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Is Making History: The Calm & the Storm worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who want to manage a WWII nation across economic, military, and diplomatic systems
- History-focused players who want researched scenarios based on major WWII events
- Groups of up to eight multiplayer participants who prefer simultaneous-turn strategy
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking short, action-led sessions rather than extended nation management and turn-based planning
- Players who prefer a single fixed campaign instead of six scenarios with changing outcomes and replayable national choices
- Players looking for a character-focused RPG or tower-defense structure
Our take on Making History: The Calm & the Storm
Rather than narrowing WWII strategy to battlefield commands, the game treats national power as an interconnected system. Industry, infrastructure, research, diplomacy, and supplies shape military choices, while simultaneous turns replace the slower sequence often associated with turn-based strategy.
What is Making History: The Calm & the Storm?
This turn-based strategy game places players in a researched WWII setting with more than 80 nations and over 800 regions.
Each country has its own economic, military, diplomatic, ideological, and technological characteristics. Players develop industry, infrastructure, trade, aid, research, and armed forces while forming or breaking alliances and responding to changing international events. Combat considers supplies, reinforcements, geography, and different approaches such as assaults or holding actions. Six scenarios cover moments including the fall of France, Pearl Harbor, D-Day, and the Sudeten crisis. Eight major nations are specifically listed as playable. Multiplayer supports up to eight additional participants, with simultaneous turns and in-game chat. An included Scenario Editor supports modifying existing scenarios or creating new ones.
How Making History: The Calm & the Storm plays
- 01WWII Nation Management
- More than 80 countries and 800+ regions have distinct resources, terrain, infrastructure, and national characteristics.
- 02Multi-Turn Battles
- Engagements account for logistics, reinforcements, terrain, and contrasting tactics such as large offensives or defensive stands.
- 03Economic Development
- National decisions cover trade, aid, industrial growth, infrastructure spending, and research.
- 04Diplomatic Relations
- Alliances, declarations of war, and peace proposals alter relations and influence other nations' willingness to cooperate.
- 05Historical Scenarios
- Six scenarios focus on events including France's defeat, Pearl Harbor, D-Day, and the Sudeten crisis.
- 06Multiplayer Turns
- Multiplayer supports up to eight other participants, with simultaneous turns and in-game chat.
- 07Scenario Editing
- The included editor allows existing scenarios to be changed or new ones to be made.
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Making History: The Calm & the Storm: platforms & release
Is Making History: The Calm & the Storm worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who want to manage a WWII nation across economic, military, and diplomatic systems. Skip it if: players seeking short, action-led sessions rather than extended nation management and turn-based planning.
Where can I download Making History: The Calm & the Storm?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Making History: The Calm & the Storm's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Making History: The Calm & the Storm on?
Windows only.
