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Skirmish Line
Experience the brutality and randomness of war as an Allied tactical commander in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Train, equip, and command a squad of soldiers as you fight against the fanatical Imperial Japanese Empire.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“best game ever made of all time”
— a player, Steam review · 1,169 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 21:14 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
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Build 1.6.3 Ramgarh
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Technical -Indian voice acting implemented! -Reworked voice system to ensure the different types of lines have more proportionate chances of being played. -Updated weapon sprite for Lee Enfield. -Fixe
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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 | Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | World War II · Strategy · Action · Indie · Violent · Simulation · Difficult · Casual · Tower Defense · Tactical · Top-Down · War (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Stats · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Russian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America * |
| Achievements | 39 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.skirmishlinegame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista or greater Processor: Dual Core CPU @ 2.0GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 7800, AMD HD 4600, Intel HD Graphics 3000 or above Storage: 500 MB available space