Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star
Released Feb 2014
Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star is a sequel to Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943. It’s an Eastern Front war game with solid graphics and sprawling battlefields that really emphasizes the scope of WWII tank combat.Want to step into the role of a commander in the very heart of Kharkov’s defense?
82% positive · 452 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $19.49 $29.99 −35%
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Evaluation
Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star launched on February 11, 2014 and received a burst of DLC releases throughout 2014, with all 8 DLC items shipping between May and December 2014. Following the DLC releases, the developer continued updating the base game with feature patches and bug fixes into mid-2015, with the last recorded developer communication being a bug fix patch on July 17, 2015. All listed DLC is released with none pending. The developer has not posted any news, announcements, or updates since July 17, 2015 — over a decade of silence. There are no outstanding content commitments, no unreleased DLC on the store, and no developer statements indicating future content is planned. The game launched as a complete product and received its full complement of paid DLC and post-launch patches within roughly 18 months of release. Based on the complete DLC catalog, the sustained post-launch silence since July 17, 2015, and the absence of any announced future content, the game's development and content cycle appears to have concluded.
Evidence
Bug fix patch released in July 2015 — the last recorded developer communication for this game.
Krasnaya Polyana 1943, the last paid DLC, released December 16, 2014. All 8 listed DLC items are released with none pending.
Content
8 of 8 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Graviteam
Achievements
31
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star is a sequel to Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943. It’s an Eastern Front war game with solid graphics and sprawling battlefields that really emphasizes the scope of WWII tank combat.
Want to step into the role of a commander in the very heart of Kharkov’s defense? You'll have everything the officers had back then: tanks, guns, and fearless soldiers. The success of each opposing force hangs in the balance every day. Your decisions will determine who wins the Battle of Kharkov.
Features:
Want to step into the role of a commander in the very heart of Kharkov’s defense? You'll have everything the officers had back then: tanks, guns, and fearless soldiers. The success of each opposing force hangs in the balance every day. Your decisions will determine who wins the Battle of Kharkov.
- 8 operations for the Red Army and Wehrmacht.
- More than 60 detailed units of the Soviet Union, Germany and UK, including Pz VI "Tiger", MkII "Matilda" and KV-1 with various modifications.
- Huge realistic landscapes (over 260 sq km), reconstructed by the topographic maps and photo.
- Quick battle anywhere in the operation areas.
- Mod utility set and campaign editor.
Features:
- High replayability and flexible AI. It chooses the best strategy based on behavior rather than a script. Scenarios can be replayed using different tactics, as though playing against a human opponent.
- Real soldier behavior: every soldier has several basic parameters, such as experience level, fatigue, and morale, which affect their behavior and effectiveness.
- Detailed recreation of weapons and realistic ballistics: bullets and projectiles follow accurate trajectories.
- Comprehensive vehicle damage system: engine, suspension, weapons, and aiming mechanisms can all be damaged separately, affecting the combat capabilities of the vehicle.
- Destructible environment: nearly everything can be blasted and destroyed, from ground terrain to houses and enemy defenses. All traces of previous battles remain on the battlefield.
- Dynamic day, night and weather effects, all of which affect combat through terrain traversability, battlefield visibility, hidden force capabilities, and more, smoke screens, light flares e.t.c.
- Military encyclopedia with 3D model viewer and detailed data on all units, describing their historical and in-game characteristics.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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