This War of Mine

This War of Mine

11 bit studios · 2014 · Survival, War, Atmospheric, Singleplayer, Strategy

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About This War of Mine

✦ AI summary

Lead a group of civilians through the horrors of urban warfare, managing shelter, scavenging for supplies under sniper fire, and making brutal survival choices that test your morality. This definitive edition bundles all expansions and updates with remastered locations, new scenarios, and fresh challenges that ensure every playthrough tells a different desperate story.

This War of Mine: Final Cut contains all the updates and free expansions released so far and introduces not only a new scenario but also expands all scenarios with the locations known from Stories DLCs - even if you don’t own those. In short words - that means you can now experience lots of never-seen-before playthroughs and struggle with new challenges.

Main changes:

  • Remastered versions of all the classic locations
  • One new classic scenario and a brand-new character
  • New quests and locations added to the original game
  • Vanilla version of the game

ABOUT THIS WAR OF MINE:

In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle. The pace of This War of Mine is imposed by the day and night cycle. During the day snipers outside stop you from leaving your refuge, so you need to focus on maintaining your hideout: crafting, trading and taking care of your survivors. At night, take one of your civilians on a mission to scavenge through a set of unique locations for items that will help you stay alive.
Make life-and-death decisions driven by your conscience. Try to protect everybody from your shelter or sacrifice some of them for longer-term survival. During war, there are no good or bad decisions; there is only survival. The sooner you realize that, the better.

This War of Mine - main features:

  • Inspired by real-life events
  • Control your survivors and manage your shelter
  • Craft weapons, alcohol, beds or stoves – anything that helps you survive
  • Make decisions - an often unforgiving and emotionally difficult experience
  • Randomized world and characters every time you start a new game
  • Charcoal-stylized aesthetics to complement the game's theme

The universe of This War of Mine has been expanded by following DLCs:

  • The Little Ones - explores the hardships of wartime survival as seen from an entirely new perspective - that of a child.
  • This War of Mine: Stories DLCs:
  • Episode 1: The Father's Promise – a heartbreaking tale of loss and hope in a war-torn city
  • Episode 2: The Last Broadcast – where, as a radio operator, you are going to face moral dilemmas and decide, whether there is a price too high for the truth
  • Episode 3: Fading Embers – portrays a story of Anja living in a warzone and carrying a heavy burden as she has to answer to herself what is more important - survival of human legacy or the survival of a man

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What Steam players say

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

✦ AI summary

Players praise this survival game for its authentic atmosphere, emotional depth, and meaningful moral choices that capture the gravity of civilian life in warzones. The gameplay is commended as challenging yet accessible with good pacing and storytelling, though some note that certain choices feel unclear and the difficulty can be mitigated through optimization in later stages.

Recommended Jul 16, 2026
cool game
Recommended Jul 15, 2026
an absolute gem of a game, and proof that games are art
Recommended Jul 14, 2026
A setting PERFECT survival game about the moral and physical struggle of civilians in warzones. 10/10 This is one of my favorite games and does everything amazingly! I wish I could play it again for the first time. Pros: Perfectly captures the mood of its subject matter thru gameplay. Challenging in a realistic way, but still approachable for most all ages and skills. Tons of options on how to approach survival and moral choices. Hopeful message overall. Good pacing, balance, and story. End of run recap is nice to see what you chose without knowing. Cons: Some choices are unclear, but that is how it is in real life I guess. You can min/max your way to a comfortable run with almost no risk near the end game.
Recommended Jul 13, 2026
Heartfelt and devastatingly authentic in atmosphere. A genuine cocktail of human emotions, good and bad, that slaps you in the face. Superb!
Recommended Jul 13, 2026
Though personally not for me but definitely a good game
Recommended Jul 12, 2026
Great Game, quite challenging but very fun

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