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Making History: The Calm & the Storm

Muzzy Lane · Strategy First · 2007-03-13

Steam

ActionStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 03, 2007 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

<p>Making History® delivers the open-ended gameplay of strategy-game classics, but with compelling new economic, military, and diplomatic systems and deep research that lets you play with real historical challenges.

Making History: The Calm & the Storm is a $3.99 Action and Strategy title released in 2007, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and Mostly Positive sentiment (79% of 633 reviews).

0
playing now
79%
positive of 633 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Making History: The Calm & The Storm is a World War II grand strategy video game released in March 2007 by developer Muzzy Lane. Similar in ways to the popular board games Axis & Allies and Risk, Making History is turn-based with basic industrial, economic, resource, research and diplomatic management included. The game was released as Strategic War Command in Germany.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–51k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 633 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GamersGate$0.80-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.37 at GamersGate (2021-03-16) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.49 · on sale 33 of 51 observed days · $0.43 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520162026Week of 2016-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
221Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 7 · peak 20Nov 2012 — avg 7 · peak 17Mar 2013 — avg 7 · peak 20Jul 2013 — avg 7 · peak 22Nov 2013 — avg 17 · peak 60Mar 2014 — avg 19 · peak 64Jul 2014 — avg 9 · peak 26Nov 2014 — avg 12 · peak 33Mar 2015 — avg 12 · peak 46Jul 2015 — avg 12 · peak 31Nov 2015 — avg 10 · peak 33Mar 2016 — avg 13 · peak 35Jul 2016 — avg 9 · peak 31Nov 2016 — avg 8 · peak 29Mar 2017 — avg 8 · peak 19Jul 2017 — avg 8 · peak 21Nov 2017 — avg 8 · peak 22Mar 2018 — avg 7 · peak 20Jul 2018 — avg 5 · peak 15Nov 2018 — avg 5 · peak 15Mar 2019 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2019 — avg 4 · peak 10Nov 2019 — avg 4 · peak 13Mar 2020 — avg 5 · peak 17Jul 2020 — avg 4 · peak 17Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2021 — avg 3 · peak 13Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2026 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.37$0.372015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $0.992015-10-05 — best price $1.242016-07-04 — best price $4.992017-06-22 — best price $0.492018-01-13 — best price $4.642018-04-23 — best price $4.992018-08-02 — best price $4.992019-01-17 — best price $0.502019-08-29 — best price $0.752020-02-21 — best price $4.992020-06-03 — best price $3.662020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-08-09 — best price $4.992020-09-07 — best price $4.492020-10-13 — best price $4.992020-11-10 — best price $4.492020-12-08 — best price $3.662021-01-18 — best price $4.992021-02-17 — best price $4.992021-03-20 — best price $4.992021-04-19 — best price $4.992021-05-22 — best price $4.042021-06-26 — best price $4.042021-09-03 — best price $0.952021-11-01 — best price $4.492021-12-10 — best price $4.992022-02-03 — best price $4.992022-05-17 — best price $3.662022-08-09 — best price $3.662022-12-13 — best price $0.852023-03-18 — best price $4.992023-08-14 — best price $4.992023-12-18 — best price $3.992024-04-18 — best price $3.992024-09-30 — best price $3.992025-04-03 — best price $0.792025-09-26 — best price $3.992026-04-07 — best price $0.802026-08-12 — best price $0.792026-10-15 — best price $0.80
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1812026-05-30 — 7 pageviews2026-06-03 — 10 pageviews2026-06-07 — 5 pageviews2026-06-11 — 7 pageviews2026-06-15 — 7 pageviews2026-06-19 — 4 pageviews2026-06-23 — 7 pageviews2026-06-27 — 12 pageviews2026-07-01 — 2 pageviews2026-07-05 — 8 pageviews2026-07-09 — 11 pageviews2026-07-13 — 12 pageviews2026-07-17 — 9 pageviews2026-07-21 — 7 pageviews2026-07-25 — 4 pageviews2026-07-29 — 4 pageviews2026-08-02 — 7 pageviews2026-08-06 — 7 pageviews2026-08-10 — 6 pageviews2026-08-14 — 6 pageviews2026-08-18 — 3 pageviews2026-08-22 — 4 pageviews2026-08-26 — 3 pageviews2026-08-30 — 5 pageviews2026-09-03 — 3 pageviews2026-09-07 — 6 pageviews2026-09-11 — 7 pageviews2026-09-15 — 3 pageviews2026-09-19 — 8 pageviews2026-09-23 — 6 pageviews2026-09-27 — 4 pageviews2026-10-01 — 4 pageviews2026-10-05 — 3 pageviews2026-10-08 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

ActionStrategyHistoricalTurn-BasedMultiplayerSingleplayerWorld War IIGrand StrategyTurn-Based Strategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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