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Verdun
Developer BlackMill Games
Verdun is a squad-based multiplayer first-person shooter video game set during World War I. It was released on 28 April 2015 on Steam, after more than a year in Steam Early Access. The console versions for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S were released between August 2016 and June 2021. Verdun is inspired by the 1916 Battle of Verdun in France. The game includes historically accurate World… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
273 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Oct 30, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
83
LovedLoved
158 positive · 32 negative
95% range 77–88%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 158 | 32 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 21 | 0 | 61 |
| Lemmy * | 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
19,459 of 22,357 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
85% recommend · 160 yes, 29 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 189 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (32,507 of 37,719 positive).
Players praise the game's realistic and immersive World War I atmosphere. [1][2][3] Many note the small player base, with bots often filling matches. [4][5][6] Some criticize the developer for splitting the community across multiple games. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [8]
The devs kinda just killed their own games with what I assume to be either greed or incompetence. WW1 is unfortunately a very niche war to make a fps for. And they did it not once or twice but three times. They divided their already small player base between 3 separate games when they really should have made both Tannenberg and Isonzo as expansions for Verdun to keep their player base together. They basically …
- [1]
Verdun is a very realistic WWI shooter, with impressive attention to historical detail everything from the time period and countries to the uniforms and battlefield tactics feels authentic. The gameplay really shines when you’re working with a coordinated squad, especially with friends in voice chat, where communication makes a huge difference. Pushing through trenches and advancing across no man’s land creates a …
- [3]
Verdun Do not be fooled by the release date or the dated graphics. The experience is extremely immersive, especially when played without the HUD and with the black-and-white filter enabled. The weapon sounds and the atmosphere of trench warfare combat make it clear that this is not just another generic shooter; it is truly a labor of love for the immersive FPS genre. The survival mode is fantastic to play with four …
- [14]
There is no colorful skins, no battle pass, no grind. There is just fun of being a trench rat. This is what online game meant to be
- [2]
A realistic war simulation one mistake and you're certain to die. I love this type of game because it makes you realize that millions of people died in this war—people who had lives, families, and careers before the war, and time to hone their skills, but all of that vanished and they were forgotten overnight.
Summarised from 34 of the 267 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 10, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked Verdun talk about realistic and authentic WWI experience; those who didn't talk about low player count, mostly bots. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Verdun was met with "mixed or average" reception according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. GameSpot gave a score 6/10, and currently enjoys 87% recommendations by players on Steam.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 273 · most liked firstEvery text message from my dad during a Bengals game sounds like he’s writing from the front at Verdun.
neutral · AI labelView post →Huge game for all you Battle of Verdun fans.
neutral · AI labelView post →Rally the Troops has added yet another World War I game to the line up: Verdun 1916: Steel Inferno. This is a CDG about the trench warfare around Verdun during World War I, designed by Walter Vejdo, with illustrations by Tardi. rally-the-troops.com/verdun
neutral · AI labelView post →It's very funny to me how Treyarch spent millions on this omnimovement thing for Blops6 but at the end of the day it's a Treyarch CoD game so the maps are built around 3 lanes and every game there's a guy with an LMG that has a thermal and smoke grenades holding a lane like it's Verdun.
neutral · AI labelView post →I keep seeing all these tutorials for felt ornaments and I am feeling the need to make one of the hedgehog from Verdun, Bibliothèque Municipale MS 107, fol. 8. I’m not even christian, I’m just in it for the love of the game
neutral · AI labelView post →Made this weapon for the game Verdun. I lost the files though and I think the weapon got remade at some point and this version never made it into the game
neutral · AI labelView post →Would be good if they would combine all the games as to not divide the playerbase. as it stands you get maximum one quarter-filled server
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →More SDHistCon highlights. A Teach & Play session of Drachen, the upcoming recon series game centered on World War 1 Verdun, designed by @volko.bsky.social. Fascinating exploration of fog-of-war, intelligence, and hidden information. #boardwargames #boardgames @gmtgames.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Gsme devs hear me out. Nobody really is active on this game anymore snd I thought about this a lot over the last few years. IMAGINE if this game had a SANDBOX mode. Where I could spawn in armies snd play god or something. JUST saying, I LOVED this gsme when it was active. I’m just thinking outside the box here…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Satisfying early tests of DRACHEN "Driant" Training Situation - a solitaire mini-scenario to learn the game. The player guides the initial German onslaught at Verdun, but with the historical alternative that the French high command heeded warnings of a German buildup in the sector.
neutral · AI labelView post →The devs kinda just killed their own games with what I assume to be either greed or incompetence. WW1 is unfortunately a very niche war to make a fps for. And they did it not once or twice but three times. They divided their already small player base between 3 separate games when they really should have made both Tannenberg and Isonzo as expansions for Verdun to keep their player base together. They basically scalped their own games with their new ones. Realistically the only competition they…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is online competition only. The store page says there is single player, there is not. For those that like to compete and constantly trash talk or whatever... good for you! I'm glad there is an amazing game to enjoy. I have no problem with that. My only issue is that this is not for me, and that the store page misrepresents what the game is all about.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →AYYYY cool!!! I played a lot of Verdun back in the day. Easily my favorite WWI game
positive · AI labelView post →TL;DR They'll keep pumping out new editions and abandoning the previous games, thus wasting your money. Do not buy unless you're a turbo nerd for historical guns and/or military history. This will be a dead game when the next comes around. What a waste. I do find it incredibly frustrating how you've decided to develop these games. Each release splits the player base even further. Verdun was a lot of fun and had such a wonderful spread of weapons, but the game as a whole felt clunky, like an…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can keep going too Every New Blood game Pathologic 2 Mount and Blade AtomRPG Troubleshooter WW1 Game Series (Verdun, Tannenburg) American Truck Sim Jagged Alliance 3 Art of Rally EYE Divine Cybermancy Dread Delusion Pacific Drive
neutral · AI labelView post →no doubt it was a good game but its only multiplayer and no one actually plays the game. you just havebots. if it had a campaign it would be good but no acutaly reason to buy this game in 2026
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Drachen development playtest today via TTS. Each side in this case fulfilled 1 of their 3 Objectives. The Germans' offensive failed to take ground. But the game win went to them, as the French defense was advantaged here, in the last gasp of German effort at Verdun in July 1916.
neutral · AI labelView post →Interview with Hermann Luttmann Designer of A Hell So Terrible: Verdun 1916 from @gmtgames.bsky.social theplayersaid.com/2026/05/25/i...
neutral · AI labelView post →Verdun is a very realistic WWI shooter, with impressive attention to historical detail everything from the time period and countries to the uniforms and battlefield tactics feels authentic. The gameplay really shines when you’re working with a coordinated squad, especially with friends in voice chat, where communication makes a huge difference. Pushing through trenches and advancing across no man’s land creates a completely different pace compared to the fast, chaotic action of games like…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It has been a while since I reviewed a game but I'm back! This week it's the excellent Verdun 1916: Steel Inferno from Fellowship of Simulations. This is one of the hottest CDGs of the last few years, and while it is impressive, do I love it? ...yes? ish? www.stuartellisgorman.com/blog/verdun-...
neutral · AI labelView post →I've been so distracted by "real-life" for the past 12 months, I think I missed the first volume in the "Recon Series"... but @volko.bsky.social Verdun game looks like something special.
positive · AI labelView post →A realistic war simulation one mistake and you're certain to die. I love this type of game because it makes you realize that millions of people died in this war—people who had lives, families, and careers before the war, and time to hone their skills, but all of that vanished and they were forgotten overnight.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Warm memories to heat up to during this end of Winter! Lovely game Volko. Give me some days and I'll be ready for some Verdun Steel Inferno Action.
positive · AI labelView post →I’m doing some unboxing videos tonight. 1st up is Verdun from Dragon Dawn Productions. A very fun and fast playing trick taking card game.
positive · AI labelView post →Brand new video and it's back to the First World War, with @mogsymakes.bsky.social's Verdun game that he took around shows. Recorded at Wargames Illustrated HQ back in January. Enjoy! youtu.be/SD2sGiFQDhg
neutral · AI labelView post →Bois des Caures, Verdun 1916. A game put on by myself and Scrivs using Chain of Command rules. In 2015, we were able to visit the site of the battle and pay our respects. Full article here: mogsymakes.net/bois-des-cau... #ww1 #chainofcommand #toofatlardies #spreadthelard #mogsymakes #scrivsland
neutral · AI labelView post →The game is sadly dead. It’s actually very good and I really enjoyed it, but there’s simply nobody left to play with. Because of the lack of players, I can’t really recommend buying it..
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New video and we are back to Verdun as @mogsymakes.bsky.social and myself face off in a game of Square Bashing hosted at the Wargames Illustrated HQ. Will the Germans crack the defensive ring of French forts? Find out here: youtu.be/9eOtHUrw-Mk
neutral · AI labelView post →Running into battle while playing Hed Pe's broke album goes hard.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Verdun is a good option for patient players who expect more authentic gameplay rather than just fast-paced action from shooters. The First World War period isn't often explored by video game devs, and shooter designers especially avoid it. This is what makes Verdun stand out. The devs have kept refining and expanding this work, thus making it a solid game. 🧠The game does not have a story campaign because we can only engage in online battles. The primary game mode enables us to select our…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some really interesting games this week. Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs Unreliable Wizard Striking Flint Dog Star Shippers Harrow County Ezra and Nehemiah Bluey Keepy Uppy Game Sidereal Confluence Verdun Peacemakers: Horrors of War Comet AMA!
neutral · AI labelView post →But they introduced air warfare in the latest DLC, proper stuff with air carriers, strat bombers, fighters....etc and it hilariously broke the community. My buddy rants now everytime we talk of "fcking bombers" Game went from 1916 Verdun straight to 1944 Normandy
neutral · AI labelView post →Verdun Do not be fooled by the release date or the dated graphics. The experience is extremely immersive, especially when played without the HUD and with the black-and-white filter enabled. The weapon sounds and the atmosphere of trench warfare combat make it clear that this is not just another generic shooter; it is truly a labor of love for the immersive FPS genre. The survival mode is fantastic to play with four friends, and the trench warfare mode is spectacular, you genuinely feel…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A small trick-tracking game about major World War I battle, which plays great with two or four players - this is Verdun, an unexpected discovery for me in last months. Let me present you its components and gameplay! theboardgameschronicle.com/2025/11/19/u... #DragonDawnProductions
neutral · AI labelView post →I actually did do something similar to this (inspired initially by @scribblemhorror.bsky.social's Mapping Game, which took inspiration from Verdun!) It was for a stand-alone dungeon crawler game that I was working on called ODD DELVES - I should return to that someday, haha.
neutral · AI labelView post →I left my trench and died, realistic WW1 experience. 100% recommend!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A brutal german breakthrough at the east flank, taking the banks of the Meuse and preventing french forces from recapturing the area. Really enjoyed our first short game of Verdun: Steel Inferno. We played 2 months of the war, a "full" game would be 11! (though the germans can force victory sooner)
positive · AI labelView post →History buffs here’s a video on WWI Verdun. Related, check out @volko.bsky.social upcoming game “Drachen Reconnaissance at Verdun 1916”. It’s an innovative game on recon. Support it on GMTs P500 so you don’t miss a fascinating game. www.gmtgames.com/p-1162-drach... - youtu.be/1FjyVzoDDVI?...
neutral · AI labelView post →They should have made Tannenberg and Isonzo part of this game. Everyone plays Isonzo now so this game is dead.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →World War I? You want to know about World War I? I'll tell you about World War I, and I'll tell you why it makes me so angry! It was a time of pure insanity, when the leaders of Europe were too proud and too stupid to see that they were leading their countries straight into a meat grinder. Millions of lives were lost, and for what? So that some egotistical monarchs could squabble over a few scraps of land and power? And the conditions in the trenches - it was beyond cruel. Soldiers were…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →nobody was in the game...looks like an abandon game without any players...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For those interested, here is “A Hell So Terrible: Verdun 1916 At a Glance”, including info on what the game is about, how to win, the flow of a turn, cards, signature systems, and more. You can learn more or preorder A Hell So Terrible here: www.gmtgames.com/p-1192-a-hel...
neutral · AI labelView post →Fun lil game with a great community and an occasional flying limb. Slap the gasmask on and fall in line, private!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There is no colorful skins, no battle pass, no grind. There is just fun of being a trench rat. This is what online game meant to be
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you and your families! Did you know the WWI "Christmas Truce" is 110 years old this year (and it's in the game Verdun)? www.youtube.com/shorts/c3mXf...
neutral · AI labelView post →Right, so, ready for this? It's an indie top-down survival horror game set in the Battle of Verdun, in WWI. No supernatural elements or anything, you're just a hapless French conscript on a Quixotic quest to find his missing brother in No Man's Land.
neutral · AI labelView post →My Favorite Wargame Cards – A Look at Individual Cards from My Favorite Games – Card #92: Castelnau and Voie Sacrée from Verdun 1916: Steel Inferno from Fellowship of Simulations. theplayersaid.com/2026/09/02/m...
neutral · AI labelView post →(1/3) We have just concluded first day of Przemyśl convention, taking place in picturesque city on the Polish-Ukrainian border. Small, dedicated and very thematic meeting. For a warm-up we played Verdun - that trick-taking game is much deeper than it might seem.
positive · AI labelView post →It’s fun, but it’s a dead game. For anyone who’d like a similar game that has more players, I’d suggest Holdfast: Nations At War, specifically the Frontlines game mode, though it is a bit less complicated, which can be vied as good or bad.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Verdun is a trick-taking game, but don't let that fool you. This is a deliberate slog, one that centers the horror of its titular battle. My preview: spacebiff.com/2024/06/04/v...
positive · AI labelView post →Absolutely 10/10. Wasted sweet hours back in the ol' days. Bought on Steam as well just to support. Recommend playing all of WW1GameSeries ❤️
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →full of cheaters and they do nothing about it, like 40 people play at a time, games dead
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lots of highly intelligent people leaving negative reviews after buying what was already a niche game that is now over a decade old and complaining it's dead. The game is perfectly fine to buy on sale if you don't mind playing with bots like I do. Game is still immersive and fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I find it strange that each game is stand alone. It makes sense. This is 10 years old. It's still fun. It's quite empty and the bots fill the game. Well there was one game that had 40 odd people. Glad I bought it years ago, before the price went up dramatically?! Bots are quite accurate. Attacking their trench can be hard. Other times they stand in the "No mans land" wide open, and aim. They're not perfect but they are hard. It's better to start from scratch/build using data pieces. Instead…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game first became available through Early Access in 2013 and then launched its formal PC version two years later in 2015. The game does not incorporate a single-player campaign which would have been amusing to experience an adventure from that time period. 🎮Verdun provides diverse game modes. Squad Defense is a co-op game where we fight off waves of opposers. It's not a peculiarly cliffhangging game, and most individuals will give up after the first playthrough. Rifle Deathmatch and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Average $10 GDQ donation: [hour by hour summary of the Battle of Verdun] Average $100 GDQ donation: Love this game, love this runner, #transrights Average $1,000 GDQ donation: kweh
neutral · AI labelView post →Played 5 turns of Marc Miller's Verdun game, made significant gains as the Germans but took some devastating losses in the last round of attacks. We meticulously saved the game state, so the winner remains to be decided
neutral · AI labelView post →Played this game for probably 5 years now, its a fun shooter and based of my favorite historical war. I'm at max level and despite the 3 other games I always come back to this.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just a game i like to play. I find the atmosphere incredible :) I often start the game with one battle in mind and then i find out that i spent way more time than expected on it :)
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