Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition
Released May 2015
Making History Gold Edition is the expanded and updated version of the original WWII grand strategy game Making History: Calm & the Storm. Command your nation and change the course of history.
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Evaluation
Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition released on May 19, 2015. The store description presents this as an expanded and updated version of the original Making History game — a "Gold Edition" that already incorporates game updates, gameplay improvements, and an additional scenario ("The Rise of the Reich"). The store language describes this as a complete, packaged product with no mention of planned future content or ongoing updates.
The developer news visible for this Steam page is almost entirely focused on a separate, successor title — Making History: The Second World War — covering its alpha testing (August 2017), Early Access launch (October 2017), update patches through late 2017 and early 2018, and its official release (April 2018). There is also a 2020 announcement of yet another separate title, Making History: The First World War. None of these posts announce new content for The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition itself.
The only post directly referencing this game is a minor launcher bug fix from August 19, 2015, just three months after release. There have been no major content drops, feature patches, or developer communications about this specific title since 2015. The Gold Edition appears to have launched as a complete, standalone package — an enhanced version of an older game — with no post-launch content cycle planned or delivered.
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Store description presents the Gold Edition as a complete, enhanced package of the original game, including updates, improvements, and a new scenario already bundled in. No mention of planned future content.
Short description confirms this is the 'expanded and updated version' of the original game — framed as a finished, bundled release.
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Factus Games
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Platform
Windows
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer
About this game
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, submarines, artillery, infantry, tanks, armored vehicles, fighters and bombers. Also research tactics like maneuver warfare, hedgehog defense and amphibious assaults to give your forces bonuses.
- Decide how much of your production is used to generate wealth, stockpile arms, build military units, conduct research, or construct more factories.
- Players control trade, aid, industrial development, infrastructure investments, and a deep field of research.
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Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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