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Möbius Front '83 cover art

Möbius Front '83

Zachtronics · 2020-11-05

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

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

Releases: Nov 05, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 05, 2020 (Mac), Nov 05, 2020 (Linux)

Defend America from an alternate-universe America using state-of-the-art 1980s military hardware in this intricate and tactical turn-based strategy game.

69%
positive of 516 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)
Möbius Front '83 is a computer wargame developed and published by Zachtronics. It was released in November 2020.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (116 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 32,856 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 10k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 516 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2023-08-28) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
838320202026Week of 2020-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
15.2%
earned "Not Afraid to Do a Little Math"
6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3148%6

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

Player tags

War1980sTanksSci-fiAmericaWargameCold WarHex GridMilitaryStrategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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