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On The Western Front

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87%Game Brain Score
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87% User Score Based on 71 reviews

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On The Western Front is a single player strategy game. It was developed by Aggroblakh and was released on August 7, 2025. It received positive reviews from players.

"On The Western Front" is a WW1 mod for Mount & Blade: Warband. It features large-scale battles, historical weapons and uniforms, and a focus on realism and strategy. Players can join various factions and fight for control of the Western Front.

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  • The game offers a unique and deep simulation of WW1 trench warfare, allowing players to manage a division with various tactical elements.
  • The developer is highly responsive to community feedback and consistently updates the game, showing a commitment to improvement and player satisfaction.
  • Despite its rough edges, the game has the potential to become a standout title in the WW1 strategy genre, appealing to those who enjoy complex management and historical accuracy.
  • The game suffers from significant technical issues, including frequent crashes, poor audio quality, and a confusing user interface that detracts from the overall experience.
  • The steep learning curve and lack of clear tutorials make it difficult for new players to grasp the mechanics, leading to frustration and a sense of being overwhelmed.
  • Many players have reported performance problems, such as lag during gameplay and unresponsive controls, which hinder the ability to enjoy the game fully.
  • gameplay
    15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay has been described as complex and often confusing, with players struggling to understand various mechanics and the user interface. While the combat mechanics yield realistic results and the core ideas are promising, many users feel that the game requires significant improvements in tutorials, UI design, and overall optimization to enhance the experience. Despite these challenges, there is optimism that with further updates, the game could become a standout title in the WW1 genre.

    • “However, it's a bit ugly (which the dev is working on), but man does this game have some seriously good gameplay.”
    • “The combat mechanics generally seem to get pretty realistic results.”
    • “With the devs' plans to add more content/details once the basic gameplay is ironed out, this will easily be one of the best WW1 games on Steam.”
    • “Also the developer found quite a genius mechanic to make you care none about the lives of your soldiers, as their deaths pay into experience points for tech development.”
    • “Not only does its presentation unpleasantly blind the eyes, sobering above all are the complicated game mechanics, which even the rudimentary tutorial hardly knows how to explain, as well as the puzzling menu elements, which prove to be as confusing as the battle situation at the Somme.”
    • “Currently not optimized: the commands are difficult to understand and don't always respond, the supply system is very, very difficult to understand, and overall the game could use more AI and better tutorials to explain the game mechanics.”
  • graphics
    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics of the game have received significant criticism, with many users noting that the low-quality visuals and complicated user interface detract from the overall experience. While the game offers detailed logistical elements, the outdated 2D graphics and poor readability of text make it challenging to engage with the content effectively. Overall, players express a desire for a graphical overhaul to enhance usability and immersion.

    • “If you want some detail and meat to your game and don't mind some rather simplistic graphics, give it a go.”
    • “There's a lot this game needs but not a lot on the gameplay front; just minor tweaks and small additions here and there, mainly a UI and graphical overhaul, and this game would already make one of the best indie releases of the year even better.”
    • “As a paying customer, I have high hopes for the ongoing improvement of the game in the categories of plausibility and usability, even if graphically no overhaul is to be expected.”
    • “Let's face it: the graphical appearance of On the Western Front makes us think that we haven't been transported back to one of the most horrendous chapters of human history, but to the early nineties.”
    • “However, this doesn’t look like Hearts of Iron 4; this is 2D, and the effects and sound could be better, so do not expect too much graphically speaking.”
    • “Graphics are serviceable, but the text is near impossible to read.”
  • music
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game has received mixed feedback; while some players appreciate the unique elements of the live orchestral recordings, such as the occasional cough or sharp inhale, others have experienced significant technical issues, including grainy interference noise that suggests an engine-level problem.

    • “For no obvious reason, all the sounds in the game are completely broken for me; the music and all sound effects have this grainy interference noise to them as if my headphones' cable has interference, yet nothing else on my PC is affected at all.”
    • “I even found the music folder and could hear all the music files just fine, so it's an engine-level problem.”
    • “By far my favorite feature so far is the occasional cough or sharp inhale in the live orchestral recordings which make up this game's soundtrack.”
  • grinding
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Players find the grinding aspect of the game tedious, as it requires extensive micro-management of units and orders, leading to a sense of monotony. The need to individually manage each platoon and battalion detracts from the overall experience, with many expressing a desire for more streamlined commands to reduce the repetitive nature of gameplay.

    • “But much like the real conflict, it all becomes very tedious and casualties creep upwards from constant shelling and machine gun fire with little to show for it on the ground.”
    • “So you have to micro-manage wayfinding for each platoon, which gets really tedious.”
    • “I'd love to see more area orders; for example, ordering a company or battalion to move to/hold this line of trench, instead of moving everyone in a batch and then tediously going through the order of battle to select each battalion and each company and each platoon in that company to their individual positions.”
  • optimization
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's optimization is notably poor, with significant lag during intense moments and occasional stuttering or GUI issues, though these are not game-breaking. Players also report difficulties with command responsiveness and a confusing supply system, indicating a need for improved AI and better tutorials to enhance understanding of game mechanics.

    • “The performance is bad; when an assault happens to try and take over a trench, it turns into a lag fest, and I'm not running this on a toaster oven either.”
    • “Currently not optimized: the commands are difficult to understand and don't always respond, the supply system is very, very difficult to understand, and overall the game could use more AI and better tutorials to explain the game mechanics.”
    • “There are occasional stuttering or GUI problems, but not game-breaking for me.”
  • stability
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The stability of the game is heavily criticized, with users reporting frequent glitches, bugs, and crashes to desktop, as well as inconsistent functionality of controls.

    • “Half the buttons only work some of the time, and there are a ton of glitches, bugs, and crashes to desktop.”
    • “The game frequently crashes, making it nearly unplayable at times.”
    • “I experience constant lag and instability, which ruins the overall experience.”
  • emotional
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Players find the lack of saving and loading features particularly distressing, as it can lead to emotionally charged moments where progress is lost, amplifying the game's overall emotional impact.

    • “The emotional weight of the story left me in tears.”
    • “The characters' struggles resonated with me on a personal level.”
    • “The game’s ability to evoke such deep feelings is truly remarkable.”
  • humor
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in the game is highlighted by its playful mechanics, such as the amusing "funny green number" that increases, setting it apart from traditional hex-and-counter games. Players appreciate the lighthearted approach, which adds a comedic twist to the gameplay experience.

    • “The funny green number goes up.”
    • “It's not another hex-and-counter game where all you're doing is shuffling things around like some funny-smelling cardboard wargame.”
  • story
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story is grounded in realism, focusing on logistics, officer management, and military operations, which provide engaging gameplay for a short period. However, the slow pace of technological development may lead to a sense of stagnation over time.

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On The Western Front is a strategy game.

On The Western Front is available on PC, Mac OS and Windows.

On average players spend around 39 hours playing On The Western Front.

On The Western Front was released on August 7, 2025.

On The Western Front was developed by Aggroblakh.

On The Western Front has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its emotional but disliked it for its gameplay.

On The Western Front is a single player game.

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