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Future Wars
Developer Radon Labs
Battle it out on the proving grounds and get ready for Future Wars. Similar to classic titles such as Advance Wars and Battle Isle, the game takes strategy gaming away from the micro-management overkill that it has become and using simple, proven rock-paper-scissors principles, reopens the genre to everyone. From the Steam store page
190 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 7, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
29
Rotten
50 positive · 121 negative
95% range 23–36%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 50 | 121 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Negative
53 of 186 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
29% recommend · 50 yes, 124 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 174 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Negative (93 of 309 positive).
Many players compare Future Wars unfavorably to Advance Wars, calling it a poor clone. [1][2][3] Several reviewers criticize the game for bugs, poor AI, and a frustrating interface. [4][5][6] A few players find some enjoyment in the game, especially if they are fans of turn-based strategy. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [8]
This game is not great but not bad either. If you're looking for some turn-based strategy gaming similar to the Advance Wars series, but for your PC, then this is worth your time. There are big similarities but also some differences in the game rules compared to Advance Wars. To those who know Advance Wars, I list some differences: There are no naval units Only helicopters and air transports as air units, there are …
- [4]
A pile of ♥♥♥♥. If you bought this cause you were longing for some Advance Wars like gameplay, TOO ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ BAD. This steaming pile of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fails in every single aspect and my god the AI is awful. 0/10, regretting my purchase.
- [5]
If you are REALY want something that is exactly like like Advance Wars you may not be fully disappointed, because this game is exactly like that only (slightly) worse in every respect. The AI is ♥♥♥♥, the story and drawings smell of cheap, the tutorial is misleading, the unit design makes no sense, the UI is ugly and unresponsive with occasional glitches, ♥♥♥♥♥♥ options menu, there are no fight or capture …
- [6]
Holy crap... I love turn-based strategy, but this game is absolutely terrrible. The interface is abysmal (all clicking...only one hotkey). I thought for sure that this game would be good or at least passable, but omfg I was wrong. Honestly, I bought it for a buck, and I still wish I could return it, just so the devs don't get their cut for a game like this. I read the reviews and thought I would give it a …
- [3]
Imagine Advance Wars. Imagine Advance Wars with tedious controls and ♥♥♥♥♥♥ story and a fraction of the depth. You are now imagining Future Wars. Not even once.
Summarised from 34 of the 193 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Future Wars sits at 29% positive across 171 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 190 · most liked firstYou decided out of good reasons not to have a one-session online multiplayer mode. As in more complex maps, turns can take up to an hour, it just does not make sense to us. a Dev said, This is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen. If we want to spend a couple hours in a game why not let us. I know it may not be for everyone but the option should still be there. Especially since the game claims to have online multiplayer. This is borderline false advertising. As even if you are passing your…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Multiplayer means turn-based play-by-email or hot seat.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just a bad rip off of Advanced wars, the game is way to easy the only mission that is actully a challenge you get stopped halfway through.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A pile of ♥♥♥♥. If you bought this cause you were longing for some Advance Wars like gameplay, TOO ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ BAD. This steaming pile of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fails in every single aspect and my god the AI is awful. 0/10, regretting my purchase.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Future Wars < Advance Wars (seriously, the rest of this is just going to explain that point) I enjoy the genre that this game is. I mean... is trying to be. The problem is, this game has nothing original in it. Its a copy paste of Advance Wars for the Gameboy Advance... except even more dull. Now before you get harsh on me, I actually ...kinda... like this game. Ive played it, I have tried to enjoy it. I have had people comment on why I enjoy self torture for playing it. So, I have given it a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At least my Recycle Bin enjoyed this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you are REALY want something that is exactly like like Advance Wars you may not be fully disappointed, because this game is exactly like that only (slightly) worse in every respect. The AI is ♥♥♥♥, the story and drawings smell of cheap, the tutorial is misleading, the unit design makes no sense, the UI is ugly and unresponsive with occasional glitches, ♥♥♥♥♥♥ options menu, there are no fight or capture animations, no unit merging, I could go on and on. I myself only bought this because I got…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In the Future there is a War where robots knock out all the lights, leaving only lame electronic music to guide the way. An interesting concept where the player must hold Alt and press Tab as he frantically tries to escape the blinding robots of the future, but there is no escape! I was quickly confronted with the boss robot who had me holding down my power button in order to escape him. A fascinating game that shows off a unique control scheme. Rating: < 0
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game seemed to be interesting, but sadly failed on so many levels. Having been compared to Advance Wars, I was expecting a lot more out of the game than it gave me. The plot was uninspiring, the characters at least as much. The art, animations and unit design also leads much to be desired. Complemented with bugs, and a lack of other Advance Wars features mean that even Hot Seat and Editing fail to make this enjoyable and engaging. Much regret on my part for buying this game...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this on a coupon. I can't even remember what I paid, but it certainly wasn't much. Now, I'm not going to pretend that this is the outright worst game ever made, especially amongst these other reviews, but make no mistake; This is a bad game. There were some genuinely fun moments, and those were when the game played to its strengths, forcing me to take into account terrain, vehicle strength and driving distance. That's it. The bad: The AI doesn't know what to do with itself, choosing to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this game for 99 cents as a curiosity, but was very dissapointed. I'd say the biggest problem I have with the game is that it is customized for slower computers so I can't play it on my computer. Every turn feels like I'm draggng my feet through a hurricane that's pushing me backward slowing my pace to a crawl. As far as the gameplay goes, overall its not really too bad, but it is just a mediocre rts game that may have had a lot of potential if it had better game mechanics. My…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Who remembers FUTURE WARS? It was a very cool point and click game from the Amiga days. It doesn't come up often in conversation but it has such a memorable opening shot that its been burned into my retinas since 1990
positive · AI labelView post →There is a lot of reviews for this game that i find utterly useless, so I decided to write why this game really isn't recommendable in my opinion. As someone who advertises Advance Wars 2 as my favourite GBA game ever, I was pretty interested in this game since in its core, it is pretty much a clone of it. It's turn based combat on a square grid with units that attack neighbor fields or long range. The reason I stopped playing after two hours with a few crashes is simply the visual style. If…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Holy crap... I love turn-based strategy, but this game is absolutely terrrible. The interface is abysmal (all clicking...only one hotkey). I thought for sure that this game would be good or at least passable, but omfg I was wrong. Honestly, I bought it for a buck, and I still wish I could return it, just so the devs don't get their cut for a game like this. I read the reviews and thought I would give it a chance...don't make the same mistake I did.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A lot less Arrakis sandstorm orange in the miggy version. Future Wars is a pretty nifty point and click adventure game, though my favourite one from Delphine remains Cruise for a Corpse.
positive · AI labelView post →For anyone having issues that they accidentally changed resolution and can't get it back, here's an email from their support. That being said, I'll actually try the game now. "first of all thanks for the buy. Even though the options menu does not include all resolutions, it is possible to change them manually. Just go to: C:\Users\"Name"\Documents\Future Wars\profiles Now open the "profile" document with Notepad or Editor Find the ScreenWidth="1280" ScreenHeight="720" (or something like…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Imagine Advance Wars. Imagine Advance Wars with tedious controls and ♥♥♥♥♥♥ story and a fraction of the depth. You are now imagining Future Wars. Not even once.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What and absolute piece of crap, its so bad it would be hilarious if it werent for the 70 cents i wasted buying this abomination. After seeing all the negative reviews i though, come on, it cant be THAT bad, well, i was wrong. Seriously dont buy it, go and emulate advance wars instead.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very, Very disappointing. I was told before release that this game was made by the same guys that had created one of the all time best turn based strategy games ever in "Advanced wars" which was made for nintendo gameboy advance. What we received was a beat down, generic, shallow game. Lacking any polish or interest, even from the very first tutorial stage you will realize how far backwards a game of such legend can come. Graphics are stale, units are extremely limited and generic. Whilst it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bad clone of Advance Wars ...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →*Note* I got this on a coupon This game when I first loaded it made my computer crash and have multiple errors afterwards. After that occurred, I did not hesitate to uninstall the game. - 2 months later - I had decided to reinstall the game. This time it actually didn't crash my computer! However, the AI had no idea what it was doing and made this game seem very unfinished to me. I never played again. Maybe some day the game will be blessed and be better, because this game has potential.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Future Wars celebrates its 35th anniversary this month! ✨ ➡️ Intro: mastodon.social/@Gamrok/1134... I loved this game so much 😍 One of the greatest adventure games ever made. Both beautiful and innovative. #LesVoyageursDuTemps #FutureWars #DelphineSoftware #RetroGaming #AdventureGame
positive · AI labelView post →Heyo, if you are considering buying this game, DON'T BUY IT. It's an absolute piece of trash. The game starts out with this long, boring "cinematic". And here, I'm using the term "cinematic" loosely, since this is hardly animated. Of course, that doesn't make it bad, other games have done this before. Anyways, the "cinematic" drags on for about 5 minutes, then they let you into the tutorial. The tutorial showed me just how bad of a game this is. I was barely following the dialouge, so that may…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game for 50 cents on a steam deal and I regret it. I thought it was a steal for me to buy this for 50 cents, but i was dead wrong. Don't buy this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BOUGHT IT FOR ALL MY FRIENDS WE ALL RAGEQUIT AFTER LIKE 20 MINUTES AND WE LAUGHED OUR ASSES OFF 10/10 EVERYONE SHOULD BUY
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty frustrating at first. I personally had a hard time starting out, though it could be due to late night gaming. Don't bother if you're not going to stick with it long enough to really play it. I'm not enjoying it much myself, but I plan on sticking with it for a bit to see if that changes.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Four of my favorite games released in 1989 🤩 What are yours? #RetroGaming #Populous #IndianaJones #PrinceOfPersia #FutureWars
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's Lospec #pixel_dailies #pixelart prompt was *controls* with a fantastic, colorful palette -- lospec.com/palette-list... -- did these funky adventure spaceship controls! (reference is from an older point and click game: Future Wars: Adventures in Time).
neutral · AI labelView post →"Future..., Future..., Future." -Squidward https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH0eJY95rMY
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game isnt what i thought it would be. honestly, first thing i noticed was that it was BORING AS ♥♥♥♥!! the mechanics for the game is crap and it takes way, WAY, too long to do anything as well. No mulitiplayer like it says it has. (False advertisement). If i could get a refund for this game, I would definetly take it because this game is that bad.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#288 In honor of just leaving @konstantinosd.bsky.social's excellent Video Game Graphics history class for @d6learning.bsky.social, here's my favorite game from the always-beautiful Delphine Software. Future Wars is so pretty, an Eric Chahi masterclass, you can almost forgive the NA cover. #365games
positive · AI labelView post →Good idea, bad execution.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'd really like to have a good Advance Wars clone available on Steam, but this isn't it. The clunky, ugly 3D graphics are a huge step back compared to the clear and functional 2D graphics of the original, and it's far less intuitive to grasp the relative strengths and weaknesses of the units because they're not called "infantry" or "tanks" or the like. In short, it's an incompetent clone of a great game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This looks like it might have been a good game in the mid-nineties. The devs put a lot of detail in making the game seem like it was an old classic that had not aged well through the multiple ports, and the way they put in the auto-crash surprise complete with text dump really does make one sentimental for the old DOS days. But probably the most impressive example of their attention to detail has to be in the options panel. These sly characters purposely set the mouse scroll speed so fast it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Installed, launched and tried to setup a new profile and the game crashed to desktop. Launched again, got past that screen but couldn't select my native resolution (1920x1080) so had to play with either black bars or bad stretched aspect ratio. Edge mouse scrolling was non-functional at bottom but worked sides and top. Scroll speed was way to fast and no option to adjust speed. The UI felt clumsy and took too many clicks for simple instructions. Over the game feels like it needs a lot more…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Future Wars...heh. Well lets get down to it. Reasons I don't like it: *Pretty ♥♥♥♥ AI *Not much variety, mostly green areas. (no snow or deserts?) *Play by mail, need I say more? The game is chugs a lot. Not sure if my PC is really ♥♥♥♥♥♥ but, I mean I can play Team Fortress on it just fine, but THIS. NOPE. Overall its not worth the five dollars. (I bought it with a coupon for 50 cents, and it still wasn't worth it :I)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Battle it out on the proving grounds and get ready for Future Wars. Similar to classic titles such as Advance Wars and Battle Isle, the game takes strategy gaming away from the micro-management overkill that it has become and using simple, proven rock-paper-scissors principles, reopens the genre to everyone. With a modern 3D engine providing the graphics, a proven, easy to learn, but difficult to master set of rules surrounded by an engaging plot and challenging gameplay, the game will appeal…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want my money back. Thats really bad!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I made it to mission 8 before quitting. I found that the game really doesn't have much depth. The story is bland and serves little to no purpose. The campaigns are so long and drawn out you might fall asleep... I wasn't even sure if there was hotkeys as I was clicking a lot over and over... The game could've used way points for future captures, movement and attacks. There isn't a sleep option for units. So far you have some units that go over terrain and others cannot go over or through rocks…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Follow our [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/36214917/]Curator Group for more reviews Future Wars is a shockingly bad attempt at copying the Advance Wars formula. It takes nearly 10 times as long to finish a game. The traditional rock paper scissors combat system has been generalized so much that it is nonexistent. Every unit sucks at killing other units, increasing the playtime even more than it already is. This game has 0 redeeming qualities.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Future wars, after a bit of a struggle starting the game. Was an amazing experience! I feel like a better person for playing this game. the lady with very large and velumptious breast gave me an enormous erection. thanks future wars, for lots of fappy fun. So overall, apart from the horrific graphics, game play, lack of voice acting, shotty campaign. i had an amazingtime looking at a ladys giant cans in a tight pink jumpsuit
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is not great but not bad either. If you're looking for some turn-based strategy gaming similar to the Advance Wars series, but for your PC, then this is worth your time. There are big similarities but also some differences in the game rules compared to Advance Wars. To those who know Advance Wars, I list some differences: There are no naval units Only helicopters and air transports as air units, there are no bombers or fighters. All units are produced in factories, there are no…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Of all the games that I've installed today, played for 7 minutes, and then uninstalled - this might be the worst. Congrats, indie bundle POS. Attacking that backlog with a vengence.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Did you like the 'Advance Wars' series on GBA and NDS? If so, you will surely enjoy this turn-based strategy game which shares very similar game-mechanics. It also has nice graphics: vehicle animations, screen-shaking explosions, moving waves in the ocean surrounding the island, clouds & birds passing by etc. There is even a level editor included! > Fix: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1387966 (also working under Win7-x64) Plus you can play online and even by e-mail !!…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you ever played Advance Wars on Game Boy Advance or th DS, you would enjoy this. It's pretty much the same game but not as expansive as ADVwars. If you can get this cheap. Do. It's worth it just for plaing a skirmish with the AI.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Broken. And will forever remain broken.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a bit of a mercy thumbs up. Is the game great? No. But it is stable and playable. I alt tab a lot and didn't have any crashes and thus far it's not crashed and at the time of this posting I'm 1/3rd through it. You do have to run it in Xp SP3 or Win 7 mode. I did XP SP3. Apparently there's multiple player but you won't find anyone to play with and I can't really comment on that. The single player thus far follows a student learning to be a commander in kind of a starfleet environment.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had to email my save to my friend so he could take his turn. He then emailed the save back. Really? Might as well have been playing checkers in Notepad over the internet.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is not a good sign when the most recent news in more then half a year is an article link to a review of a game that is in a difference catagory, different country and even different decade that just happens to have the same name. No one proof read that first? I was hoping for a decent Advanced Wars knock off but this game is sub par even with that expectation. The story is cringe worthy and I lost interest after the first few missions. Unless you are desperate for a title of this type…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is utterly amazing. It's flawless, it runs ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ brilliantly, worth every penny. Would buy 10 times over. I give it a 11/18. Here's the best part, the multiplayer. I can play with all of my friends through email, it's great. The netcode is fantastic (unlike some of those Battlefield games). It registers everything, like all those hitmarkers. I'd recommend playing this on dial-up internet whilst dropping your pc off of the Burj Khalifa because this game is worth all of the moneys.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Biggest pile of cancer I have endured for 5 minutes
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Always loved this opening scene from Future Wars, the box art is really cool too. I remember finding the actual game incredibly frustrating at the time though, I was probably too young for it
neutral · AI labelView post →An amateur attempt to copy Advance Wars. Core gameplay is identical but badly executed. Action is extremely slow and cumbersome. You must wait for the previous action to resolve before queuing the next one which takes upwards of 4 seconds each time. Maximum resolution is 1680x1050 Zero customization options - Scroll speed, graphic options, button mapping, text speed, action speed - nothing. I skipped most of the dialogue so I can't say from first hand experience, but several other reviews…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →4/10 Picked this up because it was less than 1$ on sale and was hungry for something like advance wars. While it does have some similarities, the braindead AI, awful presentation and terrible writing just ruins it. There isn't much content in it either. Avoid and pick up wargroove or tiny metal.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As the hundreds of other negative reviews for this game show, this is a really poor turn based strategy game with cartoony graphics. Control a selection of samey units on a bland, uninspired square grid map. Despite being released in 2010, this feels like it was released in 2000. The graphics are awful. There's no support for proper widescreen/high resolutions. It's clunky as. This is quite simply a very badly conceptualised and very badly implemented game, one that I can't recommend,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't not recommend this game enough to people. The AI is extremely basic, and the multiplayer is a joke... I even tried "making it better" by storing the file on a networked drive, but even that didn't work out as planned. Please don't buy this game. Get a cheap GameBoy Advance or DS and play Advance Wars.... I will say the map editor is really cool, but sad you can't even play fun games on said maps :/
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Advanced Wars, but with a terrible UI, bland graphics, a dull story and all the fun removed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Garbage game. Multiplayer by email. This isn't the Advance Wars clone you're looking for, it's beyond terrible and an incompetent game at that. It is false advertising. Do not consider.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nope. Nope nope. This is a monstrousity. I probably didn't even make it to 30 minutes into this game, I was expecting something totally different.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The sole reason I bought this game was to inflate my steam games total number and basically inflate my e-balls (Internet balls) and honestly now the game just haunts my steam library like a desperate orphan trying to find his birth parents in a busy chinese town. This game actually features multiplayer that is called "Play by email" ♥♥♥♥ ME I didnt know we were still living in 2005 if I wanted to play chess with someone I'd go to their ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ house and play it. 1/10 - This game is the…
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