Strategy · May 6, 2009

Men of War™ (2009)

calendar_todayAge 17+local_offer-85% current discountgroup1M–10M ownersrecommend3.2k recommendations
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. Both online multiplayer and single-player conflicts feature authentic vehicles and weapons of the era and brutal combat that will take players into the heart of the fight. Features: The Direct Control feature allows gamers to command any single unit on the field at any time. Players have complete control over the unit's actions and can change, upgrade and repair equipment and vehicles. Three evolving storylines in the Soviet, Allied and German armies, comprising 19 missions in total. Realistic models of armament and military equipment recreated in accordance with design drawings and historical documents. Highly detailed WWII environments and characters faithfully recreated with a cutting-edge graphics engine. The single player campaign features a fully customizable user interface. Online play features a unique faction (the Japanese) and numerous gameplay modes including Capture the Flag and High-Value Cargo. Men of War is affected by the GameSpy shutdown on the 31st of May. You can continue to play the game through LAN, DirectIP and GameRanger.

Community Tag Signals

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

  • Strategy · 267
  • World War II · 150
  • RTS · 119
  • Tactical · 98
  • Multiplayer · 92
  • Military · 83
  • Real Time Tactics · 78
  • War · 72
  • Realistic · 71
  • Singleplayer · 54
  • Co-op · 53
  • Moddable · 52
  • Action · 51
  • Simulation · 49
  • Historical · 39

Position in Strategy

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume3.6k Steam reviewsTop 69% in Strategy
Positive rating90% positiveGenre average: 84% — this title sits in top 39%
Metacritic80/100Genre average 79 — top 48% of Strategy titles
Engagement hours18 h averageTop 49% for session depth among Strategy

Peer Strategy titles

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Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (6)

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Full audio (6)

  • English
  • Russian
  • French
  • Italian
  • Spanish - Spain
  • German

Reception Metrics

Steam community

90%Very Positive · 3.6k reviews

3.3k positive · 362 negative

Metacritic

80/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.0/10

Curator recommendations

3.2k

Strategy releases from 2009

11 Strategy titles launched in 2009 — top 6 by review volume.

Release & Availability

Release dateMay 6, 2009
DeveloperBest Way, Digitalmindsoft
PublisherFulqrum Publishing
Base price$0.74 -85%
Required age17+
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

18h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

4h

Typical completion time

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player

Community

  • Steam Cloud

Other

  • Single-player
  • Includes level editor
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

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