-05-27 — best price $19.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-08-07 — best price $19.992020-11-02 — best price $19.992020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-01-27 — best price $19.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992022-08-16 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

40882026-05-31 — 8 pageviews2026-06-04 — 16 pageviews2026-06-08 — 30 pageviews2026-06-12 — 12 pageviews2026-06-16 — 26 pageviews2026-06-20 — 18 pageviews2026-06-24 — 17 pageviews2026-06-28 — 18 pageviews2026-07-02 — 19 pageviews2026-07-06 — 9 pageviews2026-07-10 — 16 pageviews2026-07-14 — 11 pageviews2026-07-18 — 29 pageviews2026-07-22 — 18 pageviews2026-07-26 — 8 pageviews2026-07-30 — 11 pageviews2026-08-03 — 9 pageviews2026-08-07 — 22 pageviews2026-08-11 — 226 pageviews2026-08-15 — 79 pageviews2026-08-19 — 62 pageviews2026-08-23 — 126 pageviews2026-08-27 — 62 pageviews2026-08-31 — 66 pageviews2026-09-04 — 102 pageviews2026-09-08 — 162 pageviews2026-09-12 — 153 pageviews2026-09-16 — 216 pageviews2026-09-20 — 286 pageviews2026-09-24 — 235 pageviews2026-09-28 — 158 pageviews2026-10-02 — 118 pageviews2026-10-06 — 82 pageviews2026-10-10 — 133 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPFamily Sharing

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSPvPWarCo-opActionArcadeShooterMilitarySurvivalTactical

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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