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Sudden Strike 5 cover art

Sudden Strike 5

Kite Games · Kalypso Media · 2026-04-23

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Apr 23, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 23, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Apr 23, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

Sudden Strike 5 delivers real-time tactics in epic WWII battles. A host of tactical options and more than 300 playable units open-up multiple approaches to reach your objectives in a 25 mission campaign on historical battlefields in Europe and North Africa.

75%
positive of 747 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$49.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 111 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 76% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 39% of 10,962 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–34k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 747 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$49.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $38.20 at GameBillet (2026-08-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 17 of 44 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15015020262026Week of 2026-04-23: 150 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 72 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$49.99$35.992026-04-232026-08-172026-04-23 — best price $35.992026-04-25 — best price $38.232026-04-29 — best price $44.992026-05-01 — best price $40.492026-05-05 — best price $43.892026-05-11 — best price $49.992026-05-27 — best price $46.892026-05-30 — best price $43.892026-06-05 — best price $44.992026-06-08 — best price $49.992026-06-13 — best price $43.892026-06-18 — best price $44.992026-06-25 — best price $44.992026-07-11 — best price $43.892026-07-16 — best price $44.992026-07-20 — best price $49.992026-07-23 — best price $40.472026-07-31 — best price $36.742026-08-05 — best price $49.992026-08-10 — best price $38.202026-08-13 — best price $44.992026-08-15 — best price $40.492026-08-17 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
50.6%
earned "It's over. I have the high ground!"
10.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableCamera Comfort2 DLC

8 supported languages: English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)800%37
PS5 (PlayStation)730%37
Xbox Series (Xbox)280%37

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

Census log

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

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