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The Great War: Western Front™
The Great War: Western Front is the definitive WW1 strategy game. Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the iconic Western Front from 1914 to 1919. Pick your faction and lead your forces to victory.
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 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
40 of the 77 reviews raise this.
“A great concept let down by serious flaws in its execution. Making a faithful RTS about the Great War was always going to be tricky. By its nature, a grind is essential to the feel of combat, and defenders need a clear…”
5 of the 77 reviews raise this.
4 of the 77 reviews raise this.
“This game got me obsessed with the great war... sucks ass they stop development of it. Would recommend if on sale.”
24 of the 77 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“A great concept let down by serious flaws in its execution. Making a faithful RTS about the Great War was always going to be tricky. By its nature, a grind is essential to the feel of combat, and defenders need a clear…”
“The game is unfinished and overpriced. I enjoy parts of it but it is glaringly obvious it was never completed. Wait for the SALE. Do NOT buy full price is the best advice I can give if you wanna play it. I got it for…”
18 of the 77 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Extremely promising abandonware. Devs gave up completely after 1 major update. I had high expectations from Empire at War, and was really let down.”
“The game is unfinished and overpriced. I enjoy parts of it but it is glaringly obvious it was never completed. Wait for the SALE. Do NOT buy full price is the best advice I can give if you wanna play it. I got it for…”
“Developers just abandoned it. Cash grab game with potential”
15 of the 77 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“The game is unfinished and overpriced. I enjoy parts of it but it is glaringly obvious it was never completed. Wait for the SALE. Do NOT buy full price is the best advice I can give if you wanna play it. I got it for…”
“Developers just abandoned it. Cash grab game with potential”
“biggest flop cause i was very hipe but then once i bought it, it was like ♥♥♥♥ so yea this game is just a cash grab game”
7 of the 77 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Very arcadey, very repetitive, doesn't actually really capture WW1 or it's tactics and feels half baked. Would only recommend buying on sale, it is no where near worth the $44 CAD it's charged for, it is a $10 game that…”
“Could use some more content, and definetly a multiplayer campaign but i love it otherwise”
6 of the 77 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“A great concept let down by serious flaws in its execution. Making a faithful RTS about the Great War was always going to be tricky. By its nature, a grind is essential to the feel of combat, and defenders need a clear…”
“As much as i want to enjoy this game, the biggest problem is the AI has seemingly endless supply in a game where your supply not only is your ammo(for extra troops and call ins) but also global so the Logistics upgrade…”
“The first year of the war was exciting, but now the AI can't offer any fun anymore. First game on Soldier difficulty. February 1917. So far, I've seen two bombers, artillery, machine gun and grenade nests, and…”
Counted across 77 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 66.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“I WISH THERE WAS AN OPTION FOR MIXED RECCOMENDATION!!!!!! I'm choosing to leave a positive instead of a negative review, despite the issues this game has, and the lack of development from the devs. For what it offers, it's unique enough that I've enjoyed my time with it. That…”
— a player, Steam review · 70 hrs played“Honestly it's got its flaws but it's fairly novel and fun to play, not to mention cheap (especially on sale). Attacking is enormously disadvantageous as one would expect, and the tech tree definitely is unbalanced in favor of 1-2 particular playstyles. All that being said, it's…”
— a player, Steam review · 59 hrs played“Game feels like its not finished. Is abandonned by devs (at least no bugs are being addressed anymore). Fun concept, but after a few turns ingame, you realize its literally nothing new anymore. There are ingame (world) events that are just flavor. You are very limited by…”
— a player, Steam review · 51 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-04). 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.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · RTS · World War I · Turn-Based Strategy · Historical · Real Time Tactics · Grand Strategy · Military · Tactical · Singleplayer · Wargame · Multiplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian, German * , Spanish - Spain * , Polish, Russian * , Simplified Chinese, Turkish * |
| Achievements | 12 |
| Official site | https://www.playthegreatwar.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64bit Processor: Intel i5-4590 / AMD FX-8350 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 / AMD Radeon R9 390 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 13 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD Recommended