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Radio Commander: Vietnam '64 cover art

Radio Commander: Vietnam '64

Serious Sim · Slitherine Ltd. · 2019-10-10

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IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 21, 2020 (Linux), Aug 14, 2020 (iOS), Dec 18, 2020 (Xbox One), Oct 10, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 11, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 25, 2021 (PlayStation 4)

Use the radio to give commands to the soldiers on the battlefield. Keep track of the situation based on their voice reports only. Lead US platoons to clash with Vietcong in a realistic, innovative approach to the RTS genre. Make hard choices in a narrative driven experience, and face the outcome.

8
playing now
72%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 57 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (339 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 52k–124k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,061 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$2.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Fanatical (2022-01-17) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 71 of 109 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27427420192026Week of 2019-10-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1502026-08-11 18:00 — 10 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 10 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 13 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 10 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 10 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 15 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.992019-10-102026-08-262019-10-10 — best price $14.992020-06-25 — best price $8.992021-02-07 — best price $19.992021-10-25 — best price $19.992022-01-19 — best price $19.992022-07-28 — best price $3.992022-11-23 — best price $4.802023-01-06 — best price $19.992023-03-13 — best price $1.992023-06-12 — best price $2.992023-07-21 — best price $3.202023-08-23 — best price $19.992023-10-10 — best price $3.992023-11-29 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-02-15 — best price $19.992024-03-29 — best price $19.992024-04-29 — best price $13.162024-07-15 — best price $15.742024-09-14 — best price $3.992024-11-20 — best price $19.992025-01-17 — best price $3.992025-03-03 — best price $2.732025-04-29 — best price $19.992025-07-01 — best price $3.192025-08-07 — best price $3.402025-09-25 — best price $19.992025-11-11 — best price $15.892025-12-14 — best price $10.002026-01-23 — best price $10.002026-03-12 — best price $8.362026-05-08 — best price $19.992026-07-16 — best price $19.992026-08-26 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
72.3%
earned "Hearts and Minds"
4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputStereo Sound1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese, German

Player tags

RTSWarWargameCold WarMilitaryStrategyTabletopDifficultManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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