Making History: The Second World War (2018)
- Developer
- Factus Games
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Genres
- Indie, Simulation, Strategy
- Rating
- 3.9 of 5, 289 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 64 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A deliberate, open-ended grand strategy game where you shape WWII outcomes through industrial and military decisions.
turn-based grand strategyhistorical simulationopen-endedresource managementimmersivealternative historymethodical pacing
What players say
Players praise its deep turn-based strategy and unique stacking mechanic for realistic combat, but many report persistent out-of-memory crashes that make late-game play frustrating. There is disagreement over whether it feels like a reskin of earlier games, and some note the UI is dated compared to competitors like Hearts of Iron IV.
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