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Making History II: The War of the World

Muzzy Lane Software · Factus Games · 2010-08-27

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jul 05, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 05, 2010 (Mac), Jul 05, 2010 (Linux)

What if Germany won the Battle of Britain? What if Moscow fell in 1942?You’re in charge. Anything can happen and history will never repeat itself in this classic WWII grand strategy game MAKING HISTORY II: The War of the World. Are you ready to battle for global dominance?

Making History II: The War of the World is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2010, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (80% of 399 reviews).

23
playing now
80%
positive of 399 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
30/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Making History II: The War of the World is a World War II grand strategy computer game released in June 2010 by developer Muzzy Lane Software. Making History II is the successor to Making History: The Calm & The Storm and gives players the ability to take full control of any world nation, colonies, regions, cities, and military units during the time leading up to and during the Second World War. In 2016, along with the other games in the series, Making History II was sold to Factus Games.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 23 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 16k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 399 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.80 at GamersGate (2022-11-17) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 16 of 29 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020152026Week of 2015-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2882026-09-15 03:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 13 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 15 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 21 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 16 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 9 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 14 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 21 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 12 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 12 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 14 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 14 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 18 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 17 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 19 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 18 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 22 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 21 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 23 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
699Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 15 · peak 31Dec 2012 — avg 15 · peak 35May 2013 — avg 13 · peak 35Oct 2013 — avg 10 · peak 30Mar 2014 — avg 20 · peak 39Aug 2014 — avg 22 · peak 45Jan 2015 — avg 33 · peak 67Jun 2015 — avg 54 · peak 94Nov 2015 — avg 51 · peak 101Apr 2016 — avg 45 · peak 85Sep 2016 — avg 34 · peak 71Feb 2017 — avg 37 · peak 74Jul 2017 — avg 37 · peak 68Dec 2017 — avg 34 · peak 66May 2018 — avg 26 · peak 51Oct 2018 — avg 19 · peak 50Mar 2019 — avg 22 · peak 53Aug 2019 — avg 20 · peak 43Jan 2020 — avg 23 · peak 50Jun 2020 — avg 22 · peak 45Nov 2020 — avg 20 · peak 42Apr 2021 — avg 21 · peak 41Sep 2021 — avg 22 · peak 44Feb 2022 — avg 27 · peak 71Jul 2022 — avg 23 · peak 43Dec 2022 — avg 21 · peak 41May 2023 — avg 18 · peak 35Oct 2023 — avg 20 · peak 39Mar 2024 — avg 20 · peak 42Aug 2024 — avg 22 · peak 47Jan 2025 — avg 21 · peak 46Jun 2025 — avg 22 · peak 39Nov 2025 — avg 19 · peak 35Apr 2026 — avg 17 · peak 35Aug 2026 — avg 18 · peak 33
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.802015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $4.002015-11-23 — best price $3.752016-08-11 — best price $14.992017-11-22 — best price $7.492018-07-18 — best price $7.502018-12-20 — best price $7.492019-06-26 — best price $7.492019-12-19 — best price $5.622020-04-29 — best price $11.012020-06-09 — best price $14.992020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-08-11 — best price $11.012020-10-29 — best price $7.492021-01-12 — best price $14.992021-02-02 — best price $14.992021-02-27 — best price $12.632021-03-22 — best price $14.992021-04-17 — best price $14.992021-05-10 — best price $14.992021-06-05 — best price $14.992021-09-26 — best price $11.012021-11-15 — best price $4.492022-02-21 — best price $4.492022-05-06 — best price $12.632022-06-30 — best price $11.012022-08-18 — best price $4.492022-11-21 — best price $14.992023-04-22 — best price $11.012023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-12-18 — best price $5.632024-04-01 — best price $14.992024-09-23 — best price $2.812024-12-23 — best price $14.992025-04-28 — best price $14.992025-09-15 — best price $14.992026-02-02 — best price $7.492026-08-10 — best price $7.492026-08-24 — best price $7.50
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1502026-05-31 — 1 pageviews2026-06-04 — 4 pageviews2026-06-08 — 7 pageviews2026-06-12 — 3 pageviews2026-06-16 — 4 pageviews2026-06-20 — 7 pageviews2026-06-24 — 2 pageviews2026-06-28 — 5 pageviews2026-07-02 — 2 pageviews2026-07-06 — 5 pageviews2026-07-10 — 0 pageviews2026-07-14 — 6 pageviews2026-07-18 — 3 pageviews2026-07-22 — 9 pageviews2026-07-26 — 3 pageviews2026-07-30 — 7 pageviews2026-08-03 — 0 pageviews2026-08-07 — 1 pageviews2026-08-11 — 4 pageviews2026-08-15 — 4 pageviews2026-08-19 — 1 pageviews2026-08-23 — 4 pageviews2026-08-27 — 4 pageviews2026-08-31 — 7 pageviews2026-09-04 — 0 pageviews2026-09-08 — 4 pageviews2026-09-12 — 2 pageviews2026-09-16 — 5 pageviews2026-09-20 — 3 pageviews2026-09-24 — 2 pageviews2026-09-28 — 2 pageviews2026-10-02 — 5 pageviews2026-10-06 — 0 pageviews2026-10-10 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

1
achievements tracked
3.9%
earned "Early Defeat"
3.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, German, French, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)378100%1

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

Player tags

IndieStrategyHistoricalSimulationTurn-BasedMultiplayerSingleplayerWorld War IIGrand Strategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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