Axis & Allies 1942 Online
Skip · Multiplayer · 2021
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 48, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Reviews
- 78% of 5,119 positive
Watch this gameOne alert when a sale makes it a BANGER.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $5.99 (70% off). Calls like this were right 89% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
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
About the game
Play the classic board game, Axis & Allies 1942 2nd Edition! Act as WWII powers in a turn-based strategy game that fits your screen and schedule— get notified on your turn and command armies at your own pace! Team up with friends, challenge the world’s top players, or go solo vs. A.I.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, Intel HD 3000 Integrated Video Card or Better, 604 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
It has been discounted 48 times in the 7 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 20 percent on value. It is pricier than 86 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 76 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Twilight Struggle ($9.99, scores 49) beats it on value, while it beats A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition ($19.99, scores 28).
More about Axis & Allies 1942 Online
This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 3 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written July 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 31 percent of the 303 reviews written there were positive, against 78 percent overall, and those are 6 percent of everything written about it.
No data upstream: length (HowLongToBeat), critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Axis & Allies 1942 Online scores 48/100 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/898920/axis-allies-1942-onlineReviews 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 26, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.