The Great Emu War

The Great Emu War

Suspicious Box · December 11, 2018 · Action

The Great Emu War is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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The Great Emu War price

The Great Emu War is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About The Great Emu War

✦ AI summary

Lead either a horde of emus devastating crops or humans in a battle truck hunting them down in this asymmetric couch co-op showdown. The Great Emu War delivers chaotic 2-4 player action where each side plays by completely different rules, creating unpredictable and hilarious matches.

The Great Emu War is a fun, frantic couch-competitive experience. The game pits two species, humans and emus, against each other in an asymmetric struggle for dominance. Rally a horde of emus to your banner and trample the humans' crops, or climb into your battle truck and prepare to hunt some emus.

This game is a multiplayer experience that requires 2-4 players and an equal number of game controllers.

The Great Emu War is a student project created by Suspicious Box, a team of students at the University of Central Florida's FIEA program.

The Great Emu War — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Online PvP, Split screen
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Sep 14, 2025
[quote][b]Note: Dead PvP game[/b] This game contains no meaningful single player content. There's no viably populated servers/active player population. This game cannot be played as intended.[/quote] This was a joke game dumped on Steam as a bit of a cash grab in the hopes of going viral without any reason for it to do so... essentially a weak PvP arena lambasting an event where a bunch of Australian soldiers were sent out on an emu cull to kill off what was seen as an excessive population, but were unable to kill any sizeable number of the birds, so packed up and went home. This does not translate into an enjoyable gaming experience, but the intention here seems blatantly insincere and the developer abandoned the game and refunded nobody. So, "The Great Emu War" is a dead PvP game. Why did it fail? It's video game autopsy time! [i]Almost every PvP exclusive game on Steam fails.[/i] Only a tiny proportion of them "go viral". This game failed for many of the same reasons those others fail. The chief of which is the developer thinking that their game will "go viral" without actually creating any reason for it do so. Competition amongst PvP centric games is extreme, and …
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Recommended Nov 9, 2025
Игра «The Great Emu War» — оригинальная историческая стратегия, основанная на реальных событиях 1932 года. Вы управляете австралийскими фермерами, борющимися с разрушительными эму. Геймплей сочетает управление ресурсами, стратегическое планирование и ограниченные возможности. Уникальная тема и историческая точность выделяют проект, но скука может настать из-за однообразных действий. Графика минималистична, но соответствует жанру. Рекомендуется любителям нестандартных исторических симуляторов.
Recommended Sep 22, 2025
Jank, silly, but a butt load of fun. Would recommend for a fun little gaming sesh with the lads. :)
Recommended Sep 22, 2025
This game would be perfect if the car handled a little little bit better and the human side powerups (Besides landmines) were better
Recommended Jun 21, 2025
I, SINGLE-HANDED, REWRITE HISTORY AS THE HUMANS, I AM THE ONE AND ONLY GREAT EMU WAR SWEAT
Recommended Sep 15, 2024
game is ♥♥♥♥♥, cant even display it on my profile after getting all achievements

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