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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

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.

158
playing now
78%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

158 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 158 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 17% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Current store prices

GOG$7.99-60%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 25 of 40 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

236992026-08-06 23:00 — 159 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 116 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 190 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 155 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 109 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 200 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 168 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 132 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 224 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 156 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 117 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 223 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 165 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 108 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 189 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 150 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 121 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 210 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 184 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 100 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 170 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 203 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 128 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 178 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 236 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 99 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 159 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 210 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 158 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$0.002015-04-302026-08-302015-04-30 — best price $35.992015-12-01 — best price $39.992016-02-23 — best price $29.992018-05-16 — best price $4.992018-08-28 — best price $19.992019-01-04 — best price $19.992019-08-15 — best price $19.992020-06-26 — best price $9.992020-09-14 — best price $19.992021-01-28 — best price $7.992021-04-05 — best price $19.992021-08-19 — best price $7.992022-02-07 — best price $19.992023-01-20 — best price $7.792023-04-04 — best price $19.992023-08-14 — best price $7.792023-10-03 — best price $19.992023-12-13 — best price $7.792024-03-01 — best price $19.992024-05-21 — best price $9.992024-07-23 — best price $5.992024-09-10 — best price $19.992024-10-23 — best price $19.992024-11-26 — best price $7.992025-01-23 — best price $19.992025-04-03 — best price $19.992025-05-13 — best price $5.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-26 — best price $5.992025-10-15 — best price $5.992025-11-17 — best price $5.992026-01-21 — best price $19.992026-03-17 — best price $6.002026-05-12 — best price $5.992026-07-17 — best price $19.992026-08-18 — best price $5.992026-08-30 — 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

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.

Player tags

WarWargameHex GridStrategyTacticalHistoricalSimulationTurn-BasedMultiplayerFree to Play

Census log

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

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