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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 · Perspectives: Third person

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.

Theatre of War is a Strategy game released in 2010, priced at $3.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and Mixed reviews (61% of 377 reviews).

3
playing now
61%
positive of 377 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
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)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 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.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 14,241 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 15k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 377 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 82 of 118 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420172026Week of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
51Jul 2012Oct 2025Jul 2012 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2012 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2013 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2013 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2013 — avg 4 · peak 21Mar 2014 — avg 2 · peak 11Jul 2014 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2014 — avg 3 · peak 13Mar 2015 — avg 3 · peak 14Jul 2015 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2015 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2016 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2016 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2016 — avg 3 · peak 13Mar 2017 — avg 4 · peak 10Jul 2017 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2017 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2019 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 11Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2021 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 11Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$17.33$0.562015-01-012026-09-212015-01-01 — 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 $0.652026-09-21 — best price $0.80
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3212026-05-29 — 7 pageviews2026-06-02 — 9 pageviews2026-06-06 — 7 pageviews2026-06-10 — 8 pageviews2026-06-14 — 12 pageviews2026-06-18 — 8 pageviews2026-06-22 — 10 pageviews2026-06-26 — 4 pageviews2026-06-30 — 4 pageviews2026-07-04 — 7 pageviews2026-07-08 — 9 pageviews2026-07-12 — 6 pageviews2026-07-16 — 1 pageviews2026-07-20 — 6 pageviews2026-07-24 — 13 pageviews2026-07-28 — 7 pageviews2026-08-01 — 4 pageviews2026-08-05 — 5 pageviews2026-08-09 — 10 pageviews2026-08-13 — 5 pageviews2026-08-17 — 8 pageviews2026-08-21 — 14 pageviews2026-08-25 — 6 pageviews2026-08-29 — 11 pageviews2026-09-02 — 11 pageviews2026-09-06 — 12 pageviews2026-09-10 — 5 pageviews2026-09-14 — 3 pageviews2026-09-18 — 8 pageviews2026-09-22 — 8 pageviews2026-09-26 — 5 pageviews2026-09-30 — 10 pageviews2026-10-04 — 5 pageviews2026-10-07 — 6 pageviews
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.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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