Fit check
Is Great Big War Game worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Turn-based strategy players seeking a military campaign lasting more than 50 hours
- Players who prefer varied objectives over repeating a single victory condition
- Strategy groups seeking asynchronous online matches or local Pass & Play
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking direct, real-time control of individual soldiers rather than turn-based army commands
- Players wanting a short, tightly focused campaign may find the 50-plus-hour story and 70-plus maps excessive
- Players looking for a serious military tone may reject the cartoon troops and comedic Generalissimo
- Players outside PC, iOS, or Android cannot use the listed online cross-platform play
Our take on Great Big War Game
Players who want immediate action may bounce when missions pause for turn-based planning, unit deployment, and terrain positioning. Those expecting a serious war simulation may hit the wall when the comic troops and Generalissimo replace a realistic military tone.
What is Great Big War Game?
Great Big War Game is a turn-based military strategy game with a story campaign, AI skirmishes, and multiplayer.
Players command 30 types of units across land, sea, and air while pursuing objectives such as collecting resources, eliminating enemy generals, invading territory, evacuating forces, and capturing bases. The story campaign provides more than 50 hours of gameplay. Skirmish mode offers matches on a range of maps, while multiplayer includes local Pass & Play and asynchronous online matches across PC, iOS, and Android. Units earn battle points during play that can be used for tactical advantages and rank increases. Missions introduce different units, terrain, buildings, or victory conditions.
How Great Big War Game plays
- 01Three Combat Domains
- The roster includes 30 unit types operating across ground, naval, and airborne battles.
- 02Mission Variety
- Objectives include resource collection, general assassination, territorial invasion, evacuation, and enemy-base capture.
- 03Asynchronous Multiplayer
- Online matches support PC, iOS, and Android, while local games use Pass & Play.
- 04Terrain-Based Tactics
- Maps include jungle, desert, polar, rocky, and temperate environments with height advantages and choke points.
- 05Battle Point Progression
- Units collect battle points that can be used for tactical advantages and rank increases.
Great Big War Game compared to similar games
Great Big War Game focuses on turn-based missions with 30 unit types, varied objectives, skirmishes, and asynchronous multiplayer. Men of War: Assault Squad centers on large-scale World War II battles with direct, hands-on control of units. Xenonauts focuses on managing a multinational military organization, deploying persistent soldiers in turn-based alien-defense operations.
Great Big War Game: platforms & release
Is Great Big War Game worth it?
It is worth it if: turn-based strategy players seeking a military campaign lasting more than 50 hours. Skip it if: players seeking direct, real-time control of individual soldiers rather than turn-based army commands.
Where can I download Great Big War Game?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Great Big War Game's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Great Big War Game on?
Windows only.
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