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War Wind

DreamForge Intertainment · SNEG · 2021-09-15

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 15, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

War Wind is a real-time strategy game that allows you to view an epic battle through the eyes of four unique races, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. The game features 28 ready-to-play scenarios and a story of such compelling depth you won't believe it's just a game.

82%
positive of 92 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
73/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)
War Wind is a science fantasy real-time strategy game developed by DreamForge Intertainment and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). It was released in 1996 for Microsoft Windows and used DirectX 2.0. The game features four unique playable alien races on the fictional planet of Yavaun, each with their own histories, ideologies, and story campaigns consisting of seven scenarios each and an ending unique to that race. The story explores themes of authoritarianism, slavery, revolution, and mysticism. The game also features a map and scenario editor, as well as netplay with up to seven additional players.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 59% of 8,327 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

GOG$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.19 at GOG (2019-06-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 1 of 1 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$0.002016-08-192026-09-152016-08-19 — best price $5.992016-11-08 — best price $5.092016-11-14 — best price $5.992016-11-23 — best price $5.092016-11-28 — best price $5.992017-06-06 — best price $3.992017-06-21 — best price $5.992018-02-22 — best price $4.012018-02-27 — best price $5.992018-04-23 — best price $4.012018-05-01 — best price $5.992018-06-04 — best price $2.992018-06-19 — best price $5.992018-07-23 — best price $2.992018-07-31 — best price $5.992018-12-13 — best price $1.492019-01-04 — best price $5.992019-06-21 — best price $1.192019-06-25 — best price $5.992019-11-13 — best price $4.012019-11-16 — best price $5.992020-05-27 — best price $1.992020-06-03 — best price $0.002021-12-22 — best price $0.002026-09-15 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, French

Player tags

RTSWarMagicRetro1990'sFantasyWargameBuildingStrategyTactical

Census log

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