Sudden Strike 5 delivers real-time tactics in epic WWII battles. A host of tactical options and more than 300 playable units open-up multiple approaches to reach your objectives in a 25 mission campaign on historical battlefields in Europe and North Africa.
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Diary of Corporal Wilson, March 7th, 1945
Somewhere near Remagen, Germany
We’ve just taken the bridge at Remagen – made a breakthrough they never saw coming. Speed was our ally. The day was chill, no snow luckily, but nevertheless our breath was forming clouds in the crisp air. And yet, we took to action, flanked their Pak 40 positions with our Shermans, locked down the east bank with a barrage by 75mm M1 Howitzer and pushed forward before they could react.
The whole thing was wired to blow – but we moved too fast. They didn’t have time. This wasn’t about firepower, but timing. Planning. Discipline. Every move counted, and we made it to the other side! This could well be the beginning of the end for this gruesome war.
Sudden Strike 5 delivers real-time tactics in epic WWII battles. A host of tactical options and more than 300 playable units open-up multiple approaches to reach your objectives in a 25 mission campaign on historical battlefields in Europe and North Africa.
Timing is key, seize opportunities like capturing strategic locations to gain access to reinforcements or destroying bridges to cut-off enemy movement. Outsmart your enemies while managing supplies, and make sure you are in the right place at the right time to turn the tide of battle.
Choose your tactics wisely – we’ll meet you in the trenches!
Sudden Strike 5 delivers a truly immersive strategy experience 25 missions across huge, diverse maps and the highest unit counts ever seen in the series, setting the stage for large-scale tactical warfare.
Command over 300 authentic units – including more than 190 vehicles and 110 infantry units – such as the Sherman tank for the Western Allies, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 for the German troops, and the T-34 for the Soviet troops.
Utilize unprecedented strategic freedom by choosing your own tactics, units, and objectives to complete the mission goals. Seize and defend key locations like Field HQs, Supply Depots, and Train Stations to gain critical advantages, while using recon, sabotage, alternative routing, and smart unit combinations to outmanoeuvre your enemies.
Choose the Commander that best fits your playstyle and tactics – whether offensive, defensive, or more tactical. Each brings unique skills that can turn the tide of battle, such as deploying smoke grenades to provide cover on the battlefield or boosting the accuracy of your artillery.
Extended camera options let you zoom out for full strategic oversight or zoom in for a closer look at the frontline action, giving you better control over every aspect of the battlefield.
Test your strategy against real opponents or AI enemies across multiple difficulty levels, offering competitive PvP challenges.
Sums Steam only; PlayStation, Xbox, Epic publish no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
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SteamYou are here | $49.99 | 810reviews | 76% | — | $1.1M |
| $59.99 | 514ratings | 74% | — | not modelled | |
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The game isn't bad and it's been very fun playing it so far for 17-18 hours but I find certain things really disappointing. 1. The lack of a map editor. 2. The lack of more maps for skirmish scenarios and, 3. The domination mode which sadly requires one to capture some flags to unlock really good units. There should be an option to allow all units to be available at the start of the game, have higher starting or higher per minute resources allocation to enable more massive battles. 4. There's a bug or glitch where tank crew inside vehicles appear in some campaign maps sitting or standing and stationery in one spot while the vehicle moves in some direction, leaving behind images of their tank crew in some spot. Not good. Please fix this. 5. There should be more scenarios and maps available in the campaign modes of each of the three factions. Where is the battle of stalingrad, leningrad, and battle for moscow, from both the Axis and Soviet sides. Where is the famous battle of El-Alamein. 6. Also, there's something thats sudden strike 4 got right that sudden strike 5 is lacking and that is the planes bombs which are dropped aren't as effective in Sudden Strike 5 as they are in Sudden Strike 4. In Sudden Strike 5, oddly the enemy planes and artillery seem to he lethal and dangerous whereas whenever you play as any faction, your own artillery isn't as effective even if it hits an enemy vehicle dead centre. 7. The fuel and ammo mechanics should also have an option to be put off so that one can focus purely on combat and not worry too much about logistics, during the skirmish mode at least, if not for both the campaign and skirmish mode. The most glaring disappointments would have to be the lack of enough maps in the skirmish mode, the lack of more famous battles in the campaign mode for each faction, etc. This game can be made replayable endlessly if it had a map editor or scenarior or allowed the modding community to make maps and upload it on the workshop of steam for players to play.
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14 of 15 markets; the rest we haven't asked for this title, not markets where it is unavailable.
14 on sale1 answered “not sold”0 we did not ask
The 1 “not sold” market is read from the Steam price pass of Sep 4: that day the store answered for this game elsewhere and gave no price there. The 14 priced markets are the same rows as the table above — each the latest price we hold, dated here when it is older than that pass. The 0 marked “not asked” were not put to this store at all — either it has no storefront there or we do not collect it yet, and neither is a statement about the game. A refusal is a refusal on one day; a store can list a title again tomorrow.
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Languages: English*, German*, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Hungarian*languages with full audio support
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Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Hours played at review time, across 173 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Coming from Sudden Strike 4 I was initially a bit lukewarm on SS5 however after spending significant time in the campaigns it has grown on me immensely. The inclusion of reinforcements via railways and checkpoints is a welcome addition and adds a fun new mechanic to the classic SS gameplay, be ware that the enemy can also receive reinforcements. The game brings the classic Sudden Strike difficulty and each mission can take from 45 min. to a few hours depending your difficulty and gameplay style. I've played through the campaigns on hard which offer a challenging but fair difficulty to experienced strategy players. The cards that are earned through mission completion add a fun element of customizing your army to focus on tank warfare, infantry and artillery based on your gameplay style. I've had occasional bugs but after 80 hours I can count on 1 hand the bugs I've experienced so altogether not bad. I would recommend this game to fans of the Sudden Strike series, WWII strategy games or just strategy games in general, the game is challenging, rewarding and fun. It is another worthy addition to the classic Sudden Strike lineup and I'm thankful we still receive modern games and updates to this old school and legendary strategy warfare franchise.
I think its a great game! For what it is! Nice German voice actors and also allied and Soviet! And this time around REAL German flags and symbols! Thats a HUGE thing for me! I cannot stand the "forbidden" flags! Its totally BS! So great job for the devs! I especially enjoy the campaign co op with my son! We have a lot of fun with it although its basic unit sharing... but over mic and headset we plan and command and conquer! :) GREAT fun game!
Норм игрулька, но миссий маловато и толку от пехоты нет от слова совсем. Берешь артилерию с несколькими танками и буксируемой пво = победа(пока играл только в компанию но всё же)
Good RTS. It needs some patches to be more polished. But the gameplay is solid.
Läuft auf beiden Notebooks nicht, wahrscheinlich zu hohe Anforderungen an Rechner nicht empfehlenswert
Excellent game, just like the previous versions and much less complex than Steel Division or Warno
I love this game, however they need serious improvements. I always end up logging out because I get so angry. Your units need to be constantly micromanaged. Your supply and repair trucks will run ahead up your army and just die, your medics don't always auto heal and the thing that makes me flip, is if you accidently hit the unload button. If you accidently hit the unload button, everyone gets out of their vehicles and theirs no way to get them back in unless you many select and few at a time. This simple mistake, means the enemy wins in a war. Recommendations, have the units have some level of common sense/order in how they fight/travel. Have the ability to automatically Reload solders into all vehicles if you accidently hit the unload button, have a few options on the order in how your army travels. Would be the best game if they did some of these, especially the unload issue. This is a fun game however, just upsetting at times.
Absolutely recommend Sudden Strike 5. Enjoyed hundreds of hours in Sudden Strike 4 and this is what I hoped for. It is hard and has some new good features. Still it keeps the same spirit and gameplay. Absolutely love and recommend it!
Fantastic gameplay, graphics, sound, and immersion. The right balance of realism and fun. The missions are hard, but I really want it that way. I only wish there were 100 more missions to play, so hoping the "auto gen" or skirmish modes improve over time to really introduce replay-ability (outside of multiplayer mode). Highly recommended!
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