On The Western Front
Aggroblakh · 2025 · Strategy, Indie, Simulation, World War I, War
PC
Very Positive83% · 89
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About On The Western Front
Grand Strategy on a Small Scale
January, 1915. The Race to the Sea is over. The Great War has just begun. You are the commander of a single division in the meat grinder that is the Western Front. Lead your men over the top as you attempt to break the stalemate that is to claim the lives of millions over the course of years.
Are you ready to be a donkey and lead lions to their glorious deaths?
Mud and Blood
- Command your men down to the platoon level. Build trenches, dig tunnels, set barbed wire, and more in a futile attempt to break through the enemy lines.
- Make use of different unit types to solve the stalemate, from riflemen and machine gunners to engineers and tunnelling units.
- Multiple shell types allow astute commanders to remain flexible. From gas shells to shrapnel, different situations call for different shells.
- Weather and time of day will affect everything, including visibility, morale, and the structural integrity of your fortifications. Make sure to maintain them properly!
Noble Sacrifice
- Earn Valour from your superior officers by sending your men to their deaths during full-scale offensives. Both inflicted and sustained casualties can be used to unlock upgrades - lessons learned through blood sacrifice.
- Perform trench raids and capture enemy prisoners in order to capture intelligence.
- Send pilots on reconnaissance missions in order scout the enemy lines and keep an eye on enemy activities.
- If you can't break the enemy lines above ground, go underneath them and set mines that can be detonated at will.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Having learned deep games that look like arse such as Dwarf Fortress I can absolutely see the appeal.3 found this helpful
This is a wargame, its not a casual experience. If you come into this with that mindset then you will have a good time. It is slow, grindy, and simulation heavy. There are lot of small but very impactful choices happening minute to minute that all ask for your attention but you will have to pick and choose where to dedicate your time. It is a bloody slog, just like the Great War itself.2 found this helpful
I thought I previously positively reviewed this but suppose I forgot. I really love a lot of the works this developer makes. They're so detailed and a breath of fresh air to being unlike most games that could compare.1 found this helpful
great game 8/101 found this helpful
Cool game, great vision, but I cant recommend the game in this state. Resolution is broken and doesnt have scaling for monitors above 1080p, dev has stated "unfortunately there's nothing I can do".1 found this helpful
I want this kind of game to exist. I deeply, deeply want it. But this game isn't it. This game is simply a personal experiment by one guy mostly for, I feel, his own amusement, rather than a true video game meant to provide entertainment to the masses. I hope he makes a successor that actually involves other human beings in the development process and takes this work more seriously.
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