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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?

22
playing now
80%
positive of 399 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
30/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$14.99
steam price (US)

22 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 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

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  • · Top 40% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 16k–32k copies

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

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.50-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 19 of 34 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

2002026-05-31 — 1 pageviews2026-06-03 — 7 pageviews2026-06-06 — 3 pageviews2026-06-09 — 3 pageviews2026-06-12 — 3 pageviews2026-06-15 — 4 pageviews2026-06-18 — 0 pageviews2026-06-21 — 1 pageviews2026-06-24 — 2 pageviews2026-06-27 — 12 pageviews2026-06-30 — 4 pageviews2026-07-03 — 15 pageviews2026-07-06 — 5 pageviews2026-07-09 — 2 pageviews2026-07-12 — 4 pageviews2026-07-15 — 5 pageviews2026-07-18 — 3 pageviews2026-07-21 — 4 pageviews2026-07-24 — 1 pageviews2026-07-27 — 1 pageviews2026-07-30 — 7 pageviews2026-08-02 — 3 pageviews2026-08-05 — 6 pageviews2026-08-08 — 3 pageviews2026-08-11 — 4 pageviews2026-08-14 — 0 pageviews2026-08-17 — 4 pageviews2026-08-20 — 4 pageviews2026-08-23 — 4 pageviews2026-08-26 — 6 pageviews2026-08-28 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

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

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

Player tags

IndieStrategyHistoricalSimulationTurn-BasedMultiplayerSingleplayerWorld War IIGrand Strategy

Census log

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

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