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Why War?

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App ID 795440
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher The Prime Movers
Supported Systems Windows
Last Changenumber 27924129
Last Record Update 11 March 2025 – 23:10:10 UTC ()
Release Date 28 February 2018 – 00:08:09 UTC ()
❓ 64.08%
2 reviews
0
In-Game
💥 Action 🗺️ Adventure 🌱 Indie 😌 Casual 💡 Strategy

Why War? is a 2D shooter adventure game about two soldiers from different sides who don't understand why they are fighting each other, so instead they break all the rules and team up to stop the war. You are trying to destroy the leaders in both sides and prove that war isn't the solution to any problem.

Additional Information

Developer The Prime Movers
metacritic_name Why War?
ReleaseState released
Publisher The Prime Movers
Store Release Date 31 March 2018 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
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Social Media https://x.com/MoversGames
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG6fF1a8AlV_SquIW7UgQPw/
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25), Casual (4), Indie (23), RPG (3), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 28 February 2018 – 00:08:09 UTC ()
Original Release Date 31 March 2018 – 07:00:00 UTC () (1522479600)
Store Asset Modification Time 2 November 2019 – 23:28:08 UTC () (1572737288)
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Detected Technologies (?) NWJS SDK, NodeJS SDK
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Germany
First seen on SteamDB 26 January 2018 – 02:49:01 UTC (), in changelist #3978419

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes

Tags

💥 Action 🗺️ Adventure 🌱 Indie 😌 Casual 💡 Strategy 🎲 RPG

Categories

Shared/Split Screen PvP Shared/Split Screen Co-op Remote Play Together Family Sharing Multi-player Co-op Shared/Split Screen PvP

Assets

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timestamp9 April 2020 – 16:26:02 UTC
Trailers
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Store Packages

SubID Name Billing Type Last Update
241316 Why War? Store or CD Key 27 November 2024 – 15:46:40 UTC

Packages

SubID Name Billing Type Last Update
241314 Steam Sub 241314 CD Key 19 November 2024 – 01:50:59 UTC
241315 Why War? for Beta Testing CD Key 19 November 2024 – 01:50:59 UTC
250783 Why War? ( 795440 ) - complimentary reviewer package No Cost 19 November 2024 – 01:50:34 UTC

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