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Wargame: Airland Battle cover art

Wargame: Airland Battle

Eugen Systems · 2013-05-29

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 29, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

2 SIDES, 12 NATIONS, 750 UNITS: THE STRATEGY GAME REFERENCE IS BACK! Richer, more beautiful and more accessible, Wargame AirLand Battle is the sequel to the explosive real-time strategy game Wargame European Escalation! 1985.

14
playing now
87%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

14 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Wargame: AirLand Battle is a real-time strategy video game developed by Eugen Systems and published by Focus Home Interactive, released on May 29, 2013. It is set in Europe during the Cold War, most specifically in the years 1975–85. The game is the sequel to the Wargame: European Escalation.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 14 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 178k–356k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,454 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.39 at Steam (2019-12-19) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 11 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3132026-08-06 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 23 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 30 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 16 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 15 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 20 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 14 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 11 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 31 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 23 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$23.31$2.392015-01-012026-08-102015-01-01 — best price $6.792015-02-06 — best price $4.992015-03-31 — best price $19.992015-04-30 — best price $23.122015-06-22 — best price $19.992015-09-26 — best price $6.792015-12-22 — best price $4.992016-02-16 — best price $22.272016-04-18 — best price $5.002016-08-07 — best price $3.912016-10-06 — best price $19.992017-01-01 — best price $14.802017-03-28 — best price $19.992017-05-25 — best price $19.992017-08-29 — best price $4.992017-11-08 — best price $19.992018-01-05 — best price $20.472018-03-23 — best price $17.982018-05-14 — best price $4.992018-07-28 — best price $19.992018-09-03 — best price $4.992019-11-01 — best price $19.992020-02-05 — best price $18.692020-03-13 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $3.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-08-15 — best price $4.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-04-04 — best price $19.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-07-28 — best price $4.082024-04-19 — best price $3.142024-12-19 — best price $4.992025-09-14 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-08-10 — best price $12.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3982026-05-29 — 12 pageviews2026-06-01 — 19 pageviews2026-06-04 — 22 pageviews2026-06-07 — 13 pageviews2026-06-10 — 19 pageviews2026-06-13 — 28 pageviews2026-06-16 — 18 pageviews2026-06-19 — 19 pageviews2026-06-22 — 19 pageviews2026-06-25 — 23 pageviews2026-06-28 — 21 pageviews2026-07-01 — 14 pageviews2026-07-04 — 39 pageviews2026-07-07 — 16 pageviews2026-07-10 — 14 pageviews2026-07-13 — 23 pageviews2026-07-16 — 11 pageviews2026-07-19 — 29 pageviews2026-07-22 — 8 pageviews2026-07-25 — 14 pageviews2026-07-28 — 15 pageviews2026-07-31 — 9 pageviews2026-08-03 — 18 pageviews2026-08-06 — 8 pageviews2026-08-09 — 12 pageviews2026-08-12 — 12 pageviews2026-08-15 — 10 pageviews2026-08-18 — 14 pageviews2026-08-21 — 14 pageviews2026-08-24 — 19 pageviews2026-08-26 — 30 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

8 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Polish, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

RTSWarActionWargameCold WarMilitaryStrategyTacticalDifficultReal-Time

Census log

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

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