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Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition

Muzzy Lane Software · Factus Games · 2015-05-19

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jul 30, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Making History Gold Edition is the expanded and updated version of the original WWII grand strategy game Making History: Calm & the Storm. Command your nation and change the course of history.

Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition is a Simulation and Strategy game released in 2015, priced at $4.99, with a Very Positive sentiment based on 86% of 183 reviews and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

9
playing now
86%
positive of 183 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 33% of 16,607 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.6k–11k copies

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

All-time low: $0.93 at GamersGate (2023-01-12) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 18 of 30 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720152026Week of 2015-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1522026-09-15 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 10 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
375May 2015Aug 2026May 2015 — avg 37 · peak 96Sep 2015 — avg 9 · peak 21Jan 2016 — avg 9 · peak 23May 2016 — avg 9 · peak 25Sep 2016 — avg 7 · peak 23Jan 2017 — avg 10 · peak 24May 2017 — avg 9 · peak 22Sep 2017 — avg 10 · peak 23Jan 2018 — avg 9 · peak 24May 2018 — avg 9 · peak 24Sep 2018 — avg 6 · peak 21Jan 2019 — avg 9 · peak 24May 2019 — avg 5 · peak 13Sep 2019 — avg 5 · peak 16Jan 2020 — avg 6 · peak 18May 2020 — avg 8 · peak 18Sep 2020 — avg 5 · peak 17Jan 2021 — avg 7 · peak 16May 2021 — avg 8 · peak 18Sep 2021 — avg 7 · peak 18Jan 2022 — avg 8 · peak 21May 2022 — avg 8 · peak 19Sep 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Jan 2023 — avg 8 · peak 16May 2023 — avg 6 · peak 17Sep 2023 — avg 7 · peak 21Jan 2024 — avg 7 · peak 17May 2024 — avg 7 · peak 16Sep 2024 — avg 6 · peak 18Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 16May 2025 — avg 7 · peak 16Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 14Jan 2026 — avg 8 · peak 19May 2026 — avg 6 · peak 15Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.932015-05-202026-08-242015-05-20 — best price $9.992016-06-14 — best price $4.992017-11-01 — best price $4.992018-07-17 — best price $3.992018-12-20 — best price $2.492019-08-09 — best price $4.992020-03-23 — best price $4.992020-06-04 — best price $4.082020-06-28 — best price $4.992020-08-11 — best price $4.992020-09-05 — best price $4.992021-01-10 — best price $4.992021-02-01 — best price $4.992021-02-26 — best price $4.992021-03-24 — best price $4.992021-04-16 — best price $4.992021-05-10 — best price $4.992021-06-02 — best price $4.992021-08-23 — best price $4.992021-11-15 — best price $1.492022-01-04 — best price $3.662022-06-14 — best price $3.892022-08-18 — best price $1.492023-01-12 — best price $0.932023-07-03 — best price $4.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-05-13 — best price $0.942024-10-27 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-08-16 — best price $3.892025-12-22 — best price $4.992026-06-22 — best price $4.992026-08-24 — best price $2.50
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

StrategyHistoricalSimulationWorld War IIGrand StrategyTurn-Based Strategy

Census log

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

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