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The Great War is a turn-based grand strategy game based on the epic struggles of the WWI era. Experience the battles of attrition and punishing artillery barrages. Play as any nation of the period as the modern world of industrialized warfare replaces an age of kings with a struggle of ideologies.

Making History: The Great War is a strategy, simulation and world war i game developed by Muzzy Lane Software and Factus Games and published by Factus Games.
Released on January 29th 2015 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 3 languages: English, German and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 449 reviews of which 341 were positive and 108 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 11.11€ on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified Making History: The Great War into these genres:

Strategy Simulation World War I Grand Strategy Indie Historical War Turn-Based Strategy Moddable Sandbox Military Multiplayer Singleplayer Replay Value World War II Alternate History Tactical Turn-Based Management 4X

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows 10 / Windows 8 / Windows 7 / Windows Vista / Windows XP with Service Pack 2
  • Processor: Pentium 4 or better
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 256 MB DirectX 9.0c-Compliant, Shader 2.0 3D Video Card
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Windows-Compliant Keyboard & Mouse
MacOS
  • OS: OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or later
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo (PowerPC not supported)
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 12.04 or later
  • Processor: Intel Core2 Duo 2.4Ghz or Higher / AMD 3Ghz or Higher
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Jan. 2025
While the game could use a lot more polish (you can't load a save without exiting and relaunching the game client, wtf?) and suffers some technical issues ("Out of Memory" crash etc...), it has the intermediate level of complexity in empire management and the stress-free turn based nature that I'm looking for. A good middle ground between the simplicity of (new) Total War titles, and the "spreadsheet simulator" Paradox games.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Making History: The Great War is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.

Making History: The Great War is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 28.99€ on Steam.

Making History: The Great War received 341 positive votes out of a total of 449 achieving a rating of 7.18.
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Making History: The Great War was developed by Muzzy Lane Software and Factus Games and published by Factus Games.

Making History: The Great War is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Making History: The Great War is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Making History: The Great War is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Making History: The Great War offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Making History: The Great War offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

There is a DLC available for Making History: The Great War. Explore additional content available for Making History: The Great War on Steam.

Making History: The Great War is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

Making History: The Great War does not support Steam Remote Play.

Making History: The Great 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.

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Making History: The Great War
28.99€ -62% 28.99€ 11.11€
7.2
341
108
Game modes
Features
Online players
3
Developer
Muzzy Lane Software, Factus Games
Publisher
Factus Games
Release 29 Jan 2015
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