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The Great War: Western Front™

Petroglyph · Frontier Foundry · 2023-03-30

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Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Mar 30, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Great War: Western Front is the definitive WW1 strategy game. Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the iconic Western Front from 1914 to 1919. Pick your faction and lead your forces to victory.

The Great War: Western Front™ is a $34.99 Strategy game released in 2023, estimated to have 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (66% of 3294 reviews).

26
playing now
66%
positive of 3.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$34.99
steam price (US)

26 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

The Great War: Western Front is a real-time strategy video game based on the First World War. Developed by Petroglyph Games and published by Frontier Foundry, the game was released in March 2023 for Windows PC.

Trailer

The Great War: Western Front™ trailer thumbnail

The Great War: Western Front | Official Launch Trailer - Available Now!

≈51,268 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 26 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 162 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (802 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 14,241 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 66k–148k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,294 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.20 at GameBillet (2025-12-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 143 of 184 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
57157120232026Week of 2023-03-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 571 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

92152026-09-15 15:00 — 52 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 29 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 31 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 92 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 70 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 26 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 72 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 61 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 42 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 81 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 73 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 45 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 56 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 74 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 44 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 29 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 59 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 33 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 32 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 70 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 37 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 21 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 45 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 26 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
89342Apr 2023Aug 2026Apr 2023 — avg 893 · peak 3,553Jun 2023 — avg 138 · peak 397Aug 2023 — avg 142 · peak 330Oct 2023 — avg 105 · peak 276Dec 2023 — avg 161 · peak 449Feb 2024 — avg 118 · peak 349Apr 2024 — avg 124 · peak 292Jun 2024 — avg 62 · peak 146Aug 2024 — avg 89 · peak 184Oct 2024 — avg 62 · peak 121Dec 2024 — avg 85 · peak 182Feb 2025 — avg 64 · peak 167Apr 2025 — avg 90 · peak 206Jun 2025 — avg 65 · peak 157Aug 2025 — avg 61 · peak 153Oct 2025 — avg 56 · peak 118Dec 2025 — avg 58 · peak 111Feb 2026 — avg 51 · peak 111Apr 2026 — avg 56 · peak 128Jun 2026 — avg 50 · peak 109Aug 2026 — avg 42 · peak 101
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$34.99$4.462023-02-032026-10-012023-02-03 — best price $34.992023-05-08 — best price $30.522023-07-01 — best price $26.242023-08-26 — best price $34.992023-10-16 — best price $19.532023-11-20 — best price $18.842023-12-20 — best price $17.492024-02-02 — best price $17.492024-02-29 — best price $34.992024-04-01 — best price $12.242024-05-16 — best price $32.092024-07-08 — best price $26.992024-08-06 — best price $10.492024-09-09 — best price $9.432024-10-11 — best price $8.472024-11-26 — best price $9.042024-12-19 — best price $6.852025-01-04 — best price $7.522025-01-31 — best price $10.502025-02-23 — best price $6.112025-03-20 — best price $34.992025-04-20 — best price $5.952025-05-20 — best price $6.992025-06-18 — best price $34.992025-07-14 — best price $5.442025-08-26 — best price $6.992025-10-10 — best price $6.292025-11-19 — best price $32.192025-12-08 — best price $26.992026-01-16 — best price $5.792026-02-16 — best price $5.952026-03-18 — best price $5.912026-04-17 — best price $5.772026-05-20 — best price $5.772026-06-12 — best price $7.002026-07-12 — best price $34.992026-08-11 — best price $6.992026-09-02 — best price $6.012026-09-25 — best price $7.002026-10-01 — best price $6.20
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

81212026-05-30 — 34 pageviews2026-06-03 — 23 pageviews2026-06-07 — 39 pageviews2026-06-11 — 36 pageviews2026-06-15 — 21 pageviews2026-06-19 — 21 pageviews2026-06-23 — 30 pageviews2026-06-27 — 40 pageviews2026-07-01 — 27 pageviews2026-07-05 — 29 pageviews2026-07-09 — 28 pageviews2026-07-13 — 33 pageviews2026-07-17 — 28 pageviews2026-07-21 — 26 pageviews2026-07-25 — 33 pageviews2026-07-29 — 47 pageviews2026-08-02 — 28 pageviews2026-08-06 — 29 pageviews2026-08-10 — 37 pageviews2026-08-14 — 41 pageviews2026-08-18 — 36 pageviews2026-08-22 — 28 pageviews2026-08-26 — 52 pageviews2026-08-30 — 36 pageviews2026-09-03 — 35 pageviews2026-09-07 — 35 pageviews2026-09-11 — 33 pageviews2026-09-15 — 23 pageviews2026-09-19 — 34 pageviews2026-09-23 — 38 pageviews2026-09-27 — 34 pageviews2026-10-01 — 36 pageviews2026-10-05 — 39 pageviews2026-10-09 — 41 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
49.6%
earned "Earth Shattering"
2.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-03-30 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

PvPRTSWarTanksWargameMilitaryStrategyTacticalHistoricalMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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