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Making History: The First World War

Making History: The First World War

A turn-based WWI Grand Strategy game. Rush to field new modern weaponry and survive the horrendous attrition battles. Join the global conflict between the Great Powers of the age and forge a new world order for freedom or tyranny.

Released Mar 5, 2021 Developer Factus Games Platforms Windows · Linux StrategySimulationIndieWorld War IWargame
View on Steam ↗ $24.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

66.1%positive115 reviews
Recommended · 27 found this helpful

“a wonderful upgrade to the previous "The Great War", better graphics and new stuff like mines, techs and events, so if you like any of the other in the making history series, this one is a very nice catch already”

— a player, Steam review · 358 hrs played
Recommended · 10 found this helpful

“A good mix between a Hearts of Iron and a CIv, with a ton a unique game features (the logistic system is my personnal favorite). If you have enough patience to handle the steep learning curve (mostly because of a minimal tutorial, no youtube videos to learn from and an atrocious…”

— a player, Steam review · 184 hrs played
Not recommended · 207 found this helpful

“There is a game called Making History the Great War which came out long time ago, this is the exact same game, they just changed the name and selling it like it's new. There is nothing much new, in fact this game has too many bugs which makes it unplayable. Developers say that…”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

22all-time peak
0 5 10 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 8 avg · Feb 2022

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

100achievements
1.2%median completion
0.5%rarest: Turkish Republic
51.8% of players 46.5% of players 45.1% of players 35.9% of players 30.8% of players 19.4% of players 18.6% of players 15.6% of players 9.0% of players 9.0% of players 8.0% of players 7.4% of players 7.1% of players 4.5% of players 4.1% of players 3.5% of players 3.3% of players 3.2% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 51.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
51.8%10 Weeks — Hidden achievement
46.5%Recruit 1st Unit — Hidden achievement
45.1%Conquer 1st Region — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%Turkish Republic — Play as the Ottoman Empire, join the Turkish Nationalists and create the Turkish Republic.
0.5%Sao Paulo Republic - The Balkan Wars — Begin as Brazil, join the Contestados, found Southern Republic, control your claims and survive scenario
0.5%North Sea Mine Barrage - The Balkan Wars and The July Crisis — 50% or greater Mine Coverage in the North Sea Regions while at war with Germany. Cromarty Firth, Fair Isle, Hjeltefjorden and Norwegian Channel

Latest official news

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

Sep 06, 2024
The First World War: Ukrainian Language Release

With the assistance of our Ukrainian community, we have finally completed a Ukrainian language version of Making History: The First World War.

Apr 11, 2023
Quick Fix for French Version

Repaired broken strings in French release that prevented some unit order interactions. Also fixed errors in some City names.

Apr 07, 2023
First World War: Now in Turkish

We are very happy to announce that the Turkish language version of Making History: The First World War is now ready. While we are calling this our Ottoman Release, all Lobby, Hud and Event text has be

Mar 31, 2023
The First World War: French Language Release

We have now completed translating a French language version of Making History: The First World War. Plus, we have included a Turkish language localization option that is currently still in being teste

Mar 16, 2023
The First World War: Spanish Language Release

We have now implemented a Spanish version of Making History: The First World War. All text content for both have been localized but there will likely be errors or poor translations in some places. Add

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · Simulation · Indie · World War I · Wargame · Historical · Early Access · Grand Strategy · Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy · Management · 4X (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Includes level editor · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Simplified Chinese * , German * , Russian * , Spanish - Spain * , French * , Turkish * , Ukrainian * *
Achievements100
Official sitehttps://factusgames.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 10 / Windows 8 / Windows 7 / Windows Vista / Windows XP with Service Pack 2 Processor: Pentium 4 or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 256 MB DirectX 9.0c-Compliant, Shader 2.0 3D Video Card DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: Windows-Compliant Keyboard & Mouse