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Making History: The Great War

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App ID 279140
App Type Game
Developer ,
Publisher Factus Games
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Last Changenumber 29654191
Last Record Update 19 June 2025 – 17:18:47 UTC ()
Release Date 29 January 2015 – 22:07:13 UTC ()
❓ 71.87%
450 reviews
5
In-Game

The Great War is a turn-based grand strategy game based on the epic struggles of the WWI era. Experience the battles of attrition and punishing artillery barrages. Play as any nation of the period as the modern world of industrialized warfare replaces an age of kings with a struggle of ideologies.

Additional Information

Developer Muzzy Lane Software
metacritic_name Making History: The Great War
controller_support partial
GameManualURL https://store.steampowered.com/manual/279140/
community_visible_stats Yes
workshop_visible Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
LegacyKeyRegistrationMethod registry
LegacyKeyRegistryLocation HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\TestApp279140\SteamKey
ShowCDKeyOnLaunch Yes [view your cd keys in client]
SupportsCDKeyCopyToClipboard Yes [view your cd keys in client]
ReleaseState released
Publisher Factus Games
Store Release Date 29 January 2015 – 22:07:22 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Indie (23), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 29 January 2015 – 22:07:13 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 29 October 2022 – 17:16:20 UTC () (1667063780)
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review_score 6
review_percentage 76
Detected Technologies (?) Qt SDK, SDL SDK, Vorbis SDK
First seen on SteamDB 6 February 2014 – 17:37:07 UTC (), in changelist #393661

Supported Languages

3 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes
German Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes

Tags

💡 Strategy 🖥️ Simulation 🎖️ World War I 🛡️ Grand Strategy 🌱 Indie 📜 Historical ⚔️ War 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy 🛠️ Moddable 🧱 Sandbox 🪖 Military 🕹️ Multiplayer 👤 Singleplayer 🔄 Replay Value 🪂 World War II 🕰️ Alternate History 🤔 Tactical 🎲 Turn-Based 💼 Management 🗺️ 4X

Categories

Single-player Cross-Platform Multiplayer Steam Trading Cards Steam Workshop Includes level editor Family Sharing Multi-player

Hardware Categories

Partial Controller Support Native Steam Controller

Assets

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timestamp29 October 2022 – 17:16:35 UTC
Trailers
2031777 ↴
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2037031 ↴
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Bundles

ID Name % Set Created
18409 Making History: Complete Edition -15% No 24 December 2020 – 00:02:22 UTC
20418 Great War Complete -10% Yes 18 March 2021 – 15:02:27 UTC

Store Packages

SubID Name Billing Type Last Update
38201 Making History: The Great War Store or CD Key 10 July 2025 – 17:15:40 UTC
59821 Making History: The World Wars Store or CD Key 10 July 2025 – 17:15:32 UTC

Packages

SubID Name Billing Type Last Update
38199 The Great War Developer Comp CD Key 21 October 2024 – 17:54:44 UTC
38200 The Great War for Beta Testing CD Key 4 November 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
95520 The Great War Deluxe Store or CD Key 21 October 2024 – 17:51:57 UTC
269200 Making History: The Great War ( 279140 ) - complimentary reviewer package No Cost 27 April 2018 – 14:11:35 UTC

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