About
On Steam, 71% of 896 player reviews are positive (Mostly Positive). 51 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 105 in the last 30 days. It is Playable on Steam Deck. The main story takes about 15 hours, doing everything about 25 hours.
Warhounds is a turn-based tactics game about an elite mercenary squad with an old-school action movie vibe, inspired by XCOM and Jagged Alliance. Recruit unique fighters, upgrade your base, and fight for Africa’s future. No fake RNG - only true ballistics and lethal tactics.
Story
Warhounds is a turn-based tactics game about an elite mercenary squad with an old-school action-movie vibe. Recruit fighters with personality, upgrade your base, take contracts, and shape Africa’s future. No point-blank misses, no fake RNG, just real ballistics and lethal tactics.
How long to beat Warhounds
from 1 player
Main story rushing through the story
15 h
Main + extras story plus side content
20 h
Completionist everything the game has
25 h
Games like Warhounds
same kind of game, other series
Releases
Earliest full release on each platform; regional dates can differ.
Steam Deck: Playable runs, but may need some tweaks
OS
Windows 10/11
Windows 10/11
Processor
Intel i5-9600 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Intel i5-12600K / AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
Graphics
8 GB VRAM, GeForce GTX 1070Ti / AMD RX 5700
8 GB VRAM, NVIDIA RTX 3070 / AMD Radeon RX 6800
DirectX
Version 11
Version 11
Storage
85 GB available space
85 GB available space
Requirements and Deck status as listed on Steam, checked Nov 4, 2026.
Warhounds player count concurrent players on Steam
51 playing now 1h ago
51 peak today
105 30-day peak
105 highest we have seen Oct 25, 2026
Oct 23: 86
Oct 24: 100
Oct 25: 105
Oct 26: 88
Oct 27: 69
Oct 28: 51
Oct 29: 69
Oct 30: 67
Oct 31: 76
Nov 1: 81
Nov 2: 69
Nov 3: 65
Nov 4: 57
Nov 5: 51
Oct 23 daily peak, last 14 days today
Players counted on Steam every one to six hours; the daily peak is the highest count of the day.
Rarest
Ultimate Hero Finish campaign at Balls of Steel mode with maximum difficulty
0.2%
Private Collection Collect all special trophies
0.2%
Definitely Steel Finish campaign at Balls of Steel mode
0.3%
Puppet Master Complete 10 combat missions with allied squads
0.3%
Team Player Complete 10 Joint Operation missions
0.4%
Good Start Complete first random combat mission
0.5%
All 37 achievements by how many players unlocked them
Been in Hell Finish campaign at Veteran difficulty level
0.7%
Defender of the Oppressed Complete 10 Antiterror missions
0.8%
Saboteur Complete 10 Subversion missions
1.2%
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1.3%
Eye of God Complete 10 recons using UAV
1.9%
Savior Complete 10 Escort missions
2.3%
Annihilator Complete 30 Sweep missions
2.6%
Error Correction Successfully complete 10 Rescue missions after failing recon or covert missions
2.9%
Top Manager Land all contracts
3.7%
All the King's Men Hire the maximum number of soldiers
5.9%
Big Red Button Complete 10 combat missions by launching missiles
6.4%
Gang's All Here Hire all veterans
7.7%
Step into History Finish campaign at any difficulty level
8.1%
Revolutionary Tribunal
8.7%
Floating Fortress Build all bays
9%
On the Sly Complete 30 covert missions
17.6%
Behind Enemy Lines Successfully complete 10 recons
30.6%
Snatch Complete mission: Steel Sails
79.6%
Welcome to Africa Complete mission: Distant Smoke
88.5%
Share of Steam players who unlocked each achievement.