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Advanced Tactics Gold
Developer VR Designs
Advanced Tactics: Gold offers a unique and infinitely replayable wargaming experience for any strategy fan. Building off of the enormous success of Advanced Tactics: World War II, the Gold edition gives players a more powerful game editor, much improved random game engine, many new features and abilities, and more. From the Steam store page
135 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Jul 26, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
82
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110 positive · 24 negative
95% range 75–88%
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Steam's own rating
Very Positive
149 of 178 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
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Reactions
60 of 135 · most liked firstRewriting my review to ensure everyone would know how awesome the game is. Been playing with the Matrix Store version of the game prior to its steam release. I believe the game has been around for quite awhile now but it is only known to a few number of people. I was browsing the Matrix store a few years ago after hearing about Distant Worlds and I stumbled upon this gem. The game is a wargame with a lot of mechanics like entrenchement, morale, supplies, etc. The game may not be the prettiest…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like strategy wargames, get This game! and if you wonder why, a short list of reasons; 1. subformations, instead of producing units, your cities will produce the individual components, it is up to you to decide how to compose your units 2. command structure, your units will fight better with nearby hq units adequately staffed with Command units 3. supply. soldies need beans and bullets to carry on the war! not only will you have to produce enough supply to feed your troops, you also have…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Find me another war-game where you play on random-maps against brutal AI. Steep learning curve and patience required, be aware.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A really great game, it is my favorite game, and here's why... Random Games The random games and the editor allows you to play this for a decade straight, every random games match has led to a completely different match, and can be randomized more with the ability to choose size, age (How flat the terrain is, older is flatter), weather (None, or Tropical to Arctic), and more Editor The editor is very, very powerful, it (As in the description of the game) is very versitile, all you have to do…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great Game!!! Well worth the investment for any wargamer. Great and simple mechanics, Wonderful random scenario Generator. The best and most elegant production system for this type of wargame. The UI is a little outdated but the depth of strategy is enough to overlook it. At first the some the interface can be annoying and confusing but after a while you begin to understand why it is designed that way and it actually makes for a much more flexible gameplay. I put hours in on this game before…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've found my next timesink. There is a vibe to this game very similar to Dominions 4 and Hearts of Iron 3, a kind of "This will take me forever to play through a game of, but holy ♥♥♥♥ I love this" vibe. I played through a few random matches before giving the multiplayer a shot, now that is something. You can sit there and play a scenario of just about whatever you can create with a friend and it will be the most grueling strategic battling ever. With all of the appropriate and expected…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a great hex based strategy game. The AI is a good opponent too! I wish my friend would buy this so we could play against each other. Its fun to play matches against multiple AI enemies. The customizable random world map makes for lots of replayability too. Lots of different units (just simple tokens on the map) that are upgradable to more powerful versions (fighter III, etc)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The reasons why I can't recommend this game: ------------------------------------------------- 1) No steam workshop. You have to register on their site to get mods. Registration requires a serial number. 2) For reasons outlined below, I have a major issue with Slitherine and Matrix with their anti-consumer behavior for games you purchase directly from their site: a) Matrix and Slitherine as companies do NOT honor a download policy when games are lost. You can reinstall on Steam but you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best turn-based wargames of all time. Notable for having production, supply flow, and tech research - features that are more typical of RTS and Civ games. The core game engine is extremely powerful and flexible, such that there are mods for Roman Empire games, fantasy games, space opera games, and more.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It might look rather simple, But its not. It has a quite deep tactical gameplay. Supplies for units. ore for production of various units you can use in divisions. oil for motorized units, carefull tho once you run out of oil your war machine stops to a grinding halt, tanks and motorized units can barely move, any aircraft is grounded. It has a small learning curve but once you know what every button does its fairly easy. It also has a random map generator with quite alot of settings. you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just awesome, best wargame around Also just want to add that there are a lot of scam/spam negative reviews for some reason. Steam should delete them. BUT this game is the best wargame I've ever played, and that's saying a lot. It is so flexible and versatile and really not that hard to come to grips with. One you learn the hotkeys, things become a snap.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A good design held back by some needless over-complexity and an interface that requires not only a lot of working out but a lot of "busy work" even once you know it very well. As wargames go this is one of a kind and the flexibility of the scenario design system is a real highlight... but, at full price and given the other options on the market, it's hard to recommend. Word is there's a sequel on the way - hopefully it capitalises on the strengths of this while streamlining the UI and some of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I own all the VR Design games. Adv Tactics is a good basic game. I would suggest adding the leader mod to allow for more interesting challenge.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →to all who think this game is not good, i have a phrase for you"never jugde a book by it's cover". and it is worth evry penny you pay. edit- and if you love this game i seggest you get matrix/siltih other awesome titles that are on steam.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am so happy that I bought this game. I was searching for something like this for a very long time, a wargame that I can wrap my head around (100+ pages of manual might look daunting for someone not used to tabletop wargames, but trust me, this is on the light side) with a random map generator! That plus many parameters for random generator and many premade scenarios can get you an unlimited replayability and incredible variety: want to play WWII scenario? You can! Want to have almost 4x stile…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At first I hated ATG:G because it was difficult and unforgiving to a new player. The way the AI plays you'd assume it was cheating, but it isn't. Instead, the AI is exploiting you as much as it can; taking advantage of obvious mistakes. Unlike many other games in the genre, the AI is *actually* trying to outsmart you, outflank you, out-produce you, and generally stomp all over you (within reason, depending on the difficulty settings). Also... As others have pointed out, the user interface *is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love this game!! Must buy if your a fan of strategic board games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Advanced Tactics Gold. Well. Nothing golden really, but a big, bloody, cheating KI. That's the secret. Nothing else. I love this kind of games, even gave this one over 300 hours. But the cheating KI is killing the fun in it. Every great plans fails, whatever you plan, the KI is there already, with more troops or at least digged in better troops. AND with more resources which brings in the cheating part. Either you decide at the beginning to push "infrastructure", e.g. build tracks, upgrade…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great sandbox strategy game that you can build your own scenarios. Have played this for years. Highly recommend it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An excellent wargame with surprisingly competent AI as long as the navy isn't important. For some reason you have to go into the map editor if you want to pick the nation you play as- otherwise it's random, which I really dislike. The modding scene for this game is pretty great but I hope to see a workshop page added sometime in the future. The best thing about ATG is that you can play it any way you want- it can be anything from a civ-like experience to a highly realistic simulation of ww2…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Excellent war game for fans of the genre. Does not contain fast action and incredible graphics.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →lol righto here you go, the UI was terriable it was so clunky i lost patience within 30 mins becuse of that and the tutorial didn't help me as much as a tutorial should. didn't know i had fans, its kind of nice.... like a warm blanky :)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was very decieved, On a WW2 big map, the level of detail stops at division but mostly corps, meaning the german start WW2 with something like 20 icons on the map. The operational art of war, which is more than 15 years old brings more details, more realism. Even Hearts of iron 3, which is less hardcore, has a much deeper level of science management and unit composition detail.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very smooth game. With two different play styles, either the New Dawn settings with more diversity and more points to control or the original style. Singleplayer or multiplayer. However multiplayer is not server based, you have to send the game file one way or another to the other player. With the level editor there's great replayability. Overall I would say this game is superbly fun and the only downsides is playing with others and waiting for the game to get back to you.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We have Mulitplayer Games going all the time here at The Generals HQ Currently running tourneys
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →More than a decade ago I played a freeware game called People's Tactics. It was a wonderful, deep turn based strategy game, where your units had supply and supply lines, different transport means that could make your units or supplies move faster/further, artillery, air support, etc. A decade later, I found Shadow Empire, a deep and engaging 4X/wargame/card game that kept me glued to my seat. This year I found Advanced Tactics and it dawned on me that the developer that made Shadow Empire was…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just started playing Advanced Tactics Gold and started by playing classical ww2 scenarios (North Africa, EndSiege etc). I have two main problems with the game. First, my conclusion is that the A.I is really lacking in these scenarios. Half way in or earlier it just gives up, becomes passive, but has huge stacking armies in the rear which it does not use and I don´t understand why. So I am not impressed by the A.I for single player games. I don´t know if it is any better using the Advanced…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ATG has not aged well. The strategy brought along with play is good fun and the AI is more than capable of being a challenge but the amount of micromanaging need to perform simple tasks (such as building a unit) is unnecessary. If they updated the game to make it more user friendly, I would play again in a heartbeat.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rubbish…another POS foisted on me by Matrix games. Read the manual, watched the youtube videos, put in my time. Then game after game my overwhelming forces were routinely beaten by out of supply and woefully inferior enemy units. Some say they like the game…good for them…I say rubbish.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is antique, and very unintuitive to figure out. Seriously the rule book is not helpful. A tutorial would be a must.. except there isn't one. For $30 give this one a pass.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Steps required to create a Unit: 1.) Click to Create Unit 2.) Click to Select HQ for Unit, Click Confirm 3.) Select HQ, Click Transfer, Select Unit 4.) Select Subformation to Transfer to Unit, Click multiple times to increase amount 5.) Select Subformation to Transfer to Unit, Click multiple times to increase amount (repeat depending on how many Subformations are being Transfered) 6.) Click to go back to Menu 7.) Move the Unit Repeat steps 1 to 7 multiple times every turn to build up an army…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Advanced Tactics Gold is a very deep Video-Wargame. It comes with a ton of premade scenarios, a powerful random game generator, and a very powerful set of tools for creating scenarios. It does have a very steep initial learining curve though.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A simple looking game but actually really deep and immersive. I really like the supply/logisitcs aspects as well as the development aspect of choosing what new units you want to aim for getting onto the battlefield next. The HQ aspect means you have to plan ahead, keep units close, etc. The random element to each map means replayability is high. Overall, a good wargame that serves as a good grounding for some of this developments teams newer games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Advanced Tactics Gold is an excellent wargame in terms of concepts and incorporating the real world with supply, supply issues and bottlenecks, morale, experience, production, technology (political points) using command leadership for combat bonus, tactics such as encirclement to give bonus, combined arms tactics, etc. Six negatives that I hope are addressed: 1. The time between each turn can run 3 minutes and that is with only two players, you vs AI. 2. The interface and associated…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just plain AMAZING.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've got over 600 games in my library, most of them strategy games, and I've been spending hours over the past few months digging into this, Shadow Empire, and the Decisive Campaigns series. Vic's games are amazing and deep, and he probably more than any game designer since Sid Meier understands how to distill complex systems down to a point where you're just having fun making really satisfying decisions. It takes time to understand how games work in his world, but once you get where he's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a fantastic game. If you ever wanted to try a strategy board wargame, but were always intimidated by the hobby and the games seemed clunky, the rules too long, the gameplay too boring.... GET THIS GAME. This game's gimmick is that it sets up random map procedurally generated map, per your specifications. You want 1 AI or 11? You want to play allied with AI, teams, or free for all? Think of this game as RTS that is turnbased. Especially with "1 city start" (my favorite), you start…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The successor to 2004's free and fun [url=http://www.vrdesigns.net/?page_id=23]People's Tactics. (The latter is still playable even on Win10 by the way, and despite a bad UI can serve as a good intro to the concepts in this game, which has very arid tutorials.) Advanced Tactics is a deep and unique wargame engine with an emphasis on supply and chain of command. You get to obtain resources from strategic points on the map, build your own units, organize them in formations, assign them to an HQ…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Advanced Tactics is a old style turn based hex war game like the old Avalon Hill board games. I played hundreds of hours on this game until it quit working under Windows 10. The new beta update seems to have fixed the crash problems, and it runs just fine under windows 10. If you enjoy turn based war games this is a good one to try.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →From what i hear, it's a fantastic multiplayer game. And i have no trouble believing that. The mechanics are detailed and seem interesting and the game comes with a very powerful scenario editor (although it is incredibly hard to use due to the terrible interface). Playing alone however, it's just bad. Many scenarios do not even allow to play against AI; And the ones that can be played - the AI does not play the same game. It ignores most of the games detailed mechanics, disregards - in a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game gives no consideration to ease of use. I consider myself a hardcore wargamer, and I find this product extremely unfriendly.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is very good. I recommend it on sale for sure. PROS Solid 4x gameplay, production system is very nice. TONS of replayability.... map generator is great Lot of options.... you create your own divisions, outfit them however you like. There's room to try any strategy you can think of really. Easy to learn... I figured it out pretty fast, it looks intimidating but its actually not bad at all. Just watch a couple youtube videos, there are also tutorial scenerios. Moddable!…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Please put in UI scaling. More wargames absolutely need this. I have not been able to play games like operational art of war 4 because the text and buttons are too small. Otherwise, its a pretty fun wargame with graspable mechanics and fun AI
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For the most Shadow Empire-lite experience play on a Phoenix map (land only to start out with) with map shrouding on and a one-city start. It seems the earlier game types (Standard, Classic, etc.) have more bugs than Phoenix, I hit no issues so far in Phoenix. Overall I think Shadow Empire is still the better game, but this does have more of a quick-play Advance Wars feel to it! Previous Review: I bought this hoping it would be a faster to play version of Shadow Empire, and in many ways it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This isn't a hot recommend and it is not worth $30 - more like $15, but AT is good for a casual wargame when it gets going. I've played this more than any other wargame in my library. AT is relatively easy to pick up, it'll take a little bit to figure out supply and HQs but I was doing fine after half an hour. The random maps give you unlimited replayability. The officers you create are named and gain experience, and the tactics you need to use make sense. There isn't anything you as a player…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →40 years of war-gaming under my belt and this is one of the two best and most played computer war games I have played.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →WOW I've been wanting to get a Slitherine game for ages, but I was afraid. Since the price is hefty and I wasn't sure if I'd like these style of games I waited. This sale rolled around and I bought Advanced Tactics.......such a good idea Now I am only 2 hours in as writing this. The main goal of this review is to help those who are on the fence while the sale is on. I'm telling you, if you are a strategist you will love this game A Few Warnings -Bit of a steep learning curve -There is no…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fantastic little wargame, with tons of replayability and incredibly easy to modify to fit the player's desire. Really quite good.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →They are still updating this game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a wonderful war game. And the best one available. In all such games, the unit strength, the combat, and the supply follow the same principle. They only differ in detailed implementations. (For example, in DC: Barbarossa, you are playing a commander and use your interactions with other commanders to raise your unit strength.) The control of production in ATG makes this game the best one. This is like a WWII version of Warcraft, Age of Impires, Starcraft....(of course, with the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like strategy games, Paradox strategy games, wargames, I like chess. This game is one of my favorites in a row with Eador Genesis, Heroes III and Civilization V. At a scratch: Game is turn-based hex strategy sandbox. You are playing as a chief of general staff. You can decide what basic units to research and produce, how to combine those units into divisions. It is also you, who leads these divisions into the battle. Sounds like more or less standard, right? Looking like one of many this…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I gonna keep this short. This is one of the best Stretegy games I have ever played. The AI is probably the best I have ever seen and the possibilities in how one can go about to play this game are pretty much endless. All the things you can cosumize about your army and the strategys you can use to gain vicotry are amazing. This is definitely the wrong game for people who don't want to get confortable with the controls in the first 10 h though.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Best wargame for me, its old school and so much fun.Large learning curve but a true gem when it comes to making your own scenerios.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love a variety of indie, casual, and good classic games. This game is not that any of those. I also have a lot of patience to figure out games that are poorly built and hard to play. This is game is not worth it. It looks and feels like a 20 year old game, but not a good 20 year old game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought the game after the New Dawn patch, and it is an excellent combat-oriented TBS. You can now edit your units and control your subformations much more easily. It has random generated maps and you can edit a random map before the game starts, creating small land bridges etc. The supply system is fun and realistic, ...the formation never dies! There is also a HQ system; Generals gain experience and keep your troops supplied and increase their effectiveness. Combat is well thought-out,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Literally my perfect war game. Only thing I could ask for would be a slightly more user friendly editor, making it easier to create scenarios set in different conflicts and eras - i.e. civil war, WW1, Cold war, Modern warefare.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A ww2 4X game at its best well worth the time and money
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →30 hours doesn't represent how long I've thought about campaigns I've had running, time spent reading the manual and learning about the game's intricate mechanics. It really is fantastic and has this great vibe of, "alright I've just spent 45 minutes planning, and 15 minutes executing my turn. Time to end it, see how the situation changes, and let it be my brain food for the next 23 hours until I play again." Very few games manage to occupy my brain time in such a way and I would absolutely…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a 9 year old 2D turn based military strategy game where you play through various scenarios (some randomly generated) against AI or human opponents. Build your resources and armed forces and engage in turn based strategic battles with your enemies. I appreciate the game has very rich and complex, nuanced combat mechanics, but the interface is extremely cumbersome (have they not read about tooltips?). Just creating a unit takes almost a dozen clicks through the convoluted interface.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to like this game, but deploying units is unnecessarily Byzantine. I read the manual, and never did it go into detail on how to deploy units. Apparently, your new units are automatically sent to the command HQ, but you know what, I didn't even get that far. You are supposed to make a new unit in which to attach these troops. Oh did I mention that you needed to make a subordinate HQ--fundamentally unplayable, unless your life is devoted to playing this game...but why would it be?…
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