Making History: The Calm & the Storm
Turn-based World War II strategy with room to rewrite history
Muzzy Lane · Published by Strategy First · Released Mar 13, 2007
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 78% of 626
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Nov 3, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
- Minimum PC
- –
- not published
Metacritic: 70/100 (critic reviews)
What is Making History: The Calm & the Storm?
You lead a nation in a World War II grand strategy game, developing industry, managing trade, researching technology, and directing military campaigns. Play advances in turns, while battles can last several turns, with supplies, reinforcements, and geography affecting your plans.
For you if...
- +you enjoy balancing diplomacy with long-term military planning
Not for you if...
- −you want warfare without managing trade and production
What players say
78% of 626 reviews are positive
Players praise the accessible controls and the educational value of the wartime economic systems. Recent negative reviews repeatedly report invalid-license errors that prevent the game from launching.
Screenshots and trailer
Making History: The Calm & the Storm system requirements
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Making History: The Calm & the Storm?
The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.
Set up my PC →Minimum
Windows XP, 2000 or Vista Operating System, Pentium III or Athlon 1.0GHz Processor, 512 MB RAM, 850 MB available hard drive space, 32 MB Video Card, Internet connection for multiplayer
Does Making History: The Calm & the Storm have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: multiplayer (mode not specified). It also has a single-player mode.
Does Making History: The Calm & the Storm run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does Making History: The Calm & the Storm use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
