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Battle of Empires : 1914-1918 cover art

Battle of Empires : 1914-1918

Great War Team · Best Way Soft · 2015-07-22

Steam

ActionIndieSimulationStrategyFree To Play

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

Releases: Apr 22, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 is a story-driven RTS that brings to life some of the most brutal battles of the Great War. Each mission showcases the era’s most devastating weaponry — sabotage, stealth, trench warfare, gas attacks, artillery, and mobile infantry. BoE delivers the full WWI experience.

1
playing now
69%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$8.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 35 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 53k–126k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,103 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
631Nov 2014Aug 2026Nov 2014 — avg 1 · peak 11Mar 2015 — avg 38 · peak 91Jul 2015 — avg 60 · peak 208Nov 2015 — avg 39 · peak 84Mar 2016 — avg 47 · peak 131Jul 2016 — avg 34 · peak 73Nov 2016 — avg 46 · peak 135Mar 2017 — avg 36 · peak 88Jul 2017 — avg 32 · peak 76Nov 2017 — avg 28 · peak 79Mar 2018 — avg 19 · peak 45Jul 2018 — avg 20 · peak 48Nov 2018 — avg 22 · peak 67Mar 2019 — avg 13 · peak 29Jul 2019 — avg 14 · peak 36Nov 2019 — avg 12 · peak 37Mar 2020 — avg 15 · peak 37Jul 2020 — avg 17 · peak 49Nov 2020 — avg 14 · peak 41Mar 2021 — avg 10 · peak 27Jul 2021 — avg 13 · peak 35Nov 2021 — avg 10 · peak 31Mar 2022 — avg 10 · peak 25Jul 2022 — avg 7 · peak 19Nov 2022 — avg 8 · peak 27Mar 2023 — avg 8 · peak 23Jul 2023 — avg 5 · peak 18Nov 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 15Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 19Jul 2025 — avg 9 · peak 28Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$0.492015-01-012021-01-052015-01-01 — best price $14.992015-06-11 — best price $22.492015-07-01 — best price $21.242015-07-22 — best price $4.242015-12-22 — best price $1.242016-02-05 — best price $3.342016-03-14 — best price $2.492016-07-07 — best price $19.992016-07-09 — best price $4.992016-07-13 — best price $19.992016-10-28 — best price $1.692016-11-23 — best price $1.242016-12-22 — best price $0.492017-02-20 — best price $8.992017-04-03 — best price $8.992017-07-05 — best price $8.992017-11-01 — best price $8.992017-11-28 — best price $8.992018-01-04 — best price $8.992018-02-19 — best price $8.992018-07-05 — best price $8.992018-11-01 — best price $8.992018-11-27 — best price $8.992019-01-03 — best price $8.992019-02-11 — best price $8.992019-07-09 — best price $8.992019-11-01 — best price $8.992019-12-03 — best price $8.992020-01-02 — best price $8.992020-07-09 — best price $8.992020-11-02 — best price $8.992020-12-01 — best price $8.992021-01-05 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
58.6%
earned "Drill"
17.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam Cloud11 DLC

6 supported languages: English, Russian, French, Ukrainian, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 11 DLC released, first 2014-12-10, latest 2017-11-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3321%319

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

FPSRTSWarGoreIndieActionStrategyHistoricalSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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