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Original War cover art

Original War

Altar Games · Bohemia Interactive · 2014-01-27

SteamGOG

IndieStrategy

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

Releases: Jun 15, 2001 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

An American geological expedition, under a UN mandate, assesses the natural resources in a distant part of Siberia, deep in the trackless steppes of Eastern Russia. But instead of oil, they discover a deposit of a hitherto unknown mineral.

Original War is a $1.99 Indie and Strategy game released in 2014, estimated to have 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 2170 reviews).

26
playing now
95%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
90/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

26 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Original War is a real-time strategy video game developed by Czech company Altar Interactive and released by Virgin Interactive on June 15, 2001. It was re-released in the United Kingdom under the budget Sold Out label in 2004, and was later re-released again by Good Old Games in 2008.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 26 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 55 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 51,036 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 54k–130k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,170 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2014-06-19) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 33 of 51 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
424220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4422026-09-16 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 32 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 19 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 41 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 28 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 44 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 30 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 9 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 13 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 30 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 29 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 23 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 23 players2026-10-15 21:00 — 26 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
390Mar 2013Aug 2026Mar 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Aug 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Jan 2014 — avg 18 · peak 84Jun 2014 — avg 14 · peak 43Nov 2014 — avg 11 · peak 51Apr 2015 — avg 7 · peak 23Sep 2015 — avg 9 · peak 27Feb 2016 — avg 18 · peak 51Jul 2016 — avg 21 · peak 61Dec 2016 — avg 20 · peak 59May 2017 — avg 19 · peak 52Oct 2017 — avg 18 · peak 56Mar 2018 — avg 19 · peak 61Aug 2018 — avg 19 · peak 52Jan 2019 — avg 25 · peak 72Jun 2019 — avg 19 · peak 58Nov 2019 — avg 18 · peak 49Apr 2020 — avg 25 · peak 68Sep 2020 — avg 30 · peak 87Feb 2021 — avg 29 · peak 73Jul 2021 — avg 21 · peak 64Dec 2021 — avg 24 · peak 59May 2022 — avg 26 · peak 84Oct 2022 — avg 23 · peak 71Mar 2023 — avg 20 · peak 61Aug 2023 — avg 20 · peak 61Jan 2024 — avg 31 · peak 102Jun 2024 — avg 23 · peak 70Nov 2024 — avg 20 · peak 57Apr 2025 — avg 20 · peak 64Sep 2025 — avg 25 · peak 80Feb 2026 — avg 26 · peak 71Jul 2026 — avg 22 · peak 64Aug 2026 — avg 22 · peak 70
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-12-22 — best price $0.992016-12-22 — best price $0.992017-09-30 — best price $4.992018-03-20 — best price $1.402018-10-29 — best price $1.402019-01-04 — best price $6.992019-09-12 — best price $0.992019-11-12 — best price $4.992020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-11-27 — best price $0.992021-04-05 — best price $4.992021-12-13 — best price $0.992022-05-10 — best price $4.992022-09-22 — best price $4.992022-11-23 — best price $0.992023-01-21 — best price $0.992023-04-04 — best price $4.992023-09-04 — best price $4.992023-11-29 — best price $4.992024-03-01 — best price $4.992024-05-27 — best price $1.992024-08-09 — best price $9.992024-11-13 — best price $1.992025-01-20 — best price $1.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-06-08 — best price $1.992025-08-18 — best price $9.992025-10-28 — best price $9.992026-01-06 — best price $1.992026-03-19 — best price $1.992026-06-15 — best price $9.992026-08-11 — best price $1.992026-10-15 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

11282026-05-31 — 22 pageviews2026-06-04 — 20 pageviews2026-06-08 — 28 pageviews2026-06-12 — 19 pageviews2026-06-16 — 26 pageviews2026-06-20 — 29 pageviews2026-06-24 — 16 pageviews2026-06-28 — 16 pageviews2026-07-02 — 25 pageviews2026-07-06 — 20 pageviews2026-07-10 — 16 pageviews2026-07-14 — 20 pageviews2026-07-18 — 14 pageviews2026-07-22 — 23 pageviews2026-07-26 — 16 pageviews2026-07-30 — 11 pageviews2026-08-03 — 16 pageviews2026-08-07 — 13 pageviews2026-08-11 — 20 pageviews2026-08-15 — 20 pageviews2026-08-19 — 26 pageviews2026-08-23 — 16 pageviews2026-08-27 — 17 pageviews2026-08-31 — 26 pageviews2026-09-04 — 18 pageviews2026-09-08 — 31 pageviews2026-09-12 — 22 pageviews2026-09-16 — 21 pageviews2026-09-20 — 25 pageviews2026-09-24 — 15 pageviews2026-09-28 — 12 pageviews2026-10-02 — 112 pageviews2026-10-06 — 23 pageviews2026-10-10 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
73.2%
earned "To the Past"
4.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsCaptions available

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Russian, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,0152%59

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

2DRPGRTSWarIndieSci-fiWargameStrategyDifficultReal-Time

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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