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Syrian Warfare cover art

Syrian Warfare

Cats Who Play · 2017-02-21

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 21, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.

17
playing now
87%
positive of 5.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
54/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.91
steam price (US)

17 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Syrian Warfare is a 2017 real-time tactics video game developed by the Russian studio Cats who Play. The game takes place during the Syrian Civil War from the perspective of forces loyal to the government of Bashar al-Assad.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 17 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 236 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~30/week).
  • · Review velocity up 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 139k–335k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,575 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.91-72%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.73 at GamersGate (2021-07-08) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $13.99 · on sale 12 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19819820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5302026-08-06 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 14 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 26 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 21 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 33 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 21 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 53 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 18 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 24 players2026-08-10 12:00 — 27 players2026-08-10 20:00 — 28 players2026-08-11 04:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 12:00 — 31 players2026-08-12 08:00 — 23 players2026-08-13 15:00 — 28 players2026-08-14 23:00 — 23 players2026-08-16 07:00 — 20 players2026-08-17 14:00 — 34 players2026-08-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-21 13:00 — 26 players2026-08-22 20:00 — 24 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-25 12:00 — 36 players2026-08-26 20:00 — 28 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 11 players2026-08-29 11:00 — 48 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 17 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.932017-02-212026-08-242017-02-21 — best price $17.992017-07-11 — best price $19.992017-11-28 — best price $19.992018-02-05 — best price $19.992018-06-21 — best price $4.942018-11-30 — best price $13.992019-01-28 — best price $13.992019-06-26 — best price $3.912019-11-26 — best price $3.912020-01-27 — best price $13.992020-04-13 — best price $13.992020-07-20 — best price $13.992020-11-20 — best price $13.992021-01-25 — best price $3.912021-04-12 — best price $2.942021-07-12 — best price $13.992021-10-01 — best price $13.992021-12-09 — best price $2.932022-02-03 — best price $13.992022-04-29 — best price $13.992022-07-25 — best price $2.932022-10-03 — best price $13.992022-12-12 — best price $13.992023-04-24 — best price $2.932023-08-28 — best price $2.932023-12-21 — best price $3.912024-03-21 — best price $13.992024-07-22 — best price $13.992024-12-04 — best price $13.992025-03-20 — best price $13.992025-07-28 — best price $13.992026-01-12 — best price $13.992026-04-06 — best price $13.992026-08-24 — best price $3.91
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2102026-05-29 — 0 pageviews2026-06-01 — 2 pageviews2026-06-04 — 2 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1 pageviews2026-06-10 — 4 pageviews2026-06-13 — 6 pageviews2026-06-16 — 2 pageviews2026-06-19 — 2 pageviews2026-06-22 — 3 pageviews2026-06-25 — 3 pageviews2026-06-28 — 2 pageviews2026-07-01 — 4 pageviews2026-07-04 — 6 pageviews2026-07-07 — 3 pageviews2026-07-10 — 17 pageviews2026-07-13 — 8 pageviews2026-07-16 — 10 pageviews2026-07-19 — 12 pageviews2026-07-22 — 10 pageviews2026-07-25 — 6 pageviews2026-07-28 — 9 pageviews2026-07-31 — 7 pageviews2026-08-03 — 12 pageviews2026-08-06 — 6 pageviews2026-08-09 — 10 pageviews2026-08-12 — 5 pageviews2026-08-15 — 21 pageviews2026-08-18 — 3 pageviews2026-08-21 — 11 pageviews2026-08-24 — 16 pageviews2026-08-25 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
67.2%
earned "Just in time!"
7.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing3 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Russian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,7291%51

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

Player tags

RTSWarIndieMemesModernWargameMilitaryStrategyTacticalReal-Time

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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