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Wargame: European Escalation

Wargame: European Escalation

The New Fatal Error DLC includes a new 5-mission Operation and touch-screen controls.

Released Feb 22, 2012 Developer Eugen Systems Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux StrategyRTSMilitaryCold WarWargame
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (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.

78.0%positive3,321 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Good game, easy as the other games. would recommend if you want to check list every geneva suggestion list”

— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Wargame: European Escalation, developed by Eugen Systems, is a real-time tactics experience that strips away many of the familiar conventions of the RTS genre and replaces them with something far more deliberate and demanding. Set against the backdrop of an alternate Cold War…”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Not recommended · 2 found this helpful

“starts up way to bright, all attempts to fix it have failed, game is broken”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:48 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

15playing at last check
1624-hour peak
2,197all-time peak
0 500 1k 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 513 avg · Dec 2012

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.

29achievements
6.1%median completion
2.4%rarest: Stakhanovist
63.7% of players 46.0% of players 35.5% of players 28.6% of players 24.4% of players 24.4% of players 14.4% of players 12.9% of players 12.3% of players 10.7% of players 9.9% of players 9.6% of players 8.7% of players 6.9% of players 6.1% of players 6.1% of players 5.5% of players 5.5% of players 4.7% of players 4.5% of players 4.3% of players 4.2% of players 4.1% of players 3.9% of players 3.3% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 63.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
63.7%Another Brick in the Wall/The Wall — Complete first BRUDER GEGEN BRUDER mission.
46.0%Redcoats — Complete second BRUDER GEGEN BRUDER mission.
35.5%Hell’s Highway — Complete third BRUDER GEGEN BRUDER mission.
Rarest badges of honor
2.4%Stakhanovist — Unlock all WARSAW PACT units.
2.5%Imperialist — Unlock all NATO units.
3.2%Hero of the Soviet Union — Complete all WARSAW PACT operations.

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.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US9.99 USD
EU9.99 EUR
UK8.99 GBP
Australia12.49 AUD
Canada13.49 CAD
Japan1,070 JPY
Brazil49.49 BRL
China48.00 CNY

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

Japan≈$6.5 China Australia Canada Brazil US EU UK≈$12

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.

Jan 16, 2024
v.744: Patch notes

Code fixes you can once again create a new Eugen account in-game It is once again possible to link the game to an existing Eugen account

Oct 09, 2014
[STEAM FOCUS WEEKEND 09-13 OCT]

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

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

GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · RTS · Military · Cold War · Wargame · Realistic · Simulation · Alternate History · Real Time Tactics · War · Singleplayer · Multiplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Valve Anti-Cheat enabled
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , German * , Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Traditional Chinese *
Achievements29
Estimated owners500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://eugensystems.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

OS *: WINDOWS XP SP3/WINDOWS VISTA SP2/WINDOWS 7 Processor: AMD/INTEL DUAL-CORE 2.5 GHZ Memory: 1024 MB (XP)/2048 MB (VISTA/7) Graphics: 256 MB 100% DIRECTX 9 AND SHADERS 3.0 COMPATIBLE. ATI RADEON X1800 GTO/NVIDIA GEFORCE 7600 GT OR HIGHER DirectX®: 9 Hard Drive: 10 GB Sound: DIRECTX 9 COMPATIBLE Other: INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED FOR ONLINE GAMING AND GAME ACTIVATION