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Steel Fury: Kharkov 1942
Developer Graviteam
Steel Fury: Kharkov 1942 is a World War 2 tank simulation computer game, set during the Kharkov offensive of 1942. It was made by the Ukrainian game developer team Graviteam and Russian developer Discus Games. The game was released in Russia in November 2007 (Buka). An English version of the game was released in 2008. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
118 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Oct 5, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
66
Fresh
77 positive · 40 negative
95% range 57–74%
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| Steam reviews | 77 | 40 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
161 of 227 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
60 of 118 · most liked firstSteel Fury is a forgotten gem of a game and one of the best tank simulators around. For the longest of time, the game had only been available on GamersGate and I personally never thought to see the day when its' available on Steam. What I like about this game + Unlike the version offered on GamersGate, Steel Fury on Steam runs natively at 1080p with almost zero issues. + One of the most in-depth consumer tank simulators around. It's not exactly Steel Beasts Pro, but it does the simulator…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game itself has really no flaws, and I am very disappointed that I just can't play it. Don't take this negative review as a statement about the game itself. Unfortunately, it just doesn't work as it should. Game devs were ripped off by the publisher and thus never made an official fix, so this game is forever stuck in 2010. Resolution is broken, the game won't register most modern graphics cards (and thus forces itself to run on the lowest setting) and there really is no way around this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game's geriatric in its graphics and some of its UI, but it still looks and plays enjoyably enough. I try not to negatively judge something because it's old. I'm in my mid-50's and I don't think myself less because my body is aging. Actually quite the opposite, I'm a much better person now than I ever was. Steel Fury Kharkov 1942 is like that. The youthful flesh has wrinkled and aged but underneath is some solid gameplay. I own IL-2 Tank Crew (I love IL-2:GB) and Steel Fury should be the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game looks so fun its such a shame half the game is broke. You could probably fix it with mods yea, too bad the mod that fixes everything at once has been purged from the internet, i cant find the mod everyone suggests anywhere. You can probably fix one or two things with other mods but overall its just not worth it to get a completely broken game for 20 dollars.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Attention, to get the full Steel Fury experience follow instructions in this community guide: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2211816110 Get mods as suggested from Japanese wiki. 4 shared is scummy but you can use it without giving anything by just putting obviously fake email when registering. Unfortunately it's the only place to get the needed files easily right now. Also I had to change starter.exe in kharkov folder. Right click - properties- compability - high dpi…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great game would be nice if they put a workshop in
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The developed apparently stopped supporting this game years ago, and is not at all compatible with 21:9 ultrawide monitors. I don't think a patch will be coming anytime soon!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →(played extensively since 2009 or so, this is third time I purchased this title) arguably best WW2 tank sim still standing strong 13 years after release with thrilling gameplay and still appealing somewhat unique visuals; what it needs is steam workshop so we can have all the best modifications in one place hope Graviteam will follow this with their newer Mius-level tech and assets sequel
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dont bother wasting your time on this unless you're willing to accept these facts; * Its garbage without extensive and complicated modding process * No COOP or Multiplayer of any kind * GUI and controls are rubbish, VERY hard to reconfigure bindings without breaking them all and having to start again All of the time played has been spent messing around with settings and controls, before finally just giving up. MUCH more time was spent getting it modded into playable state to begin with.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Base game boring as ♥♥♥♥, didn't play game for like a whole year until discovering the JCM mod amazing ! Absolutely amazing with this mod, simple and easy to follow instructions on their website I'll post a link here fellow Tank commanders! Enjoy! https://wikiwiki.jp/pzfr/Steel%20Tank%20Add-on Translate to english if you speak it lol
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1. The STEAM version of Steel Fury defaults to recognizing loc_eng in the data folder, but the game itself can only generate loc_rus by default. Therefore, it cannot launch. You need to manually rename loc_rus to loc_eng in the data\k42\ folder. 2. JSGME.exe (the mod manager) only modifies loc_rus according to the game's defaults, so mods will never work successfully because the game only reads loc_eng. 3. To make modifications work successfully, first copy the clean loc_rus file as a clean…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gaming is in a sad state when a 13 year old game is a better tank sim than anything on the market. This puts the il-2 tank crew content to shame. If you enjoy tank sims, really, it's worth it. So, after 13 years does it work? Yes! And for me, it was a lot easier to get going than what I was lead to believe from various discussion posts. I didn't need a mod for it to run. I didn't need to run it in compatibility mode (using win 10). But I did edit the config files. Details below. Let me save…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this games is absolutly broken, can't play a resolution even after following the guide supposed to fix it and even the tutorial is an absolute mess, the game is just to obscur even for an simulator point of view, the tutorial don't help a all with the commands and worse, display wrong keyboard shortcuts even when you use default shortcuts
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Best WW2 Tank Simulator, i wish to see a remake or some updates for this game, one of my favorite tank games, i have a lot of gameplay videos with this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Essentially unplayable for most Windows 10 users. It can be possible to get the game working with lots of research and modding, or it could not work at all for you.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have a lot of hours in the standalone (non steam) version of this game. My current Steam hours do not reflect the time I've spent with it. This review is for Steel Fury + STA mod (required). The negative reviews are, understandably but sadly, from folks who didn't know what they were getting into. The un-modded version of this game doesn't cut it in 2023. If you buy this with no plans to mod it, you're gonna have a bad time, and probably leave a bad review for an amazing game that you weren't…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Seems great for its Vintage.. Sadly the modding process seems buggy even after Sept2020 to another users patch notes n update.. first day of trying.. will try again in a day or two when my patience returns.. For some weird reason i get error one after v2.2 splash screen going into game.. tried 3 times already .. will start from scratch AGAIN.. some other time.. Needs some care to earn its place on Steam or someone write an installer package for the mod..pls
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Why wont the devs just fix the game to be able to play on modern systems! People are clearly still interested. Yes can get it to some what work with mods but even then not all campaigns and missions are playable, and why should you have to use mods just fix the game. This shouldn't be sold for actual currency on steam.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game taught me alot of things about tank tactics ok
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just like Silent Hunter 3 is the best WW2 Subsim out there, Steel Fury is the best WW2 Tanksim. But this is, for both games, only true if you install overhaul mod packages. For SF you need to install the STA/ITM mod. Otherwise the vanilla game is, due to the age of the game, unplayable. It might be tricky to get it running, but if you manage to achieve that you will be rewarded with an atmospheric and realistic game where you can really enjoy to ride phantastic looking WW2 tanks and feel the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game looks awesome and I would really love to enjoy it, because realistic tank simulators are so rare, but it simply doesnt run properly on modern computers.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game was probably pretty awesome when it came out, but has serious compatibility issues with modern Windows machines. While the options menu has options for widescreen resolutions, using any of them will lead to the top and bottom of the picture and UI being cropped off because all it's really doing is scaling up a 4:3 picture to the width of a 16:9 monitor and then not displaying the parts that don't fit. The game has had several mods made for it over the years, the most critical being…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →wanna drive, shoot and command a ww2 tank on the eastern front? then this is the game for you. needs a little help from modding (get the STA 2.2 + GMP + JCP mod as of this time) but it's easily the best ww2 tank game on the market singleplayer wise.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Best ww2 tank simulator, realy wish gravity taktics could make remake of this game, campaing could be like achtung panzer operation star with unit control and setup before start .:)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Go play it, it's peak
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DON'T PLAY THIS GAME WITHOUT INSTALLING JAPANESE COMMUNITY MOD
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Top of the UI is cut off, meaning I can't read the tutorial instructions. One of the settings menus is obscured by a huge box of text that I can't close telling me that I do not meet the system requirements, so I can't properly view or set all of the games options. (I'm pretty sure I meet the system requirements of this 15 year old game with my Nvidia 3070.) Everything feels janky & bad.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game haves those things. -Good gameplay -Realism -Decent graphics -Realistic events And the most important thing,World War 2.It haves quite good choice for tanks,it makes your feel like real battlefield.Who wants to play tank games like this,this is for you and it's cheap now.I'm glad to have this game thanks to my friend who gave me the opportunity to have it.Thanks to him,I have all games what I wanted to play and I respect him for that.I wish to all of you who have this game nice play…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I own Steel Fury: Kharkov 1942 and Steel Armor: Blaze of War I want to play this game but can't. I play games with inverted Y axis and there is no option to do this. The option Invert Y is clickable but it will not save that one option. That makes both games broken and Dev refuse fix this simple issue. ( looks like it done on purpose) Forum of the dev are radio silent as is the community Apparently the devs think that inverted Y axis is only meant for flight sims. Quote from the devs Steel…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the Best tank simulators I played :) would highly recommend
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Superb game, worth the discounted price
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is an amazing tank simulator of all time. It aged like fine wine and it still holds up to this day with gameplay and the modding community. It reminds me of the submarine equivalent of Silent Hunter III - also one of the best submarine simulators out there. Overall, this game is really worth your money if you want a realistic but chill experience.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the greatest tank focused games ever. Its held back by awkward and clunky controls but this can be overlooked by the great immersion of the game. Fully rendered tank interiors that let you look around inside. If you really enjoyed the tank combat of Red Orchestra 2 and wanted more then you should try this game out. RO2 does indeed have significantly better controls but with a bit of patience you can have a lot of fun. If you're a fan of tank games like GHPC then you'll have a good time…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If nothing else, buy this game for the World's Worst Tutorial Ever....on deep sale. Truly a tragicomic laughable effort in the 1st tutorial in which you're tortured with the slowest least-powered tank in the universe, barely given any directions at all in the most broken English imaginable, and you will spend hours just learning the godforsaken UI and negotiating the apparently hugest hills, impassable foot-high dirt mounds, and most torturous tank ditch known to man...in the very worst…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →rename data\k42\loc_rus to data\k42\loc_eng good game need some patience to play
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want more of this.. But I've prolly spent more time hunting mods to get it up and running than I've spent on playing any tanksim.. and I still have my dongle for Steel Beasts Pro PE around since the time their infantry were pixels. Are the realistic WWII 'inside a tank'-sims dead and over? (No don't even mention WoT or WT you useless ADHD liquid teen fart!)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cannot recommend because I wasn't able to make it run properly with my monitor settings - not able to apply different settings. So even if you want to try anything, you cannot apply it... I also tried the community fix to modify the file with notepad ++ and no joy, I must be stupid. Asked for a refund.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →devs pls optimize game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Best historically accurate ww2 tank game ever made even though its from 2008
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played this game many many years ago, still has life in it with the new mods added, graphics are great still the poor AI, however no worse than new games, These old windows games are great for modding simple text or excel files pity new games are not the same. I give it 5 stars just for the fun content.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good tank simulator game, quite similar to red orchestra tank gameplay and IL2 tank crew. It has very immersive missions with Armor, Infantry, and planes. In many ways i feel this is much better than IL2 tank crew aside from the fact that it is obviously older so graphics aren't quite as good and there is no multiplayer. But there is a lot more to do in this game than IL2 tank crew, especially if you play IL2 singleplayer. Anyway, do note people have reported a resolution and graphics card…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Instructions clipped
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unless you are an IT whiz don't bother. The game is ancient and comes with lots of problems to solve before you can play it. When I buy a game, there's a learning curve sure, but I expect it to work.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →amazing ww2 tank sim and not only bc its basically the only choice thats not a gacha simcade or that il-2 dlc. get the japanese community mod and enjoy
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is kind of awesome, BUT: My long lasting love for "Operation Flashpoint/Arma Cold War" has ruined these kind of simulators for me. The simple fact that you can't leave the tank breaks the immersion for me. Repairing the track is done by button press, not by leaving the tank with a crew member. This forces the unrealistic third person view on you to be able to look at your tank. Maybe one day we get real simulators in Metaverse LOL.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Excellent game. Seems very hard even on easy. I think trial and error is the way to go. Good feeling of being in battle. I have the STA 2.2 installed and it is great, highly recommend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Before judging the game since it can't function on modern computers vanilla, check the community posts and there are many guides to get this absolute work of art to work as it should. It takes ~1-2 hours depending on how well-versed you are in modding and editing files After you are finished with that you are left with a very underrated game that has plenty of content, nearly 10x as much when you mod it compared to a vanilla install. 9.5/10 gem alert
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ahhh, loved this game. Even had a high-scoring match of mine mentioned in the GamesMaster magazine. Was against Steel Fury after promotion, when they went from being the big boys of the division to the whipping boys :D
unlabelledView post →Despite it's age this is a goto. Couldn't get my old version to run on win10 so snapped this up in the sale & it runs like a dream. Using JCM mod can't get much better.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just purchased on sale for only $2.99. I am very pleased so far.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Please sir make a sequel.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Does not function in windows 11
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great ww2 tank sim on the eastern front
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Controls are total mess
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →buggy but amazing
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't be fooled by how old this game is. It is still a lot of fun and has a lot to offer. Really good gameplay, and if you have played any of the other Graviteam Titles, you should feel right at home, as this is built on the same engine, albeit a much older version. That being said, this needs to be run with one of the Big mods to make it playable and it really enhances the experience. So run either STA or JCM mod. There is a guide that tells you how to activate said mods Have fun, I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had the game around 2021 or so. The game itself is very outdated, but still holds a place in my heart. Other than the fact that when i tried to play it one day it decided to just say "nah, you cant play ever again." I couldn't log into the game and I couldn't refund the game due to the fact that I had the game for a month. I might have been my end but I deleted the game and tried to re-download it, just to be met with the buy button on steam. So im guessing me uninstalling a game I bought…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm going to start with the negatives but don't let this put you off because this is one of the best Tank sims I have ever played! The game is pretty old now and it has a few problems running on new systems (this is mainly around graphical options and resolutions) and will require mods to get it to run properly. That being said the mods also add a lot of value to the game including new tanks and a boat load of missions. Thankfully this wasnt a deal breaker for me but does require some fiddling…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it ♥♥♥♥ now, you need mod, and i cant do ♥♥♥♥, resolution broken in windows 10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game's great and all, however it is just so old that it thinks my GPU (GTX 1650 Super) has 400 TB of VRAM, which is ''below the minimum requirements to run'' lmao
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