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Grey Skies: A War of the Worlds Story

Steel Arts Software · 2020-11-05

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 05, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 05, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Nov 05, 2020 (Xbox One), Feb 04, 2021 (Nintendo Switch)

Based on the great work of H.G. Wells, explore the English countryside and encounter iconic concepts such as Black Smoke, Red Weed and of course the almighty Fighting Machine and it's Heat Ray!

36%
positive of 157 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 47% of 16,648 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.1k–7.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 157 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-11-05 (Steam store data)

Player tags

NoirSpaceActionSci-fiStealthZombiesStrategySurvivalStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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