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Sudden Strike Gold cover art

Sudden Strike Gold

Fireglow · Kalypso Media Digital · 2017-05-22

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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

Set in World War 2, Sudden Strike offers revolutionary real-time-strategy gameplay. Command Russian, German, French, American and British armies in large scale battles including urban warfare, beach landings and aerial invasions. Whichever tactics you choose, you will find it in Sudden Strike!

Sudden Strike Gold is a 2017 Strategy game priced at $5.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and Very Positive reviews (88% of 511 reviews).

51
playing now
88%
positive of 511 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

51 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Sudden Strike, also known in Russia as Confrontation III, is a real-time tactics computer game set in World War II and the first game in the Sudden Strike series. Released in 2000, the game was developed by Fireglow based in Russia and published by CDV Software of Germany. In Russia, the game was marketed as a sequel to the 1996 real-time tactics game Counter Action, made by many of the same developers.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 51 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 14,082 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 511 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.39-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.55 at AllYouPlay (2020-10-26) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 128 of 180 observed days · $1.84 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320172026Week of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5682026-09-15 01:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 34 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 45 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 29 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 52 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 20 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 17 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 39 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 30 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 14 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 40 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 32 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 13 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 41 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 47 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 11 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 34 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 51 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 15 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 53 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 53 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 51 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4015May 2017Aug 2026May 2017 — avg 15 · peak 35Aug 2017 — avg 22 · peak 61Nov 2017 — avg 20 · peak 54Feb 2018 — avg 29 · peak 76May 2018 — avg 18 · peak 46Aug 2018 — avg 19 · peak 46Nov 2018 — avg 20 · peak 51Feb 2019 — avg 28 · peak 75May 2019 — avg 18 · peak 46Aug 2019 — avg 21 · peak 48Nov 2019 — avg 27 · peak 61Feb 2020 — avg 29 · peak 61May 2020 — avg 37 · peak 79Aug 2020 — avg 24 · peak 56Nov 2020 — avg 28 · peak 78Feb 2021 — avg 34 · peak 73May 2021 — avg 30 · peak 59Aug 2021 — avg 23 · peak 52Nov 2021 — avg 29 · peak 60Feb 2022 — avg 35 · peak 70May 2022 — avg 30 · peak 64Aug 2022 — avg 27 · peak 55Nov 2022 — avg 32 · peak 72Feb 2023 — avg 33 · peak 72May 2023 — avg 28 · peak 59Aug 2023 — avg 27 · peak 60Nov 2023 — avg 33 · peak 80Feb 2024 — avg 39 · peak 85May 2024 — avg 29 · peak 60Aug 2024 — avg 28 · peak 72Nov 2024 — avg 35 · peak 77Feb 2025 — avg 34 · peak 76May 2025 — avg 30 · peak 69Aug 2025 — avg 32 · peak 70Nov 2025 — avg 39 · peak 79Feb 2026 — avg 37 · peak 80May 2026 — avg 35 · peak 73Aug 2026 — avg 31 · peak 70
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.122015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $7.992017-12-21 — best price $2.992018-11-26 — best price $2.392019-05-30 — best price $1.492019-10-21 — best price $1.122020-02-26 — best price $5.392020-07-13 — best price $5.992020-09-27 — best price $5.992020-12-05 — best price $5.392021-02-19 — best price $5.992021-04-22 — best price $5.992021-06-28 — best price $5.992021-10-24 — best price $5.032022-01-01 — best price $5.072022-03-23 — best price $5.992022-06-28 — best price $5.992022-09-30 — best price $3.002022-12-22 — best price $2.452023-03-28 — best price $5.192023-07-03 — best price $2.992023-09-20 — best price $2.992023-12-12 — best price $5.272024-03-01 — best price $5.992024-05-25 — best price $2.642024-08-12 — best price $1.992024-11-05 — best price $5.992025-01-23 — best price $2.612025-04-17 — best price $2.552025-06-28 — best price $2.612025-09-16 — best price $2.752025-12-04 — best price $5.392026-02-28 — best price $2.392026-05-11 — best price $2.392026-08-10 — best price $2.122026-09-26 — best price $2.392026-10-14 — best price $2.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2592026-06-01 — 19 pageviews2026-06-05 — 13 pageviews2026-06-09 — 24 pageviews2026-06-13 — 17 pageviews2026-06-17 — 16 pageviews2026-06-21 — 24 pageviews2026-06-25 — 25 pageviews2026-06-29 — 15 pageviews2026-07-03 — 24 pageviews2026-07-07 — 17 pageviews2026-07-11 — 18 pageviews2026-07-15 — 14 pageviews2026-07-19 — 20 pageviews2026-07-23 — 16 pageviews2026-07-27 — 14 pageviews2026-07-31 — 22 pageviews2026-08-04 — 18 pageviews2026-08-08 — 21 pageviews2026-08-12 — 9 pageviews2026-08-16 — 14 pageviews2026-08-20 — 25 pageviews2026-08-24 — 24 pageviews2026-08-28 — 18 pageviews2026-09-01 — 11 pageviews2026-09-05 — 19 pageviews2026-09-09 — 13 pageviews2026-09-13 — 17 pageviews2026-09-17 — 21 pageviews2026-09-21 — 21 pageviews2026-09-25 — 11 pageviews2026-09-29 — 15 pageviews2026-10-03 — 17 pageviews2026-10-07 — 19 pageviews2026-10-11 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Player tags

RTSClassicStrategySingleplayerWorld 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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