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Headquarters: World War II cover art

Headquarters: World War II

Starni Games · Slitherine Ltd. · 2024-04-11

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Apr 11, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Headquarters: World War II is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game where your battlefield tactics are as important as your army management skills. Experience both sides of the war, battling in Europe as the USA, the UK, or Germany. Storm bunkers, occupy houses, win tank duels.

77%
positive of 685 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
96/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)
Headquarters: World War II is a turn-based strategy video game developed by Starni Games and published by Slitherine Software. Players control one of the forces during the Battle of Normandy and fight tactical battles.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 59 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (196 reviews).
  • · Top 36% of 7,453 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 14k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 685 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$23.99-40%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $18.79 at Fanatical (2026-03-09) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 110 of 171 observed days · $5.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14914920242026Week of 2024-04-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$898.10$15.992022-09-142026-09-032022-09-14 — best price $898.102024-06-03 — best price $39.992024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-08-13 — best price $33.992024-08-28 — best price $32.482024-09-25 — best price $21.772024-10-29 — best price $30.152024-11-22 — best price $27.842024-12-04 — best price $30.842024-12-23 — best price $30.152025-01-04 — best price $31.082025-01-22 — best price $39.992025-02-18 — best price $21.292025-03-10 — best price $17.992025-04-04 — best price $22.762025-04-25 — best price $39.992025-05-13 — best price $33.992025-06-02 — best price $39.992025-06-26 — best price $23.342025-07-18 — best price $27.842025-08-12 — best price $24.542025-09-03 — best price $28.822025-10-09 — best price $39.992025-10-29 — best price $28.822025-11-21 — best price $23.992025-12-09 — best price $16.322026-01-09 — best price $29.992026-01-31 — best price $39.992026-02-21 — best price $39.992026-03-12 — best price $20.152026-04-05 — best price $39.992026-05-05 — best price $20.392026-06-02 — best price $39.992026-06-22 — best price $23.992026-07-17 — best price $39.992026-08-17 — best price $39.992026-09-03 — best price $23.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4812026-06-05 — 18 pageviews2026-06-08 — 20 pageviews2026-06-11 — 13 pageviews2026-06-14 — 7 pageviews2026-06-17 — 4 pageviews2026-06-20 — 3 pageviews2026-06-23 — 8 pageviews2026-06-26 — 3 pageviews2026-06-29 — 48 pageviews2026-07-02 — 8 pageviews2026-07-05 — 1 pageviews2026-07-08 — 7 pageviews2026-07-11 — 7 pageviews2026-07-14 — 9 pageviews2026-07-17 — 4 pageviews2026-07-20 — 5 pageviews2026-07-23 — 11 pageviews2026-07-26 — 10 pageviews2026-07-29 — 6 pageviews2026-08-01 — 2 pageviews2026-08-04 — 3 pageviews2026-08-07 — 6 pageviews2026-08-10 — 4 pageviews2026-08-13 — 4 pageviews2026-08-16 — 3 pageviews2026-08-19 — 3 pageviews2026-08-22 — 10 pageviews2026-08-25 — 5 pageviews2026-08-28 — 8 pageviews2026-08-31 — 5 pageviews2026-09-02 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
46.2%
earned "The Commendation Medal"
12.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam Achievements3 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1962%102

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

Player tags

3DPvPWarTanksWargameStrategyTabletopBoard GameHistoricalMultiplayer

Census log

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

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