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real-time strategy
The Great War: Western Front
By Petroglyph Games, released 1 Jan 2023
- Microsoft Windows
What it is
The Great War: Western Front is a World War I strategy game from Petroglyph Games, set on the Western Front from 1914 to 1919. It pairs turn-based strategic decisions with real-time tactical battles. As Theatre Commander, players direct force deployments, research and resource use across the front. As Field Commander, they direct units in battle, build trenches and lead assaults. Players choose a faction and can research technologies such as poison gas and tanks; decisions shape the course of a campaign. The game is single-player and also supports multiplayer, PvP and online PvP. Steam features include achievements, Trading Cards, Workshop, Steam Cloud and Family Sharing. It is listed for Windows, with Strategy as its Steam genre. Frontier Foundry is the publisher. The game was released on March 30, 2023.
What players like, and what they don't
- Turn-based strategic layer and real-time battles
- Command forces as Theatre and Field Commander
- Research military technologies
- Multiplayer, PvP and online PvP
- Steam Workshop support
- Listed platform is Windows
- No controller support is listed
Who it suits
It suits strategy players who want both turn-based decisions across a campaign and real-time command of battlefield units. Its multiplayer, PvP and online PvP support also gives groups a way to play against one another.
The Great War: Western Front combines campaign-level planning with direct battlefield command in a World War I setting. It is a Windows strategy game with single-player and online PvP modes.
