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Theatre of War cover art

Theatre of War

Fulqrum Publishing · 2010-07-09

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 19, 2007 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 19, 2007 (Linux)

Command a special task force composed of different kinds of units, including tanks, APCs, field guns, mortars, various infantry regiments and will also have an opportunity to call for artillery and air support.

0
playing now
61%
positive of 375 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Theatre of War is a real-time tactical strategy game centering on the decisive battles in the European Theatre of World War II 1939–1945. The game allows the player to control armed forces of France, Germany, Poland, The USSR, United Kingdom or the United States in over 40 missions. Players will command a special task force composed of different kinds of units, including tanks, APCs, field guns, mortars, various infantry regiments and will also have an opportunity to call for artillery and air support. With a focus on unit detail and combat realism, would-be generals are faced with authentic battle scenarios, taken straight from actual World War II records and maps.

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  • · Top 49% of 5,944 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 375 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$0.79-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.39 at IndieGala Store (2021-12-23) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 97 of 138 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.33$0.562015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-06-22 — best price $4.992015-11-25 — best price $0.992016-07-08 — best price $4.992017-01-07 — best price $3.992017-07-13 — best price $0.992018-01-09 — best price $3.992018-07-05 — best price $3.992018-11-27 — best price $3.992019-04-09 — best price $0.792019-07-12 — best price $3.992019-11-27 — best price $0.792020-03-13 — best price $0.792020-07-11 — best price $3.992020-11-02 — best price $0.752021-01-25 — best price $3.992021-05-01 — best price $0.792021-08-27 — best price $0.592021-11-24 — best price $0.792022-02-09 — best price $0.792022-06-09 — best price $0.672022-09-07 — best price $0.792022-12-09 — best price $3.142023-03-24 — best price $3.142023-07-24 — best price $0.712023-10-22 — best price $0.792024-01-22 — best price $0.632024-05-01 — best price $0.652024-08-14 — best price $3.992024-12-04 — best price $3.992025-02-24 — best price $3.992025-06-03 — best price $3.142025-08-15 — best price $0.712025-10-27 — best price $3.432025-12-18 — best price $0.792026-03-19 — best price $0.792026-06-25 — best price $0.652026-08-24 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPLAN PvPCo-opLAN Co-opSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Player tags

RTSWarTanksMilitaryStrategyRealisticMultiplayerSingleplayerWorld War II

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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