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About the Game The First World War ushered in the beginning of a new age. On battlefields across the globe, the remaining vestiges of the 19th Century were gruesomely attritted away as the introduction of new weapons favored defensive strategies that lead to massive casualties in futile attacks on fortified lines.
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397 reviews
- Country Compatibility:
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- Developer:
- Muzzy Lane Software
- Release date:
- 29 January 2015
- Genre:
- Recent Steam reviews:
- Not specified
- All Steam reviews:
- Mostly Positive (397)
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About the Game
The First World War ushered in the beginning of a new age. On battlefields across the globe, the remaining vestiges of the 19th Century were gruesomely attritted away as the introduction of new weapons favored defensive strategies that lead to massive casualties in futile attacks on fortified lines. Whole Nations mobilized as the citizenry became integral to the war effort, churning out the supplies necessary to keep their soldiers fighting and dying. This was total war and the national suffering seeded movements bent on rebellion and revolution.Making History: The Great War offers a game filled with historical events and challenges of the WW1 era. Playing as the Head of State, you are responsible for managing all facets of your nation's economy, diplomacy and military. Your actions will influence world events as you lead your armies in the most in-depth WWI grand strategy game ever made.
- Play as any independent nation during the World War 1 era.
- Choose how best to control your conquests: colonies, protectorates or puppet states.
- Build trenches to grind down attacking forces.
- Soften up your enemies defenses with adjacent region Artillery bombardments.
- Bomb with Airships and BiPlanes, counter with Fighters and Anti-Air units.
- Control the seas and the lines of supply by waging Unrestricted Submarine Warfare, sinking both naval and trade vessels.
- Buy and sell in a global economy, trade for vital resources or manufactured goods.
- Expand your sphere of influence using foreign aid to increase ties with other nations.
- A sophisticated economic system designed to simulate the inter-dependency of technology, industry and war. You must produce the munitions to fire your big guns and food to feed your people.
- Employ government spending to keep the populations from radicalizing towards rebellion and ultimately, national collapse.
- Over 275 different nationalities represented, many with unique model sets.
- Hundreds of unit models representing the historic weapons of the period.
- Create customized scenarios with our detailed editor. Share your mods on Steam Workshop.
Recommended system requirements
minimum*
- 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
recommended*
Not specified
User reviews
Jissanthapuss
Not recommended | 01 Aug 2021
275h played
The game had potential to be really good, but it looks and plays like it wasn't fully developed. It is unbalanced, has numerous bugs and just a complete lack of features to set it apart from previous entries of the
Helpful: 8
Zohan Dwir
Not recommended | 18 Feb 2023
5.1h played
Extremely ugly graphics, on 4k screen it has tiny unreadable letters and symbols giving me a headache looking at it. Map is too flat and totally ugly, but what it does: it blares ugly music at the start. Where is font
Helpful: 1
Obey the Fist!
Not recommended | 15 Jul 2021
6.3h played
Making History: The Great War is a 4X/grand strategy military turn based strategy set in the 1910's/WW1 era. Choose any single nation and govern it through the great war era with deep economic and military gameplay.
Helpful: 5
cdhovey
Recommended | 26 May 2021
62.0h played
The game is a very good simulation of the logistical challenges facing the empires of the period. It appeals to the nerd in me and is an excellent turn-based strategy game. If you don't like the details of logistics,
Helpful: 1
Soup Johnnie
Not recommended | 08 Dec 2025
38.6h played
One of the worst grand strategies I've ever had the misfortune of playing. You need to experience all nine layers of Dante's Inferno, yourself to truly comprehend what I mean. All nine layers, being this game.
Helpful: 0
PineappleEmailer
Not recommended | 19 Apr 2024
30.5h played
I'd consider leaving a neutral review if I could. The games has some amazing pros, but is held back across the board by the cons and isn't worth $30 at this point in time. The game's premise is very good. However, as
Helpful: 0