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Jagged Alliance - Back in Action

Jagged Alliance - Back in Action

A contemporary remake of the much-loved series of turn-based mercenary-themed strategy games.

Released Feb 8, 2012 Developer Coreplay GmbH, Bigmoon Studios Publisher THQ Nordic Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux StrategyRPGTacticalSimulationReal-Time with Pause
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (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.

72.5%positive1,711 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“super fun and moves along fast so i don't get bored”

— a player, Steam review · 1,388 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Absolutely love the game. I think there is a lot of unfair criticisms of the game in the reviews. A lot of people say its not as good as the other JAs and stuff, I think its better with a pause and go system rather than turn based. I am aware this is a essentially a 3d remake of…”

— a player, Steam review · 195 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Watered down remake of JA:2 missing a lot of the things that made it a strategy game.”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:38 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

16playing at last check
4124-hour peak
1,142all-time peak
0 500 1k 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 490 avg · Jul 2012

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.

60achievements
14.7%median completion
1.5%rarest: Silent… But Deadly!
70.3% of players 60.9% of players 56.7% of players 54.7% of players 52.8% of players 51.9% of players 49.6% of players 47.8% of players 40.5% of players 39.4% of players 38.8% of players 38.6% of players 34.9% of players 33.4% of players 28.1% of players 25.8% of players 25.7% of players 24.2% of players 24.1% of players 23.9% of players 21.4% of players 21.2% of players 20.9% of players 20.2% of players 20.1% of players 19.1% of players 18.2% of players 17.8% of players 16.5% of players 15.5% of players 14.7% of players 12.8% of players 12.1% of players 11.5% of players 11.4% of players 10.9% of players 10.2% of players 10.2% of players 9.6% of players 9.1% of players 9.0% of players 8.9% of players 8.6% of players 8.4% of players 6.5% of players 6.4% of players 5.0% of players 4.4% of players 3.4% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.5% of players 2.3% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 70.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
70.3%Jack the Ripper — Kill an enemy with a melee attack
60.9%Getting started — Secure Drassen Airport
56.7%Undying — A single merc received over 100 damage in a single encounter without dying
Rarest badges of honor
1.5%Silent… But Deadly! — Hidden achievement
1.5%Blast corps — Blast through 100 walls
1.6%It’s Raining Weapons — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US19.99 USD
EU19.99 EUR
UK14.99 GBP
Australia28.95 AUD
Canada21.99 CAD
Japan1,980 JPY
Brazil36.99 BRL
China68.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$7.3 China Japan Canada UK US Australia EU≈$23

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

Latest official news

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

Jul 14, 2023
It's Gonna Be Jaggendary: Strategy Heavyweight Jagged Alliance 3 Is Out Now!

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Aug 14, 2018
Jagged Alliance: Rage! coming this fall

The Unexpendables - Jagged Alliance: Rage! coming this fall Vienna, Austria, August 14th, 2018: We are all getting older. Nothing bad about that, right? Well, the knees might hurt sometimes, seeing th

Aug 25, 2014
MAC/Linux patch 3.3 live

Hi everybody! After a long wait, we are today releasing version 3.3 of Jagged Alliance: Back in Action for MAC and Linux. Yes we are skipping 3.2. That was an in-between patch that brought only small

Aug 25, 2014
MAC/Linux patch 3.3 live

Hi everybody! After a long wait, we are today releasing version 3.3 of Jagged Alliance: Back in Action for MAC and Linux. Yes we are skipping 3.2. That was an in-between patch that brought only small

Mar 12, 2014
MAC/LINUX patch 3.1 live

Hi everybody! Thank you so much for all your feedback and support since the release of the MAC and Linux versions of Jagged Alliance: Back in Action. A few minutes ago, we have uploaded a new patch, b

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

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

GenresRPG, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · RPG · Tactical · Simulation · Real-Time with Pause · Tactical RPG · Turn-Based · Military · Singleplayer · Action · Remake · Turn-Based Strategy (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Stats · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Polish, Czech
Achievements60
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.jaggedalliance.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP (SP2), Vista or Windows 7 Processor: Core 2 Duo Processor (1,8 GHz or better) or similar AMD Memory: 2 GB RAM Hard Disk Space: 3GB HDD Space Video Card: Shader 3.0 compatible graphics card (Ati 2600, Geforce 8800 or similar) with 512 MB RAM Sound: DirectX Compatible Sound Card Known issues: Visual artifacts could be displayed when using the following visual cards: AMD Radeon HD 6000 or GeForce 8800 GT.