Sudden Strike 3

Sudden Strike 3

Skip · Multiplayer · 2017

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 28, under the fair line, at $5.99.

Length
79.2h
Value
$0.08/hr
Reviews
72% of 223 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

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.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Holding it back
Reviews72% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 71% after the small-sample adjustment
Reach75K+ owners
How many own it and play it, by SteamSpy's estimates (an old snapshot), the biggest driver for a game with no ending
For context
Value$0.08/hr
Price per hour of game. This genre scores on player counts instead
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 104 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Experience the hit World War 2 real-time strategy game for the first time in full 3D glory, expanding on all strategic and tactical options. Command joint operations of naval, land-based and airborne units on the largest maps in the series.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, DirectX 9.0c hardware compatible, 256 MB RAM, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

63 discounts in the 9 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

Value puts it in the top 49 percent of the games it competes with. Among the games that feel like it, Hearts of Iron III ($9.99, scores 30) beats it on value, while it beats Supremacy: Call of War 1942 (free, scores 27).

Players

Players online
5 when we last checked, on Oct 13, 01:54 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

Sudden Strike 3 is an ambitious evolution of the classic tactical RTS formula that defined the earlier entries in the series. Developed by Fireglow and published by Kalypso Media Digital, the game represents a major turning point for the franchise by moving from 2D isometric battlefields into fully 3D environments, while still preserving the series' defining focus on realism, large-scale engagements, and pure...
xxadonisxxRecommendedafter 12hJan 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
It's one of those classic WWII RTS games, that keep you coming back to rain some arty on your enemies
Sgt. SaundersRecommendedafter 36hAug 2025Read on Steam
This Game took hearth away If somone wanna play this with me like 1v1 just add me on discord its vlako_15 :D
VEKE_14Recommendedafter 22hApr 2025Read on Steam

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

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Sudden Strike 3 scores 28/100 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/612540/sudden-strike-3
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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 Sep 30, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperFireglow
PublisherKalypso Media Digital
GenreMultiplayer
Released2017
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate