Original War
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.
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About This Game
Original War is a indie/strategy game with both single-player and multiplayer modes, developed by Altar Games and released in 2014. With an estimated 68,000 copies sold, it is considered a modest seller on Steam. With 2.1k reviews on Steam, it stands as a game with a solid review base on Steam. Community ratings across Steam average 95.0/100 — a exceptional reception overall. According to player data, the main story takes around 17.22 hours, with side content bringing that to 39.67 hours, and a completionist run can reach 70.25 hours. Players commonly describe it as Strategy, RTS, Sci-fi, Singleplayer and Real-Time with Pause.
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User Reviews
95.0
Overall Score / 100
9.5/10
Steam (2125 rev)
Playtime Estimates
17.22h
🎯 Main Story
39.67h
⭐ Main + Sides
70.25h
💯 Completionist
Based on 13 player submissions
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Game Information
Release Date
January 27, 2014
Developer
Altar Games
Publisher
Bohemia Interactive
Platforms
Windows
Price
$9.99
Analytics & Metrics
Copies Sold (VISE)
67.9K
(54.3K - 81.5K) VRI ScoreLearning
84.5
Not for everyone, but if you like the genre then it's good
VRI (Vorythic Recommendation Index) a single number indicating whether the game is worth your time. Built from game data, putting real players' opinions above progressive 'critics'.
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Genres & Categories
Genres
Indie
Strategy
Categories
Single-player
Multi-player
PvP
Online PvP
LAN PvP
Co-op
Online Co-op
LAN Co-op
Steam Achievements
Captions available
Steam Workshop
Steam Cloud
Includes level editor
Family Sharing
Tags
Strategy
RTS
Sci-fi
Singleplayer
Real-Time with Pause
Time Travel
RPG
Indie
Multiplayer
Story Rich
Difficult
War
2D
Wargame
Real-Time
Moddable
Atmospheric
Co-op
Online Co-Op
PvP
Supported Languages
With Full Audio
English
French
German
Spanish - Spain
Czech
Polish
Text Only
Italian
Russian
Japanese
System Requirements
🪟 Windows
Minimum
Recommended
Minimum:
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Pentium® III - 900MHz
- Memory: 256 MB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL 2.1 compatible with alteast 64 MB of VRAM
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Recommended:
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Pentium® IV - 2GHz
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Graphics: nVidia® GeForce™4 - 256 MB
- Storage: 2 GB available space