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Order of Battle: World War II cover art

Order of Battle: World War II

The Artistocrats · Slitherine Ltd. · 2015-04-30

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

SimulationStrategyFree To Play

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

Releases: Apr 30, 2015 (Mac), Jun 23, 2021 (Xbox One), Apr 30, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 19, 2021 (PlayStation 4)

Order of Battle: World War II is a breath of fresh air for all strategy fans. It is a game that takes wargaming to a new level by upgrading every single game element and rebooting the genre for a new generation of players.

Order of Battle: World War II is a free-to-play Simulation, Strategy and Free To Play game released in 2015, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Mostly Positive (78% of 3171 reviews).

85
playing now
78%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
3.47★
PlayStation Store rating (306 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

85 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Order of Battle: World War II trailer thumbnail

Order of battle: World War II Review

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 85 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 112 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 16,797 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Current store prices

GOG$7.99-60%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.79 at GOG (2018-08-24) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 62 of 81 observed days · $3.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
777720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

224852026-09-15 14:00 — 150 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 143 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 98 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 176 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 180 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 106 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 150 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 207 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 120 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 147 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 224 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 130 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 111 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 192 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 144 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 97 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 191 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 163 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 109 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 190 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 183 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 97 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 136 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 85 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4235Apr 2015Aug 2026Apr 2015 — avg 5 · peak 291Aug 2015 — avg 85 · peak 161Dec 2015 — avg 56 · peak 103Apr 2016 — avg 152 · peak 396Aug 2016 — avg 160 · peak 290Dec 2016 — avg 227 · peak 430Apr 2017 — avg 285 · peak 591Aug 2017 — avg 201 · peak 438Dec 2017 — avg 298 · peak 567Apr 2018 — avg 195 · peak 376Aug 2018 — avg 209 · peak 354Dec 2018 — avg 304 · peak 542Apr 2019 — avg 249 · peak 763Aug 2019 — avg 294 · peak 566Dec 2019 — avg 288 · peak 506Apr 2020 — avg 375 · peak 775Aug 2020 — avg 267 · peak 419Dec 2020 — avg 328 · peak 570Apr 2021 — avg 280 · peak 451Aug 2021 — avg 258 · peak 402Dec 2021 — avg 305 · peak 491Apr 2022 — avg 274 · peak 431Aug 2022 — avg 235 · peak 360Dec 2022 — avg 289 · peak 443Apr 2023 — avg 254 · peak 395Aug 2023 — avg 214 · peak 356Dec 2023 — avg 218 · peak 350Apr 2024 — avg 203 · peak 323Aug 2024 — avg 192 · peak 299Dec 2024 — avg 197 · peak 327Apr 2025 — avg 194 · peak 305Aug 2025 — avg 179 · peak 284Dec 2025 — avg 178 · peak 283Apr 2026 — avg 166 · peak 274Aug 2026 — avg 166 · peak 425
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$35.99$0.002015-04-302026-10-152015-04-30 — best price $35.992015-12-22 — best price $34.792016-04-20 — best price $19.992018-06-19 — best price $19.992018-12-13 — best price $4.792019-08-15 — best price $19.992020-06-29 — best price $19.992020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-03-08 — best price $19.992021-06-28 — best price $19.992022-02-07 — best price $19.992023-01-31 — best price $19.992023-05-10 — best price $19.992023-09-12 — best price $19.992023-11-29 — best price $19.992024-03-01 — best price $19.992024-05-29 — best price $19.992024-08-13 — best price $5.992024-10-15 — best price $5.992024-11-18 — best price $19.992025-01-23 — best price $19.992025-04-18 — best price $5.992025-05-27 — best price $5.992025-08-11 — best price $5.992025-10-08 — best price $19.992025-11-17 — best price $5.992026-01-23 — best price $5.992026-04-03 — best price $19.992026-06-09 — best price $19.992026-08-17 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $7.992026-09-05 — best price $7.992026-09-11 — best price $19.992026-09-17 — best price $7.992026-09-23 — best price $7.992026-09-29 — best price $7.992026-10-05 — best price $7.992026-10-11 — best price $7.992026-10-15 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
58.7%
earned "Taken by Force"
4.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing17 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Post-launch support: 17 DLC released, first 2016-01-28, latest 2022-09-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,4221%38
Xbox One (Xbox)713%32

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

WarWargameHex GridStrategyTacticalHistoricalSimulationTurn-BasedMultiplayerFree to Play

Census log

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

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