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Graphics! Guns! Glory! Get ready to drop into a devastatingly real depiction of the battlefield as you and your team take on a relentless foe. It Takes a War presents a new vision for the team-based tactical shooter genre.
It Takes a War is a walking simulator, surreal and story rich game
developed by Thomas Mackinnon
and published by Pantaloon.
Released on November 06th 2025 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine.
It has received 1,042 reviews of which 953 were positive and 89 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 5.89€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.80€ on Eneba.
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- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Any at least semi-modern processor should work fine
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Any at least semi-modern (non-integrated) graphics card should also be fine
- Storage: 15 GB available space
- Sound Card: Yes please
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I played "It Takes a War" before I played "It Takes a War". Please only read my review if you already played the game. A lot of years ago I was active in the darkest corner of counter strike. I was a cheater. The cheating scene is a very hostile place with people doxing each other, talking ♥♥♥♥ about each other and generally being very bad persons. I got into a fight with some other guy, we even made videos about each other just to hate. One day I decided to stop this, I thought its useless and stupid and talked to the other guy. We started talking, becoming more chill and even shared personal stuff about each other. He told me that he wants to study (I think it was medicine but im not sure) and that he has actually pretty smart plans for his future. Nothing you would expect if im honest, after all we were all a bit stupid for cheating, talking ♥♥♥♥ and being bad people. I got a climpse into his real life ... it was a little one but it was a climpse. This little talk gave each of us the humanity back. It wasnt hard to break out of this hate, it was acctually the easiest thing on the planet. We both apparently wanted it. We wrote some time after this but it was never super long or deep but we knew each other. Some months (or arround a year im not sure anymore) later I recived a phone call from another online friend who knew him as well. I still rember his words: "Skilletor is dead." I remeber asking if the had a car accident, it was the first thing coming to my mind, but he told me that he was shot. Apparently his sport-shooter step-dad had mental issues and problems with his mom and killed both him and his mother then commiting suicide. His two younger brothers were with his dad this day and survived because of this. I tell this story out of two reasons. The first one is especially related to this game: Everyone we interact with online has a real life, real problems and real dreams. They are not just entitys. When Skilletor and I stopped hating each other we especially confirmed this to both ourself and to our opposite. This game shows especially this barrier and between online life and real life in form of a door on the map in the game. The second is not specifically related to this game: You never know how long the life of someone you know will be. Tragic things happen. From the day I recived the message of his death arround 10 years ago I always remeber exactly this. I am very very happy that he didnt leave us with having a bad impression of myself. I am glad that we both found the courage to stop this. I will always remeber him well and even after arround those 10 years I still regulary need to think about him. A person I never saw in real life. A person existing only in some chatlogs and a voicechat, but a real human being with a dream he could never achive. This game hit me so hard when I started realising that its about online and real life and bad behaviour in video games. It even hit harder when the steam messages in the game started popping up and I recieved a message from him. I never removed him as a steam friend and never will. Seeing his steam profile afterwards in the gallery with the note "last online 6 months ago" was even harder, because it made me remeber that arround 10 years have passed. I am in slight tears writing this. Thank you for creating this game, this is a very important lesson ... even for me who played this kind of "game" bevore I even played it. In my frist playthrough I didnt even notice the bad behaviour of the other three folks regarding colch because its so "normal" in video games and the internet. This game showed me (again) to always be aware that were all real and not a profile.
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Frequently Asked Questions
It Takes a War is currently priced at 5.89€ on Steam.
No, It Takes a War is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 5.89€ on Steam.
Yes, It Takes a War received 953 positive votes out of a total of 1,042 achieving a rating of 8.63.
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It Takes a War was developed by Thomas Mackinnon and published by Pantaloon.
Yes, It Takes a War is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, It Takes a War is not playable on MacOS.
No, It Takes a War is not playable on Linux.
Yes, It Takes a War is playable on Steam Deck, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
Yes, It Takes a War is playable on Steam Machine, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
No, It Takes a War does not support VR.
It Takes a War is a single-player game.
Yes, there is a DLC available for It Takes a War. Explore additional content available for It Takes a War on Steam.
No, It Takes a War does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, It Takes a War does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, It Takes a War is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for It Takes a War.
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Thomas Mackinnon
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