Altar Games

Original War

2001 real-time tactics

Cover art for Original War

At a glance

Genres

Play modes

  • co-op mode
  • single-player video game
  • multiplayer video game

Game facts

Developers

  • Altar Games

Publishers

  • Virgin Interactive
  • Bohemia Interactive*
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Platforms

Compatibility and community reports

  • Steam Deck · 2026-06-27*
    Compatibility category
    Playable*
  • Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27*
    Community Linux compatibility tier
    Gold*
    Reports
    16*
    Community confidence
    moderate*

System requirements

  • Windows · Minimum*
    Operating system
    Windows 10*
    Processor alternatives
    Intel Pentium® III - 900MHz*
    Memory
    256 MB RAM*
    Graphics alternatives
    OpenGL 2.1 compatible with alteast 64 MB of VRAM*
    Storage
    1 GB available space*
  • Windows · Recommended*
    Processor alternatives
    Intel Pentium® IV - 2GHz*
    Memory
    1 GB*
    Graphics alternatives
    nVidia® GeForce™4 - 256 MB*

Steam version platforms

  • Windows*
    Supported
    Yes*
  • Linux*
    Supported
    No*
  • macOS*
    Supported
    No*

Interface languages

  • English*
    Full audio
    Yes*
  • French*
    Full audio
    Yes*
  • Italian*
  • German*
    Full audio
    Yes*
  • Spanish - Spain*
    Full audio
    Yes*
  • Czech*
    Full audio
    Yes*
  • Russian*
  • Japanese*
  • Polish*
    Full audio
    Yes*

Audio languages

  • English*
  • French*
  • German*
  • Spanish - Spain*
  • Czech*
  • Polish*

Game features

  • Single-player*
  • Multi-player*
  • PvP*
  • Online PvP*
  • LAN PvP*
  • Co-op*
  • Online Co-op*
  • LAN Co-op*
  • Steam Achievements*
  • Captions available*
  • Steam Workshop*
  • Steam Cloud*
  • Includes level editor*
  • Family Sharing*

Store genres

  • Indie*
  • Strategy*

Screenshots

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Screenshot 3 from Original War

* Provisional data