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Making History: The Second World War
Not enough reviews
Started playing 49% of owners
Steam reviews 78% positive of 291
What the data shows
- Only 292 reviews so far — too early to tell.
- Only 48% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
Not enough reviews.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (48.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (103)
- 10 Weeks Complete 10 turns 100%
- Military Recruiter Completed training new troops for your military 94%
- Battle Tested Conquer a region 90%
- First Year Complete Complete 52 turns 73%
- Conqueror Annex a nation 67%
- Industrial Plant Construct a level 3 factory 59%
- Remilitarize Rhineland As Germany annex Rhineland and Palatinate in the Building for War scenario 52%
- Buffer State Establish a Puppet State government 47%
- Colonizer Establish a Colony or Protectorate 37%
- Anschluss As Germany annex Austria in the Building for War scenario 35%
- Nationalist Victory in Spain Play as the Nationalist or help them win the Spanish Civil War 33%
- Industrial Enterprise Construct a level 4 factory 29%
- Germans Take Paris Play as Germany and conquer the French capital Paris 29%
- A Greater Nation Rise from Regional Nation to a Great Power 27%
- Enter the Atomic Age Complete the Aviation Engineering research project 25%
- Germans Take London Play as Germany and conquer the British capital London 21%
- Establish Vichy As Germany force France to surrender and form a Nationalist state 18%
- Form Axis Alliance Establish alliance with Germany, Kingdom of Italy, and the Empire of Japan 18%
- Invasion of Britian Conquer the home regions of the United Kingdom 18%
- Enter the Machine Age Complete the Chemical Engineering research project 17%
- Germans Take Moscow Play as Germany and conquer the Soviet capital Moscow 17%
- Liberator Establish a new Independent nation 16%
- Germans Take Stalingrad Play as Germany and conquer the Soviet city of Stalingrad 16%
- V-E Day Force Unconditional Surrender on Germany 16%
- Barbarossa As Germany conquer 50 Soviet regions in Europe 15%
- V-J DAY Force Unconditional Surrender on the Japanese Empire 14%
- The Maginot Line As Germany invade France by going through Belgium (must have conquered Belgium and the Netherlands) 13%
- Battle of Britian As Germany attack London's infrastructure with bombers 12%
- Superpower Become a Global Superpower 12%
- Blitzkrieg Complete conquest of Poland in 6 turns as Germany or the Soviet Union (must control at least 6 regions) 12%
- Become a Nuclear Power Build a nuclear armed unit 12%
- Third Rome Play as the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, or Greece and conquer Istanbul 11%
- Germans Take Washington Play as Germany and conquer the American capital Washington 9.9%
- Germans Occupy New York Play as Germany and conquer New York City from the Americans 9.9%
- Drop Atomic Bomb Nuke an enemy city 9.9%
- Defeat America Force Unconditional Surrender on the United States 9.7%
- Soviets Winter War Victory Conquer Finland as the Soviet Union 9.7%
- Enter the Space Age Build an Orbital Science Lab 9.3%
- Soviet Surrender to Axis Axis armies for the Soviet Union to end the war 8.5%
- Soviets Take Berlin Play as the Soviet Union and conquer the German capital Berlin 8.5%
- Americans Take Tokyo Play as the USA and conquer the Japanese capital Tokyo 8.0%
- Enter the Industrial Age Complete the Early Industrialization research project 7.2%
- Americans Take Berlin Play as the USA and conquer the German capital Berlin 7.0%
- Complete Building for War Play the scenario Building for War from start to finish 6.6%
- Rebirth of the Ottoman Empire Play as Turkey and reconquer former Ottoman Empire territories. 5.8%
- Carpet Bomb London Bomb and destroy all factories in London 5.6%
- Established New German Government Establish Democratic German state 5.6%
- Japan Occupies Hawaii Play as Japan and take control of the Hawaiian Islands 5.6%
- Republic Victory in Spain Play as the Republicans or help them win the Spanish Civil War 5.6%
- Italians Take Cairo Play as Italy and conquer the Egyptian capital Cairo 5.4%
- Most Advanced Nation Complete all research projects with scenario turn limits 5.4%
- Empire Victory Win scenario in Empire Scoring Mode 5.4%
- Iron Curtain Play as the Soviet Union and create Soviet puppets in Romania, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, and East Germany 5.2%
- Allies Liberate Italy Play as the USA or UK and conquer Rome and establish a Democratic Italian state 4.9%
- Bomb Berlin Attack Berlin's infrastructure with bombers 4.9%
- Corpus Christianum Control the holy cities of Christendom as a Christian state; Rome, Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Constantinople (Istanbul) 4.7%
- Conquer South America Control all regions in South America 4.5%
- Pan-Turkic Empire Play as Turkey and conquer all regions with Turkic Culture 4.3%
- French Take Berlin Play as France and conquer the German capital Berlin. 3.9%
- Greater Bulgaria Play as Bulgaria and conquer all external claims plus Morava and Macedonia 3.9%
- Build Atlantic Wall Construct Coastal Defenses along the Western Atlantic shore regions from Finnmark to Aquitaine 3.7%
- Conquer North America Control all regions in North America 3.7%
- Liberator of France Establish Democratic France of give a French home region to the Free French 3.7%
- Liberator of Austria Establish Democratic Austrian state 3.5%
- Conquer Europe Control all regions in Europe 3.3%
- Greater German Reich Play as Germany and establish the Greater German Reich by conquering the Low Countries, Scandinavia, and Eastward to the Urals 3.1%
- Liberator of Poland Establish Democratic Polish state 3.1%
- Conquer Africa Control all regions in Africa 2.7%
- Conquer Asia Control all regions in Asia 2.7%
- Greater Italy As Italy conquer a Mediterranean Empire taking Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Southern France, Malta, Cyprus, and the Adriatic rim 2.7%
- Secure Eastern Borders As Germany, succeed in getting Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria to join the Axis alliance 2.7%
- Bomb Tokyo As the USA attack Tokyo's infrastructure with bombers 2.5%
- Greater Hungary Play as Hungary and conquer claimed regions plus Bosnia, Herzegovina, Dalmatia, and Bukovina 2.5%
- Bomb San Francisco Attack San Francisco's infrastructure with bombers 2.3%
- Holy Sites of Islam Control the holy cities of Islam as a Sunni state; Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem 2.3%
- Liberator of Belgium Establish Democratic Belgian state 2.1%
- Carpet Bomb Hamburg Bomb and destroy all factories in Hamburg 1.9%
- Bolivian Revenge Play as Bolivia and regain lost claimed territory from Chile and Paraguay, plus Acre from Brazil 1.9%
- V1 Launched As Germany launch a Guided Missile attack on London 1.9%
- V2 Launched As Germany launch a Ballistic Missile attack on London 1.9%
- Complete Last Days of Peace Play the scenario Last Days of Peace from start to finish 1.6%
- Japanese Co-Prosperity Sphere Play as the Empire of Japan and push the Western Powers from Asia and the Pacific 1.6%
- American Hemisphere Play as the United States and conquer all of the Western Hemisphere 1.6%
- Alliance Victory Win scenario in Alliance Scoring Mode 1.6%
- Sweden Founds Scandinavian Union Play as Sweden, form Scandinavian Union and conquer Scandinavian Claims 1.4%
- Reconquesta Play as Mexico and conquer claimed regions in the US Southwest 1.4%
- Rise To Power Rise from Minor Nation to Superpower 1.4%
- Federation of Central America Play as Guatemala and take control of Central American claims 1.2%
- Greater Iran Play as Persia and conquer the Azeri and Kurdish regions 1.2%
- Megali Idea Play as Greece and reconquer Constantinople and the Anatolian shores, the Dodecanese, Valona, and Cyprus 1.2%
- Denmark Founds Scandinavian Union Play as Denmark, form Scandinavian Union and conquer Scandinavian Claims 1.0%
- Norway Founds Scandinavian Union Play as Norway, form Scandinavian Union and conquer Scandinavian Claims 1.0%
- Greater Egypt Play as Egypt conquer Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 1.0%
- Greater Thailand Play as the Kingdom of Siam and conquer claimed regions 1.0%
- Greater Yemen Play as the Kingdom of Yemen and conquer claimed regions 1.0%
- Global Communism Win scenario in Ideology Scoring Mode as a Communist government 1.0%
- A Free World Win scenario in Ideology Scoring Mode as a Democratic government 1.0%
- Triumph of Fascism Win scenario in Ideology Scoring Mode as a Fascist government 1.0%
- Czechs Reject Munich As Czechoslovakia reject the Munich Agreement and survive until the end of the game 0.8%
- Lusitanic Empire Play as Portugal, conquer North and South Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Galicia and Brazil 0.8%
- Polish Survival Play as Poland in the Last Days of Peace scenario and survive until the end of the game 0.8%
- Authoritarian Rule Win scenario in Ideology Scoring Mode as an Authoritarian government 0.8%
- Finnish Winter War Victory As Finland, get a peace deal with the Soviet Union 0.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.