Indie · April 17, 2014

Wargame: Red Dragon (2014)

extension9 DLClocal_offer-80% current discountgroup1M–10M ownerstrending_up434 peak concurrentrecommend15.6k recommendations
The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc. 1991: the two blocs confront each other in a new theater of war, Asia, joined by various other countries: Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. You command the military resources of all 17 nations involved, assembling your fighting force from a phenomenal selection of 1,450 units that have been meticulously reproduced from their source ! Command tanks, planes, helicopters, new warships and amphibious units in intense battles of unequaled tactical depth. Master the relief of varied, ultra realistic battlefields, dominate the new maritime areas and rewrite history in a conflict that has been directed and designed in stunning detail by development studio Eugen Systems. Wargame Red Dragon is thrilling in single-player mode with its new dynamic campaign system , and also offers an extensive multiplayer mode where up to 20 players can compete against each other simultaneously.

Indie releases from 2014

27 Indie titles launched in 2014 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Indie

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume19.2k Steam reviewsTop 15% in Indie
Positive rating89% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 53%
Metacritic78/100Genre average 77 — top 48% of Indie titles
Concurrent peak434 playersTop 15% in Indie by live player count
Engagement hours62 h averageTop 7% for session depth among Indie

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Strategy · 861
  • RTS · 664
  • Military · 534
  • Realistic · 405
  • Wargame · 403
  • Cold War · 350
  • Tactical · 337
  • Multiplayer · 327
  • Real Time Tactics · 277
  • War · 261
  • Simulation · 252
  • Naval · 216
  • Alternate History · 164
  • Singleplayer · 156
  • Real-Time · 139

Peer Indie titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Reception Metrics

Steam community

89%Very Positive · 19.2k reviews

17.1k positive · 2.1k negative

Metacritic

78/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.9/10

Curator recommendations

15.6k

Peak concurrent players

434

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (11)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Polish
  • Russian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Ukrainian
  • Traditional Chinese volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Traditional Chinese

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op

Community

  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

More from Eugen Systems

Eugen Systems has 7 titles indexed — top 6 by review volume below.

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

62h

substantial (40–100 hours)

Median

9h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

3h

Current engagement

Release & Availability

Release dateApr 17, 2014
DeveloperEugen Systems
Base price$5.99 -80%
DLC / Add-ons9 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Editions & Packages

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