Men of War™

Men of War™

Worth it · Shooter · 2009

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

BUY IT.

Worth it at $4.99. Price from Oct 21.

Cost per hourS
$0.16/hr
ReviewsA
90% of 3,896
Critics
80 players 10 higher
Genre rank
Top 5% Shooter
No price makes it a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
31.8h
To 100%
46.6h 1.5x the story

Price and sales

Sales
83 on record
Typical cut
80% off
Steam low
$0.74 November 2019
Sale every
48d last June 2026
Other stores

Players and genre

Online
30 now
Cheaper than
72% of its genre
Better reviewed
83% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

It has never been cheaper than $0.74. That was November 2019. It has been discounted 83 times in the 14 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 80 percent, about 7 weeks apart.

Its score sits in the top 5 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 72 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 83 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Men of War: Assault Squad 2 ($29.99, scores 85) beats it on value, while it beats Men of War II ($44.99, scores 6).

More about Men of War™

Critics scored it 80. Players sit 10 points higher at 90 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.

5 of the 431 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 67 percent of the 460 reviews written there were positive, against 90 percent overall, and those are 14 percent of everything written about it.

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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 hour$0.16/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
For context
Refunds5 of 431 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

What players say

Men of War is the game that truly established the series as one of the finest World War II tactical RTS franchises ever made. Building upon Soldiers: Heroes of World War II and Faces of War, it refines the formula with larger battles, greater tactical freedom, and an outstanding level of historical authenticity. The gameplay remains unlike anything else. There is no base building or mindless unit spam-every soldier...
IskalynosRecommendedafter 9.9hJul 2026Read on Steam
1 more review, not recommended
For much that I love this game and this genre in general, I'll give it a bad review just because I suck ass at this game. This game is not beginners friendly at all. To me the learning curve was so high that I'm trying to get a reimbursement
HanxzNot recommendedafter 26hJul 2026Read on Steam

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

About the game

Men of War is a stunning Real-Time Strategy game that takes place during the height of World War II. Intense battles span Europe and North Africa as gamers play as Soviet, Allied or German forces across 19 massive single-player missions.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 6.5 GB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Men of War™ scores 82/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. Price last read Oct 21. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/7830/men-of-war
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Reviews 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 Oct 31, price as of Oct 21. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+10
Critics80
Players90
Metacritic critics · 3,896 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperBest Way
PublisherFulqrum Publishing
GenreShooter
Released2009
Players750Kowners, SteamSpy estimate