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Skirmish Line

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.

Released Mar 21, 2019 Developer The Snarktopus Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux World War IIStrategyActionIndieViolent
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.

87.7%positive365 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“best game ever made of all time”

— a player, Steam review · 1,169 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.

43all-time peak
0 10 20 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 11 avg · Jan 2020

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

39achievements
14.0%median completion
0.5%rarest: Mud and Blood and the Victoria Cross
79.7% of players 76.0% of players 75.8% of players 67.7% of players 64.7% of players 64.6% of players 44.9% of players 35.8% of players 35.6% of players 32.4% of players 32.2% of players 31.0% of players 28.4% of players 24.9% of players 23.5% of players 19.6% of players 17.6% of players 17.5% of players 17.4% of players 14.0% of players 12.4% of players 11.6% of players 11.5% of players 9.0% of players 7.4% of players 7.0% of players 6.5% of players 5.5% of players 5.4% of players 5.2% of players 4.9% of players 4.1% of players 4.0% of players 2.1% of players 1.8% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 79.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
79.7%Quartermaster — Purchase a weapon upgrade for a soldier.
76.0%Banzai! — Experience a BANZAI wave!
75.8%Draw Steel — Kill an enemy soldier in melee combat.
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%Mud and Blood and the Victoria Cross — Earn all elite medals.
0.6%Challenge Master — Reach wave 250 on 6 Challenge modes in Defense in Depth and Sector Defense missions.
1.2%The Art of War — Earn all Chinese medals.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-12
US9.99 USD
EU8.99 EUR
UK7.99 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada11.49 CAD
Japan1,010 JPY
Brazil20.69 BRL
China37.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$4.0 China Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$11

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-17 09-26

Latest official news

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

Mar 24, 2022
Check out Chromosome Evil for some more unfair brutality!

Hey folks, A friend of mine has been working on a zombie survival game featuring some brutally awesome gameplay. If you're looking for some more intense unfair action, check it out here . Snarks

Mar 19, 2021
Build 1.6.3 Ramgarh

Celebrate the 2nd anniversary of Skirmish Line by earning a new set of elite medals, including the infamous Victoria Cross! This is the 7th major post release update, and possibly the largest non-DLC

Feb 15, 2021
Mud and Blood Coming to Steam!

I am very happy to announce that the Mud and Blood series will be coming to Steam! After more than 10 years, the original developer, Urb, is working on a remastered edition of the classic flash games

Jan 23, 2021
New Matilda 2 Infantry Tank

Build 1.6.0 Special thanks to the excellent Matilda 2 fan art from ING-YEO. -Matilda 2 tank added for Immediate Support package in Defense in Depth and Sector Defense. -Matilda 2 added to British Aid

Oct 29, 2020
Build 1.5.0 Burma

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.

GenresAction, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsWorld War II · Strategy · Action · Indie · Violent · Simulation · Difficult · Casual · Tower Defense · Tactical · Top-Down · War (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Stats · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Russian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America *
Achievements39
Official sitehttps://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