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Sudden Strike 2 Gold

Fireglow · Kalypso Media Digital · 2017-05-22

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 22, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

At the height of World War 2, take command of German, Russian, British, American and Imperial Japanese armies on battelfields across the globe. Sudden Strike 2 expands on all aspects of the classic RTS game with new units, maps and epic campaigns.

Sudden Strike 2 Gold is a 2017 Strategy game priced at $5.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 353 reviews).

23
playing now
86%
positive of 353 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$5.99
steam price (US)

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

Sudden Strike 2 or Sudden Strike II, also known in Russia as Confrontation IV, is a real-time tactics computer game set in World War II, the second game in the Sudden Strike series and the sequel to the original Sudden Strike. It was developed by Russian developer Fireglow and published by CDV and was released in 2002.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 23 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 14,312 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.8k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 353 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.00 at AllYouPlay (2020-03-17) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 88 of 133 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3342026-09-15 19:00 — 20 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 26 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 17 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 24 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 26 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 33 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 14 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 26 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 9 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 25 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 15 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 11 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 33 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 22 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 24 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 14 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 23 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
239May 2017Aug 2026May 2017 — avg 9 · peak 23Aug 2017 — avg 12 · peak 33Nov 2017 — avg 10 · peak 26Feb 2018 — avg 14 · peak 41May 2018 — avg 10 · peak 27Aug 2018 — avg 9 · peak 25Nov 2018 — avg 9 · peak 26Feb 2019 — avg 11 · peak 42May 2019 — avg 9 · peak 27Aug 2019 — avg 11 · peak 27Nov 2019 — avg 10 · peak 31Feb 2020 — avg 17 · peak 45May 2020 — avg 19 · peak 50Aug 2020 — avg 14 · peak 35Nov 2020 — avg 17 · peak 44Feb 2021 — avg 16 · peak 43May 2021 — avg 17 · peak 39Aug 2021 — avg 13 · peak 35Nov 2021 — avg 14 · peak 34Feb 2022 — avg 17 · peak 42May 2022 — avg 16 · peak 38Aug 2022 — avg 12 · peak 34Nov 2022 — avg 16 · peak 36Feb 2023 — avg 15 · peak 35May 2023 — avg 15 · peak 38Aug 2023 — avg 13 · peak 35Nov 2023 — avg 15 · peak 37Feb 2024 — avg 18 · peak 39May 2024 — avg 14 · peak 35Aug 2024 — avg 14 · peak 32Nov 2024 — avg 17 · peak 45Feb 2025 — avg 18 · peak 46May 2025 — avg 18 · peak 36Aug 2025 — avg 15 · peak 34Nov 2025 — avg 18 · peak 45Feb 2026 — avg 16 · peak 38May 2026 — avg 17 · peak 41Aug 2026 — avg 18 · peak 43
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$1.352017-05-222026-08-242017-05-22 — best price $5.992018-06-21 — best price $2.992019-02-07 — best price $5.392019-07-25 — best price $1.792019-10-25 — best price $5.992020-02-15 — best price $5.992020-06-05 — best price $5.992020-08-31 — best price $1.802020-10-23 — best price $1.492021-01-07 — best price $5.992021-02-28 — best price $5.992021-04-23 — best price $1.602021-06-19 — best price $5.072021-09-25 — best price $5.992021-12-01 — best price $5.032022-02-07 — best price $2.992022-04-18 — best price $5.992022-07-12 — best price $3.002022-09-30 — best price $3.002022-12-06 — best price $5.272023-03-22 — best price $5.992023-06-12 — best price $3.002023-08-25 — best price $2.762023-11-02 — best price $5.992024-01-08 — best price $5.992024-03-21 — best price $5.992024-06-06 — best price $5.032024-08-19 — best price $2.822024-11-02 — best price $5.992025-01-12 — best price $5.992025-03-24 — best price $3.002025-05-23 — best price $2.582025-08-04 — best price $2.722025-10-08 — best price $5.992025-12-19 — best price $2.202026-02-26 — best price $2.402026-04-23 — best price $2.402026-07-14 — best price $5.932026-08-24 — best price $2.36
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3252026-05-30 — 12 pageviews2026-06-03 — 7 pageviews2026-06-07 — 13 pageviews2026-06-11 — 11 pageviews2026-06-15 — 12 pageviews2026-06-19 — 12 pageviews2026-06-23 — 32 pageviews2026-06-27 — 16 pageviews2026-07-01 — 15 pageviews2026-07-05 — 12 pageviews2026-07-09 — 29 pageviews2026-07-13 — 14 pageviews2026-07-17 — 10 pageviews2026-07-21 — 12 pageviews2026-07-25 — 10 pageviews2026-07-29 — 16 pageviews2026-08-02 — 22 pageviews2026-08-06 — 14 pageviews2026-08-10 — 10 pageviews2026-08-14 — 16 pageviews2026-08-18 — 5 pageviews2026-08-22 — 10 pageviews2026-08-26 — 28 pageviews2026-08-30 — 7 pageviews2026-09-03 — 9 pageviews2026-09-07 — 13 pageviews2026-09-11 — 11 pageviews2026-09-15 — 10 pageviews2026-09-19 — 6 pageviews2026-09-23 — 9 pageviews2026-09-27 — 16 pageviews2026-10-01 — 9 pageviews2026-10-05 — 15 pageviews2026-10-08 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Player tags

RTSClassicStrategyWorld War II

Census log

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

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