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Battle Cry of Freedom

Flying Squirrel Entertainment · 2022-03-01

Steam

ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Mar 01, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Battle Cry of Freedom brings brutal real-time first and third-person combat set in the 19th Century America, presenting players with the opportunity to re-fight the American Civil War as either the Union or the Confederates.

Battle Cry of Freedom is an Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, and RPG game released in 2022, priced at $10.00, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 2521 reviews).

3
playing now
72%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$10.00
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 49 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (648 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 50k–113k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,521 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.10 at GreenManGaming (2024-06-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $10.00 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
52152120222026Week of 2022-03-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2802026-09-15 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2603Mar 2022Aug 2026Mar 2022 — avg 260 · peak 853May 2022 — avg 114 · peak 823Jul 2022 — avg 50 · peak 302Sep 2022 — avg 22 · peak 201Nov 2022 — avg 14 · peak 133Jan 2023 — avg 18 · peak 157Mar 2023 — avg 115 · peak 827May 2023 — avg 19 · peak 101Jul 2023 — avg 21 · peak 82Sep 2023 — avg 26 · peak 201Nov 2023 — avg 13 · peak 53Jan 2024 — avg 20 · peak 61Mar 2024 — avg 16 · peak 55May 2024 — avg 7 · peak 27Jul 2024 — avg 11 · peak 45Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 23Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 21Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 28Mar 2025 — avg 8 · peak 48May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 58Jul 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 34Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 19Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 37Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 41May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 19Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 27Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 27
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.102022-03-012026-07-172022-03-01 — best price $15.992022-04-11 — best price $12.992022-04-27 — best price $19.992022-05-08 — best price $11.302022-05-16 — best price $12.992022-06-18 — best price $19.992022-07-16 — best price $11.592022-08-26 — best price $6.682022-09-23 — best price $14.992022-10-08 — best price $14.992022-11-14 — best price $8.242022-12-05 — best price $8.242022-12-23 — best price $8.242023-03-03 — best price $5.252023-03-29 — best price $10.002023-04-29 — best price $10.002023-06-02 — best price $3.002023-07-13 — best price $2.502023-08-26 — best price $2.002023-11-17 — best price $2.402023-12-12 — best price $10.002024-01-06 — best price $10.002024-03-09 — best price $10.002024-04-09 — best price $2.002024-06-24 — best price $1.102024-07-26 — best price $1.102024-08-25 — best price $4.502024-11-27 — best price $1.202025-01-02 — best price $10.002025-03-20 — best price $10.002025-05-31 — best price $10.002025-07-10 — best price $10.002025-10-06 — best price $10.002026-01-05 — best price $10.002026-03-26 — best price $10.002026-07-09 — best price $10.002026-07-17 — best price $10.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
43.4%
earned "Modify Gear"
6.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing3 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Ukrainian, Romanian

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2023-03-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8842%27

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DFPSActionCombatAmericaShooterMilitaryStrategyHistoricalSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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