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Battle of Empires : 1914-1918

Battle of Empires : 1914-1918

Battle of Empires: 1914-1918 is a story-driven RTS that brings to life some of the most brutal battles of the Great War. Each mission showcases the era’s most devastating weaponry — sabotage, stealth, trench warfare, gas attacks, artillery, and mobile infantry. BoE delivers the full WWI experience.

Released Jul 22, 2015 Developer Great War Team Publisher Best Way Soft Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux StrategyWorld War IWarHistoricalRTS
View on Steam ↗ $8.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

69.2%positive2,068 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Battle of Empires: 1914–1918, developed by Great War Team and published by Best Way Soft, is a real-time tactics game that commits fully to portraying the harsh, methodical nature of World War I combat. Rather than following the fast-paced conventions of traditional real-time…”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Great ww1 game”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Very fun game when you're not softlocked by the mandatory, very tedious and incredibly annoying stealth segments at the start of many missions in the campaign, very poor level design on the part of the developers that serves only to keep people from accessing the great fun this…”

— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:15 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

4playing at last check
524-hour peak
208all-time peak
0 50 100 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 63 avg · Dec 2015

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

319achievements
4.4%median completion
0.8%rarest: Guests are not welcome here
58.6% of players 43.8% of players 33.9% of players 23.2% of players 20.1% of players 18.6% of players 17.5% of players 16.4% of players 15.0% of players 14.0% of players 13.1% of players 12.3% of players 11.4% of players 10.4% of players 9.9% of players 9.4% of players 8.8% of players 8.3% of players 7.4% of players 7.1% of players 7.0% of players 6.5% of players 6.3% of players 6.0% of players 5.8% of players 5.6% of players 5.5% of players 5.3% of players 4.9% of players 4.8% of players 4.7% of players 4.5% of players 4.2% of players 4.1% of players 3.6% of players 3.4% of players 3.4% of players 3.3% of players 3.2% of players 2.9% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.5% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 58.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
58.6%Drill — Finish first stage of training
57.5%Diamond eye — Shoot downs all helmets, using only 4 bullets
53.6%Weapons training — Complete marksmanship training
Rarest badges of honor
0.8%Guests are not welcome here — Keep the machine gun, mortar and field gun under your control in the 1st Turkish mission
0.9%Trophy hunter — Capture all enemy mortars and a field gun in the 3rd Turkish mission
0.9%Russian Empire vs France — Defeat France, playing as the Russian Empire on the "Unter-officer" difficulty level

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$8.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$8.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US8.99 USD
EU7.39 EUR
UK6.19 GBP
Australia12.95 AUD
Canada10.29 CAD
Japan930 JPY
Brazil18.59 BRL
China35.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$3.7 China Japan Canada UK EU US Australia≈$9.0

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $5 $10 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

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

Jun 27, 2025
Up to 75% Off during the Steam Summer Sale

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Dec 28, 2021
Christmas sale!

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Oct 29, 2021
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Jul 04, 2021
Update 1.530. Multiplayer patch.

List of changes : Bug fixes: -QF 18 pounder no longer consumes high-explosive shells when firing shrapnel shells. -Gun carrier can now elevate its gun to the maximum firing range Multiplayer fixes -Re

Jun 25, 2021
Summer sales!

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Free To Play
Player tagsStrategy · World War I · War · Historical · RTS · Action · Multiplayer · Atmospheric · Singleplayer · Simulation · Indie · Gore (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards
LanguagesEnglish * , Russian * , French, Ukrainian, German, Spanish - Spain, Turkish *
Achievements319
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://battle-of-empires.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP3 Processor: 2 GHz Intel Dual Core processor Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required – 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 128 MB Video Memory. ATI® Radeon® 9600 or Nvidia® GeForce® 5900 DirectX: Version 9.0c Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 6 GB available space Sound Card: OpenAL Compatible Sound Card Additional Notes: Cross-platform multiplayer is not supported