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Fire & Maneuver

Armchair Interactive · 2023-04-19

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jul 15, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Armchair Historian brings you a new turn-based strategy game set in the Victorian Era. As muskets become rifles and infantry is confronted by modernizing artillery, it is imperative to adapt to a rapidly changing battlefield. This is a new age, not of courage and chivalry, but of Blood and Iron.

3
playing now
77%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 35 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 55k–124k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,766 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320222026Week of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-08-11 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 9 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$25.17$0.002022-07-152026-07-092022-07-15 — best price $23.912022-07-30 — best price $0.002022-10-03 — best price $14.352022-11-22 — best price $15.732022-12-10 — best price $13.642022-12-22 — best price $10.482023-03-16 — best price $7.122023-04-20 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $6.992023-08-28 — best price $5.992023-11-21 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $3.992024-03-14 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $4.992025-07-04 — best price $3.992025-09-29 — best price $2.992025-10-27 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $0.992026-03-19 — best price $0.992026-06-02 — best price $0.992026-06-25 — best price $0.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
3.2%
earned "Victory at Paris"
0.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPStatsFamily Sharing2 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4210%40

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

Player tags

3DPvPWarLogicCombatMilitaryStrategyStylizedTacticalHistorical

Census log

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

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