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Frontlines™: Fuel of War™ cover art

Frontlines™: Fuel of War™

Kaos Studios · THQ Nordic · 2008-02-29

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 29, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 25, 2008 (Xbox 360)

Frontlines™: Fuel of War™ is an open-world First Person Shooter set on the frontlines of tomorrow. In a world ravaged by a global energy crisis, environmental decay, and economic depression, players assume the role of an elite soldier in the Western Coalition Army on an epic crusade against the Red Star Alliance to control the last of...

Frontlines™: Fuel of War™ is an Action game released in 2008, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 1077 reviews).

0
playing now
69%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (30 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (179 downloads)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Frontlines: Fuel of War is a first-person shooter video game developed by Kaos Studios and released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 in February 2008. It was also in development for the PlayStation 3, although THQ canceled this version in January 2008, seemingly as a result of problems with developing for the console.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 43k–86k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,077 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$4.17-79%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Fanatical (2014-12-05) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 52 of 72 observed days · $2.18 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320172026Week of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1902026-09-14 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 19 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
121Jul 2012Jun 2026Jul 2012 — avg 6 · peak 20Dec 2012 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2013 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2013 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2014 — avg 2 · peak 11Aug 2014 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2015 — avg 4 · peak 17Jun 2015 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2015 — avg 5 · peak 29Apr 2016 — avg 4 · peak 19Sep 2016 — avg 3 · peak 16Feb 2017 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2017 — avg 3 · peak 16Dec 2017 — avg 3 · peak 17May 2018 — avg 3 · peak 13Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 18Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 17Aug 2019 — avg 2 · peak 14Jan 2020 — avg 3 · peak 14Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 17Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 16Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 19Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 23Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 15Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 15Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 12May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 13Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 13Oct 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2026 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2026 — avg 2 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.162015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $7.992015-03-02 — best price $19.992015-05-12 — best price $13.072015-07-20 — best price $2.702015-11-25 — best price $4.992016-04-05 — best price $19.992016-08-24 — best price $19.992017-02-03 — best price $5.002017-07-22 — best price $18.582017-12-25 — best price $19.992018-08-13 — best price $11.362018-12-11 — best price $19.992019-08-02 — best price $19.992019-11-26 — best price $4.992020-02-21 — best price $19.992020-07-04 — best price $17.192020-12-21 — best price $4.992021-06-09 — best price $17.192021-10-09 — best price $16.792022-02-02 — best price $19.992022-06-22 — best price $19.992022-09-14 — best price $5.002023-01-06 — best price $19.992023-05-24 — best price $19.992023-11-01 — best price $4.992024-03-18 — best price $19.992024-07-19 — best price $16.792024-12-09 — best price $4.992025-04-24 — best price $5.002025-08-28 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-06-01 — best price $5.002026-09-02 — best price $5.002026-10-14 — best price $4.17
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

90302026-05-31 — 58 pageviews2026-06-04 — 53 pageviews2026-06-08 — 43 pageviews2026-06-12 — 47 pageviews2026-06-16 — 51 pageviews2026-06-20 — 46 pageviews2026-06-24 — 51 pageviews2026-06-28 — 58 pageviews2026-07-02 — 39 pageviews2026-07-06 — 60 pageviews2026-07-10 — 49 pageviews2026-07-14 — 43 pageviews2026-07-18 — 38 pageviews2026-07-22 — 69 pageviews2026-07-26 — 54 pageviews2026-07-30 — 38 pageviews2026-08-03 — 43 pageviews2026-08-07 — 52 pageviews2026-08-11 — 51 pageviews2026-08-15 — 39 pageviews2026-08-19 — 54 pageviews2026-08-23 — 42 pageviews2026-08-27 — 55 pageviews2026-08-31 — 53 pageviews2026-09-04 — 30 pageviews2026-09-08 — 70 pageviews2026-09-12 — 58 pageviews2026-09-16 — 48 pageviews2026-09-20 — 71 pageviews2026-09-24 — 53 pageviews2026-09-28 — 41 pageviews2026-10-02 — 51 pageviews2026-10-06 — 56 pageviews2026-10-10 — 57 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

FPSWarGoreCo-opActionShooterMilitaryControllerOpen WorldMultiplayer

Census log

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

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