Fit check
Is Making History: The Great War 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 nation across military, economic, and diplomatic systems
- World War I history enthusiasts who want period-specific weapons and national events
- Campaign-focused players who prefer turn-based planning over real-time battles
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a fast-paced action game rather than deliberate, turn-based national management
- Players who prefer a narrow military campaign instead of handling economics, diplomacy, population policy, and production
- Players looking for a fantasy or science-fiction setting rather than World War I-era conflict
Our take on Making History: The Great War
The defining structure is its head-of-state perspective: military operations are tied to economic production, diplomacy, government spending, and the population's risk of radicalization.
What is Making History: The Great War?
A turn-based grand strategy game set during World War I.
Players act as the head of an independent nation, managing its economy, diplomacy, military, population, and industrial production. Warfare includes trench construction, artillery bombardment, airships, biplanes, fighters, anti-air units, submarines, and naval combat. Nations can manage conquered territories as colonies, protectorates, or puppet states. A global economy supports trading resources and manufactured goods, while foreign aid expands diplomatic influence. Government spending can affect radicalization and rebellion. The game includes historical events, more than 275 nationalities, hundreds of period unit models, customizable scenarios, and Steam Workshop mod sharing.
How Making History: The Great War plays
- 01World War I Warfare
- Military options include trenches, regional artillery fire, aircraft, anti-air units, submarines, and naval vessels.
- 02National Management
- The player controls economic output, diplomacy, military activity, government spending, and population stability.
- 03Territorial Administration
- Conquered regions can be organized as colonies, protectorates, or puppet states.
- 04Global Trading
- Nations buy and sell goods while trading for resources and manufactured products.
- 05Scenario Editor
- Custom scenarios can be created and mods can be shared through Steam Workshop.
- 06Historical Forces
- The game represents more than 275 nationalities and includes hundreds of unit models based on period weapons.
Making History: The Great War compared to similar games
Xenonauts focuses on controlling small squads of persistent soldiers against an alien invasion and recovering alien technology, while Making History: The Great War places the player over an entire World War I nation. Old World follows empires across multiple generations with dynastic management, whereas this game centers on national administration and industrialized warfare during World War I.
Making History: The Great War: platforms & release
Is Making History: The Great War worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who want to manage a nation across military, economic, and diplomatic systems. Skip it if: players seeking a fast-paced action game rather than deliberate, turn-based national management.
Where can I download Making History: The Great War?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Making History: The Great War's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Making History: The Great War on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
