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Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943 cover art

Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943

Fulqrum Publishing · 2010-07-09

Steam

SimulationStrategy

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

Releases: Mar 09, 2010 (Linux), Mar 09, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943, the historically accurate and detailed real-time tactical war game, welcomes military history fans to the battle which gave the Red Army the strategic initiative for the rest of the war.

1
playing now
67%
positive of 233 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 30% of 16,672 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.3k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 233 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.58 at GameBillet (2020-08-06) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 88 of 122 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320152026Week of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek 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

402026-09-15 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
51Jul 2012Jun 2024Jul 2012 — avg 4 · peak 13Nov 2012 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2013 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2013 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2013 — avg 3 · peak 16Mar 2014 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2014 — avg 2 · peak 13Nov 2014 — avg 4 · peak 13Mar 2015 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2015 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2015 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2016 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2016 — avg 3 · peak 13Nov 2016 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$28.53$0.632015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-06-11 — best price $2.492015-12-22 — best price $2.162016-08-04 — best price $2.242017-04-11 — best price $1.242017-07-24 — best price $4.242018-04-11 — best price $4.992018-07-19 — best price $1.072018-12-19 — best price $1.002019-04-17 — best price $0.992019-08-02 — best price $4.992019-12-03 — best price $4.992020-02-14 — best price $5.412020-05-18 — best price $4.992020-08-18 — best price $3.662020-11-24 — best price $3.992021-01-30 — best price $3.162021-04-27 — best price $0.992021-07-17 — best price $3.392021-10-07 — best price $4.992022-01-03 — best price $0.842022-03-29 — best price $4.992022-07-14 — best price $4.992022-11-01 — best price $0.892023-01-19 — best price $5.292023-05-08 — best price $0.842023-09-07 — best price $0.842023-12-15 — best price $1.002024-03-22 — best price $3.922024-07-12 — best price $3.922024-10-21 — best price $0.852025-01-18 — best price $4.992025-05-01 — best price $3.922025-08-01 — best price $4.992025-10-24 — best price $3.712026-01-08 — best price $0.992026-04-13 — best price $0.842026-07-17 — best price $4.122026-08-24 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

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

3 supported languages: English, Russian, German

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2010-11-02 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RTSTanksStrategySimulationWorld War II

Census log

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

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