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On The Western Front

Aggroblakh · 2025-08-07

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 05, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 05, 2018 (Mac)

January, 1915. The Race to the Sea is over. The Great War has just begun. You are the commander of a single division in the meat grinder that is the Western Front. Lead your men over the top as you attempt to break the stalemate that is to claim the lives of millions over the course of years.

84%
positive of 92 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$13.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 37% of 51,557 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.8k–4.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 92 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$13.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2023-08-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $13.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320182026Week of 2018-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$13.99$7.992018-10-052026-10-082018-10-05 — best price $8.992020-06-25 — best price $8.992022-12-22 — best price $8.992023-03-16 — best price $8.992023-06-29 — best price $8.992023-08-28 — best price $7.992023-11-21 — best price $7.992023-12-21 — best price $7.992024-03-14 — best price $7.992024-05-13 — best price $7.992024-06-27 — best price $7.992024-11-27 — best price $7.992024-12-20 — best price $7.992025-01-20 — best price $7.992025-03-13 — best price $7.992025-04-28 — best price $7.992025-06-03 — best price $13.992025-08-21 — best price $13.992025-10-06 — best price $13.992026-01-05 — best price $13.992026-03-26 — best price $13.992026-07-09 — best price $13.992026-10-08 — best price $13.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

WarIndieWargameStrategyHistoricalManagementSimulationWorld War IEarly AccessGrand Strategy

Census log

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

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