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Game
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Stalingrad
Developer DTF games
Stalingrad (Russian: Сталинград, also known as Great Battles of WWII: Stalingrad) is a 2005 real-time tactics video game developed by Russian studio DTF Games for Microsoft Windows. The game is built-up upon Nival Interactive's Enigma Engine that was used in the Blitzkrieg game and is a fully stand-alone product. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
263 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 1, 2026 · last updated Nov 1, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
80
LovedLoved
125 positive · 31 negative
95% range 73–86%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 125 | 31 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 23 | 2 | 78 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
146 of 181 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
79% recommend · 127 yes, 33 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 160 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (409 of 472 positive).
Players praise Stalingrad as a standout WWII RTS that improves on the Blitzkrieg series. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note the game's high difficulty and historical accuracy. [4][5][6] A few players criticize technical issues like crashes and a launcher with ads. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [7]
They added a stupid launcher with ads almost two decades after release. That's criminal. Be ashamed.
- [2]
Everything you’ll need to know is covered here (except the meaning of life, I would recommend the bible for that) just skip down to what you want know! I will say in advance that I’m generally very grumpy and extremely strict when I review stuff, (I gave GTA V a bleeding 7 for crying out loud!) so it may surprise you when I say I gave this 10/10 Basically: This is one of the best games I have played all year! It …
- [3]
i ll keep this brief...like a lot of other reviewers i rate this game as the best in the blitzkrieg series ( i ve got them all ) and a superb ww2 rts game. i also think the soundtrack is ****ing brilliant !! 10/10
- [5]
This game is worth $20, let alone the $1.24 I actually paid. Probably the definitive WWII RTS. It's hard, but it's oh so satisfying when your plans work out, (or you snatch victory from the jaws of defeat). It's not about brute force. Well, it kinda is. Schwerpunkt. You concentrate forces on a narrow point in the line to achieve breakthrough. Stack armor columns in waves and maintain critical pressure on the main …
- [1]
If you're a veteran of Blitzkreig you'll know what to expect out of this game. However, Stalingrad improves in areas where Blitzkreig fell short. For example, infantry is much more useful. They don't die so easily and can hold their own in gunfights. Also, your units can't shoot through solid objects like in Blitzkreig. For those that haven't touched Blitzkreig, Staligrad works like this: In every mission, you're …
Summarised from 34 of the 254 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 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
79% of the 160 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Stalingrad. The complaint that keeps coming up: added a launcher with ads years after release. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Stalingrad received largely positive reviews, holding an average score of 73% at GameSpot and 60.00% at GameRankings.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 263 · most liked firstIf you're a veteran of Blitzkreig you'll know what to expect out of this game. However, Stalingrad improves in areas where Blitzkreig fell short. For example, infantry is much more useful. They don't die so easily and can hold their own in gunfights. Also, your units can't shoot through solid objects like in Blitzkreig. For those that haven't touched Blitzkreig, Staligrad works like this: In every mission, you're given goals to accomplish with a selected amount of units at your disposal.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'll be at Warfare this weekend, running What A Tanker @toofatlardies.bsky.social on my 15ft Stalingrad table! Come and say hi, and play for 15 /20 mins in an endless multiplayer game!
neutral · AI labelView post →This a real battle of Stalingrad ass game
positive · AI labelView post →Everything you’ll need to know is covered here (except the meaning of life, I would recommend the bible for that) just skip down to what you want know! I will say in advance that I’m generally very grumpy and extremely strict when I review stuff, (I gave GTA V a bleeding 7 for crying out loud!) so it may surprise you when I say I gave this 10/10 Basically: This is one of the best games I have played all year! It does everything I could want for a fun but still amazingly realistic ww2…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Excellent game!! The combat and dynamics are even better than the much newer Blitzkrieg 2 game. Heres what i love about this game: - USSR missions where if you retreat you are shot at by NKVD Anti-Desertion squads, NOT ONE STEP BACKWARDS COMRADS! - artillery has actual real ranges, mortars can hit targets across the map. In BK 2, mortars and artillery can barely fire longer than a few 100 feet. - infantry can ride on tanks!! I love this aspect of the game because its such as small feature…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Volgograd volcano is angry tonight. This is the city Putin wants to rename Stalingrad. Tonight the Wildberries siege didn't last very long. Game over.
neutral · AI labelView post →They added a stupid launcher with ads almost two decades after release. That's criminal. Be ashamed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Here's a negative review for adding a launcher with ads 19 years after release. My memories of 2005 RTS gaming seemed inviolable until that 67.7mb update. Can I explain why stuff like this should be completely excised, figuratively and literally struck with blows until it's leaking dog uh-ohs? The ONLY thing keeping most players even interested in continuing the hobby itself is the hope that one of the modern full-priced games released in the cycle will take us back to this temporal…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →From all the 1C's isometric RTS games, Stalingrad is my favorite. Gameplay wise it's still bad (that's why we don't see these Blitzkrieg engine games anymore), but you can see that the devs put a lot of effort and love into this title, which makes it stand out from the rest of 1C games. It's worth a buy, especially for that price! http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=792604333 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=792614018
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is an outstanding little game. Sort of a cross between COH/Faces of War and Theatre of War/Combat Mission. It's heavy on historical fact and covers the Stalingrad campaign from the summer of 1942 and the drive on the city by Army Group South, right through to the battle for the city itself. You can fight campaigns for both sides too. There is no skirmish mode and ovbiously the graphics aren't state of ther art any more. Having said that it's graphically rewarding compared to some of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terrific day at Salute yesterday, I spent the morning helping Joe Bilton with his amazing What a Tanker Stalingrad game along with Tom Egan. Then I spent the afternoon filming tables and interviews, so keep a look out for a video report later this week. Saw and chatted to loads of people!
neutral · AI labelView post →It was a great game, I managed to Stalingrad Vienna and get the entire Bavarian army wiped out to the last man, and I had to mortgage all my castles to the Swiss to balance the budget.
neutral · AI labelView post →😍 Congratulations @senetmagazine.bsky.social on 5 years! We loved reading the anniversary issue – and spotting reviews for Katmai and War Story, as well as an interview with Joseph A. McCullough and features on Undaunted: Stalingrad & Crescent Moon 👀👀
neutral · AI labelView post →I have just about 13.5 hours playing the Germans in the game . I tried to read the manual and it is in other then English but did Goggle some of it and ,was surprised at the historical accuracy that went into this game . First I paid 5. bucks US for this so @ 14 hours I got my moneys worth in play time the reading of deatils was English was very good . the maps surperb as well. Since I did not know what I was doing with know manual to speak of I played the first few battles of the campiagn on…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I say again. I want more Blitzkireg-based game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tomorrow will be the first time Shane McClanahan has pitched in a regular season game in 972 days. That’s 100 days longer than the Siege of Stalingrad for you history buffs.
neutral · AI labelView post →i ll keep this brief...like a lot of other reviewers i rate this game as the best in the blitzkrieg series ( i ve got them all ) and a superb ww2 rts game. i also think the soundtrack is ****ing brilliant !! 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In the house! Berlin, Fall of the Reich. This game follows in the footsteps of Revolution Games' popular Stalingrad and Manila games. Available soon from their website. #boardwargames #boardgames
neutral · AI labelView post →First game of the day! Little Stalingrad scenario for Combat Commander. Fitting since it has Canadians in it @gmtgames.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →New update is trash.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short note: my steam play time does not represent my actual play time spent in this game. Rating: mediocre (5/10) Introduction Stalingrad is a typical "Blitzkrieg" type of RTS - you are getting limited amount of troops with that you have to fulfill certain objectives put into missions of a campaign. You do not have the ability to build a base and produce units, however the units you receive mostly get multiple tasks or actions they can perform. Gameplay & Story: 5/10 The missions have…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’ve always tried to support up and coming designers like @djackthompson.bsky.social and @trevormbenjamin.bsky.social (those guys got a real future in game design) and I’ve enjoyed Undaunted Stalingrad so thought I would pick these up today. @ospreygames.bsky.social #WarGames #boardgames
positive · AI labelView post →Just finished the campaign game of Stalingrad Roads by @nutspublishing.bsky.social. Have played it solo for about a month (c25 hours total). Soviets took Kharkov on the last roll for a minor victory. Try a monster-ish h&c game solo, it can be a great experience. Video coming @fredserval.bsky.social?
positive · AI labelView post →*update* You may cant finnish the 7th german mission if you did the language update (german/russian). Just choose in steamsettings the english language. Steam will download the default version of stalingrad. After you've finnished the mission you can upadte it to german/russian version again! There is a bug in the steamversion! You can't finnish the 7th german mission.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →On this Independence Day Eve, I’m playing Not One Step Back - Stalingrad from Solo Wargame. The game is already kicking my ass as I’ve disappointed Stavka in the 1st turn.
neutral · AI labelView post →Another game in the Little Wars TV Stalingrad campaign, this time using my rules variant. Played twice and Russians lost both times. Good fun.
positive · AI labelView post →Today's video is Undaunted 2200 Callisto, the first sci-fi entry in the Undaunted series and also the first one I've played. If you have been looking for a skirmish game, this is a very good one and it has other entries in the same series that include Stalingrad and Normandy. youtu.be/x38os1PUQa8
neutral · AI labelView post →Another vintage Avalon Hill game at the club last night. Squad Leader scenario 1: Stalingrad. I played the Soviets and defeated the Nazi invaders. This was my first time playing this legend and I actually enjoyed it! I understand it does get a bit fiddly...
positive · AI labelView post →So, first off, we have to be clear about whether we're talking about tactics or strategy. Those are very different things. I'm describing strategy. We'll come back to that later. But when it comes to every layer of warfare, there's been a lot of Western myth-making about Soviet doctrine that doesn't really hold up to reality. The beloved popular image is the "Human wave tactics", massed assaults where the Soviets senselessly and moronically launched huge waves of soldiers at heavily defended…
neutral · AI labelView post →#boardwargames Tonight I shall be setting out on a campaign game of Stalingrad 42 from @gmtgames.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →The demo of Stalingrad Roads at @armchairdragoons.bsky.social Online finishes with Von Manstein successfully breaking the siege of Stalingrad. A good turn out for the demo. If you missed it and want to know more about the game we'll be demoing it again at @sdhistcon.bsky.social Online on 8th Feb.
neutral · AI labelView post →If Branca hadn't thrown that pitch to Thomson, the Dodgers would have won. If Hitler hadn't gone after Stalingrad, he would have won. We could play this game all day.
neutral · AI labelView post →This is the old ‘game’ or ‘simulation’ argument and the ‘is there a danger someone might end up having fun?’ FWIW I don’t think Stalingrad was a hoot yet we seem to have accepted you can wargame it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Simple, old fashioned, amazing amount of units in a battle for when this was made. Fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Battle of Taoyuan would make Stalingrad look like a game of paintball. And it’s only the first urban domino that must fall.
neutral · AI labelView post →looks like our favourite wargame & RPG publisher to exist because tea bags used to come with little cards featuring military planes, @ospreygames.bsky.social, have turned up here! a good time then to boost @danthurot.bsky.social's review of their ace, essential even, Undaunted Stalingrad also...
neutral · AI labelView post →if you can beat this whole game without save-scumming i will personally come to your house and kiss you on the lips (i won't actually do this)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Saw this in-design game in action here at WBC called Operational Warfare System After Stalingrad designed by Antony Birkett. Think modern mechanics being brought to the Operational Combat System in Tony’s words.
neutral · AI labelView post →On Wednesday I played Gavin and his Battle of the Bulge themed British in the ruins of Stalingrad! My Panzer 38 (t) was taken out by a Wolverine in turn 1, but I managed to grab a draw Great game and a wonderful opponent #Warmongers #BoltAction
positive · AI labelView post →Mad Alice Rad Alice Sad Alice Glad Alice Armor-clad Alice Digital Nomad Alice Undergrad Alice Unclad Alice Dryad Alice Comrade Alice Game Pad Alice Down Bad Alice Stalingrad Alice Alice Margatroid
neutral · AI labelView post →In anticipation of soon-to-be delivered to me Berlin: Fall of the Reich, 1945 I am playing again first game in the series Stalingrad: Advance to the Volga, 1942. If you want to learn more about that cool game, check my First Impressions: theboardgameschronicle.com/2023/05/09/s... #wargames #solo
neutral · AI labelView post →It's great to see Stalingrad Roads getting the Homo Ludens treatment! Thanks @fredserval.bsky.social for this great video overview and playthrough. If you like what you see, you can purchase your own copy here - www.nutspublishing.com/eshop/wargam... (or from most FLGS).
neutral · AI labelView post →If you're coming to Warfare over the weekend, come and play my Stalingrad What A Tanker game, over at Table D4 in the main hall!
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is worth $20, let alone the $1.24 I actually paid. Probably the definitive WWII RTS. It's hard, but it's oh so satisfying when your plans work out, (or you snatch victory from the jaws of defeat). It's not about brute force. Well, it kinda is. Schwerpunkt. You concentrate forces on a narrow point in the line to achieve breakthrough. Stack armor columns in waves and maintain critical pressure on the main point of attack to achieve advantage by disrupting the enemy's rear. As Guderian…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game crashes every time I try and open it. Their contact support button also does not work and so I have no way of resolving this problem.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Would you kindly elaborate? To my knowledge there were of course some Former Nazis/Nazi employed people active in the GDR and the Soviet Union, notable mentions being: - Manfed von Ardenne, a researcher who helpdesk with the developement of the first soviet nuke and headed his own medical/radiological Research Center in the GDR - Friedrich Paulus, the General that capitulated in Stalingrad and played some role in the rearmament of the GDR as well as a military-diplomatic branch towards the…
neutral · AI labelView post →Stalingrad with Extra Nightmares sounds like if the Fromsoft guys made a Call of Duty game in the style of Dark Souls/Elden Ring.
neutral · AI labelView post →I think the Stalingrad game was one of my favourites from the show. Just an amazing-looking table and a great setting for What a Tanker.
positive · AI labelView post →I managed to get the game for 1,4€. It took me 9 enjoyable hours to get to the 4th mission. Money well invested. :D I had to edit one game file in order for the game to be played on native resolution on my ultrawide monitor and it looks gorgeous on it for a 2005 game! Love it's 2D art, it's explosions, massacred soldiers, authentic landscapes, etc. I really like the historical videos that are played before each mission in the campaign, ingame music is cool and for me very fitting. The game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not amazing, but certainly enjoyable and a solid addition to a stellar set of Blitzkrieg games. Didn't like the pseudo-hard-rock sound track though. Hit and run and flanking attacks work best. Easy to master but you can ramp up the difficulty as much as you need to find the right challenge. Also like other reviewers say, nice to see infantry be actually useful for a change.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some time off but James from Nuts! will be demoing Stalingrad Roads at the ACDC Online convention on Saturday 18th January 2025 - something for your diary if you are interested in learning more about this fascinating game. tabletop.events/conventions/...
neutral · AI labelView post →An overview of the third game in the Roads series, Stalingrad Roads from Nuts! Publishing: youtu.be/lZuG9gZ_OOM #wargaming #boardgames @jsbuckley.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Ahead of starting a fresh Undaunted Stalingrad campaign I just revisited @danthurot.bsky.social’s review from WS4 & I have to say that when all is finally done here it will have been publishing pieces like this, & Dan’s most recent one on politics in boardgames, that will have made it all worthwhile
neutral · AI labelView post →Game aged poorly. Doesn't run well or smoothly on Windows 10.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very nice. I got this game on sale a while ago. Never heard of this before, just wanted to try something with the WWII theme. It was a good surprise to find that the game was so large, with 2 big campaings: one for the nazis and one for the russians. Took me many hours to finish it. I liked the RTS element and also liked that you can't produce units but you rather get reinforcements from time to time. The game is old but the graphics are still decent and the sound and music are quite adequate…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Originally had this on disk and spent 100's of hrs on this game now moved over to the steam version and its exactly as I remember it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →bro has been been channeling a spirit of his granddaddy who starved to death somewhere near Stalingrad, and forgot to context switch.
neutral · AI labelView post →Borderline unplayable Russian shovelware
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →had a mate over for a game.. felt very low effort inclined. so Undaunted Stalingrad... still a great game. And of course, I'm contemplating doing some 3d printed counters, because I can't help myself.
positive · AI labelView post →Undaunted: Stalingrad isn't an anti-war game, but it still captures shades of the horrors of war. This is a masterwork. My review: https://spacebiff.com/2023/08/07/undaunted-stalingrad/
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