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Master of Command

Master of Command

Armchair Interactive · released Oct 26, 2025

StrategyPC

Take command in Europe's greatest 18th-century war. Equip & customize regiments, manage supplies, and engage in brutal real-time battles across procedural campaigns. Resources and replacements are scarce, and keeping your best men alive may matter more than any single victory.

86
VGC Score
Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Patch 1.5.5” (2mo ago)

85%
At launch
92%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
93%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)0
All-time Steam reviews92%871000
Metacritic user ratings0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)93%87435
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Jun 14, 2026) · 300 reviews sampled · 435 total reviews in window · weighted 231.9 up / 17 down · computed 4h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (1)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 76
    trust 59Dec 19, 2025

    A compelling strategy game that, despite its weak storyline, unfolds its full tension and depth, especially in free campaign mode.

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Patch history

  1. Patch 1.5.8
    Jul 8, 2026
  2. Patch 1.5.7
    Jun 22, 2026
  3. Hotfix 1.5.6
    Jun 17, 2026
  4. Patch 1.5.5
    Jun 14, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  5. Patch 1.5.4
    Jun 5, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  6. Patch 1.5.3
    Jun 3, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  7. Patch 1.5.2
    Jun 2, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  8. Patch 1.5.1
    Jun 1, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  9. Update v1.5.0 "Cold Steel"
    Jun 1, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  10. Patch v1.4.2
    Apr 14, 2026
  11. Patch v1.4.1
    Apr 14, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  12. Update v1.4.0 "Scorched Earth"
    Apr 11, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  13. Patch v1.3.2
    Mar 13, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  14. Patch v1.3.1 + New Roadmap!
    Mar 3, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  15. Update v1.3.0 "War Council"
    Feb 28, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  16. Patch v1.2.3 Localization Bugfixes
    Jan 7, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  17. Patch v1.2.2 Shop Bugfixes
    Dec 20, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  18. Patch v1.2.1 HRE Bugfixes
    Dec 19, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  19. Update v1.2.0 "Imperial Decree"
    Dec 19, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  20. Patch v1.1.2 Artillery improvements, bugfixes
    Dec 2, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  21. Patch v1.1.1 Difficulty adjustments, AI, Localization
    Dec 1, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  22. Update v1.1.0 "Engineering Corps"
    Nov 30, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  23. Master of Command: Roadmap Nov-Jan
    Nov 6, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  24. Patch v1.0.3 New Marsh Map and Campaign Updates!
    Oct 31, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  25. Patch v1.0.2 New Map and Balance Updates!
    Oct 30, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  26. Patch v1.0.1 Artillery Rebalance!
    Oct 29, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  27. Master of Command - Now Available!
    Oct 27, 2025significant · resets scoring window