Call to Arms

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Very Positive · 81%Very Positive · 81%2018

$14.99

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago

The verdict

A modern Men of War-style RTS where you can drop into first person; fun and moddable but janky, abandoned and DLC-gated. Skip it if you want polish or smart AI.

Great for

Men of War fans who want modern warfare, direct unit control and mods, ideally bought on sale

Main risk

Buggy, abandoned game with dumb AI and factions/campaigns locked behind paid DLC

What players love

Direct control of units in first/third person

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“if you get tired of the RTS, you can set up a skirmish game filled with bots, take direct control of one of your soldiers, and play it like an FPS.”
Steam review · 435 h played ↗

“The ability to directly take control of a soldier or vehicle really sets it apart”
Steam review · 30.8 h played ↗

“Great game with unique gameplay mechanics (direct control of troops is simply overpowered).”
Steam review · translated · 8.7 h played ↗

Great mod support and Warfighter mod

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“if you get it also try the Warfighter Mod pack! The devs for that mod are amazing on an already amazing game!!”
Steam review · 287.5 h played ↗

“Amazing mod selection from the community and extremely fun base game.”
Steam review · 14.5 h played ↗

Rare modern-day RTS setting

Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews

“It's one of a VERY FEW games set during modern conflict.”
Steam review · 8.2 h played ↗

“It's nice to have a modern day RTS game. Really enjoyable.”
Steam review · 59.4 h played ↗

Deep tactical gameplay and damage detail

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews

“the infantry combat is very in depth and when you have realistic turned on 1 guy can wipe out half or more of your squad”
Steam review · 14.9 h played ↗

“You can even repair a damaged vehicle, put several soldiers in it, and it will fight on your side.”
Steam review · translated · 11.5 h played ↗

Runs well on weak PCs

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews

“Vanilla game can run on potato device smoothly”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗

Fun conquest mode and campaigns

Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews

“My favorite mode is conquest, I love that it feels like a war I am trying to win.”
Steam review · 10.4 h played ↗

“The biggest plus is Dynamic Conquest. This mode hooks you the most and makes you want to keep playing.”
Steam review · translated · 103 h played ↗

What players complain about

Buggy and unfinished

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“The rawest game of all, tons of bugs, bots are plainly inadequate, missions are poorly thought out.”
Steam review · translated · 3.1 h played ↗

“it's been left in what feels like a clunky beta state with unfinished animations, sounds etc”
Steam review · 5.6 h played ↗

Abandoned by developers, favoring Gates of Hell

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“I do not recommend buying this game due to the devs no longer working nor maintaining the game.”
Steam review · 42.9 h played ↗

“The game's last update was 5 years ago. That says a lot.”
Steam review · translated · 16.7 h played ↗

“A good game but they ended support for it almost immediately.”
Steam review · 36.5 h played ↗

Poor, exploitable AI

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“your units have zero comprehension/ intelligence while the enemy can act like super computers”
Steam review · 75.3 h played ↗

“The AI is dumb: an enemy stands there and instead of shooting they just stare at him with full magazines.”
Steam review · translated · 26 h played ↗

Key content locked behind paid DLC

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“you pay for a full game and you still have half the content locked behind 2 season pass DLCs”
Steam review · 100.2 h played ↗

“You buy the game and need a DLC for it, you buy the DLC and it needs another DLC.”
Steam review · translated · 45.5 h played ↗

Crashes and poor optimization

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“Crash after crash after crash. Makes it unplayable.”
Steam review · 128.5 h played ↗

“it constantly crashes in battle in the dynamic campaign”
Steam review · translated · 9.5 h played ↗

Vehicle damage/armor model and balance issues

Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews

“THIS GAME USES HEALTHBARS ON VEHICLES”
Steam review · 10.9 h played ↗

“the enemy has endless reinforcements”
Steam review · translated · 29.8 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

Minimum

OS64bit - Windows 7, 8, 10

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsDirectX 11 compatible

Storage40 GB available space

Recommended

OS64bit - Windows 10

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsDirectX 12 compatible

Storage40 GB available space

OS64bit - Windows 7, 8, 10

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsDirectX 11 compatible

Storage40 GB available space

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