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Future Wars cover art

Future Wars

Radon Labs · 2010-07-15

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 07, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Battle it out on the proving grounds and get ready for Future Wars. Similar to classic titles such as Advance Wars and Battle Isle, the game takes strategy gaming away from the micro-management overkill that it has become and using simple, proven rock-paper-scissors principles, reopens the genre to everyone.

Future Wars is a $0.99 Strategy game released in 2010, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and Mostly Negative (30% of 309 reviews).

0
playing now
30%
positive of 309 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (27 reviews).
  • · Top 26% of 14,091 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 12k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 309 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.36 at Savemi (2020-04-10) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 45 of 63 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820112025Week of 2011-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2011-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2012-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2012-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2012-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2013-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2013-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2014-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2014-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2014-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2014-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2014-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2014-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
40Jul 2012Dec 2020Jul 2012 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2012 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2013 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2013 — avg 1 · peak 3Jul 2013 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2013 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2014 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2014 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2014 — avg 2 · peak 19Oct 2014 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2015 — avg 0 · peak 4Apr 2015 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2015 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2015 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2020 — avg 0 · peak 1Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 2

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Dec 2020

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.39$0.402015-01-012026-08-232015-01-01 — best price $0.992015-04-13 — best price $1.122015-07-08 — best price $5.392015-11-25 — best price $1.242016-06-13 — best price $1.242016-12-15 — best price $0.502017-06-22 — best price $0.992017-12-22 — best price $4.992018-07-06 — best price $4.992018-11-27 — best price $4.992019-04-13 — best price $3.812019-07-29 — best price $2.492020-01-02 — best price $4.992020-04-29 — best price $4.082020-07-10 — best price $4.082020-09-07 — best price $4.492020-10-15 — best price $4.992020-12-03 — best price $4.142021-01-18 — best price $4.142021-03-08 — best price $1.002021-04-17 — best price $4.142021-05-25 — best price $4.992021-09-21 — best price $3.142021-12-24 — best price $0.922022-04-11 — best price $0.792022-07-31 — best price $4.492022-12-22 — best price $0.742023-06-17 — best price $0.492023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-03-15 — best price $0.402024-07-12 — best price $4.992024-11-18 — best price $0.402025-03-24 — best price $4.992025-08-04 — best price $0.422025-12-18 — best price $0.692026-04-20 — best price $4.992026-08-03 — best price $0.572026-08-23 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, German

Player tags

IndieStrategyTurn-BasedMultiplayerSingleplayerTurn-Based Strategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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