Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition overview

Overview

Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition comes from Muzzy Lane Software and is published by Factus Games. It arrived on Steam on May 19, 2015, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 8 players at 10 October 2026 - 04:28:29 UTC, with a tracked peak near 17. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 87% positive across 179 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition is available in 2 languages including:

4 regional rating boards including esrb, dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition has sold up to 7,229 units and has 164 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $30,906. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition overview details

Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Making History: Calm & the Storm Gold Edition is a turn-based grand strategy classic. Play against the world or join an alliance. Attempt to alter history or replay it. This release includes many game updates, key improvements to strategic and tactical gameplay, and features a new Germany focused scenario: "The Rise of the Reich". In addition to managing the military, players must build, supply and grow a modern industrial base in order to field forces capable of victory. The decision to expand factories, research new weapons or recruit more units is in the hands of the player. War will come and the nation must be prepared. FEATURES Clean, intuitive interface and gameplay make this one of the easiest grand strategy games to learn, and the open nature of the game combined with the ability to play as any one of over 80 nations offer endless replay-ability. Gold Edition adds new military unit properties and gives you the ability to rename units, preset rally points and set way-points for more tactical movement. Regions can upgrade defenses, transportation, and food production simultaneously. Better financial reports let you manage your treasury more easily. Different victory conditions available: Nation, Alliance, or Ideological (Democracy, Communism, Fascism, or Authoritarianism) You can also go for a domination victory and set the percentage of land you need to control to win the game. Ten scenarios included with multiple starting points before and during the war. Plus alternate history and the fantasy scenarios. Research, build and deploy a wide variety of ships, subm…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition is listed as a game with $4.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Simulation and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 8 players at 10 October 2026 - 04:28:29 UTC, a tracked peak of 17, and 87% positive reviews.

Overview tags

StrategySimulationWorld War IIGrand StrategyHistoricalTurn-Based Strategy

Support and legal notes

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