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Making History: The First World War cover art

Making History: The First World War

Factus Games · 2021-03-05

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 31, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A turn-based WWI Grand Strategy game. Rush to field new modern weaponry and survive the horrendous attrition battles. Join the global conflict between the Great Powers of the age and forge a new world order for freedom or tyranny.

66%
positive of 116 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$24.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 34% of 48,473 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.3k–5.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 116 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.37 at GamersGate (2023-09-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 19 of 35 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720202026Week of 2020-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$9.372020-09-042026-10-082020-09-04 — best price $19.992021-04-05 — best price $19.992021-08-05 — best price $14.992021-10-11 — best price $17.492021-11-24 — best price $17.492022-01-05 — best price $24.992022-03-21 — best price $12.552022-05-16 — best price $16.742022-07-07 — best price $24.992022-09-05 — best price $16.742022-11-17 — best price $12.552022-12-19 — best price $24.992023-03-13 — best price $12.552023-05-18 — best price $12.552023-07-03 — best price $24.992023-08-14 — best price $24.992023-11-21 — best price $16.742024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-05-20 — best price $24.992024-07-29 — best price $16.742024-10-14 — best price $12.552024-11-27 — best price $12.492025-01-20 — best price $9.372025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-05-05 — best price $24.992025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-09-22 — best price $9.372025-11-03 — best price $24.992025-12-22 — best price $24.992026-03-19 — best price $12.492026-06-01 — best price $12.492026-07-27 — best price $12.492026-10-02 — best price $12.492026-10-08 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
51.9%
earned "10 Weeks"
2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, German, Russian, Spanish - Spain, French, Turkish

Player tags

4XWarIndieWargameStrategyPoliticalHistoricalManagementSimulationTurn-Based

Census log

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

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