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Blitzkrieg 3 cover art

Blitzkrieg 3

Nival · 2017-06-02

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Jun 02, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 02, 2017 (Mac)

Blitzkrieg 3 is a WW2 RTS made for true admirers of strategic mastery! Challenge your tactical skills in historical campaigns and defeat powerful Neural Network AI in competitive matches.

8
playing now
54%
positive of 7.3k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Blitzkrieg 3 was an online massively multiplayer online real-time strategy computer game, based on the events of World War II, a sequel to Blitzkrieg 2 and is the third and latest title in the Blitzkrieg series. Nival published the first trailer for the game on YouTube on August 13, 2013, featuring live action footage mixed with concept artwork and actual in-game footage and renders. Blitzkrieg's pre-order campaign was launched in November 2014. Blitzkrieg 3 hit Steam Early Access in May 2015, and was released on June 2, 2017, and its multiplayer component was shut down on December 14, 2022, with singleplayer and skirmish remaining available.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 53 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 183k–439k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,323 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.87 at GamersGate (2019-08-29) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 9 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
717120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2012026-08-06 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 17 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 15 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 14 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 11 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 18 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$1.872015-05-072026-04-262015-05-07 — best price $29.992015-10-12 — best price $29.992015-12-01 — best price $29.992016-03-25 — best price $20.092016-07-04 — best price $25.492016-11-23 — best price $20.992017-01-19 — best price $29.992017-03-27 — best price $29.992017-06-02 — best price $26.992017-07-27 — best price $20.992017-10-19 — best price $17.992017-12-11 — best price $13.992018-01-25 — best price $19.992018-04-16 — best price $9.992018-06-14 — best price $9.002018-10-22 — best price $19.992019-01-03 — best price $19.992019-02-26 — best price $9.992019-06-25 — best price $4.992019-11-26 — best price $4.992020-01-23 — best price $2.492020-04-22 — best price $19.992020-08-24 — best price $19.992020-10-26 — best price $9.992020-12-24 — best price $2.252021-02-18 — best price $19.992021-04-08 — best price $2.992021-06-16 — best price $9.992021-09-01 — best price $2.992021-11-15 — best price $9.992021-12-23 — best price $2.992022-02-23 — best price $2.992022-05-15 — best price $19.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-11-23 — best price $2.992023-03-27 — best price $9.992023-10-23 — best price $9.992024-12-16 — best price $9.992025-11-24 — best price $9.992026-04-26 — best price $7.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
37.7%
earned "Casus belli"
3.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, Russian, German, French, Polish, Czech, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Ukrainian, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,2531%75

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

Player tags

PvPRTSWarTanksMilitaryStrategyTacticalHistoricalSimulationCompetitive

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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