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Take Command - 2nd Manassas

MadMinute Games · Norb Software Development LLC · 2016-10-28

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 28, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Your quest for the true immersive Civil War battle experience ends here. Voted in PC Gamers list of Best 100 Games of All Time, Take Command is an RTCS "Real-Time Combat Simulator" and you've never played anything like it!

Take Command - 2nd Manassas is a $9.99 Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2016, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 87 reviews).

3
playing now
94%
positive of 87 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 38% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.2k–5.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 87 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2017-06-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520162026Week of 2016-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
30Oct 2016May 2026Oct 2016 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2019 — avg 3 · peak 7Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 5Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2020 — avg 3 · peak 7Jul 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 7Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2022 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 4Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2026 — avg 2 · peak 5May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$4.992016-10-282026-07-092016-10-28 — best price $7.992016-11-04 — best price $9.992017-06-22 — best price $4.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-10-26 — best price $7.492017-11-01 — best price $9.992017-11-22 — best price $7.492017-11-28 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $7.492018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-06-21 — best price $4.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992020-06-25 — best price $8.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $8.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $7.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-04-28 — best price $4.992025-05-05 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

3DRTSWarCombatAmericaWargameModdableStrategyTacticalHistorical

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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