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A War of a Madman's Making
You are subordinate to the deranged dictator and must plan his doomed invasion in this text-based RPG / Visual Novel. Navigate the shark-filled waters of the Great Leader's presidential cabinet, try to save your family, and survive the purges in a world of power-hungry leaders and nuclear warfare.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.
“This game Is great. I played for a wile and there are multiple engaging endings to play. If you like the Challenge of wartime politics than this game will be very fun to play. 10/10”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“Very cool with a great mood, a fun and interesting game.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“For a free game, this quite nice and well done, it had a somewhat realistic-ish political sim (spoiler hidden) the choices although some were unimportant was nice touch and give this a small roleplay aspect to play who we wish to be to some degree. My biggest gripe at best is…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch 1.2.1 - Steam achievements fix (and stash house)
This is a quick hotfix for the most recent build, which accidentally broke Steam achievements. They should be working properly now. Also, the missing background for the stash house in the Vaklyrie end
Release 1.2 - Operation Robin Rescue
Greetings, commanders! The Great Leader's security forces have identified a major bug. In previous builds, it was impossible to save Robin from being arrested. In version 1.2, Robin's loyalty system h
A War of a Madman's Making 1.0 release
A War of a Madman's Making is now released to 1.0! After much consideration, I decided against expanding the Valkyrie ending to include win conditions, white peace, etc. -- since I feel this all goes
Beta 0.5 - Valkyrie Endings
Greetings, commanders! You thought it was over, but we're back. In all seriousness, I've been on a hiatus from game development while I deal with that stupid thing called Real Life. Now I feel I'm bac
Beta 0.5 - Valkyrie Endings
Greetings, commanders! You thought it was over, but we're back. In all seriousness, I've been on a hiatus from game development while I deal with that stupid thing called Real Life. Now I feel I'm bac
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Adventure · Interactive Fiction · Choose Your Own Adventure · Visual Novel · War · Story Rich · Text-Based · Historical · Dark · Choices Matter · Resource Management · Military (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 23 |
| Official site | https://www.reddit.com/r/AWOAMM/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista or later Processor: 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 or DirectX 9.0c DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 200 MB available space