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Beyond The Wire
Set in the muddy trenches of WW1, Beyond The Wire is a 50v50 multiplayer FPS that immerses players in the desperate & brutal circumstances of the Great War. Featuring an arsenal of historic weapons, ten massive maps, ten playable factions, era-specific tanks, & a brutal melee combat system.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.
“EDIT (13/01/2021): the real problem of this game right now is the low player base. Despite recent Steam Sales, I see no grow of daily players on this game. Very sad! Yes, it's still an early access but I really hope this is going to be better with next updates or sales. I'M…”
— a player, Steam review · 84 hrs played“I'm more of a War of Rights and Hold Fast kinda guy. But I bought this game for my son. He loves it, and I will probably give it a go eventually. He says that this is a game where people aren't, "Agest." :D So I appreciate the 'Beyond the Wire' community giving a middle schooler…”
— a player, Steam review · 38 hrs played“Straight up dead. Just bought it because I heard they finally incorporated bots (not big into multiplayer) and theres no servers. You cant even create a custom server to play around by yourself with bots like you can in Verdun, Tannenberg and Isonzo. This isnt beyond the wire,…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | FPS · War · World War I · Military · PvP · Shooter · First-Person · Tanks · Historical · Strategy · Action · Realistic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Simplified Chinese * |
| Official site | http://playbtw.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64 bit) Processor: Intel Core i or AMD Ryzen with 4 physical cores Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Geforce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 380 with at least 4 GB of VRAM DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 40 GB available space