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War Mongrels

Destructive Creations · 2021-10-19

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Strategy

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

Releases: Apr 25, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Apr 25, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Apr 25, 2023 (Xbox One), Aug 14, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 25, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 19, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

War Mongrels is an isometric real-time tactics game that takes place on the eastern front of World War II. Dynamic and tactical gameplay with stealth elements, tightly packed into a dark, fascinating story! Play on your own or in online co-op (PC).

War Mongrels is a Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $44.99, with Mostly Positive reviews (75% of 2501 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners.

12
playing now
75%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
3.38★
PlayStation Store rating (480 ratings)
32h
to beat · rushed 23h · completionist 59h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$44.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 117 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (405 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 50k–113k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,501 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$5.98-87%
Steam$9.89-78%
GamersGate$11.25-75%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.82 at Gamesporium (2026-05-11) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $44.99 · on sale 99 of 123 observed days · $2.16 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
24024020212026Week of 2021-10-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2852026-09-15 02:00 — 11 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 25 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 21 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 16 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 25 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 12 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 25 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 20 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 16 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 18 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 17 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 13 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 20 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
26013Oct 2021Aug 2026Oct 2021 — avg 260 · peak 665Dec 2021 — avg 40 · peak 95Feb 2022 — avg 20 · peak 52Apr 2022 — avg 18 · peak 53Jun 2022 — avg 13 · peak 33Aug 2022 — avg 14 · peak 35Oct 2022 — avg 25 · peak 68Dec 2022 — avg 27 · peak 67Feb 2023 — avg 22 · peak 55Apr 2023 — avg 29 · peak 158Jun 2023 — avg 20 · peak 54Aug 2023 — avg 22 · peak 51Oct 2023 — avg 33 · peak 105Dec 2023 — avg 29 · peak 81Feb 2024 — avg 24 · peak 64Apr 2024 — avg 33 · peak 103Jun 2024 — avg 21 · peak 58Aug 2024 — avg 27 · peak 66Oct 2024 — avg 33 · peak 82Dec 2024 — avg 25 · peak 64Feb 2025 — avg 21 · peak 66Apr 2025 — avg 20 · peak 56Jun 2025 — avg 18 · peak 45Aug 2025 — avg 16 · peak 39Oct 2025 — avg 24 · peak 67Dec 2025 — avg 20 · peak 46Feb 2026 — avg 14 · peak 33Apr 2026 — avg 19 · peak 58Jun 2026 — avg 19 · peak 59Aug 2026 — avg 14 · peak 39
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$44.99$5.262021-08-132026-10-142021-08-13 — best price $35.992022-02-03 — best price $44.992022-05-09 — best price $29.242022-09-06 — best price $44.992022-12-12 — best price $18.062023-01-20 — best price $16.342023-03-27 — best price $36.782023-05-13 — best price $19.802023-07-13 — best price $44.992023-09-05 — best price $37.342023-11-19 — best price $35.762023-12-31 — best price $44.992024-02-08 — best price $33.972024-03-19 — best price $37.792024-04-19 — best price $5.262024-06-06 — best price $8.992024-07-18 — best price $24.742024-08-19 — best price $13.502024-09-27 — best price $13.492024-10-26 — best price $33.062024-11-30 — best price $44.992025-01-01 — best price $31.492025-02-03 — best price $33.062025-03-02 — best price $11.242025-04-17 — best price $7.992025-05-22 — best price $7.992025-06-27 — best price $8.992025-07-26 — best price $11.252025-09-03 — best price $11.242025-10-09 — best price $37.322025-11-21 — best price $6.292026-01-08 — best price $44.992026-03-03 — best price $44.992026-04-20 — best price $44.992026-06-08 — best price $44.992026-07-22 — best price $31.802026-08-21 — best price $35.882026-10-07 — best price $24.992026-10-14 — best price $9.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
68.5%
earned "Explorer"
11.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Turkish

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-10-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1002%59
PS5 (PlayStation)2156%60
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1093%59
PS4 (PlayStation)284%60
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RTSCo-opStealthMilitaryStrategyTacticalIsometricRealisticHistoricalAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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