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Second Front is a tactical WWII turn-based strategy game. Craft & share your own scenarios and maps or use your strategic prowess in 48 scenarios set in iconic locations. Command over 40 types of infantry and 216 tanks, vehicles and guns. An infinite tactical sandbox experience.

Release DateJan 31, 2023
Price$ 34.99  Top 3%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)80.6% (positive) / 80.5%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)75.8% / 75.8%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)444  Top 20% / 492  Top 20%
Curators20 reviews  Top 30%
Median Play Time18.5 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar32 minutes
Followers7.7K  Top 10%
Owners± 11.6K 
Copies Sold± 9.3K  Top 30%
Gross Revenue ($)± 262K  Top 15%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Second Front steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Second Front's Steam rating and reviews between January 2023 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 92.3% (January 2023) and 80.2% (October 2023).

The 492 reviews Top 20% suggest that Second Front might be a reasonable indie success. The chart is compatible with a long tailed distribution, which suggests there was a good visibility at launch but that it was not followed by significant updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Second Front and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of Second Front's reviewers. The most popular language is English (72%), followed by French (8%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 15 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is available in 7 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

Chart displaying Second Front percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Second Front, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time in game is outstanding, with 58 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 4.1 times less than the median for positive reviews. The negative review time is high (median is 6 hours), it can be a sign that Second Front crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult towards the end. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Easy to read interface
  • Comprehensive tutorials
  • Realistic AI
  • Appeal to realistic military game lovers
  • Rich mechanics
  • Good foundation for a wargame
  • Great scenario mission builder
  • Matching UI and graphics
  • Fun and engaging board game
  • Useful Workshop support
  • Long turn processing times
  • Unoptimized game
  • Unpolished sound effects
  • Simplistic and unrealistic combat mechanics
  • Missing indirect fire and artillery
  • Cartoonish graphics may lack immersion
  • Issues like arbitrary turn limits and unbalanced units
  • Lacks multiplayer option
  • No rebindable hotkeys
  • Sluggish camera rotation

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's rating of 80.6% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Second Front's review data provided by Steam. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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