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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 · Perspectives: First person

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.

2
playing now
72%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
4.07★
PlayStation Store rating (70 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 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 7% of 49,919 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 52k–124k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,064 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

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 68 of 99 observed days · $14.00 above the all-time low (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

1812026-09-15 16:00 — 12 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 18 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 10 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
754Oct 2019Aug 2026Oct 2019 — avg 75 · peak 350Jan 2020 — avg 12 · peak 36Apr 2020 — avg 17 · peak 48Jul 2020 — avg 8 · peak 21Oct 2020 — avg 16 · peak 69Jan 2021 — avg 10 · peak 38Apr 2021 — avg 10 · peak 34Jul 2021 — avg 23 · peak 51Oct 2021 — avg 11 · peak 55Jan 2022 — avg 26 · peak 159Apr 2022 — avg 27 · peak 170Jul 2022 — avg 12 · peak 48Oct 2022 — avg 7 · peak 24Jan 2023 — avg 9 · peak 30Apr 2023 — avg 11 · peak 45Jul 2023 — avg 17 · peak 54Oct 2023 — avg 10 · peak 37Jan 2024 — avg 13 · peak 34Apr 2024 — avg 11 · peak 37Jul 2024 — avg 18 · peak 106Oct 2024 — avg 12 · peak 58Jan 2025 — avg 10 · peak 28Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 27Jul 2025 — avg 21 · peak 177Oct 2025 — avg 13 · peak 53Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Jul 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.992019-10-102026-10-142019-10-10 — 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 $19.992026-09-30 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-04-10 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RTSWarWargameCold WarMilitaryStrategyTabletopDifficultManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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