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Task Force 1942: Surface Naval Action in the South Pacific

MicroProse Software · 2014-11-06

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 06, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 06, 2014 (Mac), Nov 06, 2014 (Linux)

A Long Lance torpedo rips through the hull of your flagship. Huge columns of water from enemy gunfire surround your battleships. It's just another day in Task Force 1942, the first in a new series of spectacular World War II Pacific War simulations from MicroProse.

63%
positive of 32 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$6.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 68% of 16,618 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220142025Week of 2014-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

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