Order of Battle: World War II

Order of Battle: World War II

Skip · Strategy · 2015

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

The reviews do not carry it. What it costs you is time.

PriceS
Free to play
Reviews▼
79% of 3,183
Critics
81 players 2 lower
Genre rank
Top 17% Strategy

Holding it back: DRM, Reviews

Time and effort

Main story
56.8h
Achievements
38

Players and genre

Online
150 now
Better reviewed
74% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

59% start to 2% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

This site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

Its score puts it in the top 17 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 74 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Panzer Corps 2 ($15.99, scores 67) beats it on value, while it beats Operation: Harsh Doorstop (free, scores 42).

It is still busy. 150 players were online when we last checked, on Nov 8, 03:47 UTC, across 42 days of weekly checks.

Buy now or wait

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hourFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 78% after the small-sample adjustment
Reach350K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). A free game has no price to weigh, so this is its value read
DRMSlitherine PBEM++ for account needed
Needs a second account on top of Steam, a small friction discount
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

Save-Load-Save-Load-Save-Load-Save-Load-Save-Load-Save-Load-Save-Load-Save-Load-Save-Load-Save-Load-Save-Load-Save-Load-Save-Load-Save-Load-Save-Load-Save-Load-(...)-Simulator. Very interesting gameplay, but terrible implementation. Due to the acute lack of resources, the sky-high number of enemies and the limited number of turns, the player has no freedom. Each turn must be replayed several times to avoid the...
A Steam playerNot recommendedafter 456hAug 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

Order of Battle: World War II is a breath of fresh air for all strategy fans. It is a game that takes wargaming to a new level by upgrading every single game element and rebooting the genre for a new generation of players.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 512 Mb DirectX 11 video card with shader model 2.0, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Order of Battle: World War II scores 49/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/312450/order-of-battle-world-war-ii
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players-2
Critics81
Players79
Metacritic critics · 3,183 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperThe Artistocrats
PublisherSlitherine Ltd.
GenreStrategy
Released2015
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements38