This War of Mine

Tracked sources for This War of Mine were limited between 2025-11-14 and 2026-09-09, with only 2 verified changes captured in this window. The recorded activity centers on Steam Files Reorganization for Improved Updates and One-Time Full Game Download Required and sits between Fix for Missing File Prompt in Modding Tools on 2025-01-23 (modding) and no later tracked updates in the current dataset, making this a light but still readable period in the game's history.

• Verified activity: 2026-02-18 - Steam Files Reorganization for Improved Updates: Updated file structure on Steam for smoother updates, resulting in smaller and faster downloads in the future.; 2026-02-18 - One-Time Full Game Download Required: Players need to download the entire game again due to the file structure update..
• What stands out: The period is defined more by a small number of isolated updates than by a large roadmap beat or expansion-sized release.
• Before this window: The closest earlier tracked activity was Fix for Missing File Prompt in Modding Tools on 2025-01-23 (modding).
• After this window: No later tracked activity is present in the current dataset.

Forget Celebrations Charity DLC launched for $2.99, adding a story centered on war correspondent Katia while directing proceeds to charity. The release was followed by Mod Tools hotfixes and compatibility fixes for Steam Deck players.

• Forget Celebrations Charity DLC: The December 11 release honored This War of Mine’s 10th anniversary and added Katia’s story. A January update fixed the DLC’s Steam Deck issues, while a December update corrected an old Katia character appearing during gameplay and crashes when switching between Story and Base Game modes.
• Mod Tools: January 23 hotfixes corrected a missing .xml file and the missing-file prompt that appeared when editing an existing mod.
• 10th Anniversary Original Soundtrack: The game’s soundtrack received a vinyl pre-order announcement, providing a physical anniversary release alongside the charity DLC.

Tracked sources for This War of Mine were limited between 2023-11-14 and 2024-11-14, with only 2 verified changes captured in this window. The recorded activity centers on Updated Game Menu with Newsfeed and Free Play Event Until January 29th and sits between South of the Circle DLC Released on 2022-08-03 (dlc_release) and Forget Celebrations Charity DLC Announcement on 2024-11-14 (dlc_release), making this a light but still readable period in the game's history.

• Verified activity: 2024-01-25 - Updated Game Menu with Newsfeed: The game's menu has been updated to include a newsfeed designed to keep players informed without intrusive marketing.; 2024-01-25 - Free Play Event Until January 29th: Players can play This War of Mine for free on Steam until January 29th as part of the 10th anniversary celebration..
• What stands out: The period is defined more by a small number of isolated updates than by a large roadmap beat or expansion-sized release.
• Before this window: The closest earlier tracked activity was South of the Circle DLC Released on 2022-08-03 (dlc_release).
• After this window: The next tracked activity was Forget Celebrations Charity DLC Announcement on 2024-11-14 (dlc_release).

This War of Mine: Final Cut launched on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, including Xbox Game Pass, with new locations, NPC civilians, a scenario, and a playable character. South of the Circle also arrived as a story-focused DLC, while the All Expansions Pack collected the game’s major post-launch episodes.

• Final Cut content: The edition added new locations, civilian NPCs, a new scenario, and a new playable character to the survival experience.
• Visual upgrade: Final Cut remastered locations from the base game and DLCs in 4K, alongside UI adjustments and fixes for refresh-rate application and the main-menu graffiti button at higher resolutions.
• DLC and crossover offerings: South of the Circle delivered a cinematic, multilayered story, while All Expansions Pack bundled Father’s Promise, The Last Broadcast, Fading Embers, and The Little Ones. The Between Life and Death Bundle also paired This War of Mine with UNDYING, where Katia appeared as a trader in a special quest series.

This War of Mine: Final Cut launched on November 15, 2019, delivering a remastered edition with the game’s updates and free expansions, a new classic scenario, a new character, and Stories content folded into the original game. The Last Broadcast and Fading Embers later expanded the Nintendo Switch version with two additional Stories episodes.

• Final Cut content: All classic locations received visual remasters, while locations from This War of Mine: Stories entered the original game alongside new quests and events. The release also added a new classic scenario and character, while retaining the original 2014 “vanilla” version as an option.
• Final Cut presentation: The remaster added 21:9 display support, 4K interface adjustments, a redesigned main menu, and both 64-bit and 32-bit versions. A November 18 follow-up fixed crashes involving custom or Workshop characters, while the December 13 update corrected issues affecting Church, Decrepit Squat, the Radiostation shelter, and Stories 3.
• Nintendo Switch Stories: The Last Broadcast and Fading Embers became available on Switch on November 13, bringing both episodes to that platform.

This War of Mine: Stories - Fading Embers launched on August 6, 2019 as the third Stories episode, adding a nonlinear scenario centered on Anja, new locations, shelters, survivors, and multiple endings. The Last Broadcast launched with a similarly substantial story expansion, while Father’s Promise brought a separate narrative campaign to iOS and Android.

• Fading Embers: Expanded the game with a new story about Anja, morally difficult choices, and the fate of artworks.
  • Anja, Ruben, and Zoran: Added three playable survivors.
  • Pogoren: Introduced new locations and two shelters, alongside overhauled locations from the original game.
  • Fading Embers endings: Added a nonlinear structure with multiple outcomes, new music, and collection-management mechanics focused on securing art.
• The Last Broadcast: Added a story-driven campaign featuring Malik, new civilians, and a new shelter.
  • The Last Broadcast locations: Added four new locations and remastered seven existing ones.
  • The Last Broadcast radio: Introduced radio, investigation, reporting, and dilemma mechanics.
  • The Last Broadcast endings: Added a nonlinear story with six possible endings.
• Father’s Promise: Released as a standalone iOS and Android story based on Łukasz Orbitowski’s audio drama, following a father trying to save his daughter. It added exclusive locations, enhanced visuals, crafting and cooking, survival mechanics, and morally ambiguous decisions.
• Platform and modding support: Restored macOS, Linux, controller, and modding-tool support. macOS Catalina support also arrived, while a later update stabilized the modding tools and allowed citizens sent to help neighbors to return home.
• The Last Broadcast and Fading Embers fixes: Corrected major scenario issues, including the warehouse fight crash, shelter-building problems around rubble, missing Fading Embers retrospection speeches, and the camera getting stuck after returning from the church with Adem.

This War of Mine: Stories – Father’s Promise launched on November 14, 2017, adding a new storyline based on an audio drama by Łukasz Orbitowski. Its dialogue and clue-searching systems gave the survival scenario a more investigative structure alongside new locations and remastered areas.

• Father’s Promise: The DLC added four new locations, rebuilt five existing locations, and introduced a distinct storyline with new gameplay mechanics.
• Father’s Promise progression: Additional scenarios required completion of the main campaign, while scavenge-location descriptions gained hints. Follow-up changes also stopped DLC content from appearing in Classic Mode without ownership or leaking into other scenarios; Amelia was no longer a coffee drinker.
• This War of Mine Free Weekend: The April 2018 Steam event offered the base game for free and discounted the Anniversary Edition by 70% and The Little Ones DLC by 50%.

Anniversary Edition mode became selectable from a new checkbox at game start on November 22, letting players enable the edition’s new content. Modding Tool upgrades followed in December, expanding what community-created scenarios could add and improving Workshop support.

• Anniversary Edition mode: The launch also corrected the Workbench’s item-count display and fixed the locked-scenarios issue that could make players lose progress.
• Modding Tool: The December update added support for new recipes, crafting groups, custom items based on existing tools such as crowbars, and editable or removable percentages of scavenged loot at locations. It also improved Workshop uploads, sped up and stabilized the Modding Tool, added a button to remove selected mods from the list, improved gamepad control, fixed text-changing mods, and stopped professions from resetting in the editor.
• Language support: Finnish and Czech became available through community-supported localization. Chinese localization gained new text and corrections, alongside additional fixes for other languages.
• The Little Ones and Warchild Armistice Bundle: The Little Ones received permanent price reductions to $4.99 on PC and $1.99 on mobile. The Warchild Armistice Bundle included This War of Mine, promoted non-violent playthrough options, and directed proceeds to War Child.

The Little Ones expansion brought children into This War of Mine’s besieged-city survival, adding child-focused scenarios, characters, items, mechanics, and challenges. The Anniversary Edition followed with three locations, new civilians, a new ending scenario, and an achievement, while the Modding Tools and Babel Project broadened the game’s community-created content and language support.

• The Little Ones: Added a group of adults and children, new child-survival mechanics, items, characters, scenarios, and challenges centered on life in a war zone.
• Anniversary Edition: Added three locations, new civilian NPCs, a new ending scenario, and a new achievement. It also fixed the repeating Day 42 issue and restored the War Child DLC achievements “Helping children” and “Street Art.”
• Modding Tools and Babel Project:
  • Modding Tools: Enabled players to create and edit scenarios, items, crafting recipes, weapons, visits, custom sounds, and custom music.
  • Modding Centre: Added conflict detection between mods and allowed items created by different mods to remain active simultaneously.
  • Babel Project: Launched a community translation tool that expanded support for player-contributed languages.
  • Romanian, Chinese, and Japanese localization: Added Romanian, corrected Chinese localization through community feedback, and filled missing lines in the Japanese version.
• Stealing from Bandits: A complex interaction involving stealing from bandits received a dedicated fix, while balance changes corrected inappropriate survivor reactions to stealing from bandits or dead people.

The Scenario Editor and Character Editor turned This War of Mine’s survival framework into a platform for custom civilian stories, with control over groups, biographies, skills, weather, conflict length, and even player photos. Workshop support later enabled scenario sharing, while War Child Charity DLC added street-art pieces and the free Original This War of Mine Soundtrack expanded the audio selection.

• Custom scenarios: The Scenario Editor let players choose group members, conflict length, and weather, while the Character Editor shaped civilians’ looks, skills, biographies, and photos. Old Town and Looted Gas Station became available as scenario locations, and Workshop support enabled sharing; the editor also gained more diverse characters.
• Free DLC and audio: War Child Charity DLC added unique street-art pieces from various artists. Original This War of Mine Soundtrack added Piotr Musiał’s compositions along with two remastered tracks.
• New survival variety: A new shelter and starting-group selection gave players more ways to begin a story. The Vysena radio station added music from Cool Kids of Death, while new character setups broadened early-game scenarios.
• Gameplay and balance: NPC behaviors improved, crafting cancellations returned some resources, and eating raw food with vegetables became equivalent to eating a cooked meal. Price changes affected sales to NPCs, Quality Rollups received a corrected price, and All Achievements Can Now Be Unlocked after a major progression issue was resolved.