⚜ SteamCozy

Home / Games / Syrian Warfare

Syrian Warfare

Syrian Warfare

Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.

Released Feb 21, 2017 Developer Cats Who Play Platforms Windows Real Time TacticsRTSRealisticMilitaryWargame
View on Steam ↗ $13.99 (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.

86.8%positive5,232 reviews
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Syrian Warfare, developed and published by Cats Who Play, is a real-time tactics game that deliberately distances itself from traditional base-building strategy titles and instead focuses on methodical, high-stakes battlefield decision-making. Set against the backdrop of the…”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“Despite the ridiculous propaganda, the game is enjoyable, the story is although unrealistic, Pro-Russian and Pro-Assad, but good telling.”

— a player, Steam review · 51 hrs played
Not recommended · 15 found this helpful

“it hurts to thumbs down because I like the game. it's quite well made and features dramatic action and story with a fair amount of player choice. the problem I have is I like to consume these games over a long period of time which is not conducive to keeping a save intact unless…”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Read more reviews ↗

Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:35 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

36playing at last check
5124-hour peak
484all-time peak
0 50 100 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 83 avg · Nov 2017

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.

51achievements
7.8%median completion
1.0%rarest: Polite People
67.2% of players 35.5% of players 31.9% of players 24.1% of players 21.2% of players 20.6% of players 17.6% of players 17.5% of players 15.8% of players 15.7% of players 15.6% of players 15.0% of players 13.6% of players 13.2% of players 12.0% of players 11.8% of players 10.9% of players 10.6% of players 10.5% of players 9.7% of players 9.4% of players 9.3% of players 8.3% of players 8.1% of players 7.9% of players 7.8% of players 7.6% of players 7.2% of players 6.9% of players 5.6% of players 4.8% of players 4.8% of players 4.7% of players 4.5% of players 4.5% of players 4.4% of players 4.2% of players 4.1% of players 3.8% of players 3.6% of players 3.6% of players 3.6% of players 3.4% of players 3.3% of players 3.0% of players 2.8% of players 2.8% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.0% of players 1.0% of players 67.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
67.2%Just in time! — Refuel the BMP and take control of it.
35.5%Bane of tanks — On Latakia's coast, capture the gun truck with the ATGM launcher.
31.9%The old guard is back in business! — Help uncle Mansur.
Rarest badges of honor
1.0%Polite People — Hidden achievement
2.0%The impregnable stronghold — Hidden achievement
2.4%Back on duty — Hidden achievement

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.

$13.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$3.91lowest since tracking began2026-07-13
US13.99 USD
EU11.59 EUR
UK10.99 GBP
Australia19.95 AUD
Canada15.49 CAD
Japan1,420 JPY
Brazil27.89 BRL
China47.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$5.5 China Japan Canada EU Australia US UK≈$15

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

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

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

May 31, 2019
New Update

DLC "Return to Palmyra": Chinese translation (made by JG54_NF2); Slightly adjusted the command point amounts in the realistic difficulty mode.

Feb 04, 2019
Update 1.2.1.53

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25580147/134e95313e38d3fdca5644d578c982a1c4510236.png Chinese translation for Syrian Warfare (made by JG54_NF2). You can change langu

Dec 13, 2018
Update 1.3.0.54 (DLC Battlefields only)

DLC Battlefields: Fixed the fatal errors that occurred when using the Undo action in the Editor. You can now recalculate the PhysX and Visibility files directly in the Editor. You'll have to do this i

Oct 22, 2018
DLC Battlefields was released!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/25580147/0ec7eb4daab62735de292e9889c7a1bbee2c255c.png New DLC called Battlefields was released. Several new missions and Steam Worksh

Apr 27, 2018
Update 1.2.0.43

- Problems with occasionally breaking effects and materials are solved. - Improved stability of the application. We know about memory leaks and subsequent crashes after multiple save loads. Not fixed

Games like Syrian Warfare

From our knowledge graph — ranked by shared traits, not a black box. Each card says why it's here.

Men of War™ Men of War™ 85.9% · 1,446 reviews shares Real Time, Moddable, Level Editor, Real Time Tactics Wargame: European Escalation Wargame: European Escalation 76.5% · 1,708 reviews shares Real Time, Wargame, Real Time Tactics, RTS Wargame: Airland Battle Wargame: Airland Battle 87.1% · 2,740 reviews shares Real Time, Wargame, Real Time Tactics, RTS Steel Division: Normandy 44 Steel Division: Normandy 44 74.2% · 3,339 reviews shares Real Time, Wargame, Real Time Tactics, RTS Men of War: Assault Squad Men of War: Assault Squad 87.7% · 2,401 reviews shares Moddable, Level Editor, Real Time Tactics, RTS Steel Division 2 Steel Division 2 79.6% · 5,047 reviews shares Moddable, Wargame, RTS, Military Cold Waters Cold Waters 87.2% · 3,562 reviews shares Wargame, RTS, Military, Historical WARNO WARNO 81.0% · 9,028 reviews shares Moddable, Wargame, Real Time Tactics, RTS

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

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

GenresIndie, Strategy
Player tagsReal Time Tactics · RTS · Realistic · Military · Wargame · Atmospheric · Modern · Historical · Strategy · Tactical · War · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Russian * , German, Simplified Chinese *
Achievements51
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.catswhoplay.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7/8/10 (64 bit) Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 (3.1 GHz) / AMD A10 5800K (3.8 GHz) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GT 440 (1024 MB) / Radeon HD 4890 (1024 MB) DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 10 GB available space