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Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront cover art

Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront

Barbedwire Studios · Digitalmindsoft · 2021-06-11

Steam

ActionSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 11, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Call to Arms - Gates of Hell is a realistic RTS/ RTT game that offers endless replay value. Command all types of troops in historical singleplayer, dynamic campaign, PvP and PvE battles. Are you ready for some serious immersion in World War 2?

2,941
playing now
85%
positive of 34k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)

2,941 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
  • · 2,941 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,214 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~652/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 677k–1.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 33,862 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.49 at Steam (2025-03-13) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 8 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20212026Week of 2021-06-01: 1,016 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 283 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 623 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 836 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 880 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 268 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 766 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 268 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 587 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 623 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 711 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 606 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 583 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 757 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 178 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 489 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 551 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 507 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 506 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 525 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,136 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 746 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 563 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 549 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 611 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 610 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 83 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6.5k2.5k2026-08-06 21:00 — 3,786 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 2,926 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 5,576 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 4,187 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 3,575 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 6,180 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 4,556 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 3,802 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 6,525 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 4,325 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 2,885 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 5,478 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 3,546 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 2,836 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 5,420 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 3,593 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 2,687 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 5,703 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 4,793 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 2,662 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 4,227 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 4,595 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 3,175 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 5,028 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 4,813 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 2,636 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 3,407 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 4,725 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 2,941 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$3.492023-09-062026-08-032023-09-06 — best price $34.992023-11-28 — best price $34.992024-01-04 — best price $34.992024-01-18 — best price $34.992024-03-21 — best price $34.992024-07-11 — best price $34.992024-10-31 — best price $34.992024-12-04 — best price $34.992025-01-02 — best price $34.992025-01-27 — best price $34.992025-03-20 — best price $34.992025-05-05 — best price $34.992025-07-10 — best price $34.992025-09-01 — best price $34.992025-10-06 — best price $34.992025-11-17 — best price $34.992026-01-05 — best price $34.992026-02-16 — best price $34.992026-03-26 — best price $34.992026-05-14 — best price $34.992026-07-09 — best price $34.992026-08-03 — best price $34.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

136282026-05-31 — 41 pageviews2026-06-03 — 45 pageviews2026-06-06 — 45 pageviews2026-06-09 — 56 pageviews2026-06-12 — 28 pageviews2026-06-15 — 45 pageviews2026-06-18 — 45 pageviews2026-06-21 — 53 pageviews2026-06-24 — 38 pageviews2026-06-27 — 64 pageviews2026-06-30 — 47 pageviews2026-07-03 — 60 pageviews2026-07-06 — 70 pageviews2026-07-09 — 96 pageviews2026-07-12 — 62 pageviews2026-07-15 — 45 pageviews2026-07-18 — 38 pageviews2026-07-21 — 53 pageviews2026-07-24 — 69 pageviews2026-07-27 — 59 pageviews2026-07-30 — 66 pageviews2026-08-02 — 66 pageviews2026-08-05 — 58 pageviews2026-08-08 — 90 pageviews2026-08-11 — 55 pageviews2026-08-14 — 57 pageviews2026-08-17 — 81 pageviews2026-08-20 — 55 pageviews2026-08-23 — 65 pageviews2026-08-26 — 50 pageviews2026-08-28 — 44 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1602026-08-28 23:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
67.2%
earned "Veteran III"
5.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopCamera Comfort7 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Polish, Ukrainian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,5880%414

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

PvERTSWarMilitaryModdableStrategyRealisticHistoricalMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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