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War Selection

Glyph Worlds · 2019-10-08

Steam

IndieMassively MultiplayerStrategyFree To PlayEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Oct 08, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

War Selection is a compelling RTS game featuring base building, resource extraction and warfare. Evolve from a stone age tribe to a distinct industrial nation with unique game mechanics and battle for supremacy with dozens of players on a unique procedurally generated map.

War Selection is an Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Strategy, Free To Play game released in 2019, priced at free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (85% of 23585 reviews).

955
playing now
85%
positive of 24k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
64/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

955 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

War Selection trailer thumbnail

War Selection Early Access Launch Trailer. Worldwide

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 955 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,064 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~133/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 50,869 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20192026Week of 2019-10-01: 474 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,262 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 865 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 494 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 537 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 698 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 484 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 38 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.2k2252026-09-16 04:00 — 261 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 719 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 1,070 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 318 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 504 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 1,060 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 260 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 457 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 1,200 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 311 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 356 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 926 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 390 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 424 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 1,205 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 453 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 286 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 756 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 945 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 371 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 629 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 1,007 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 265 players2026-10-15 18:00 — 955 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
939288Oct 2019Aug 2026Oct 2019 — avg 288 · peak 660Jan 2020 — avg 396 · peak 771Apr 2020 — avg 819 · peak 1,412Jul 2020 — avg 515 · peak 996Oct 2020 — avg 556 · peak 1,070Jan 2021 — avg 676 · peak 1,297Apr 2021 — avg 860 · peak 1,607Jul 2021 — avg 653 · peak 1,170Oct 2021 — avg 729 · peak 1,556Jan 2022 — avg 746 · peak 1,445Apr 2022 — avg 939 · peak 1,984Jul 2022 — avg 822 · peak 1,553Oct 2022 — avg 741 · peak 1,597Jan 2023 — avg 718 · peak 1,363Apr 2023 — avg 754 · peak 1,556Jul 2023 — avg 720 · peak 1,355Oct 2023 — avg 711 · peak 1,493Jan 2024 — avg 702 · peak 1,450Apr 2024 — avg 709 · peak 1,503Jul 2024 — avg 619 · peak 1,198Oct 2024 — avg 642 · peak 1,443Jan 2025 — avg 658 · peak 1,382Apr 2025 — avg 658 · peak 1,399Jul 2025 — avg 595 · peak 1,314Oct 2025 — avg 576 · peak 1,187Jan 2026 — avg 599 · peak 1,195Apr 2026 — avg 562 · peak 1,218Jul 2026 — avg 542 · peak 1,085Aug 2026 — avg 627 · peak 1,347
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
552026-09-232026-10-142026-09-23: 5 new positive2026-09-24: 4 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 3 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 1 new positive2026-09-27: 3 new negative2026-09-29: 4 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 3 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 1 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 3 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new negative2026-10-06: 4 new positive2026-10-06: 4 new negative2026-10-07: 3 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 2 new positive2026-10-11: 4 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 3 new positive2026-10-14: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Twitch viewers

1702026-10-02 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 20:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 15:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-10 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 15:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-13 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 18:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-14 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-15 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-16 00:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

20 supported languages: English, Russian, German, Spanish - Spain, French, Simplified Chinese, Danish, Polish, Italian, Czech, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil…

Where its players are

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

Player tags

PvPRTSWarCo-opMilitaryStrategySurvivalHistoricalManagementMultiplayer

Census log

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

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