Choose Home Wars
Choose Home Wars if you want an Action and Indie experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 79% positive across 970 reviews.
Home Wars vs The Great War: Western Front™
Home Wars and The Great War: Western Front™ both land in Strategy 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 are Strategy games on Steam. Home Wars (2017) is 6 years older than The Great War: Western Front™ (2023). Home Wars scores higher on Steam reviews (79% positive) than The Great War: Western Front™ (66.1% 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 The Great War: Western Front™
Choose The Great War: Western Front™ if you want the Multi-player, Online PvP, and PvP side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2023) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 1,819 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Home Wars and The Great War: Western Front™ sit in Strategy on Steam, 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
 Home Wars |  The Great War: Western Front™ | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2023 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Indie | Strategy |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | 9.99 USD | 34.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 79% positive (970 reviews) | 66.1% positive (1,819 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Multi-player |
| Developers | Insane Dreamers | Petroglyph |
Side by side
- Both are Strategy games on Steam.
- Home Wars (2017) is 6 years older than The Great War: Western Front™ (2023).
- Home Wars scores higher on Steam reviews (79% positive) than The Great War: Western Front™ (66.1% positive).
- Home Wars is currently ~71% cheaper on Steam than The Great War: Western Front™ (9.99 USD vs. 34.99 USD).
- Steam Deck: Home Wars is Deck Playable, The Great War: Western Front™ is Deck Unsupported.
Home Wars vs The Great War: Western Front™ — FAQ
- Which is better, Home Wars or The Great War: Western Front™?
- On Steam reviews Home Wars scores higher (79% positive) than The Great War: Western Front™ (66.1% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Home Wars is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Home Wars or The Great War: Western Front™ first?
- If you want chronology, Home Wars (2017) came out before The Great War: Western Front™ (2023). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Home Wars and The Great War: Western Front™ similar?
- They overlap on Strategy 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.
- Does Home Wars have multiplayer like The Great War: Western Front™?
- No. The Great War: Western Front™ supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player), while Home Wars is listed as single-player only.