Lambda Wars

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App ID	270370
App Type	Game
Developer	Vortal Storm
Publisher	Vortal Storm
Supported Systems	Windows
Technologies	Source Engine
Last Changenumber	30334101
Last Record Update	30 July 2025 – 19:05:20 UTC ()
Release Date	5 December 2014 – 20:06:00 UTC ()

😎 89.46%

6k reviews

In-Game

Lambda Wars is a free standalone multiplayer Source Engine modification set in the Half-Life 2 universe that brings the war between mankind and their brutal Combine overlords to a traditional real-time strategy (RTS) setting.

Additional Information

This game is excluded from Steam Family Sharing because: Free Game

Developer

Vortal Storm

gamedir

lambdawars

metacritic_name

Lambda Wars Beta

community_visible_stats

Yes

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

Vortal Storm

IsFreeApp

Yes

Exclude from family sharing (exfgls)

3 (Free Game)

Store Release Date

5 December 2014 – 20:06:00 UTC ()

community_hub_visible

Yes

Primary Genre

Strategy (2)

Store Genres

Strategy (2), Free to Play (37)

Steam Release Date

5 December 2014 – 20:06:00 UTC ()

Store Asset Modification Time

23 April 2020 – 21:45:19 UTC () (1587678319)

library_assets

library_capsule	en
library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
pinned_position	CenterCenter
width_pct	62.23771736892212
height_pct	83.7111608181215

Is free on the store?

Yes

review_score

review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

Source Engine, Bink_Video SDK, CEF SDK, Miles_Sound_System SDK

Steam Deck Compatibility

Steam Deck:
Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
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
Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
category: Playable
steamos_compatibility: Compatible
test_timestamp: 6 July 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
tested_build_id: 7179292

configuration:

supported_input	gamepad
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	1
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	0
non_deck_display_glyphs	1
small_text	1
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	proton-stable
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

Content Descriptors

Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

First seen on SteamDB

7 December 2013 – 07:13:44 UTC (), in changelist #349334

Content Descriptors (Including DLC)

Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

13 Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Achievements
English	Yes	Yes	Yes
German	Yes
Russian	Yes		Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes
Korean	Yes
Romanian	Yes
Portuguese - Portugal	Yes
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes
French	Yes
Hungarian	Yes
Ukrainian	Yes
Spanish - Latin America	Yes
Czech	Yes

Assets

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clienticon

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icon

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logo

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logo_small

cec6379f7a349cd06e4029ca9a83d20af2b3d94f_thumb

small_capsule

english

capsule_231x87.jpg

header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
image/english	library_600x900.jpg
image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/english	library_hero.jpg
library_logo ↴
image/english	logo.png
image2x/english	logo_2x.png
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logo_position/height_pct	83.7111608181215

Assets

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header	header.jpg
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library_capsule_2x	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero	library_hero.jpg
community_icon	8c6c81dabcf3576dc8492bcdf03a466b88e92abc.jpg
page_background_path	app/270370
timestamp	31 July 2024 – 17:22:50 UTC

Trailers

17317 ↴
trailer_name	Lambda Wars Trailer: The New Revision
trailer_category	0
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trailer_max/video/mp4	2030950/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	270370/17317/ef3586d27c3fbeb87b2d82f62e124f50e2f60794/1751269456/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	270370/17317/ef3586d27c3fbeb87b2d82f62e124f50e2f60794/1751269456/microtrailer.mp4
adaptive_trailers/0/cdn_path	270370/17317/ef3586d27c3fbeb87b2d82f62e124f50e2f60794/1751269456/dash_av1.mpd
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adaptive_trailers/1/encoding	dash_h264
adaptive_trailers/2/cdn_path	270370/17317/ef3586d27c3fbeb87b2d82f62e124f50e2f60794/1751269456/hls_264_master.m3u8
adaptive_trailers/2/encoding	hls_h264
screenshot_medium	2030950/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	2030950/movie_full.jpg
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1492289403
98374 ↴
trailer_name	Lambda Wars Trailer: Snow Wars
trailer_category	0
trailer_480p/video/webm	256683294/movie480.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4	256683294/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm	256683294/movie_max.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4	256683294/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	270370/98374/66669d7732d696a1f3f914f2426086c19c9c402a/1751269458/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	270370/98374/66669d7732d696a1f3f914f2426086c19c9c402a/1751269458/microtrailer.mp4
adaptive_trailers/0/cdn_path	270370/98374/66669d7732d696a1f3f914f2426086c19c9c402a/1751269458/dash_av1.mpd
adaptive_trailers/0/encoding	dash_av1
adaptive_trailers/1/cdn_path	270370/98374/66669d7732d696a1f3f914f2426086c19c9c402a/1751269458/dash_h264.mpd
adaptive_trailers/1/encoding	dash_h264
adaptive_trailers/2/cdn_path	270370/98374/66669d7732d696a1f3f914f2426086c19c9c402a/1751269458/hls_264_master.m3u8
adaptive_trailers/2/encoding	hls_h264
screenshot_medium	256683294/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	256683294/movie_full.jpg
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1492289665

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
270371	Lambda Wars Content	5.09 GiB	2.46 GiB
270373	Windows Lambda Wars Win32	No size
270374	macOS UnusedLambda Wars Mac	No size
270375	Linux UnusedLambda Wars Linux	No size

Total size on disk is 5.09 GiB and total download size is 2.46 GiB.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		7179292	13 August 2021 – 17:32:51 UTC
dev	Development	7179292	12 August 2021 – 13:01:24 UTC

Other

Name	Value
overridescddb	1
workshopdepot	Lambda Wars (270370)
privatebranches	1

Lambda Wars

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