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Heroes & Generals
Shoot, blow sh!t up, fly or bark orders in the ultimate Free-to-Play, large scale, multiplayer, shooter experience. Thousands of players in multiple battles fighting one massive war of nations. The first to capture 15 cities takes the glory.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
28 of the 77 reviews raise this.
“The best casual battle sim ever created, had to be there.”
7 of the 77 reviews raise this.
3 of the 77 reviews raise this.
“Heroes & Generals was a really unique WWII shooter that mixed FPS combat with a bigger war strategy layer. The idea of battles actually affecting a larger war map was cool and made matches feel like they mattered. When…”
22 of the 77 reviews raise this · 13 of them still recommend the game.
“Bring back the game dawg, i miss it”
“Shame its gone, it was pretty good”
13 of the 77 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Vendor support for the game ended in 2023, but Steam allowed me to install the game from my library anyway. Waist my time.”
3 of the 77 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Heroes & Generals was a really unique WWII shooter that mixed FPS combat with a bigger war strategy layer. The idea of battles actually affecting a larger war map was cool and made matches feel like they mattered. When…”
“Game was actually legitimately good while it lasted. Idk how or why the servers shut down but it made me pretty sad finding out they did. Yeah, you had to grind your tail off but all in all, I had a good time playing…”
3 of the 77 reviews raise this.
Counted across 77 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 67.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“Made so many friends and had so many late night battles with this. Miss it terribly and am sad to see it gone. Maybe one day something similar can take its place”
— a player, Steam review · 325 hrs played“give me back 700 hours of my life u deleted for nothing”
— a player, Steam review · 718 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:44 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Heroes and Generals: WWII Gold Rush is now active!
Dear community! All accounts now have an unlimited supply of gold during the Gold Rush*. The event is running until the official shutdown of the Heroes and Generals WW2 servers on Thursday, 25th of Ma
Backer Helmets, Gold Packs disabled + Final Event
DEAR COMMUNITY! In today’s update we have added Backer Helmets for everyone who has pledged $5 or more on our HnG 2 Kickstarter. Regardless of the outcome, thank you for believing in HnG 2! All qualif
Letters from the Front 3
Bartalamey, Home! We are finally coming home! The Soviet high command has signed a peace treaty with the United States and a cease-fire with the German contingency. The Americans have been kind to us,
Letters from the Front 2
Dear Ludwig, We entered these foreign lands only a few days ago, I don’t even know which country we’re in anymore. We can hear some gun sounds in the far distance, we have not seen any action just yet
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Free To Play, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Strategy |
| Player tags | Free to Play · World War II · FPS · Multiplayer · War · Shooter · Action · First-Person · Massively Multiplayer · Strategy · Tactical · Co-op (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · MMO · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · In-App Purchases · Stats |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese * |
| Estimated owners | 10,000,000 – 20,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.heroesandgenerals.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 and up Processor: 2GHz CPU w. dual-core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: ATI HD 4810 / Nvidia 9600GT or higher DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 3 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible