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Syrian Warfare cover art

Syrian Warfare

Cats Who Play · 2017-02-21

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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

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

Syrian Warfare is an Indie and Strategy game released in 2017, estimated to have 200,000 .. 500,000 owners, priced at $3.91, with a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 5590 reviews).

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

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 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.

Trailer

Syrian Warfare trailer thumbnail

Syrian Warfare, official trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 7 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 3% of 50,151 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 140k–335k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,590 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $13.99 · on sale 10 of 19 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

4862026-09-15 13:00 — 25 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 14 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 17 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 33 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 20 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 17 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 16 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 25 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 23 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 24 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 18 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 33 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 14 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 37 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 15 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 24 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
830Jul 2016Aug 2026Jul 2016 — avg 0 · peak 0Feb 2017 — avg 71 · peak 484May 2017 — avg 49 · peak 187Aug 2017 — avg 25 · peak 80Nov 2017 — avg 83 · peak 259Feb 2018 — avg 48 · peak 150May 2018 — avg 27 · peak 66Aug 2018 — avg 29 · peak 96Nov 2018 — avg 36 · peak 110Feb 2019 — avg 51 · peak 148May 2019 — avg 28 · peak 86Aug 2019 — avg 33 · peak 100Nov 2019 — avg 35 · peak 101Feb 2020 — avg 43 · peak 119May 2020 — avg 35 · peak 99Aug 2020 — avg 35 · peak 88Nov 2020 — avg 37 · peak 109Feb 2021 — avg 41 · peak 96May 2021 — avg 31 · peak 72Aug 2021 — avg 28 · peak 61Nov 2021 — avg 29 · peak 77Feb 2022 — avg 43 · peak 111May 2022 — avg 47 · peak 109Aug 2022 — avg 36 · peak 87Nov 2022 — avg 36 · peak 85Feb 2023 — avg 37 · peak 80May 2023 — avg 34 · peak 82Aug 2023 — avg 27 · peak 65Nov 2023 — avg 29 · peak 69Feb 2024 — avg 35 · peak 90May 2024 — avg 39 · peak 96Aug 2024 — avg 31 · peak 74Nov 2024 — avg 31 · peak 98Feb 2025 — avg 25 · peak 65May 2025 — avg 37 · peak 137Aug 2025 — avg 19 · peak 40Nov 2025 — avg 18 · peak 48Feb 2026 — avg 21 · peak 54May 2026 — avg 32 · peak 86Aug 2026 — avg 23 · peak 65
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

2502026-05-29 — 0 pageviews2026-06-02 — 2 pageviews2026-06-06 — 0 pageviews2026-06-10 — 4 pageviews2026-06-14 — 5 pageviews2026-06-18 — 2 pageviews2026-06-22 — 3 pageviews2026-06-26 — 0 pageviews2026-06-30 — 4 pageviews2026-07-04 — 6 pageviews2026-07-08 — 1 pageviews2026-07-12 — 7 pageviews2026-07-16 — 10 pageviews2026-07-20 — 13 pageviews2026-07-24 — 10 pageviews2026-07-28 — 9 pageviews2026-08-01 — 12 pageviews2026-08-05 — 3 pageviews2026-08-09 — 10 pageviews2026-08-13 — 9 pageviews2026-08-17 — 13 pageviews2026-08-21 — 11 pageviews2026-08-25 — 12 pageviews2026-08-29 — 21 pageviews2026-09-02 — 16 pageviews2026-09-06 — 8 pageviews2026-09-10 — 13 pageviews2026-09-14 — 7 pageviews2026-09-18 — 10 pageviews2026-09-22 — 12 pageviews2026-09-26 — 16 pageviews2026-09-30 — 4 pageviews2026-10-04 — 18 pageviews2026-10-08 — 14 pageviews2026-10-12 — 14 pageviews2026-10-14 — 15 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

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2017-02-27, latest 2018-10-22 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

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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