This War of Mine

Released Nov 2014

In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.

92% positive · 98K reviews Definitive edition

Done

All announced content has been released

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Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

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Evaluation

This War of Mine has reached a clear endpoint of its content lifecycle. On November 14, 2019, 11 bit studios released "This War of Mine: Final Cut" — a free update explicitly described by the developer as "the conclusive, remastered edition of the game" and "a closing episode to the one-of-a-kind series." The art director's accompanying statement noted that the creative team had moved on to new challenges, framing Final Cut as the definitive capstone for the game. Following Final Cut, the only new paid content was a pair of charity DLCs: the War Child Charity DLC (released March 9, 2015, predating Final Cut) and the Forget Celebrations Charity DLC (released December 11, 2024), which was a 10th anniversary fundraiser for humanitarian partners including War Child and Amnesty International — not a continuation of the game's narrative or systems development. All eight DLC entries in the store are released with no unreleased items remaining. Maintenance has continued in a limited capacity: a bug fix patch was issued on December 18, 2024 to address issues introduced by the charity DLC, a modding tools fix followed on January 23, 2025, and a file structure reorganization was published on February 18, 2026 to make future updates smaller and faster. These are purely technical maintenance actions, not content development. The store description itself refers to "Final Cut" by name and describes it as containing "all the updates and free expansions released so far." All DLC listed on the store is released. The developer's own language — "Final Cut is final" and framing it as a "closing episode" — establishes this as a completed work. The charity DLC released in December 2024 was a one-off anniversary initiative, not evidence of ongoing content development, and the developer has made no announcements of any future content beyond that.

Evidence

Community update reaffirms Final Cut as 'the conclusive, remastered edition of the game that contains all the updates and free expansions released so far.'

news post · Nov 15, 2019 source development ending

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11 bit studios releases This War of Mine: Final Cut, explicitly described as 'the conclusive, remastered edition of the game' and 'a closing episode to the one-of-a-kind series.' The art director states the creative team has moved on to new challenges.

news post · Nov 14, 2019 source development ending

high

Content

8 of 8 released · no outstanding content

Released

This War of Mine: Forget Celebrations Charity DLC

Dec 2024

Released

This War of Mine: Stories - Fading Embers (ep. 3)

Aug 2019

Media

Details

Developer

11 bit studios

Publisher

11 bit studios

Achievements

Platform

Windows, Linux

Controller

partial support

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

Survival War Atmospheric Strategy Choices Matter Simulation Base Building Crafting Resource Management Post-apocalyptic Management Story Rich Indie Emotional Realistic

About this game

This War of Mine: Final Cut contains all the updates and free expansions released so far and introduces not only a new scenario but also expands all scenarios with the locations known from Stories DLCs - even if you don’t own those. In short words - that means you can now experience lots of never-seen-before playthroughs and struggle with new challenges.

Main changes:

Remastered versions of all the classic locations
One new classic scenario and a brand-new character
New quests and locations added to the original game
Vanilla version of the game

ABOUT THIS WAR OF MINE:

The pace of This War of Mine is imposed by the day and night cycle. During the day snipers outside stop you from leaving your refuge, so you need to focus on maintaining your hideout: crafting, trading and taking care of your survivors. At night, take one of your civilians on a mission to scavenge through a set of unique locations for items that will help you stay alive.

Make life-and-death decisions driven by your conscience. Try to protect everybody from your shelter or sacrifice some of them for longer-term survival. During war, there are no good or bad decisions; there is only survival. The sooner you realize that, the better.

This War of Mine - main features:

Inspired by real-life events
Control your survivors and manage your shelter
Craft weapons, alcohol, beds or stoves – anything that helps you survive
Make decisions - an often unforgiving and emotionally difficult experience
Randomized world and characters every time you start a new game
Charcoal-stylized aesthetics to complement the game's theme

The universe of This War of Mine has been expanded by following DLCs:

The Little Ones - explores the hardships of wartime survival as seen from an entirely new perspective - that of a child.
This War of Mine: Stories DLCs:
- Episode 1: The Father's Promise – a heartbreaking tale of loss and hope in a war-torn city
- Episode 2: The Last Broadcast – where, as a radio operator, you are going to face moral dilemmas and decide, whether there is a price too high for the truth
- Episode 3: Fading Embers – portrays a story of Anja living in a warzone and carrying a heavy burden as she has to answer to herself what is more important - survival of human legacy or the survival of a man