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Original War

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App ID 235320
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Bohemia Interactive
Supported Systems Windows
Last Changenumber 29344687
Last Record Update 3 June 2025 – 09:44:05 UTC ()
Release Date 27 January 2014 – 14:19:52 UTC ()
😍 90.42%
2k reviews
23
In-Game

An American geological expedition, under a UN mandate, assesses the natural resources in a distant part of Siberia, deep in the trackless steppes of Eastern Russia. But instead of oil, they discover a deposit of a hitherto unknown mineral.

Additional Information

Developer Altar Games
gamedir ValveTestApp235320
metacritic_name Original War
icon empty string
metacritic_score 61
NoServers No
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/original-war?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
state eStateComingSoonNoPreload
VisibleOnlyWhenSubscribed Yes
community_visible_stats Yes
sourcegame Yes
workshop_visible Yes
checkpkgstate Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Bohemia Interactive
Store Release Date 15 June 2001 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/qa6QwVKPsp
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Indie (23), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 27 January 2014 – 14:19:52 UTC ()
Original Release Date 15 June 2001 – 07:00:00 UTC () (992588400)
Store Asset Modification Time 3 June 2025 – 09:43:52 UTC () (1748943832)
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review_score 8
review_percentage 94
Detected Technologies (?) Lua SDK, Ogg SDK, OpenAL SDK, Vorbis SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 19 April 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 5264607
  • configuration:
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    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke1
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
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    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text1
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported1
    hdr_support0
Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 20 March 2013 – 09:13:23 UTC (), in changelist #196334
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

9 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Czech Yes Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes Yes Yes

Tags

💡 Strategy 🌐 RTS 🚀 Sci-fi 👤 Singleplayer ⏯ Real-Time with Pause ⏳ Time Travel 🎲 RPG 🌱 Indie 🕹️ Multiplayer 📚 Story Rich 😓 Difficult ⚔️ War 🏽 2D 🔵 Wargame ▶️ Real-Time 🛠️ Moddable 🌫 Atmospheric 🤝 Co-op 👥 Online Co-Op 🥊 PvP

Categories

Single-player Online PvP LAN PvP Online Co-op LAN Co-op Steam Achievements Captions available Steam Workshop Steam Cloud Includes level editor Family Sharing Multi-player PvP Co-op

Assets

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timestamp3 June 2025 – 09:44:03 UTC

Steam charts

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  • 23 players right now
  • 66 24-hour peak
  • 152 all-time peak 18 May 2014
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Store data

  • 6,032 followers
  • 1,937 positive reviews
  • 103 negative reviews
  • 94.95% positive reviews

Twitch stats

  • 0 viewers right now
  • 0 24-hour peak
  • 9,681 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😍 Very Positive
  • 90.42% SteamDB Rating
  • 1,937 95.0% positive reviews
  • 103 5.0% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
27 January 2014 – 14:19 Steam Release -
9 July 2015 – 18:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Weekly Bundle Bohemia Interactive 2 -
6 August 2019 – 18:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Bohemia Interactive Bundle 2019 with DayZ -
4 August 2020 – 18:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Bohemia Interactive Bundle 2020 -

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How many players are playing Original War right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 23 players live playing Original War on Steam.

Original War had an all-time peak of 152 concurrent players on 18 May 2014.

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