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Sudden Strike 4

Kite Games · Kalypso Media · 2017-08-11

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Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 11, 2017 (Linux), Aug 11, 2017 (Mac), Aug 15, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Aug 11, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Sudden Strike is back! The beloved Real Time Strategy series returns, this time with bigger battlefields, more units, better graphics, new scenarios and legendary commanders – making Sudden Strike 4 more tactical and realistic than ever before!

Sudden Strike 4 is a $19.99 Strategy game released in 2017, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 8,354 reviews).

150
playing now
78%
positive of 8.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (19 downloads)
4.33★
PlayStation Store rating (3,110 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

150 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Sudden Strike 4 is a real-time tactics video game set in World War II. It is the fifth game in the Sudden Strike series and the fourth standalone release. It is the first game developed by Kite Games, a collaboration of industry veteran game developers. Originally, it was scheduled to be released for PC and PlayStation 4 on June 27, 2017, but was delayed until August 11 and 15, for PC and PlayStation 4, respectively.

Trailer

Sudden Strike 4 trailer thumbnail

Sudden Strike 4 - Launch Trailer | PS4

≈566,546 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 150 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 257 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~32/week).
  • · Review velocity up 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 14,082 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 209k–501k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,354 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$3.99-80%
GOG$3.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2021-03-15) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 155 of 196 observed days · $2.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14714720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

240522026-09-14 21:00 — 115 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 100 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 181 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 124 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 87 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 157 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 132 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 85 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 135 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 127 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 66 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 121 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 169 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 52 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 138 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 240 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 70 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 113 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 183 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 115 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 108 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 177 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 112 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 150 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4380Aug 2016Aug 2026Aug 2016 — avg 0 · peak 4Dec 2016 — avg 0 · peak 6Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2017 — avg 438 · peak 2,466Dec 2017 — avg 171 · peak 390Apr 2018 — avg 142 · peak 352Aug 2018 — avg 183 · peak 479Dec 2018 — avg 229 · peak 678Apr 2019 — avg 182 · peak 431Aug 2019 — avg 155 · peak 321Dec 2019 — avg 296 · peak 771Apr 2020 — avg 250 · peak 529Aug 2020 — avg 193 · peak 385Dec 2020 — avg 246 · peak 558Apr 2021 — avg 246 · peak 612Aug 2021 — avg 194 · peak 375Dec 2021 — avg 222 · peak 447Apr 2022 — avg 224 · peak 493Aug 2022 — avg 162 · peak 339Dec 2022 — avg 170 · peak 367Apr 2023 — avg 231 · peak 798Aug 2023 — avg 129 · peak 277Dec 2023 — avg 157 · peak 324Apr 2024 — avg 164 · peak 438Aug 2024 — avg 127 · peak 281Dec 2024 — avg 168 · peak 327Apr 2025 — avg 127 · peak 260Aug 2025 — avg 159 · peak 356Dec 2025 — avg 151 · peak 304Apr 2026 — avg 176 · peak 367Aug 2026 — avg 119 · peak 233
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$49.99$1.002016-08-222026-10-142016-08-22 — best price $42.492017-11-30 — best price $49.992018-04-19 — best price $17.502018-08-08 — best price $18.102018-11-13 — best price $49.992019-02-08 — best price $29.992019-06-01 — best price $29.992019-09-03 — best price $4.992019-12-06 — best price $19.992020-02-27 — best price $19.992020-06-14 — best price $17.862020-09-08 — best price $3.992020-12-04 — best price $19.992021-03-26 — best price $6.782021-06-11 — best price $8.002021-10-01 — best price $19.992021-12-31 — best price $8.002022-03-24 — best price $16.792022-07-08 — best price $8.002022-10-08 — best price $17.572023-01-18 — best price $19.992023-04-25 — best price $7.992023-07-31 — best price $7.992023-10-30 — best price $7.752024-01-25 — best price $7.042024-04-18 — best price $7.042024-07-16 — best price $7.992024-10-11 — best price $5.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-04-04 — best price $4.892025-06-23 — best price $15.292025-09-25 — best price $19.992026-01-06 — best price $17.992026-04-08 — best price $3.562026-07-22 — best price $19.992026-09-18 — best price $3.992026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

44162026-05-31 — 19 pageviews2026-06-04 — 16 pageviews2026-06-08 — 33 pageviews2026-06-12 — 21 pageviews2026-06-16 — 19 pageviews2026-06-20 — 33 pageviews2026-06-24 — 26 pageviews2026-06-28 — 34 pageviews2026-07-02 — 32 pageviews2026-07-06 — 25 pageviews2026-07-10 — 25 pageviews2026-07-14 — 19 pageviews2026-07-18 — 29 pageviews2026-07-22 — 19 pageviews2026-07-26 — 20 pageviews2026-07-30 — 18 pageviews2026-08-03 — 22 pageviews2026-08-07 — 21 pageviews2026-08-11 — 37 pageviews2026-08-15 — 28 pageviews2026-08-19 — 28 pageviews2026-08-23 — 21 pageviews2026-08-27 — 16 pageviews2026-08-31 — 26 pageviews2026-09-04 — 21 pageviews2026-09-08 — 27 pageviews2026-09-12 — 25 pageviews2026-09-16 — 29 pageviews2026-09-20 — 27 pageviews2026-09-24 — 22 pageviews2026-09-28 — 18 pageviews2026-10-02 — 28 pageviews2026-10-06 — 29 pageviews2026-10-10 — 37 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
70.9%
earned "The Shape of Things to Come"
4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing6 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Traditional Chinese, Korean

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2017-08-11, latest 2020-06-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,6291%61
PS4 (PlayStation)2,4491%61

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RTSWarTanksMilitaryStrategyReal-TimeRealisticHistoricalMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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