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Game
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Sudden Strike 2 Gold
Developer Fireglow
Sudden Strike 2 or Sudden Strike II, also known in Russia as Confrontation IV (Russian: Противостояние IV), is a real-time tactics computer game set in World War II, the second game in the Sudden Strike series and the sequel to the original Sudden Strike. It was developed by Russian developer Fireglow and published by CDV and was released in 2002. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
96 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Aug 23, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
84
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81 positive · 15 negative
95% range 76–90%
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Steam's own rating
Very Positive
304 of 353 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 96 · most liked firstThis review is solely for SS2. I never thought I'd see this day, to see this not-so-known legendary masterpiece I grew up with in Steam. This is a review from a person who owns a physical copy of both Sudden Strike 2 and Sudden Strike Anthology. Sudden Strike 2 is an action-packed, rather slow-paced, quick in combat strategy game for players who understand the value of a single unit and have a keen eye for tactical approach, positioning and unit management. The player has to think outside the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am really into strategy games, I used to love playing Age of Empires and Star Craft. However, Im a huge world war 2 fan and i had never heard of a WW2 strategy game. When I found I totally fell in love with it. It is a different game compared to most strategy games out there, including the ones i mentioned above, but different in more interesting way. For one, in Sudden Strike you can't make troops, youre supplied with them, when you need them. However there is a limit to the number of troops…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Alright...This is my final opinion on this game... Amazing RTS. Played it a lot as a kid (Still have my hard copy) It still holds up really well with fun factor, and difficulty. The artstyle is very nice, adds to the atmosphere of the game. Well worth $6, Compared to the $30 when it was released back then XD BUT, The game STILL crashes everynow and then....There seems to be an issuee with the US campaign when you start it. It has something to do with Windows 10. I was able to get passed the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At the time this game felt more like an expansion, not a sequel. It was a decent RTS game about WW2, but a fairly unpolished one that didn't address many shortcomings of the original. Pathfinding is the most distinct one, but also the interface. However the game isn't too bad, though could of been a lot better. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1159971743 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1155077464
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Compared to Sudden Strike 1, this follow on has a few improvements and few downsides. Overall an okay game for the price paid but has a few annoying issues that prevent this from being a great game. Pros: + 1 Shot kills are more frequent and realistic than in previous games where previously guns whittle away at enemy HP. + Troops can now ride on tanks into battle, however, like in real life, they are vulnerable to enemy fire. + New infantry units such as engineers, vehicle crews and pilots…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sudden Strike 2 looks borderline ugly and aged absolutely terrible, but to this day, it remains on of the best realtime war simulations ever developed. With no base building, insurmountable odds and a very high focus on tactics and correct unit usage, it is a tactical paradise with a stunning amount of content. One only needs to be able to see past the ugly mug blurry interface and abysmal resolution. Anyone who played this in the past, may very likely be able to ignore its shortcomings due to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →That was great game, still playable
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like this game. It has good nostalgia and the gameplay is very nice ,still holds up today. How ever there some problems that I will acknowledge. 1 This game is very old. Multiplayer needs to be done via the old TCP/IP access. You can use Tunneling programs but your options are limited. Being old does have its benefits though as the game now has many mods and maps that have been added over the years by dedicated fans. 2 No more development, ever I mean this there is no more development now…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While a fun looking game and i'm sure that it brought hours of fun to RTS gamers then and now. it can't be overlooked that there is no tutorial to help new player's get familer with how the game operates. In other words. If you wnat to play this game, your gonna need to play this thing by the seat of your pants until you get the hang of it. That can be quite the turn off for some gamers, especially thouse that are just getting thier first taste of the RTS genre. But for thouse how love a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oh the memory's :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sudden Strike 2 Gold is a classic real-time tactics title that exemplifies a design philosophy increasingly rare in modern strategy games: an uncompromising focus on battlefield command, realism-inspired mechanics, and deliberate, methodical play. Developed by Fireglow and published by Kalypso Media Digital, this Gold edition bundles the original Sudden Strike 2 experience with its major expansions, delivering a substantial and cohesive World War II package that spans multiple fronts and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Classic Sudden Strike, many hours spend playing multiplayer and far better than SS3 (not played 4). Warning very addictive :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finally found it! Thus game is a gem, i love playing it!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's the old game, and it works
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕡𝕦𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕕𝕖𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕘𝕒𝕞𝕖! Sudden Strike 2 continues the lovely stride through World War history. This second opus introduce a various selection of tanks to use in your battles through Europe. Storyline is still as boring as ever, but that's not why you're here! You're here to see tanks explode one another in glorious fights. Since the game is, like its predecessor, is from the 2000s, it will look like trash naturally. They fixed a bit the clunkiness of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →does not work properly on steam
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ich habe keine munition
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought the trilogy, SS1,2,3. None of the Games are good. If you like wwII RTS go with company of heros or close combat, COH being better than all IMHO. Responsiveness to commands is sluggish. Warning of incoming strikes is non existant, basically all of a sudden your guys just die, lmao, I kid you not. Graphics of the terrain arent bad, but soldiers look like little ants and have terrible pathfinding, they get stuck all the time. You have to micromanage their routes to where you want them to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had this game when it was first released all those years ago but really got a big surprise when I bought Sudden Strike 4 on early access, As a thank you from the makers of this great game we all got Sudden Strike 1, 2, 3, and 4, WOW that is what I call fantastic and I am really grateful to them for this. Now for Sudden Strike 4 Yes it looks a good game and for watching the reviews on YouTube it is even better than I thought so be prepared for lots of hours of fun gaming with Sudden Strike…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A game that, even when played 20 years later, still retains a certain charm. A sense of nostalgia. The second thing we haven't forgotten is how difficult it is. Despite that, it's still a lot of fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SS2 how i miss you. Just as much as Gamespy. The MP matchmaking was incredible. Theres still support from sudden-strike-de for mods and extra content. I still pray one day the will find the source code and revamp it. i still love the graphics. one of only a few games i dont care about no 3D. So many friends from all over the world connected forever as friends becasuse of this game. amazing!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is somewhat broken on modern pcs. Expect a lot of problems trying to fix resolution and audio issues with this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was one of my favorite games from my childhood. I easily spent hours and hours on this game. I was excited to play it again, but it loses sound, crashes, and missions don't trigger properly on newer systems. Also, five times out of ten, it doesn't launch period. I'm saddened because all RTS games went to 3D including the Sudden Strike series; and I absolutely loved the older style. To me it was more graphic, the explosions and destruction looked better and so on. You could also put…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I cant get it to work on windows 7, your results may vary, but be warned.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sudden strike are the first in the style and have always been the best. Gameplay: It's still great to play the old Sudden Strike after more than 20 years, I'll never get tired of it. The second sudden offered much content, more tactical gameplay, and fireglow tried a number of different things in terms of resource management, which were not always good, but never bad. For me, Sudden Strike 2 is the best of all. Graphic design: The graphics are very dated and difficult to play today, but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Today I experienced a Game.exe error which results in crashing the game i hope there will be an update or solution to end up this issue I still recommend this game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →⣿⣿⡻⠿⣳⠸⢿⡇⢇⣿⡧⢹⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡐⣯⠁ ⠄⠄ ⠟⣛⣽⡳⠼⠄⠈⣷⡾⣥⣱⠃⠣⣿⣿⣿⣯⣭⠽⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⢢⠏⠄ ⠄ ⢠⡿⠶⣮⣝⣿⠄⠄⠈⡥⢭⣥⠅⢌⣽⣿⣻⢶⣭⡿⠿⠜⢿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠄⠄ ⠄⣼⣧⠤⢌⣭⡇⠄⠄⠄⠭⠭⠭⠯⠴⣚⣉⣛⡢⠭⠵⢶⣾⣦⡍⠁⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⣿⣷⣯⣭⡷⠄⠄⢀⣀⠩⠍⢉⣛⣛⠫⢏⣈⣭⣥⣶⣶⣦⣭⣛⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⢀⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣎⢩⠌⣡⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠄⠄⠄ ⢸⡿⢟⣽⠎⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠄⠄ ⣰⠯⣾⢅⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠄ ⢰⣄⡉⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠄ ⢯⣌⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⢸⣇⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⢸⣟⣧⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⠈⢹⡧⣿⣸⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠗⣈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠄ ⠄⠘⢷⡳⣾⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⢀⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠄ ⠄⠄⠈⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠄⠄
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing RTS and still holds up good today. May crash sometimes on modern hardware but it is playable
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →simply best game ever
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At the time this game felt more like an expansion, not a sequel. It was a decent RTS game about WW2, but a fairly unpolished one that didn't address many shortcomings of the original. Pathfinding is the most distinct one, but also the interface. However the game isn't too bad, though could of been a lot better.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if you like war games these are fantastic
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a sequel to the original Sudden Strike that somehow manages to improve on the original on all fronts. In a way this game is simply more of Sudden Strike but with added simple yet satisfying changes noticeable only to the people that spent quite a bit of time playing the original. Here they introduced the Pacific Campaign and added new unit types cause of it. This is a classic game that doesn't hold your hand and gives you quite a challenge with different types of engagements. The game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Sudden Strike games are a series of real time tactics games set in world war II. During the missions you are not able to collect ressources and build a base and units like in Command & Conquer or Age of Empires. Depending on your progress you‘ll get some reinforcements from time to time, but apart from that you have to complete the mission objectives with the units you get at the start of the mission. The first and second Sudden Strike are almost identical in terms of graphics, sound and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →German campaign has a bug that causes a crash on level 5 or 6. Otherwise, much fun to be had so far. Pretty much a table top combat game that moves.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game can replay it again and again
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I recall this being one of the first PC games I ever bought, while I don't have loads of hours on my steam account I have put in over 500 hours over the 17 years or so this game has been out for. Hands down one of the best ever RTS games but with a twist, you get your units at the start of the mission and that's it, no base building, no troop building, nothing. All of that makes the game hard, if you send all your troops down a road where a machine gun is, they will be killed and there is no…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Never doubt a classic
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best early SS games made.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FUN PLAYING WW2, KEEPS YOU ENTERTAINED FOR HOURS...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Old game but still great to plaY!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great tactical combat game. Doesn't overload you with technical information. Fast and fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →To much work to make this junk to work right.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →MISSING FOREVER ADD ON... plzz fix. you cut out 20 % of the game. the best part. and u say its complete. fore shame guys
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another childhood game. I bought it cause of nostalgia. U better go and buy COH2 if u wanna play ww strategys.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of my favorite strategy games
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like German yelling
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great statagy game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A really good game for ww2 fans.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Please Remastered
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I haven't played this game for awhile, I just started playing again, now I remember why I stopped, it keeps crashing. I have to save it about every 5 minutes. I hope that if you play it doesn't do the same to you.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best Sudden Strike in the series
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great classic game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Challenging but fair. An oldie but a goldie. must have for retro gamers
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Used to play this a lot during 2003~04 period along with AoE2. Really fun game, can be hard if you mismanage your troops, since this is more of a RTT than a RTS you can build troops or vehicles. Although you get reinforcement time to time. Game can be long, since at normal speed the unit moves slow. You do have the option to speed up. Graphics is so so. But then I never play a game for its graphics. So in a jist is an enjoyable game, if you don't mind the old graphics and the slow pace at…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Multiplayer: https://s.team/chat/KQAeGreQ Sudden Strike still holds its weight, the graphics have an extremely pleasant aesthetic, but it is the gameplay that had me purchase this game for the third time in my life just to have it on Steam. Other strategy games wish they could be this cool. In SS you get all your units at the start of a mission, and only get reinforcements from certain events. You might have an urge to select all -> attack move the entire group, but you will fail. You have…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Truly epic still 20 years later. This was one of my favorite games and the gameplay is still just as challenging as ever. Got the Sudden Strike Trilogy and put a good amount of hours into all except SS3.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GREAT GAME。 Need more DLC
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →童年回忆，补个票了。 比一代来说做的好很多，一代那个难度设置太抽象了，你打困难难度，虎式打不过T26就很离谱。
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A classic Gem of an RTS game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Old Classic Game, Worth to be Revived
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