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Call to Arms cover art

Call to Arms

Digitalmindsoft · 2018-04-27

Steam

ActionIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 27, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.

129
playing now
79%
positive of 24k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
54/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

129 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Call to Arms is a real-time tactics and strategy video game developed by the German company Digitalmindsoft as the spiritual successor to the Men of War series. It was released in April 2018. A stand-alone expansion pack, titled Gates of Hell: Ostfront, was developed by Barbedwire Studios and released in 2021, with Digitalmindsoft remaining as the publisher.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 129 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 566 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~71/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 603k–1.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 24,127 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
50450420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 504 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

193662026-08-06 21:00 — 108 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 96 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 146 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 143 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 111 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 193 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 161 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 118 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 182 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 150 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 85 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 137 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 113 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 66 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 114 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 128 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 81 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 154 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 137 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 81 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 111 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 128 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 114 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 152 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 141 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 99 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 92 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 147 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 129 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$0.002015-07-312021-03-062015-07-31 — best price $19.992015-10-10 — best price $19.992015-12-01 — best price $19.992016-01-04 — best price $19.992016-02-12 — best price $19.992016-03-29 — best price $6.242016-05-30 — best price $6.242016-06-23 — best price $6.242016-07-24 — best price $0.002016-08-07 — best price $4.992016-10-24 — best price $29.992018-06-09 — best price $29.992018-10-31 — best price $0.002019-11-10 — best price $7.492019-11-26 — best price $7.492019-12-19 — best price $7.492020-01-23 — best price $7.492020-03-26 — best price $7.492020-04-27 — best price $7.492020-06-25 — best price $7.492020-07-27 — best price $7.492020-10-29 — best price $7.492020-11-25 — best price $7.492020-12-22 — best price $7.492021-02-11 — best price $7.492021-02-27 — best price $3.742021-03-06 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

136282026-05-30 — 51 pageviews2026-06-02 — 53 pageviews2026-06-05 — 57 pageviews2026-06-08 — 58 pageviews2026-06-11 — 66 pageviews2026-06-14 — 36 pageviews2026-06-17 — 53 pageviews2026-06-20 — 28 pageviews2026-06-23 — 35 pageviews2026-06-26 — 52 pageviews2026-06-29 — 63 pageviews2026-07-02 — 78 pageviews2026-07-05 — 59 pageviews2026-07-08 — 57 pageviews2026-07-11 — 63 pageviews2026-07-14 — 58 pageviews2026-07-17 — 50 pageviews2026-07-20 — 55 pageviews2026-07-23 — 58 pageviews2026-07-26 — 39 pageviews2026-07-29 — 52 pageviews2026-08-01 — 47 pageviews2026-08-04 — 41 pageviews2026-08-07 — 58 pageviews2026-08-10 — 73 pageviews2026-08-13 — 53 pageviews2026-08-16 — 136 pageviews2026-08-19 — 56 pageviews2026-08-22 — 57 pageviews2026-08-25 — 62 pageviews2026-08-26 — 50 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
34.1%
earned "Ambush"
4.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopIn-App Purchases3 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,2112%124

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

Player tags

FPSRTSWarActionModernShooterMilitaryStrategyTacticalReal-Time

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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