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Gary Grigsby's War in the West cover art

Gary Grigsby's War in the West

2by3 Games · Matrix Games · 2017-08-03

SteamGOG

Simulation

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

Releases: 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Gary Grigsby’s War in the West is the most ambitious and detailed computer wargame on the Western Front of World War II ever made.

85%
positive of 180 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$79.99
steam price (US)
Gary Grigsby's War in the East: The German-Soviet War 1941-1945 is a 2010 computer wargame developed by 2 by 3 Games and published by Matrix Games. It simulates the German–Soviet War of World War II. Two sequels were released: Gary Grigsby's War in the West in 2014 and Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2 in 2021.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 58% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 33% of 17,397 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.5k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 180 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$47.99-40%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$79.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $23.99 at Steam (2019-02-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $79.99 · on sale 93 of 141 observed days · $24.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$79.99$23.992017-08-032026-10-172017-08-03 — best price $49.592018-06-22 — best price $29.592019-04-05 — best price $39.992019-12-03 — best price $79.992020-03-09 — best price $55.992020-11-25 — best price $23.992021-03-22 — best price $23.992021-08-19 — best price $23.992022-01-05 — best price $79.992022-10-17 — best price $79.992023-02-24 — best price $55.992023-08-28 — best price $23.992023-11-22 — best price $55.992024-02-14 — best price $31.992024-04-23 — best price $31.992024-07-31 — best price $79.992024-10-17 — best price $79.992024-11-27 — best price $55.992025-01-20 — best price $44.792025-03-13 — best price $55.992025-04-22 — best price $79.992025-06-04 — best price $79.992025-07-14 — best price $79.992025-09-01 — best price $79.992025-10-15 — best price $47.992025-11-18 — best price $79.992025-12-22 — best price $47.992026-02-03 — best price $79.992026-03-09 — best price $37.592026-04-17 — best price $79.992026-05-20 — best price $79.992026-06-22 — best price $47.992026-08-03 — best price $47.992026-09-14 — best price $37.992026-09-26 — best price $47.992026-10-08 — best price $47.992026-10-17 — best price $47.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3822026-07-19 — 14 pageviews2026-07-22 — 9 pageviews2026-07-25 — 14 pageviews2026-07-28 — 18 pageviews2026-07-31 — 16 pageviews2026-08-03 — 12 pageviews2026-08-06 — 11 pageviews2026-08-09 — 10 pageviews2026-08-12 — 12 pageviews2026-08-15 — 38 pageviews2026-08-18 — 10 pageviews2026-08-21 — 11 pageviews2026-08-24 — 13 pageviews2026-08-27 — 10 pageviews2026-08-30 — 11 pageviews2026-09-02 — 4 pageviews2026-09-05 — 13 pageviews2026-09-08 — 18 pageviews2026-09-11 — 12 pageviews2026-09-14 — 12 pageviews2026-09-17 — 7 pageviews2026-09-20 — 18 pageviews2026-09-23 — 23 pageviews2026-09-26 — 15 pageviews2026-09-29 — 14 pageviews2026-10-02 — 7 pageviews2026-10-05 — 12 pageviews2026-10-08 — 5 pageviews2026-10-11 — 6 pageviews2026-10-14 — 7 pageviews2026-10-15 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-08-03 (Steam store data)

Player tags

WarWargameHex GridStrategyHistoricalSimulationTurn-BasedWorld War IITurn-Based Strategy

Census log

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

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