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Line War

Studio Centurion · 2022-05-05

Steam

Strategy

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

Releases: May 05, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A new type of RTS with elements from 4X, Wargame, and Real-Time Tactics. Draw commands and execute a superior strategy to defeat your opponent, focusing on high-level decisions rather than constant micromanagement.

Line War is a Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (80% of 1183 reviews).

3
playing now
80%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 57 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (355 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 24k–53k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,183 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.24 at Steam (2025-03-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
30530520222026Week of 2022-05-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1422026-09-15 02:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 14 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
855May 2022Aug 2026May 2022 — avg 85 · peak 300Jul 2022 — avg 12 · peak 35Sep 2022 — avg 9 · peak 25Nov 2022 — avg 6 · peak 22Jan 2023 — avg 13 · peak 47Mar 2023 — avg 16 · peak 60May 2023 — avg 14 · peak 62Jul 2023 — avg 6 · peak 26Sep 2023 — avg 8 · peak 40Nov 2023 — avg 5 · peak 24Jan 2024 — avg 7 · peak 23Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 24May 2024 — avg 31 · peak 107Jul 2024 — avg 48 · peak 200Sep 2024 — avg 15 · peak 46Nov 2024 — avg 17 · peak 40Jan 2025 — avg 37 · peak 108Mar 2025 — avg 40 · peak 204May 2025 — avg 38 · peak 185Jul 2025 — avg 13 · peak 31Sep 2025 — avg 10 · peak 28Nov 2025 — avg 8 · peak 24Jan 2026 — avg 10 · peak 36Mar 2026 — avg 9 · peak 28May 2026 — avg 9 · peak 29Jul 2026 — avg 11 · peak 39Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 20
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$6.242022-05-052026-07-092022-05-05 — best price $14.992022-05-12 — best price $19.992023-03-16 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-05-11 — best price $14.992023-05-15 — best price $19.992023-06-30 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-08-28 — best price $14.992023-09-04 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-05-05 — best price $14.992024-05-19 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-01-20 — best price $14.992025-01-27 — best price $19.992025-02-01 — best price $24.992025-03-06 — best price $6.242025-03-13 — best price $24.992025-04-28 — best price $12.492025-05-05 — best price $24.992025-06-26 — best price $16.742025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-10-05 — best price $16.742025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-12-18 — best price $12.492026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-02-09 — best price $16.742026-02-16 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $12.492026-07-09 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Russian, German, Slovak

Player tags

4XPvPRTSCo-opWargameCold WarStrategyTop-DownAction RTSBoard Game

Census log

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

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