Making History: The Second World War

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App ID	462940
App Type	Game
Developer	Factus Games
Publisher	Factus Games
Supported Systems	Windows macOS Linux
Last Changenumber	29446174
Last Record Update	8 June 2025 – 13:22:19 UTC ()
Release Date	27 April 2018 – 13:06:44 UTC ()

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280 reviews

In-Game

Choose a nation and prepare for the greatest conflict in human history, World War II. Build your military and industrial power, form alliances and race to achieve the advanced technologies that will bring total victory in this global-wide turn-based Grand Strategy struggle.

Additional Information

Developer

Factus Games

metacritic_name

Making History: The Second World War

community_visible_stats

Yes

workshop_visible

Yes

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

Factus Games

Store Release Date

27 April 2018 – 07:00:00 UTC ()

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community_hub_visible

Yes

Primary Genre

Strategy (2)

Store Genres

Indie (23), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)

Steam Release Date

27 April 2018 – 13:06:44 UTC ()

Original Release Date

27 April 2018 – 07:00:00 UTC () (1524812400)

Store Asset Modification Time

29 October 2022 – 17:03:30 UTC () (1667063010)

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name_localized

schinese	创造历史: 第二次世界大战
german	Geschichte Machen: Der Zweite Weltkrieg

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review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

Qt SDK, SDL SDK, Vorbis SDK

Steam Deck Compatibility

Steam Deck:
Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck
SteamOS:
Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
category: Unsupported
steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
test_timestamp: 27 October 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
tested_build_id: 8974196

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	0
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

First seen on SteamDB

15 April 2016 – 00:42:25 UTC (), in changelist #1891186

Supported Languages

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

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logo_position/height_pct	100

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page_background_path	app/462940
timestamp	15 August 2023 – 14:01:40 UTC

Trailers

161057 ↴
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timestamp	1525276744

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
228982	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2008 Redist	No size
228984	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2012 Redist	No size
228990	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980DirectX Jun 2010 Redist	No size
462941	Windows SWW Content Win32	1.66 GiB	378.80 MiB
462942	macOS SWW Content Mac	1.62 GiB	373.14 MiB
462943	Linux SWW Content Linux	1.72 GiB	397.84 MiB

Total size on disk is 4.99 GiB and total download size is 1.12 GiB.

Total size on disk is 1.66 GiB and total download size is 378.80 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		11012666	15 April 2023 – 22:09:16 UTC
edge	Public Test Branch	8974196	20 June 2022 – 22:22:13 UTC
linux	Contains the Linux Build	3207699	5 May 2021 – 10:52:36 UTC
playmac	Contains the mac Build	6604559	6 July 2021 – 11:30:56 UTC

Other

Name	Value
workshopdepot	Making History: The Second World War (462940)
privatebranches	1

Making History: The Second World War

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