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Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront

Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront

Barbedwire Studios, Digitalmindsoft · released Jun 10, 2021

ActionSimulationStrategyPC

Call to Arms - Gates of Hell is a realistic RTS/ RTT game that offers endless replay value. Command all types of troops in historical singleplayer, dynamic campaign, PvP and PvE battles. Are you ready for some serious immersion in World War 2?

Steam page ↗Metacritic · users 7.7 ↗
78
VGC Score
■Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Update 69: V 1.064.0” (1mo ago)

73%
At launch
85%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
78%
Player sentiment
85%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

What players say

Why the number is what it is: aspect mentions counted across 300 sampled Steam reviews (252 positive / 48 negative), recent and most-helpful. Plain keyword counting, fully reproducible; nothing here is written by a machine.

What positive reviews talk about

  • Controls & UI7% mention it

What negative reviews complain about

  • Bugs & crashes27% mention it
  • Controls & UI21% mention it
  • Difficulty & balance17% mention it
  • Multiplayer & servers8% mention it

Satisfaction by hours played

Same score, different games: see how sentiment holds up the longer people play.

Under 5h

57%

21 reviews

5-15h

81%

37 reviews

15-40h

87%

55 reviews

40-100h

83%

66 reviews

100h+

88%

121 reviews

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 reviews85%791000
Metacritic user ratings–806
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)85%781290
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Jul 24, 2026) · 300 reviews sampled · 1290 total reviews in window · weighted 226.4 up / 42.7 down · computed 58m ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. HOT FIX 1 V1.065.0
    Jul 29, 2026
  2. Update 69: V 1.064.0
    Jul 24, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  3. Update 68: V 1.063
    May 7, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  4. Update 67: V 1.062.0
    Apr 8, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  5. Game Update & Spring Sale Announcement
    Mar 13, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  6. Update 66: V 1.061.0
    Feb 9, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  7. Game update 66: Open Beta
    Feb 6, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  8. Update 65: V 1.060.0 (Hotfix 6)
    Dec 16, 2025
  9. Update 64: V 1.059.0, Finest Hour - Hotfix 5
    Dec 5, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  10. Finest Hour - Hotfix 4
    Dec 3, 2025
  11. Update 63: V 1.058.0 (Hotfix 3)
    Dec 3, 2025
  12. Finest Hour - Hotfix 2
    Dec 3, 2025
  13. Finest Hour, hotfix 1
    Dec 3, 2025
  14. Update 62: V 1.057.0
    Dec 2, 2025
  15. The Open Beta for update 61 ends
    Nov 22, 2025
  16. Game Update 61 is in Open Beta
    Nov 7, 2025
  17. Update 60: V 1.055.0
    Sep 30, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  18. Update 60: Open Beta
    Sep 26, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  19. Small Hotfix
    Sep 6, 2025
  20. Content Update 6 is live!
    Aug 23, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  21. Update 59: V 1.054.0 - Content Update 6
    Aug 23, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  22. Game Update inbound
    Jul 15, 2025
  23. Update 58: V 1.053.0
    Jul 15, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  24. Game update 58: Open Beta
    Jul 11, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  25. Update 57: V 1.052.0
    Jun 19, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  26. Game Update - open beta ends
    May 24, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  27. Update 56: V 1.051.0
    May 24, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  28. Game update/ hotfix: Open Beta
    May 21, 2025
  29. Game Update & Sale inbound!
    Apr 25, 2025
  30. Update 55: V 1.050.0
    Apr 25, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  31. Devblog #157
    Apr 22, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  32. Update 54: V 1.049.0 - Community Update 4, part 2
    Jan 21, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  33. Winter sale & Community Update 4
    Dec 19, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  34. Update 53: COMMUNITY UPDATE 4, PART 1
    Dec 19, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  35. Community Update 4: Open Beta
    Dec 16, 2024
  36. Developer Blog #152
    Oct 21, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  37. Update 52: V 1.047.0 - Hotfix
    Oct 21, 2024
  38. Releasing Call to Arms - Gates of Hell “Airborne”!
    Oct 17, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  39. Update 51: V 1.046.0
    Oct 17, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  40. QoL Update Inbound
    Oct 14, 2024significant · resets scoring window

…and 10 earlier patch announcements.