Indie · January 27, 2014
Original War (2014)
An American geological expedition, under a UN mandate, assesses the natural resources in a distant part of Siberia, deep in the trackless steppes of Eastern Russia. But instead of oil, they discover a deposit of a hitherto unknown mineral. American scientists working for Department of Defense find out that this mineral is in fact identical to the substance used to power an extraterrestrial artifact in their possession. This object is called the EON (Extraterrestrial Object Nexus). It was found in 1919 by Colonel Emerson near the site of the Tunguska explosion. Emerson was the commander of a US military unit in charge of transporting US war supplies from the city of Vladivostok to the Eastern front during World War I. DoD Experiments have shown that items placed in the capsule are transported hundreds of thousands of years back in time. The American scientists were not able to understand its construction, nor could they manage to synthesize its fuel. Eventually, the machine - classified Top Secret - was stored, pending further advances in human science.
Indie releases from 2014
27 Indie titles launched in 2014 — top 6 by review volume.
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Strategy · 179
- RTS · 161
- Sci-fi · 153
- Singleplayer · 152
- Real-Time with Pause · 149
- Time Travel · 141
- RPG · 135
- Indie · 133
- Multiplayer · 132
- Story Rich · 127
- Difficult · 119
- War · 115
- 2D · 110
- Wargame · 108
- Real-Time · 106
Peer Indie titles
Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.
Position in Indie
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 2.0k Steam reviews | Top 95% in Indie |
| Positive rating | 95% positive | Genre average: 87% — this title sits in top 23% |
| Metacritic | 61/100 | Genre average 77 — top 98% of Indie titles |
| Engagement hours | 19 h average | Top 33% for session depth among Indie |
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (9)
- English volume_up
- French volume_up
- Italian
- German volume_up
- Spanish - Spain volume_up
- Czech volume_up
- Russian
- Japanese
- Polish volume_up
Full audio (6)
- English
- French
- German
- Spanish - Spain
- Czech
- Polish
Features & Capabilities
Multiplayer
- Multi-player
- PvP
- Online PvP
- LAN PvP
- Co-op
- Online Co-op
- LAN Co-op
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Workshop
- Steam Cloud
Accessibility
- Captions available
Other
- Single-player
Reception Metrics
Steam community
95%Overwhelmingly Positive · 2.0k reviews
1.9k positive · 101 negative
Metacritic
61/100 critic aggregate
Metacritic user score
8.9/10
Curator recommendations
1.8k
Release & Availability
| Release date | Jan 27, 2014 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Altar Games |
| Publisher | Bohemia Interactive |
| Base price | $1.99 -80% |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Estimated owners | 100k–1M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected] |
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
19h
moderate (15–40 hours)
Median
1h
Typical completion time
Achievements
59
Steam unlocks available
Content Notes
Please be advised that this game contains explicit depictions of violence, including scenes of killing, destruction, and corpses. It is intended for a mature audience only. Player discretion is advised.
Editions & Packages
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