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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.

6
playing now
86%
positive of 183 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

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  • · Top 60% of 6,689 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.6k–11k copies

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

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.50-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 21 of 34 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

922026-08-11 20:00 — 8 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 7 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 8 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 7 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 9 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 7 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 10:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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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