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Strategic War in Europe cover art

Strategic War in Europe

Wastelands Interactive · Conglomerate 5 · 2014-03-21

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 21, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Set during the events of WW2, Strategic War in Europe is a classic turn-based strategy game that combines a deep strategic layer with accessibility and ease-of-use.

1
playing now
50%
positive of 222 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
40/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 54% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 49% of 18,167 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.5k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 222 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2023-08-28) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 12 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520142026Week of 2014-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

16002026-08-06 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 120 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 144 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 37 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 14 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 21 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$15.03$0.492015-01-012026-07-272015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-03-06 — best price $14.872015-05-25 — best price $14.992015-07-23 — best price $14.992015-11-11 — best price $2.992016-02-12 — best price $14.992016-07-04 — best price $14.992016-09-19 — best price $14.992016-12-22 — best price $3.742017-07-10 — best price $2.992017-12-21 — best price $2.242018-04-20 — best price $14.992018-08-02 — best price $14.992018-11-09 — best price $14.992019-02-04 — best price $2.992019-07-11 — best price $2.992019-12-19 — best price $2.992020-03-25 — best price $13.492020-11-03 — best price $1.492021-05-20 — best price $1.492021-12-22 — best price $1.492022-07-15 — best price $1.492022-12-23 — best price $1.492023-04-06 — best price $1.492023-09-04 — best price $3.992023-12-11 — best price $0.492024-03-14 — best price $0.492024-08-12 — best price $0.492024-11-27 — best price $0.712025-04-28 — best price $0.712025-09-29 — best price $0.712026-01-26 — best price $0.712026-06-01 — best price $0.772026-07-27 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
3.9%
earned "First Blood"
0.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Polish, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3553%64

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

Player tags

WarIndieWargameHex GridStrategyHistoricalTurn-BasedWorld War IITurn-Based Strategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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