Original War

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

Genres

• real-time tactics

Play modes

• co-op mode

• single-player video game

• multiplayer video game

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Indie^*
• Strategy^*

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^*

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^*

Community tags · historical

• Strategy^*

  Votes · historical

  179^*

• RTS^*

  Votes · historical

  161^*

• Sci-fi^*

  Votes · historical

  153^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  152^*

• Real-Time with Pause^*

  Votes · historical

  149^*

• Time Travel^*

  Votes · historical

  141^*

• RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  135^*

• Indie^*

  Votes · historical

  133^*

• Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  132^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  127^*

• Difficult^*

  Votes · historical

  119^*

• War^*

  Votes · historical

  115^*

• 2D^*

  Votes · historical

  110^*

• Wargame^*

  Votes · historical

  108^*

• Real-Time^*

  Votes · historical

  106^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  101^*

• Moddable^*

  Votes · historical

  101^*

• Co-op^*

  Votes · historical

  94^*

• Online Co-Op^*

  Votes · historical

  93^*

• PvP^*

  Votes · historical

  88^*

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^*

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^*

Developers

• Altar Games

Publishers

• Virgin Interactive

• Bohemia Interactive^*

• 2001-06-15

  Date precision

  Exact date

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Jan 27, 2014^*

Detailed specifications