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Making History: The Great War vs Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition

Making History: The Great War and Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition both land in Strategy, Simulation on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Strategy, Simulation on Steam. Both released in 2015. Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition scores higher on Steam reviews (84.8% positive) than Making History: The Great War (74.9% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.

Which should you pick?

Choose Making History: The Great War

Choose Making History: The Great War if you want an Indie experience. Making History: The Great War launched in 2015.

Choose Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition

Choose Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition if it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 84.8% positive across 112 reviews.

Both Making History: The Great War and Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition sit in Strategy and Simulation on Steam and both list Multi-player, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.

Side-by-side comparison

Making History: The Great War vs Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition — Steam metadata comparison
Making History: The Great War — Steam game coverMaking History: The Great WarMaking History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition — Steam game coverMaking History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition
Released20152015
GenresStrategy, Indie, SimulationStrategy, Simulation
PlatformsWindows, macOS, LinuxWindows
Steam DeckUnratedUnrated
Price29.99 USD4.99 USD
Steam reviews74.9% positive (279 reviews)84.8% positive (112 reviews)
MultiplayerMulti-player, Cross-Platform MultiplayerMulti-player
DevelopersMuzzy Lane Software, Factus GamesMuzzy Lane Software

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Making History: The Great War vs Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition — FAQ

Which is better, Making History: The Great War or Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition?
On Steam reviews Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition scores higher (84.8% positive) than Making History: The Great War (74.9% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
Are Making History: The Great War and Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition similar?
They overlap on Strategy, Simulation on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
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