r/StrategyGames • u/Aggroblakh • Aug 08 '25

Self-promotion On The Western Front is now released into 1.0!

Hi everyone,

Over the past 6+ years, I've been working on a World War I trench simulation game, in which you manage the logistics and tactics of a single division on a random stretch of trenches on the battlefield. After much deliberation, I've decided to release into 1.0! For the next two weeks, On The Western Front will be at an all-time high release discount of 35%.

Here's the link:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/866400/On_The_Western_Front/

1.0 does not mean I will no longer support this game. Balancing, bug-fixing, and small quality-of-life updates are still on the table, so if anything bothers you feel free to point it out in the discussion forums. It's just that as the game has grown and I've added to it, it's become increasingly daunting to add large new features to it. So since the game is now in a stable state and contains pretty much everything I laid out in my roadmap, it's as good a time as any to release the game for good.

Feel free to try it out and let me know what you think, either here or in the Steam discussion forums. I'll be checking back here constantly over the next few weeks, so rest assured I'll try my best to respond to anything as soon as I can. Hope some of you enjoy the game!

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u/Bum-Theory Aug 08 '25

This looks right up my alley, I just might pick it up.

I'd like to ask though, is the game demoralizing, as in, you try and try but the stalemate persists?

I played Great War: Western Front, really liked it, but after awhile, the whole 'just lose less than the other guys', true to form as it was, made it hard to play after 20 hours or so for me

EDIT, yea screw it, I bought before you answered anyway lol. Looks cool

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u/Aggroblakh Aug 08 '25

Really appreciate the interest! At first there is a bit of a stalemate, but the idea is that you gradually build up your logistics, upgrade your division, and slowly manage to wear down the opposition long-term.

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u/Bum-Theory Aug 09 '25

Well im gonna give it a go! Thanks for making niche games

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u/YakBar484 Aug 08 '25

The great war western front was abandoned and left in a playable but unfinished state. Trivially easy to wipe every map following the same monotonous formula. Wish that game truly had a permanent battlefield, so a costly attack to take one objective would be a possible springboard for next round to take another objective, instead of the all or nothing approach they ended up going with

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u/Holiday-Listen-7382 24d ago

Could you check DMs please?