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Spirit of War: The Great War is a turn-based strategy game set during World War I. Drawing inspiration from board games classics, Spirit Of War is a unique arcade/strategy experience.

Release DateMar 12, 2015
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)60.5% (mixed) Bottom 20% / 59.2%  Bottom 20%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)57% Bottom 25% / 56.7%  Bottom 25%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)38  / 76
Curators7 reviews
Median Play Time6.5 hours  Top 25%
Play Time per Dollar39 minutes
Followers707 
Owners± 44.6K  Top 25%
Copies Sold± 2.4K 
Gross Revenue ($)± 24.6K 

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Spirit of War steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Spirit of War's Steam rating and reviews from March 2015 to June 2023. Steam's rating varies between 92.3% (April 2015) and 58.7% (September 2019).

Considering the 76 reviews, and if it didn't take too long to make the game, Spirit of War could be a small indie success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Spirit of War and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Spirit of War's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (53%), followed by French (13%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 13 languages represented. The game has 3 translations (English, French and German), it could have been more popular if it was translated in a few more languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Spirit of War percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Spirit of War depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time in game is excellent, with 30 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is similar to the median for positive reviews, hinting that there is no significant difference in the player's experience and that is more a question of personal taste. A high negative review play time (median : 7 hours) could mean that Spirit of War crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult in the end. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Tactical combat
  • Hexgrid
  • Limited resource gathering
  • Tablet-compatible
  • Historical context
  • Real-time combat
  • 10-level campaign
  • Trading blows
  • Radial menu
  • Roll back AI
  • Poor graphics
  • Missing UX elements
  • Limited scenarios
  • Bugs
  • High price
  • Slow gameplay
  • Limited AI
  • Unnecessary re-release
  • Small maps
  • No diplomacy

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 60.5% rating  Bottom 20% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Spirit of War's review data provided by Steam. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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