Original War
Sci-fi real-time strategy with scarce soldiers who persist across missions
Altar Games · Published by Bohemia Interactive · Released Jan 27, 2014
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 95% of 2,174
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 15
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 9 months ago
- Dec 12, 2025
Metacritic: 61/100 (critic reviews)
What is Original War?
A sci-fi real-time strategy game with RPG elements and a time-travel plot. In campaign missions, you build bases and command troops as an American expedition discovers a mineral in Siberia linked to a device that sends objects into the distant past. Multiplayer includes PvP and co-op.
For you if...
- +you enjoy difficult strategy with RPG-style unit growth
- +you prefer story-led missions to mass-producing troops
Not for you if...
- −you want fast-paced battles with disposable armies
- −you prefer strategy games without challenging campaign missions
What players say
95% of 2,174 reviews are positive
Players praise the story, soundtrack, and blend of RPG and real-time strategy. Some complain that campaign missions move slowly.
Screenshots and trailer
Original War system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel Pentium® III - 900MHz
- Graphics
- OpenGL 2.1 compatible with alteast 64 MB of VRAM
- Memory
- 256 MB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel Pentium® IV - 2GHz
- Graphics
- nVidia® GeForce™4 - 256 MB
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 59
- Steam features
- Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish. Text only: Italian, Russian, Japanese.
Tags
- Strategy
- RTS
- Sci-fi
- Singleplayer
- Real-Time with Pause
- Time Travel
- RPG
- Indie
- Multiplayer
- Story Rich
- Difficult
- War
- 2D
- Wargame
- Real-Time
- Moddable
Recent updates
- Dec 12, 2025 · Original War - Update 3.0.15.360
- Apr 8, 2024 · Original War - Update 3.0.11.337
- Jan 12, 2024 · Original War - Update 3.0.10.333
- Mar 31, 2022 · Original War - update 3.0.10.309
- Jul 10, 2020 · Original War - update 3.0.8.246
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