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The Great War: Western Front

Petroglyph Games

The Great War: Western Front

The Great War: Western Front is the definitive WW1 strategy game. Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the iconic Western Front from 1914 to 1919. Pick your faction and lead your forces to victory.

Released
30 March 2023
Developer
Petroglyph Games
Publisher
Frontier Foundry
Engine
GlyphX
Age rating
PEGI 16 · ESRB T
Steam recommendations
2,711
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Genres
Real Time Strategy (RTS) · Strategy · Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Estimated owners
100,000–200,000 (est.)
74
Player rating
74
Critic rating
2
Ratings counted
66.3%
Steam reviews
12
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Discover unparalleled levels of strategic choice as you step into the role of both Theatre Commander and Field Commander. As Theatre Commander, experience enthralling turn-based grand-strategy as you direct the deployment of forces, perform research and carefully consider how you disseminate your resources across the Western Front in a war won by inches. Alongside this, take up the mantle of Field Commander in dynamic real-time battles as you direct units to defeat your opponent, build trenches and perform direct assaults by sending your infantry over the top. Pick your battles and fight them your way to shape the course of history. Battlefields are persistent, and as you continue your push across the Western Front, you will revisit previous battlefields which will still bear the scars and destruction of earlier encounters. Artillery bombardments leave behind craters, tanks, gunfire, and trenches desolate the once lush French countryside, and any trenches (or fortifications) you build remaining in play should you return. Shifting weather also plays a role; as the months draw on in the conflict, you’ll encounter weather changes such as snow and rain which will affect things like artillery performance and unit movement. To secure victory, you’ll need to carefully consider your strategy depending on the conditions.

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66.3% of 3,273 Steam reviews are positive. Valve labels that “Mixed”.

11 languages in the interface, 6 of them with full voice acting. English is supported, with full voice acting.

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