Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943
Skip · Strategy · 2010
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 22, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Length
- 8.2h
- Value
- $0.61/hr
- Reviews
- 67% of 233 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943, the historically accurate and detailed real-time tactical war game, welcomes military history fans to the battle which gave the Red Army the strategic initiative for the rest of the war.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, nVidia GeForce 6600 or AMD Radeon X1900 with 256MB RAM or better. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 77 times in the 14 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 80 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is less well reviewed than 77 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front ($34.99, scores 47) beats it on value, while it beats Blitzkrieg 3 ($9.99, scores 2).
Players
- Players online
- 4 when we last checked, on Sep 29, 13:56 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
This game came out a long time ago. It is poorly optimized so I was not able to play it on full graphics at the time until I had a very high spec PC. Unfortunately, now that I do have a good machine, it does not play on modern systems and constantly crashes. Do not buy unless you have an older Windows System.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I spent more time watching soldiers do nothing than actually commanding anything. I think I accidentally booted up a strategy museum exhibit. I've seen more tactical coordination in a kindergarten dodgeball match.
Another good if shorter sequel to the original. Notably leans *much* heavier into Permadeath, the campaigns now have limited extra units given out compared to past games, you're instead given a massive initial force that you need to keep going. For instance, the Soviets start with pretty much only lend-lease US tanks but gradually get more Soviet tanks as the game goes on. (Though some of the US tanks like the M3...
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No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943 scores 22/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/46360/theatre-of-war-2-kursk-1943Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 30, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.