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Making History: The Great War cover art

Making History: The Great War

Muzzy Lane Software · Factus Games · 2015-01-29

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jan 29, 2015 (Mac), Jan 29, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 29, 2015 (Linux)

The Great War is a turn-based grand strategy game based on the epic struggles of the WWI era. Experience the battles of attrition and punishing artillery barrages. Play as any nation of the period as the modern world of industrialized warfare replaces an age of kings with a struggle of ideologies.

4
playing now
76%
positive of 455 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$29.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 37% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 455 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2015-10-29) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 18 of 33 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

512026-08-12 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$7.492015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $15.002015-12-22 — best price $7.492017-05-01 — best price $17.992018-07-05 — best price $29.992019-02-04 — best price $14.992019-12-23 — best price $29.992020-06-03 — best price $29.992020-07-08 — best price $22.042020-08-18 — best price $22.042020-09-22 — best price $29.992020-10-22 — best price $29.992020-11-19 — best price $26.992020-12-23 — best price $22.042021-01-30 — best price $25.382021-03-06 — best price $29.992021-04-03 — best price $21.512021-05-02 — best price $25.382021-06-05 — best price $25.382021-08-31 — best price $22.042021-11-15 — best price $11.242022-01-13 — best price $8.392022-04-25 — best price $14.992022-07-01 — best price $22.042022-09-27 — best price $22.042022-12-15 — best price $11.242023-05-05 — best price $23.892023-07-17 — best price $11.692024-01-31 — best price $29.992024-06-04 — best price $23.892024-11-14 — best price $23.892025-04-14 — best price $11.242025-10-06 — best price $29.992026-04-28 — best price $23.892026-08-24 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportIncludes level editorFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, German, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)306100%1

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

WarIndieSandboxMilitaryModdableStrategyHistoricalSimulationMultiplayerWorld War I

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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