Headquarters: World War II on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Headquarters: World War II is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game where your battlefield tactics are as important as your army management skills. Experience both sides of the war, battling in Europe as the USA, the UK, or Germany. Storm bunkers, occupy houses, win tank duels.

Headquarters: World War II is a pvp, turn-based tactics and tactical rpg game developed by Starni Games and published by Slitherine Ltd..
Released on April 11th 2024 is available only on Windows in 8 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Ukrainian.

It has received 501 reviews of which 384 were positive and 117 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 38.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 15.47€ on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified Headquarters: World War II into these genres:

PvP Turn-Based Tactics Tactical RPG Wargame Turn-Based Strategy War Strategy RPG Board Game Tabletop Strategy Tanks 3D Multiplayer Turn-Based Combat Historical Simulation World War II Military Vehicular Combat Sniper

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System requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: 64-bit Windows 10
Processor: i5-4460 (or equivalent)
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Geforce GTX 950 (2GB VRAM)
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 35 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025

This game is definitely a dream come true for me. I'm a big fan of games like John Tiller games and the Strategic Mind series. So when I saw the Strategic Mind guys were making a game that is more tactical I was excited. Most turn based games like this have bare minimum graphics. This is serviceable. Not AAA but not 90s graphics either. AI is competent. They will go after your strongest Assets. I mostly been playing the Campaign and its tough but not unfair. This game is nothing like Xcom. Its not an Xcom game. Its like Battle Academy with upgraded graphics. They improved on voice acting from the bad voice acting in the Strategic Mind Series. So I have great hopes on the project for the future. Also they are releasing plenty of DLC. Lot of negative reviews seem to be from people having issues with multiplayer. I don't play multiplayer so cant comment on that but this company usually responsive and give constant updates. So a few gamers are mad its not updated when they want it to, even though the developers are making this game in a warzone and their crying in the comfort of their safe homes. So please take that into consideration when looking at negative versus postive reviews on this game.

June 2024

Fun and "just one more turn" addictive game. Once you get the hang of knowing how to spot the enemy, and see their weapon ranges, it is pretty manageable on normal difficulty. Two artillery for the win so far on every mission! Very little counter artillery fire.. so far.. 3-4 missions in on each the British, American and German campaigns..and we have managed to kill any artillery we come across before they get a chance to do any damage and they seem like they do not prioritize your own arty as targets. AI could be more aggressive, but they have key points to protect, so it's understandable that they keep close to the defensive points, but it makes them predictable. PvP on this game would be totally different. Have not tried that yet. Thumbs up and worth a buy at any discount (I personally only purchase games when there is a discount.) I can see where once you have done all the scenarios the game would be less interesting unless you are a completest and want to win them all on the harder difficulties. Custom scenarios will give this game a few more legs at least for a while particularly if you want to play against a friend. Worth a buy! Update: Since May 28th patch (1.00.06) a bug was introduced that will not let you complete some campaigns due to an Unreal Engine crash. I do not recommend playing until after patch 1.00.07 comes out if you want to play the campaigns. Can't finish the USA campaign so far. Again.. I concur with others to wait for a discount before purchasing. Solid fun game outside of the crash issue. Pretty easy on normal difficulty. Wish the core units had perma-death and they could use more unit upgrade features. For instance the ability to upgrade past 3 stars or choose more options if you get enough upgrade points to go back and select more unit upgrade features even if already at 3 stars.

April 2024

Feels like a turn based Company of Heroes (the original one), sort of a WW2 X-Com. I like it, a beer and pretzel game. This is tactical level stuff where core units follow you through missions, but you are not penalized if they get destroyed, they show up again next mission. Those core units improve. You can slowly modernize your force as better units are introduced. The points spent on upgrading units or improving your commander can be refunded with no penalty. That means you can customize your core units and your Commander's bonuses to tailor them to the upcoming fight. Nice. So nothing revolutionary but a nice basic turn based war game.

April 2024

Battle Academy returns! For those of you who remember the Battle Academy series, this game is a spiritual successor. Anyone who played the Battle Academy games will instantly feel at home playing HQ:WW2. HQ:WW2 improves upon the BA gameplay with Core Units, friendlier UI, and improved graphics. Anyone who likes turn-based tactical games will enjoy this game. PRO Grid-based tactical level combat action 3 Campaigns (USA, UK, Germany) Core units that gain experience as they survive battles Skirmish Mode Random Map Generator Map Editor NEED TO IMPROVE: Camera controls. All axis pan and rotation works; however, tilting camera Up/Down is not permanent and snaps back when releasing middle mouse button. Hopefully this will be patched.

April 2024

Imagine, PanzerGeneral/PanzerCorps style rules, with a 3D map/Units with little movie cut scenes of actions. This game is fun! If you like WWII turn based strategy, you should enjoy this. Game has unit management, promotions, level ups, heroes, purchasing and carrying over your core units to the next battles, etc. Unlike PG/PzC, unit facing is important, and when you suffer losses to a unit, it degrades in performance. (Losing a driver, impacts the units ability to move) 3 Factions currently, each with about 10 missions. Looks like they could easily add more scenarios and hopefully grand campaigns in the future. No bugs encountered yet. Graphics are sufficient. There is no built in multi-monitor support, which is a bit irritating in this day and age, but you can work around it. Sound is pretty good. If you're into WWII TBS Strategy games, you will enjoy this!

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