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Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2
War in the East 2 is the most comprehensive, most realistic, and most advanced wargame modeling Eastern Front warfare in World War Two.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“I have figured out the air phase of turn 1 now. Cant wait to properly learn land combat next.”
— a player, Steam review · 65 hrs played“The hardcore fans will hate to hear this, but the huge majority of the game's "in-depth" mechanics are mostly just smoke and mirrors. A beginner could easily learn this game within a few turns. It's just the horrifically-dated UI and absolute scale of everything that can be…”
— a player, Steam review · 102 hrs played“One of my favorite games out there. It doesn’t take too long to learn the fundamentals but it does take a while to put everything together. I’m close to 100 hours in and finally feel somewhat confident to start the grand campaign.”
— a player, Steam review · 105 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 21:05 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Small Update - Version 1.04.16
Welcome. Thank you for playing Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2. We are always looking for ways to improve your gaming experience. Below you will find the latest information on Gary Grigsby's War in t
Official Update - Version 01.04.12
Welcome. Thank you for playing Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2! We are always looking for ways to improve your gaming experience. Below you will find the latest and greatest information on Gary Grigs
Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2 - Official Update 01.04.05
Now, last time we did an update back in September we promised it would be the Final Feature update for War in the East 2. This is still true - but we also said that fixes for bugs and minor revisions
Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2 - Final Feature Update
A new update is out for War in the East 2. This is planned to be the final feature update for WITE2. We still intend to fix bugs as they are reported. If you do find a bug please report it on the Matr
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Simulation · Wargame · Turn-Based Strategy · 2D · World War II · War · Top-Down · Multiplayer · Turn-Based Combat · Historical · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Steam Cloud · Remote Play Together · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.matrixgames.com/game/gary-grigsbys-war-in-the-east-2 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 / 8 / 10 Processor: 1.5 GHz+ Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 256MB DirectX 9+ Compatible DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 4 GB available space Sound Card: 16 bit DirectX 9+ Compatible