Headquarters: World War II

Buy77%

Mostly Positive · 687 player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Starni Games · PvP · Apr 11, 2024

Player review score
77%
Mostly Positive
Price
$39.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
102
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
8
Full audio1 of 8
Subtitles8 of 8

Should I buy Headquarters: World War II?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 60 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 59 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 28 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 25 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 687 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
59% of themes are praise8% are divided33% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
60 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Successfully setting up your turn order is very rewarding and saves unit lives, scout unit mechanics make scouting important, plus you get limited mid-battle heals and airstrikes and fun abilities.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
59 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Great graphics, the textures and maps look amazing even with a grid-based system (I prefer free movement but it's fine).
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The best pro is they give you full unit, stat, and combat calculation detail right there in very easy to read (and suppress, as needed) pop-up windows.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
So far, the campaign missions are really thematic, and I expect a lot of replay value with different factions playable for each campaign.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
2nd play through on the next level of difficulty for all 3 campaigns went well, so now onto the next level of difficulty and will do all of them before re playing re testing with FOW on, as it's off by default which to me is somewhat odd and only found out while messing around.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Voice acting is well done, they clearly put effort into this and it shows.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay60 reviews
Graphics59 reviews
Combat35 reviews
Story25 reviews
Difficulty24 reviews
Audio15 reviews
Co-op8 reviews
Divided opinion
Performance
0% still recommend
Players complain
Crashes
61% still recommend
Multiplayer
68% still recommend
Bugs
67% still recommend
Interface
69% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Shared/Split Screen Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen PvP

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$39.99

The lowest we've tracked is $23.99.

7 points recordedtoday · $39.99

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