Act of War: Direct Action
- First release
- Mar 15, 2005
- Developer
- Eugen Systems
- Publisher
- Atari, Inc.
- Genres
- Strategy, Real Time Strategy (RTS) · Warfare, Action
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
Attributes
Details
Storyline, release dates, time to beat, age ratings, modes, links, keywords
- Release dates
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Mar 15, 2005
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Mar 18, 2005
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Apr 01, 2005
All 4 release dates
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Mar 12, 2008
- Time to beatIGDB · recorded
- Main Story
- 1h
- Main + Extras
- 1h
- Completionist
- 1h
- Game modes
- Multiplayer, Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Where to buy
- External links
- Wikipedia (opens in a new tab)Steam (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Fandom (opens in a new tab)Twitch (opens in a new tab)
- Keywords
- modern warfare, helicopter, construction, real-time, war
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At a Glance
- Critic Score
- 80
- Main Story (IGDB)
- 1h
- Main + Extras (IGDB)
- 1h
- Completionist (IGDB)
- 1h
Overview
Steam review summary
Steam users rate this Very Positive, 575 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026
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How it plays
From Steam
- RTS
- Strategy
- Military
- War
- Action
- Multiplayer
- Top-Down
- Destruction
Steam content notes
- Frequent Violence or Gore
- General Mature Content
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Languages
- Englishinterface, audio
- Deutschinterface, audio
Language data: IGDB · recorded 28 Oct 2026
Features
Steam features
- Steam Family Sharing
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Steam Deck
Valve rates this game Unsupported · recorded 16 Oct 2026
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