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Sudden Strike 3 cover art

Sudden Strike 3

Fireglow · Kalypso Media Digital · 2017-05-22

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 07, 2007 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experience the hit World War 2 real-time strategy game for the first time in full 3D glory, expanding on all strategic and tactical options. Command joint operations of naval, land-based and airborne units on the largest maps in the series.

Sudden Strike 3 is a 2017 Strategy game priced at $5.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 223 reviews).

14
playing now
72%
positive of 223 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory or Sudden Strike III is a real-time tactics computer game by Russian studio Fireglow Games set in World War II, the third game in the Sudden Strike series and the sequel to Sudden Strike 2. The game was released in December 2007.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 14 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 30% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.6k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 223 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.00 at AllYouPlay (2020-03-17) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 85 of 129 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020172026Week of 2017-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2232026-09-15 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 13 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 13 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 17 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 19 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 11 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 16 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 9 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 14 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 10 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 18 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 14 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 17 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
209May 2017Aug 2026May 2017 — avg 9 · peak 23Aug 2017 — avg 14 · peak 43Nov 2017 — avg 13 · peak 41Feb 2018 — avg 18 · peak 57May 2018 — avg 11 · peak 28Aug 2018 — avg 11 · peak 29Nov 2018 — avg 15 · peak 40Feb 2019 — avg 15 · peak 51May 2019 — avg 12 · peak 35Aug 2019 — avg 11 · peak 28Nov 2019 — avg 9 · peak 30Feb 2020 — avg 12 · peak 35May 2020 — avg 16 · peak 40Aug 2020 — avg 11 · peak 27Nov 2020 — avg 12 · peak 32Feb 2021 — avg 13 · peak 42May 2021 — avg 12 · peak 34Aug 2021 — avg 12 · peak 27Nov 2021 — avg 12 · peak 30Feb 2022 — avg 12 · peak 29May 2022 — avg 13 · peak 33Aug 2022 — avg 13 · peak 29Nov 2022 — avg 13 · peak 39Feb 2023 — avg 15 · peak 36May 2023 — avg 12 · peak 28Aug 2023 — avg 11 · peak 25Nov 2023 — avg 14 · peak 37Feb 2024 — avg 15 · peak 36May 2024 — avg 11 · peak 31Aug 2024 — avg 11 · peak 30Nov 2024 — avg 14 · peak 32Feb 2025 — avg 15 · peak 32May 2025 — avg 11 · peak 29Aug 2025 — avg 11 · peak 25Nov 2025 — avg 11 · peak 26Feb 2026 — avg 14 · peak 31May 2026 — avg 11 · peak 34Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 23
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.02$1.002017-05-222026-08-252017-05-22 — best price $5.992018-07-05 — best price $5.992019-02-07 — best price $5.392019-07-25 — best price $1.792019-10-25 — best price $5.992020-02-15 — best price $5.992020-06-18 — best price $5.992020-09-07 — best price $5.992020-10-26 — best price $1.112021-01-10 — best price $5.992021-02-28 — best price $5.392021-04-22 — best price $5.992021-06-18 — best price $5.032021-09-23 — best price $2.992021-11-30 — best price $5.992022-02-08 — best price $3.002022-04-19 — best price $2.992022-07-13 — best price $5.032022-09-30 — best price $3.002022-12-02 — best price $5.162023-03-19 — best price $5.992023-06-06 — best price $5.992023-08-12 — best price $2.752023-10-25 — best price $2.392023-12-24 — best price $2.992024-03-06 — best price $5.992024-05-19 — best price $5.032024-07-26 — best price $3.002024-10-08 — best price $5.992024-12-11 — best price $2.632025-02-22 — best price $3.002025-04-26 — best price $5.392025-07-02 — best price $2.992025-09-05 — best price $3.002025-11-20 — best price $2.612026-01-31 — best price $5.152026-04-06 — best price $5.392026-06-19 — best price $2.152026-08-25 — best price $2.37
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1932026-05-30 — 5 pageviews2026-06-03 — 4 pageviews2026-06-07 — 14 pageviews2026-06-11 — 5 pageviews2026-06-15 — 5 pageviews2026-06-19 — 10 pageviews2026-06-23 — 14 pageviews2026-06-27 — 14 pageviews2026-07-01 — 6 pageviews2026-07-05 — 8 pageviews2026-07-09 — 10 pageviews2026-07-13 — 9 pageviews2026-07-17 — 12 pageviews2026-07-21 — 9 pageviews2026-07-25 — 4 pageviews2026-07-29 — 8 pageviews2026-08-02 — 13 pageviews2026-08-06 — 11 pageviews2026-08-10 — 14 pageviews2026-08-14 — 8 pageviews2026-08-18 — 8 pageviews2026-08-22 — 3 pageviews2026-08-26 — 12 pageviews2026-08-30 — 8 pageviews2026-09-03 — 8 pageviews2026-09-07 — 7 pageviews2026-09-11 — 6 pageviews2026-09-15 — 4 pageviews2026-09-19 — 6 pageviews2026-09-23 — 5 pageviews2026-09-27 — 4 pageviews2026-10-01 — 3 pageviews2026-10-05 — 11 pageviews2026-10-09 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, French

Player tags

RTSStrategyMultiplayerWorld War II

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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