Gritty, immersive WWII atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The most atmospheric and realistic WW2 online shooter.”
Steam review · 87.7 h played ↗
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Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%Tripwire Interactive2011FPS · Wargame · Action
The verdict
A gritty, realistic WWII multiplayer shooter with superb atmosphere and sound. It's old, with a tiny playerbase, entrenched veterans and no campaign, so skip it if you want solo play or an easy start.
Great for
Players who want a punishing, authentic Eastern Front multiplayer shooter and don't mind bots or few servers
Main risk
Very few populated servers, and veterans, cheaters and crashes can sour the experience
What changed in the last 30 days
12 recent reviews
Recent positivity is slightly lower than the all-time score. The only clear reason in recent negatives is a complaint about rampant cheaters and no anti-cheat. Few recent reviews, so low confidence.
12 recent reviews
What players love
Excellent voice acting and sound
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“Chants and phrases, reactions to being underfire of the soldiers instead of the casual gamer voice chat make you more immersed than games such as Squad or Hell Let Loose”
Steam review · 373.9 h played ↗
Realistic, tactical gunplay and mechanics
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“Your weapon actually moves with you instead of being glued to the center of the screen, so aiming doesn't just happen automatically.”
Steam review · 359.4 h played ↗
Runs on weak hardware
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“any potato can run it!”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗
Detailed tanks and equipment
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“detail unmatched even by things like Hell Let Loose (such as tank interiors)”
Steam review · 22 h played ↗
Bots keep servers playable
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“even if you cant find a server with people, there are always bot servers to play around in.”
Steam review · 43.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Dead or tiny playerbase
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“I wouldn't bother getting this game as the servers in the US side are mostly dead”
Steam review · 67.6 h played ↗
Crashes, freezes and poor optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“I can't alt tab without the game crashing, the game constantly freezes.”
Steam review · 8.5 h played ↗
No single-player campaign
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the entire single player mode (the entire game basically ) is missing”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
Veterans make it brutal for newcomers
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Filled to the brim with old head veterans that will crush any amount of enjoyment that you could have and no room to learn.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Cheaters and false speed-hack bans
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“there are way too many people cheating.”
Steam review · 31.2 h played ↗
Abandoned by developers
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“Tripwire is preparing to completely abandon it by disabling the ranking system.”
Steam review · 130.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable23 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP/Vista/7
ProcessorDual Core 2.3 GHz or better
Memory2 GB
Graphics256 MB SM 3.0 DX9 Compliant NVIDIA® GeForce 7800 GTX or better ATI® Radeon® HD 2900 GT or better
Storage23 GB free hard drive space
Recommended
OSWindows XP/Vista/7
ProcessorQuad Core 2.6 GHz or better
Memory3 GB
Graphics512 MB SM 3.0 DX9 Compliant NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 260 or better ATI® Radeon® HD 5750 or better
Storage23 GB free hard drive space
OSWindows XP/Vista/7
ProcessorDual Core 2.3 GHz or better
Memory2 GB
Graphics256 MB SM 3.0 DX9 Compliant NVIDIA® GeForce 7800 GTX or better ATI® Radeon® HD 2900 GT or better
Storage23 GB free hard drive space
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