AI War 2

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App ID	573410
App Type	Game
Developer	Arcen Games
Publisher	Arcen Games
Franchise	Arcen Games
Supported Systems	Windows macOS Linux
Technologies	Unity Engine
Last Changenumber	31470403
Last Record Update	3 October 2025 – 19:36:35 UTC ()
Release Date	22 October 2019 – 14:59:50 UTC ()

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In-Game

The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.

Additional Information

Developer

Arcen Games

metacritic_name

AI War 2

metacritic_score

metacritic_fullurl

https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/ai-war-2?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f

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Yes

DLCAvailableOnStore

Yes

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

Arcen Games

Store Release Date

22 October 2019 – 15:00:01 UTC ()

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community_hub_visible

Yes

Social Media

https://discord.gg/arcengames

Primary Genre

Strategy (2)

Store Genres

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

Steam Release Date

22 October 2019 – 14:59:50 UTC ()

Store Asset Modification Time

4 August 2025 – 14:52:30 UTC () (1754319150)

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Detected Technologies (?)

Unity Engine, Intel_oneTBB SDK, SteamworksNET SDK, cURL SDK

First seen on SteamDB

20 December 2016 – 21:11:58 UTC (), in changelist #2557691

Supported Languages

1 Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes

Accessibility Categories

Adjustable Text Size

Camera Comfort

Custom Volume Controls

Playable without Timed Input

Mouse Only Option

Adjustable Difficulty

Save Anytime

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timestamp	4 August 2025 – 14:52:39 UTC

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Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
573411	AI War 2 Content	1.05 GiB	778.12 MiB
573412	Windows AI War 2 Windows	1.81 GiB	504.01 MiB
573413	macOS AI War 2 OSX	1.89 GiB	530.46 MiB
573414	Linux AI War 2 Linux	1.81 GiB	506.20 MiB
573415	AI War 2 Modding Data	646.49 MiB	257.64 MiB
1196420	DLC 1196420AI War 2: The Spire Rises (1196420) Depot	1.30 GiB	207.43 MiB
1290340	DLC 1290340AI War 2: Zenith Onslaught (1290340) Depot	2.27 GiB	329.98 MiB
1466780	DLC 1466780AI War 2: The Neinzul Abyss (1466780) Depot	2.11 GiB	238.45 MiB

Total size on disk is 12.87 GiB and total download size is 3.27 GiB.

Total size on disk is 3.49 GiB and total download size is 1.50 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		20244717	3 October 2025 – 19:36:20 UTC
y_historical_3_309	Release 3.309. Last version before the Great Refactor.	7018913	5 February 2022 – 23:45:25 UTC
z_historical_0_104	Alpha v0.104	6421233	22 March 2021 – 18:13:05 UTC
z_historical_0_112	Alpha v0.112	6421299	22 March 2021 – 18:21:51 UTC
z_historical_0_123	Alpha v0.123	6421304	22 March 2021 – 18:22:37 UTC
z_historical_0_301	Alpha v0.301	6421351	22 March 2021 – 18:30:59 UTC
z_historical_0_722	Alpha v0.722 (or 0.743?) - Last version before The Pivot	6421359	22 March 2021 – 18:31:56 UTC
z_historical_0_816	Alpha v0.816 - Last version before Fleets	6421366	22 March 2021 – 18:33:04 UTC
z_historical_2_618	Release 2.618 - Last version before the new UI.	5837239	22 March 2021 – 18:38:17 UTC
most_recent_stable	A 'safe recent' version of the game that we know is good. If you have problems with the default build, you can always drop back to this.	20116310	3 October 2025 – 19:36:28 UTC

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workshopdepot	AI War 2 (573410)

AI War 2

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