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Winter War is the recreation of the war that opposed Finland and the Soviet Union between November 1939 and March 1940 The game lasts 16 turns, each representing one week between December 1939 and March 1940. One player represents the tiny Republic of Finland, the other has the Soviet Union land and air forces.
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Based on
48 reviews
- Country Compatibility:
- Languages:
- Developer:
- Strategy Game Studio
- Publisher:
- Avalon Digital
- Release date:
- 15 July 2020
- Genre:
- Recent Steam reviews:
- Not specified
- All Steam reviews:
- Positive (48)
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Description
Winter War is the recreation of the war that opposed Finland and the Soviet Union between November 1939 and March 1940
The game lasts 16 turns, each representing one week between December 1939 and March 1940. One player represents the tiny Republic of Finland, the other has the Soviet Union land and air forces.
- The Soviets have numerous but poorly led and badly organized forces at the start of the game, but their reinforcements are impressive.
- The Finnish must hold desperately against the initial onslaught and vastly superior strength of their enemy, thanks to their superior quality and ideal defensive positions, hoping to gain enough time when threats of Allied Intervention discourages the Russian bear.
Be careful however of the potential weakness in number on the Finns side, as well as the uncertainty of Stalin's resolve on the other...
The game's event cards allow full replay ability thanks to the numerous various situations that they create on the diplomatic, military, political or economical fields.
Estimated Playtime: 2h30.
Favored Side: none.
Hardest to Play: Finns.
Recommended system requirements
minimum*
- OS:
- Windows 10+
- Processor:
- 2.5 GHz Intel Dual Core
- Memory:
- 2 GB RAM
- Graphics:
- 512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600 or equivalent
- DirectX:
- Version 9.0
- Storage:
- 750 MB available space
- Sound Card:
- DirectX Compatible
- Additional Notes:
- Max 21:9 ratio on full screens. Use windowed mode on Xtra large monitors.
recommended*
- OS:
- Windows 10 or higher
- Processor:
- 2.5 GHz Intel Dual Core
- Memory:
- 4 MB RAM
- Graphics:
- 1024 MB DirectX 11 compatible
- DirectX:
- Version 11
- Storage:
- 2 GB available space
- Sound Card:
- DirectX Compatible
- Additional Notes:
- Max 21:9 ratio on full screens. Use windowed mode on Xtra large monitors.
User reviews
BladeofSharpness
Recommended | 03 May 2020
9.1h played
A very nice re-enactement of the (very rarely depicted) Russian-Finnish war of 1939! I appreciate particularly the attention to details given to the order of battle, with historical unit names and specific of each order
Helpful: 28
Sgt. Steiner
Recommended | 18 Jun 2020
7.7h played
Why would a wargamer with little or no interest in the WW2 Russo Finnish War purchase this game? That's a question I had asked myself and hope to answer here. First for players who do not own the somewhat related Wars
Helpful: 21
Carnium
Recommended | 13 May 2020
2.3h played
A game about an almost forgotten "side show" where at the start of the World War two, when the world watched in despair what the next move in German Nazi expansion will be, another superpower also got the idea to
Helpful: 84
欣怡 (Nathalie)
Not recommended | 28 Nov 2021
9.3h played
I do not like to leave negative reviews. But if you intend to play single player stay far away from this and other SGS titles. The ai is the worst I’ve ever seen. There are games decades old with better Ai. What’s more
Helpful: 12
ChrisB
Recommended | 16 May 2020
3.4h played
Winter War a solid wargame offering from Avalon Digital. It seems (to me, at least) that a lot of these digital wargames (like this, Battle of the Bulge, Drive on Moscow) can have a game engine that takes some figuring
Helpful: 14
Zipuli
Recommended | 02 Jul 2020
48.7h played
A strategy game, with fluid game-play. The Winter War scenario is presented with good accuracy, with the large Soviet juggernaut with seemingly inexhaustible reinforcements against the smaller, but more mobile and
Helpful: 8