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Soldiers: Heroes of World War II	2004
Silent Heroes: Elite Troops of WWII	2005
Faces of War	2006
В тылу врага: Диверсанты 2	2006
В тылу врага: Диверсанты 3	2008
Men of War	2009
Men of War: Red Tide	2009
Men of War: Assault Squad	2011
Men of War: Vietnam	2011
Men of War: Condemned Heroes	2012
Men of War: Assault Squad 2	2014
Assault Squad 2: Men of War Origins	2016
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 - Cold War	2019
Men of War II: Arena	Cancelled
Men of War II	2024

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Men of War: Assault Squad is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RTS game in the Men of War series.

General information

Official forums for game series

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 8 DRM.
Epic Games Store
GamersGate		Game of the Year Edition also available.

GOG.com		Game of the Year Edition
Green Man Gaming		Game of the Year Edition
Steam
ZOOM Platform
Amazon.com (unavailable)		Game of the Year Edition
Publisher website (unavailable)

Version differences

The Game of the Year Edition includes the base game along with all released DLC packs.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
MP Supply Pack Alpha
Skirmish Pack
MP Supply Pack Bravo
MP Supply Pack Charlie
Skirmish Pack 2

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\men of war - assault squad\profiles\<user-id>
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/64000/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\men of war - assault squad\profiles\<user-id>\save
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/64000/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Under Options, Video. Disable the Fullscreen checkbox, located under Anti Aliasing.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		MSAAx8 or SSAAx3
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		100 FPS cap
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-game input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail and Steam only.
German
Hungarian				Fan translation, #1, #2.
Italian
Polish				Retail and Steam only.
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		16	Versus, Co-op
Online play		16	Versus, Co-op GameSpy services have been shut down;^[1] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	80, 6667, 28910, 29900, 29920^[2]
UDP	3210, 27900

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
Shader Model support	3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Xvid
Multiplayer	GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/64000/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (64000) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/64000/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (64000) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/64000/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (64000) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[3] ttp://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=30264

[Note 1]

[1]

[2]

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+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Multiple select, Point and select }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | RTS }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
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-{{mm}} [http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/forumdisplay.php?f=112 Official forums] for game series
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+{{Availability/row| Amazon | B00B023ESW | Steam | Game of the Year Edition | | Windows | unavailable }}
+{{Availability/row| Publisher | http://1c-shop.eu/catalog/strategy/men-of-war-assault-squad/ | unknown | | | Windows | unavailable }}
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-{{ii}} The Game of the Year Edition includes the base game along with all released DLC packs
+===Version differences===
+{{ii}} The '''Game of the Year Edition''' includes the base game along with all released DLC packs.
+==Monetization==
 {{DLC|
 {{DLC/row| MP Supply Pack Alpha |  | Windows }}
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+|xbox cloud                =
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+|xbox cloud notes          =
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-==Video settings==
+==Video==
 {{Image|Men of War Assault Squad Video Settings.png|In-game video settings.}}
-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  =
-|widescreen wsgf award      =
+|widescreen wsgf award      = false
-|multimonitor wsgf award    =
+|multimonitor wsgf award    = false
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-|multimonitor               = unknown
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-==Input settings==
+==Input==
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-{{Input settings
+{{Input
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 |key remap notes           =
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 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
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-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
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 |separate volume notes    =
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   |audio     = false
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   |audio     = false
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 |lan play modes       = Versus, Co-op
 |lan play notes       =
-|online play          = true
+|online play          = false
 |online play players  = 16
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Developers

	Digitalmindsoft
Publishers
2011-2018	1C Company
2018-2022	1C Entertainment
2022-present	Fulqrum Publishing
Engines
	GEM 2
Release dates
Windows	February 25, 2011
Reception
Metacritic	77
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	RTS
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	World War II
Series	Men of War