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WWII Online

Cornered Rat Software · Playnet, Inc. · 2023-07-06

Steam

ActionCasualIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGSimulationStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Jul 06, 2023 (Mac), Jul 06, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

WWII Online is a massive, persistent free-to-play MMO FPS driven entirely by players. Fight as Army, Air, or Naval forces and earn Victory Points to access more units. One global server. No scripts. Real outcomes. No zones. Huge world (300,000 km²). ENLIST NOW!

12
playing now
51%
positive of 3.8k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

World War II Online: Blitzkrieg is a World War II massively multiplayer online first-person shooter (MMOFPS) developed by Playnet, Inc.'s internal game studio, "Cornered Rat Software", and it was originally released on June 6, 2001 for Microsoft Windows, with a Mac OS version being released in 2002. In 2005, WWII Online was re-released under the new name of WWII Online: Battleground Europe.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 81 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

All-time low: $4.95 at Steam (2018-06-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
989820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2112026-08-06 21:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 21 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 16 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 9 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 17 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 18 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 11 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 02:00 — 12 players2026-08-29 09:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$0.002017-09-092018-10-312017-09-09 — best price $0.002018-02-01 — best price $7.992018-06-21 — best price $4.952018-07-05 — best price $7.992018-08-03 — best price $4.952018-08-16 — best price $7.992018-10-31 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

181132026-05-29 — 27 pageviews2026-06-01 — 32 pageviews2026-06-04 — 38 pageviews2026-06-07 — 36 pageviews2026-06-10 — 19 pageviews2026-06-13 — 21 pageviews2026-06-16 — 54 pageviews2026-06-19 — 34 pageviews2026-06-22 — 181 pageviews2026-06-25 — 29 pageviews2026-06-28 — 22 pageviews2026-07-01 — 23 pageviews2026-07-04 — 29 pageviews2026-07-07 — 33 pageviews2026-07-10 — 19 pageviews2026-07-13 — 29 pageviews2026-07-16 — 33 pageviews2026-07-19 — 26 pageviews2026-07-22 — 33 pageviews2026-07-25 — 31 pageviews2026-07-28 — 21 pageviews2026-07-31 — 21 pageviews2026-08-03 — 19 pageviews2026-08-06 — 17 pageviews2026-08-09 — 31 pageviews2026-08-12 — 27 pageviews2026-08-15 — 29 pageviews2026-08-18 — 28 pageviews2026-08-21 — 26 pageviews2026-08-24 — 16 pageviews2026-08-26 — 44 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing6 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

FPSActionFlightShooterStrategyRealisticOpen WorldSimulationMultiplayerEarly Access

Census log

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

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