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Barrage

Barrage

Embrace the technological evolution and build up your hydroelectric empire in Barrage, a turn-based strategy game where players compete to build majestic dams, exploit the power of running water, and bring their faction to victory!

Released May 15, 2025 Developer Cranio Lab Publisher Cranio Creations Platforms Windows · Mac StrategyTabletopResource ManagementManagementTurn-Based Tactics
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-05-19)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

81.8%positive99 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“A faithful adaptation of the board game. However, since me and my friend always seem to be the only players at the moment, it's impossible to play in >3 player games. Being able to add AI to multiplayer matches would be a huge improvement. In that regard, having the duel…”

— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

57all-time peak
0 10 20 2026 17 avg · May 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

39achievements
2.9%median completion
0.0%rarest: I Am Become Current
22.0% of players 16.7% of players 12.6% of players 11.1% of players 10.8% of players 10.4% of players 10.2% of players 9.6% of players 7.4% of players 7.1% of players 6.7% of players 5.3% of players 5.2% of players 5.1% of players 4.7% of players 4.5% of players 3.9% of players 3.8% of players 3.4% of players 2.9% of players 2.2% of players 2.0% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.0% of players 22.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
22.0%The Law of Ohm — Win a base game (no DLCs, no promo XOs) against the Medium AI
16.7%My Water, My Penstocks, My Electricity! — Win a base game (no DLCs, no promo XOs) without using any opponent' conduit
12.6%Plugged In — Win a base game (no DLCs, no promo XOs) against the Easy AI
Rarest badges of honor
0.0%I Am Become Current — Win 500 games
0.7%Current from the Void — In a base game (no DLCs, no promo XOs), score your first 100 VP of a game, without using production actions (energy gain through other means is ok)
0.7%The Greatest Artist — Clone at least once, every XO of the base game. Only the cloning that took place in a winning base game (no DLCs, no promo XOs) are valid

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 06, 2026
The one where The Duel is about to begin

Hello everyone! Long time no see, Cody here to get you up to speed with the dev side of things. I want to kick off this post by apologising for the long silence — sorry, everyone! A lot has happened i

May 01, 2026
The One Where the Priority Lane to Colorado Finally Opens

Hello there! With this post, version 1.6 finally arrives — also known as the one where The Colorado Connection DLC gets released! Well… sort of. As tradition demands, the DLC will first be available t

Apr 09, 2026
The One Where The Colorado Page Is Connected

Hello there! I hope you are all well and fine in these trying times; Cody here with a small update on the state of the project. As you might know, I'm currently working on The Colorado Connection . I'

Mar 12, 2026
The One Where The Server Crashes

DAM! As you might have guessed by the title of the post, just a quick FYI: the multiplayer server crashed for reasons still unknown. Everything is now back to normal but unfortunately the online games

Feb 23, 2026
The One Where the Backers Get to Irrigate the Nile First

Hello there! Cody here, with some good news! With this post comes version 1.5, and with it The Nile Affair DLC . Initially, it will only be accessible to those who backed the project on Kickstarter, a

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresStrategy
Player tagsStrategy · Tabletop · Resource Management · Management · Turn-Based Tactics · Top-Down · Capitalism · Asynchronous Multiplayer · Steampunk · PvP · Singleplayer · Board Game (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Turn Notifications · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Italian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Korean
Achievements39
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 / 11 Processor: Intel i5 2.0 GHz or equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 / AMD Radeon HD 7850 DirectX: Version 10