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Theatre of War 2: Africa 1943 cover art

Theatre of War 2: Africa 1943

Fulqrum Publishing · 2010-07-09

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 24, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 24, 2009 (Linux)

Theatre of War 2: Africa 1943 covers the events of 1943 in Tunisia, North Africa. Recovering from their losses after the crushing defeat and subsequent retreat after the Second Battle of El-Alamein, the German Afrika Korps - reinforced and now supported by the Italian Army - prepare once more to put steel against steel with the Allies.

2
playing now
69%
positive of 284 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

The Axis forces, under the command of the legendary General Erwin Rommel, have an all too brief opportunity to seize victory from the clutches of their earlier failures. Players will lead Rommel’s Afrika Korps in their last full-scale military campaign and command the English and American armies as they try to push the Axis forces out of Africa once and for all. The stage is set, it's time again to enter the Theatre of War!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 11k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 284 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$0.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.67 at Gamer Thor (2025-07-25) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 80 of 114 observed days · $0.32 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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

Players online

302026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.18$0.722015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-04-03 — best price $9.592015-09-03 — best price $9.992016-01-07 — best price $8.992016-08-04 — best price $2.242017-01-27 — best price $4.992017-07-14 — best price $1.242018-01-05 — best price $8.992018-06-21 — best price $1.242018-11-26 — best price $0.992019-03-30 — best price $4.992019-07-15 — best price $1.002019-11-26 — best price $0.992020-02-07 — best price $5.162020-05-11 — best price $0.992020-08-24 — best price $4.992020-12-04 — best price $4.992021-02-24 — best price $0.992021-05-26 — best price $0.992021-09-10 — best price $0.992021-12-05 — best price $4.992022-03-07 — best price $0.892022-06-20 — best price $0.792022-09-19 — best price $0.852023-01-02 — best price $0.952023-04-27 — best price $0.992023-08-28 — best price $0.992023-12-11 — best price $0.842024-03-26 — best price $4.122024-07-20 — best price $4.992024-11-01 — best price $0.992025-01-27 — best price $4.992025-05-24 — best price $4.992025-08-14 — best price $0.992025-11-01 — best price $4.232026-01-19 — best price $0.822026-04-22 — best price $4.992026-07-24 — best price $0.872026-10-14 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPLAN PvPCo-opLAN Co-opSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2010-07-10 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RTSWarStrategyHistoricalSimulationWorld War II

Census log

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

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