The Great War: Western Front™

Wait66%

Mixed · 3k player reviews · Medium confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Petroglyph · Strategy · Mar 30, 2023

Player review score
66%
Mixed
Price
$6.99−80%
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
12
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
9
Full audio5 of 9
Subtitles9 of 9

Should I buy The Great War: Western Front™?

Buy it if you like
  • Combat: 31 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 22 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 5 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 36 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 26 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Story: 25 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 3k 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
25% of themes are praise33% are divided42% are complaints
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
31 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I'm a fan of the wave style attack and defense combat, played hours of wave defense mods on MoW: Assault Squad on so on.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Even Ultimate general civil war had better graphics and art style than this game does.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The newspapers to the artwork and soundtrack are all well done and executed.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Combat31 reviews
Graphics22 reviews
Audio5 reviews
Divided opinion
Gameplay
62% still recommend
Co-op
50% still recommend
Optimization
0% still recommend
Interface
100% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty
67% still recommend
Bugs
38% still recommend
Story
80% still recommend
Multiplayer
59% still recommend
Crashes
19% still recommend

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Multi-player
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSUnsupported
Steam MachineUnsupported

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

On sale, not the lowest
$6.99$34.99−80%

The lowest we've tracked is $5.24.

6 points recordedtoday · $6.99

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