Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is an enhanced version of the real-time strategy classic, Halo Wars, updated to run natively on PC. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition includes improved graphics, new achievements and all of the DLC created for the landmark real-time strategy game.
- Price:$19.99
- Release Date:4/20/2017
- Developers:
- Publisher:Xbox Game Studios
- Last Updated:2/14/2025
- Steam App Id:459220
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Verified)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Halo Wars: Definitive Edition has 161 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 73% lower than its previous all-time peak of 594 players achieved on 2/4/2024.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Halo Wars: Definitive Edition. It has received a total of 8,454 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 88 (Very Positive).
Price History Chart
Track historical price changes and trends for Halo Wars: Definitive Edition. Right now, it costs $19.99 in the Steam Store.
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Halo Wars: Definitive Edition and its growth over time. It currently has 57,670 followers on its community page.
About Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is a Strategy game developed by Ensemble Studios, 343 Industries, and Behaviour Interactive. On 4/20/2017, it was released on the Steam Store by Xbox Game Studios.
Players have rated Halo Wars: Definitive Edition as "Very Positive" out of 8,454 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 7,696 positive reviews and 758 negative reviews — an overall 91% positive review rating.
It is available for gamers to download and play for $19.99.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. It is verified by Valve as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.
It also supports 12 languanges in-game including English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish (Spain). Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Halo Wars: Definitive Edition supports the following features:
- Co-op
- Family Sharing
- PvP
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Achievements
- Multi-player
- Full controller support
- Steam Leaderboards
- Steam Trading Cards
- Single-player
- Online Co-op
- Captions available
- Online PvP
- Remote Play on TV
From the Steam community, Halo Wars: Definitive Edition has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Classic
- Great Soundtrack
- Atmospheric
- Multiplayer
- Sandbox
- Story Rich
- Tactical
- Aliens
- War
- Shooter
- Co-op
- RTS
- Simulation
- Base Building
- Sci-fi
- Strategy
- Online Co-Op
- Military
- Action
- Singleplayer
Media & Sceenshots
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Related Packages
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Halo Wars: Definitive Edition | $4.99 | View |
Supported Languages
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is available in 12 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| French | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Italian | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| German | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Czech | Yes | No | Yes |
| Hungarian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Japanese | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Korean | Yes | No | Yes |
| Polish | Yes | No | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Halo Wars: Definitive Edition data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, February 14). Halo Wars: Definitive Edition on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/459220
- Valve Corporation. (2025, February 14). Halo Wars: Definitive Edition. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/459220
- Ensemble Studios. (2023, July 10). Halo Wars: Definitive Edition. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition. https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/halo-wars