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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.

Call to Arms is a 2018 Action, Indie, Simulation and Strategy game priced at $14.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (79% of 24144 reviews).

109
playing now
79%
positive of 24k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
54/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
19
Nexus mods (1.0k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

109 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 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.

Trailer

Call to Arms trailer thumbnail

Call to Arms - Gates of Hell - First to Fight Trailer

≈900,512 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 109 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 3% of 27,910 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 604k–1.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 24,144 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

272682026-09-15 12:00 — 87 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 129 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 76 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 129 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 157 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 108 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 119 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 236 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 133 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 155 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 210 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 112 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 68 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 169 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 145 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 103 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 178 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 122 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 81 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 157 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 164 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 97 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 76 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 109 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
6320Oct 2014Aug 2026Oct 2014 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2015 — avg 1 · peak 8Oct 2015 — avg 76 · peak 271Feb 2016 — avg 99 · peak 331Jun 2016 — avg 92 · peak 312Oct 2016 — avg 39 · peak 89Feb 2017 — avg 129 · peak 344Jun 2017 — avg 187 · peak 411Oct 2017 — avg 140 · peak 366Feb 2018 — avg 153 · peak 293Jun 2018 — avg 276 · peak 519Oct 2018 — avg 209 · peak 397Feb 2019 — avg 213 · peak 427Jun 2019 — avg 296 · peak 647Oct 2019 — avg 229 · peak 499Feb 2020 — avg 263 · peak 686Jun 2020 — avg 178 · peak 296Oct 2020 — avg 211 · peak 375Feb 2021 — avg 323 · peak 1,225Jun 2021 — avg 346 · peak 691Oct 2021 — avg 315 · peak 745Feb 2022 — avg 325 · peak 741Jun 2022 — avg 527 · peak 1,276Oct 2022 — avg 330 · peak 628Feb 2023 — avg 367 · peak 689Jun 2023 — avg 461 · peak 1,072Oct 2023 — avg 308 · peak 541Feb 2024 — avg 327 · peak 866Jun 2024 — avg 231 · peak 464Oct 2024 — avg 239 · peak 540Feb 2025 — avg 201 · peak 399Jun 2025 — avg 170 · peak 299Oct 2025 — avg 144 · peak 292Feb 2026 — avg 154 · peak 314Jun 2026 — avg 138 · peak 291Aug 2026 — avg 127 · peak 248
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

136352026-05-30 — 51 pageviews2026-06-03 — 45 pageviews2026-06-07 — 47 pageviews2026-06-11 — 66 pageviews2026-06-15 — 45 pageviews2026-06-19 — 62 pageviews2026-06-23 — 35 pageviews2026-06-27 — 64 pageviews2026-07-01 — 55 pageviews2026-07-05 — 59 pageviews2026-07-09 — 96 pageviews2026-07-13 — 66 pageviews2026-07-17 — 50 pageviews2026-07-21 — 53 pageviews2026-07-25 — 65 pageviews2026-07-29 — 52 pageviews2026-08-02 — 66 pageviews2026-08-06 — 57 pageviews2026-08-10 — 73 pageviews2026-08-14 — 57 pageviews2026-08-18 — 52 pageviews2026-08-22 — 57 pageviews2026-08-26 — 50 pageviews2026-08-30 — 63 pageviews2026-09-03 — 58 pageviews2026-09-07 — 61 pageviews2026-09-11 — 36 pageviews2026-09-15 — 46 pageviews2026-09-19 — 49 pageviews2026-09-23 — 102 pageviews2026-09-27 — 95 pageviews2026-10-01 — 52 pageviews2026-10-05 — 65 pageviews2026-10-08 — 63 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

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2015-07-30, latest 2016-11-21 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

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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