Line War

Released: May 5, 2022
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Last updated: 15 Sep 2026, 18:52 GMT

Updates & announcements

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25 Jun 2026Developer post
Steam Summer Sale Major Update ☀️
New Feature: Producer Technologies A new category of technologies has been added: Producer technologies . Unlike Academy technologies, Producer technologies are researched directly at production facilities and provide straightforward upgrades to the units they produce. Here's an
New Feature: Producer Technologies
A new category of technologies has been added: Producer technologies.
Unlike Academy technologies, Producer technologies are researched directly at production facilities and provide straightforward upgrades to the units they produce.
Here's an excerpt:
Barracks
Endurance Training – Increased Infantry and Commando haste effectiveness while reducing the fatigue cost of rapid movement.
Occupation Doctrine – Infantry conquer territory faster.
Factories
Hydraulic Spades – Artillery deploy and retract twice as fast.
Gas Turbine Engines – Tanks receive a top speed bonus.
Airports
Flare Dispensers – Interceptors take reduced missile damage.
Afterburners – Interceptors temporarily accelerate to extreme speeds when pursuing a target that is not yet within weapon range.
Producer Technologies are designed to add more strategic specialization without increasing complexity, allowing players to tailor their armies through the facilities that build them.
Minor Improvements & Fixes
The production progress pie has been expanded beyond Academies and is now displayed for all production queues throughout the game.
Academies now display a rendered connection line to their linked Special Site, making their relationship easier to identify at a glance.
Water territories during the picking phase have been adjusted from -200 to +100 priority. This change is experimental and intended to encourage more varied opening strategies.
Various visual improvements and interface refinements.
General bug fixes and stability improvements.
Known issues
Another tech update that will introduce tiered Academy upgrades is planned. Preparations for this update accidently made it to the released version. The Academy UI now requires an extra click for opening a sub menu. This will make more sense once the new update gets shipped.
This update would not have happened without the great and decisive contributions from pro-gamer valithor. Bravo!

Best Basantos
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27 May 2026Developer post
Release 40 - Patch 7
World generation 🌎 One of Line War's best players "valithor" made this great contribution to the game. New world generation options in the lobby to switch map type Normal - the classic, randomized world gen scheme Continents - generates a certain number of clearly identifiable c
World generation 🌎
One of Line War's best players "valithor" made this great contribution to the game.
New world generation options in the lobby to switch map type
Normal - the classic, randomized world gen scheme
Continents - generates a certain number of clearly identifiable continents
Land Bridges - generates a certain number of somewhat identifiable continents connected by small strips of land (choke points)
Island World - generates a world with a specified number of islands
Any generated world gets a seed that is self-descriptive, i.e. all you need to get the world back is to copy/paste the seed as usual
All world seeds are backwards compatible
Bugfixes 🐛
Less likely for industries to spawn on the edge of the map
When this happened no industries anywhere on the map were buildable
This will slightly change existing map generation. The PoIs on any previously affected map will now have new PoI placements.
The "all members ready" localization message
Saved games breaking on unhandled cases
Enjoy!
Best
Basantos & valithor
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12 Mar 2026Developer post
Release 40 - Patch 6
🐛 Bugfix: Missing action for minibuttons in the replay browser 🐛 Bugfix: Inter-airbase transfer functionality restored
🐛 Bugfix: Missing action for minibuttons in the replay browser
🐛 Bugfix: Inter-airbase transfer functionality restored
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09 Feb 2026Developer post
Release 40 - Patch 5
A new patch was just rolled out with a long-awaited request and some fixes: 💾 Save Game support (medium precision — some states are not fully restored) ⏪⏩ Forward / rewind replay controls (huge thanks to valithor ) 🛠 Engine upgrade to Unity 2022 (important technical step, mostl
A new patch was just rolled out with a long-awaited request and some fixes:
💾 Save Game support (medium precision — some states are not fully restored)
⏪⏩ Forward / rewind replay controls (huge thanks to valithor)
🛠 Engine upgrade to Unity 2022 (important technical step, mostly invisible for players)
🐛 Bugfix: Research no longer lost when upgrading to City
🐛 Bugfix: Replay browser no longer complains about the latest cloud replay
Also, Line War will attend the Steam PvP Fest starting today at 7 PM GMT+1. See you there!

Best
Basantos
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03 Nov 2025Developer post
Release 40 - Patch 4
This update is only about including Patch 2 which was simply missing in the previous update. Sorry about that! ːsteamhappyː - Basantos
16 Oct 2025Developer post
Release 40 - Patch 3
Important security patch related to the game engine that Line War is built with, called Unity. Read more over at Unity for details.
18 Jun 2025Developer post
Release 40 - Patch 2
New Website Integration 🌐 The features from TimBaler's site and the wiki are now unified at a much improved www.linewar.com! See the RELEASE NOTES section for more details.
30 Apr 2025Developer post
Release 40 - Patch 1
Fixes for the following issues Placing a train station causing major disruption in game economy and production Wrong 3D models displayed for many combinations of Chameleon Facade / Durability Protocol techs in various terrain
Fixes for the following issues

Placing a train station causing major disruption in game economy and production
Wrong 3D models displayed for many combinations of Chameleon Facade / Durability Protocol techs in various terrain
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27 Apr 2025Developer post
Release 40 - Locomotive
Commanders, We're excited to announce that Release 40 is now live! This has been the hardest development cycle in Line War's history. What we initially thought would take about one month ended up stretching to over four months. Building this new system turned out to be much more
Commanders,
We're excited to announce that Release 40 is now live!
This has been the hardest development cycle in Line War's history. What we initially thought would take about one month ended up stretching to over four months. Building this new system turned out to be much more complex than we first imagined — but we stayed with it, and today, we're proud to finally put it in your hands:
Watch on YouTube
Release 40 brings a major new layer of strategic depth to Line War:

Railroads: Draw rail foundations much like you draw your Path commands. They can span the entire world and make up vital supply and movement corridors.
Targetable Railroad Segments: Railroads themselves are now strategic assets — and liabilities — that can be attacked and destroyed.
Bridges: Span rivers and waterways with critical rail infrastructure.
Train Stations and Trainyards: Establish hubs to launch and coordinate train movements.
The Siege Train: A heavy railgun platform capable of demolishing fortified defenses.
The Transport Train: Moves units across the map rapidly along your rail network. Itineraries are calculated automatically to find the best route between stations, minimizing micromanagement and letting you focus on the bigger picture.
This update touches almost every aspect of the game — mobility, logistics, territorial control, and new vulnerabilities for players to exploit (or defend against). We're looking forward to seeing how these new tools reshape strategies on the battlefield.
Thanks again to everyone for your patience and support during this long development sprint.
Enjoy Locomotive — and we'll see you on the rails!
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19 Dec 2024Developer post
What's Next in 2025? [UPDATED]
Line War – Now 75% Off! The price of Line War was raised to $24.99 on February 1, 2025, marking another milestone in the game's ongoing evolution. But right now, you can grab it at a whopping 75% Daily Deal discount —our biggest sale yet! Since its launch in 2022, Line War has gr
Line War – Now 75% Off!
The price of Line War was raised to $24.99 on February 1, 2025, marking another milestone in the game's ongoing evolution. But right now, you can grab it at a whopping 75% Daily Deal discount—our biggest sale yet!
Since its launch in 2022, Line War has grown tremendously. Over the past 2½ years, we've introduced major features like Single Player, Teams and FFA modes, Aircraft Carriers, major graphics updates, and, most recently, Technologies. At Studio Centurion, we've reinvested 100% of our revenue into development, ensuring that Line War keeps expanding.
Our commitment remains the same: as the game grows, so does its value. But for a limited time, you can secure Line War at an unbeatable price. Don’t miss out!
Upcoming Release 40 - Locomotive
We're still hard at work on the railroad system coming in the next release. Basantos has 20+ years working as a Programmer but has never to this date experienced a greater gap between initial estimates of complexity and time-to-delivery, visavi actual circumstances.
Unlike other units in Line War, trains have shown to be a different kind of animal altogether! Here's an excerpt of the challenges involved in building the railroad & train system:

Trains — They can’t move freely, must stop at exact locations and require special handling when colliding with other entities. The Transport Train must function as a multi-body entity.
Railroad drawing & modification – Users must be able to draw smooth, good-looking railroads without effort, as well as re-drawing those railroads by reversing, truncating, extending - at both ends!
Destructible segments & bridges – Railroads must be divided into targetable yet visually seamless segments, having their own constructing -> completed -> damaged -> destroyed -> rebuilt lifecycle. Let's not talk about bridges...
Logistics & itinerary planning – Transport train is controlled - you guessed it - indirectly, Line War-style, by simply setting inbound station preferences, much like the airbase profiles. Solving this is similar in complexity to the well recognized problems of real-world vehicle routing and knapsack packing.
Trainyard & Train Station – New structures must comply with a set of requirements common to all structures.
Direct train operation – For reasons not discussed here, trains (especially the Siege Train) also need direct control in certain situations.
Siege train bombardment & targeting – The railroad gun introduces Line War’s longest-range artillery with devastating splash damage, requiring careful balancing and new targeting mechanics.
Bridges – Anchor points, detecting terrain intersections, divided into even length segments, interaction with sea units etc.
The good news? Line War will be one of very very few RTS:es to boast railroad & train features like the ones described above. When Release 40 lands, you’ll be able to build a streatch of rail, have the Transport Train carry up to 24 unit-spaces worth of cargo rapidly from point A -> B, deploy the Siege Train, and bombard your enemies from miles away—just be prepared to defend your tracks or risk losing your logistical lifeline!
Watch on YouTube
Future Features
The future of Line War and our ability to develop the game is hinged on players enjoying and ultimately buying the game. Through many and long moments of uncertainty we've managed to deliver big features such as single player, teams, and technologies which for a game of this magnitude takes several thousands of hours. Line War has been breaking the trend of many multiplayer RTS games that tend to fade in popularity and with each new feature. By adding features, with influencer marketing efforts, and thanks to our amazing community of Line War enthusiasts, we are excited that Line War is slowly but steadily increasing in popularity.
Here is a sneak peek at what our plans are for 2025:

Interactive Tutorials & Mini Campaigns
Improved Usability & 2nd-Gen Command System
Map Editor
Campaign Editor
Better AI & Basic AI Scripting/Control
WW2 Skins
Advanced Economy (see earlier news post)
The pace of development is dependant on continued support in form of actual playtime and copies sold.
We'd like to extend a big thank you to everyone who has purchased Line War and who's playing the game. We are really excited to see what's in store for 2025!
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19 Dec 2024Developer post
Release 39 - Technologies
We're thrilled to welcome you to Release 39 which adds 1) Technologies bringing new depth to strategy and tactics, 2) Super-refitting to repair and heal units in close proximity to producers, and 3) Free-flowing / drip economy that significantly improves how revenue and expenses
13 Oct 2024Developer post
What’s being worked on for Line War this Autumn?
With trains now on the battlefield, things are speeding up in more ways than one. Check out Shermanator's latest video for an exclusive sneak peek at what’s in store: TECHNOLOGIES : Silent Hold, Super Periscope, Cruise Missiles, Mercantile Culture, Rawyield Optimizer, Infantry Fi
With trains now on the battlefield, things are speeding up in more ways than one. Check out Shermanator's latest video for an exclusive sneak peek at what’s in store: https://youtu.be/gCd8y9biozs?si=MZQfTxjEWfB0rV2k

TECHNOLOGIES: Silent Hold, Super Periscope, Cruise Missiles, Mercantile Culture, Rawyield Optimizer, Infantry Fighting Vehicle, Airborne Doctrine, Pioneer Corps, Turbostruct, Chameleonplate Facades, Quickfix Protocol, Infantry Mortar, Sniper
INFRASTRUCTURE: Bridges, Railroads (Trains), Roads, Tunnel, Canals
NEW FATIGUE SYSTEM: Serves to incentivize the establishment of forward bases and transportation over regular movement for slow, non-energy consuming units. All such units will now incur fatigue, even when not hasting. Units idling close enough to compatible producers will get a major heal/repair rate buff.
FREE-FLOWING/DRIP ECONOMY: All revenue and expense is now calculated once per second, construction being the only exception (which is payed upfront). This new model produces perfect reporting in the Economy Bar and production "halts" when the treasury hits zero. Feature already implemented.
NEW WORLD FEATURES: 4 different sizes ranging from Large (current size + 2 territories-widths) to Tiny. These new settings will be baked into the seed. So, given a specific number, the world will load with those exact settings. Also introducing impassable mountain ridges and cliffs.
ADVANCED ECONOMY: Complicated matter, but in short: Free placement of Villages, which can be upgraded to Town => City => Metropolis. All urbanization levels need Food (Farms and Fishing Grounds) to grow population to max. Max populations are required for maximum urbanization performance. Urbanization convert Goods (Gems, Ore and Wood) into capital. Gems can only be converted by higher urbanization levels, and have a much higher value per transaction but much less frequent deliveries. All goods are produced/collected from exploited special sites (similar to current model). Natural trade routes will be established by the traffic from Trucks and Merchant Ships. Game logistics and the very important decisions on where to place and invest in urbanization could make this part of the game a great and isolated area of skill expression. This feature is still being discussed and delivery by next release is uncertain.
All features will be implemented and finalized one by one, with the goal of a successful release in December.
Note: All details are subject to change.
Regards
Basantos
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26 Sep 2024Developer post
Release 38 - Team AI
This release is about finalizing the first stage of the Line War single-player experience. It was made largely in response to this public poll posted here on Steam a few months ago. See release notes for detailed release information. Stay tuned! In a week, we will bring you one o
26 Jun 2024Developer post
Line War Tournament 24T2
Hello everyone! The next official Line War tournament 24T2 is approaching. Registration is public and open to everyone, beginners and pro's alike! This is just for fun. No pressure, no expectations. See the tournament wiki for detailed info. TOURNAMENT SUMMARY July 1 through July
Hello everyone!
The next official Line War tournament 24T2 is approaching.
Registration is public and open to everyone, beginners and pro's alike! This is just for fun. No pressure, no expectations.
See the tournament wiki for detailed info.
TOURNAMENT SUMMARY

July 1 through July 7
32 player group stage
16 players advance to finals stage
All regular matches are best-of-1
All finals and semi-finals are best-of-3
All players bring 2 "extra life" throughout all stages that can be used to declare a match they just played as "null and void"
MEDIA COVERAGE
Expect some full-length, narrated tournament matches to pop up in these places eventually

SodaQuackers (YouTube)
Jon Joe (YouTube)
Line War (YouTube)
Best
Basantos
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24 Jun 2024Developer post
Release 37 - Patch 4
Patch contains balance changes only. See the release notes for more info. Best Basantos
11 Jun 2024Developer post
Release 37 - Patch 3
This patch is mostly about fixing annoying bugs, except for the new light/dense entrenchment feature and the Slovak translation by Troyard. Thank you very much for your help Troyard! See the release notes for more info. Best Basantos
03 Jun 2024Developer post
Poll results for single-player features
Hi everybody, A public Line War poll for both owners and potential buyers of the game was opened on May 18. The poll let you vote on what single-player features should be prioritized in the coming month. The poll has now closed. Here are the results: There was also a poll about a
Hi everybody,
A public Line War poll for both owners and potential buyers of the game was opened on May 18. The poll let you vote on what single-player features should be prioritized in the coming month. The poll has now closed.
Here are the results:
There was also a poll about advanced AI behaviours that targeted experienced players.
I will let the results from these polls guide my efforts short-term. Development in June will focus on the following features

Multiple AIs in the same match
Observable AI vs AI matches
AI playing as a teammate
AI using the full game play toolset (Rocket, Bomber, Aircraft Carrier, Transport Jet)
AI planning coordinated, full-scale amphibious invasions
AI employing various strategies to counter infantry spam/general spam on big island maps
Also judging in part from the performance of Tutorials or mini-campaigns in the poll, in part from general experience and data since the game's release, it is evident that many players still struggle to learn how to play Line War. One feature planned ages ago is called NEXT GEN COMMAND SYSTEM (see the Line War roadmap). It's about making command issuance smarter, more efficient and lean. This feature, together with a proper onboarding experience having tutorials and in-game assistance, is likely to be prioritized mid-term.
Regards
Basantos
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18 May 2024Developer post
Vote on more single-player features!
What single-player features should be prioritized in the following month? This poll and the subsequent development effort will make an exception from regular development, as the roadmap for the game as a whole is pretty well figured out already. The idea is to make the single-pla
13 May 2024Developer post
Participation in Steam Endless Replayability Fest - now with AI!
Looking for games endlessly replayable!? You've come to the right place. Line War is a very different type of multi-genre RTS. It uses a command-oriented system to control units, that puts higher emphasis on strategic intent and reduces the need for micro-management. The game is
Looking for games endlessly replayable!?
You've come to the right place. Line War is a very different type of multi-genre RTS. It uses a command-oriented system to control units, that puts higher emphasis on strategic intent and reduces the need for micro-management. The game is a natural choice for Steam's Endless Replayability Fest as it includes many elements that enables endless replay:

Infinite Exploration: Explore an endless array of procedurally generated maps, each waiting to be conquered. Change to another randomized seed with the click of a button: A new map with an entirely different composition and distribution of water, land and special sites is created! Save & recall your favourite seed using just this magic number.
Dynamic Starting Locations: Strategize and stake your land claims in the innovative Picking Phase. It's an interesting game-within-a-game where 'Zones of Interest' are claimed on the map for each player. Then pick your actual starting location (not revealed to your opponent) from among these zones.
Continued Development: The game just got a major addition on May 5 when single-player AI & Co-Op was added. And there's more to come!
You can read more about the game here on Steam or the planned features in it's roadmap at the Line War homepage.
Get it now at a 25% discount!
GL HF
Best regards
Basantos
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10 May 2024Developer post
Release 37 - Patch 2
This is the first significant patch since the silent release of Skirmish AI that was made last Saturday, May 4. Fixing end of match problems for players having non-Western characters in their names, causing servers to not recycle Broken sandbox functionality when *Include picking
This is the first significant patch since the silent release of Skirmish AI that was made last Saturday, May 4.

Fixing end of match problems for players having non-Western characters in their names, causing servers to not recycle
Broken sandbox functionality when *Include picking* was unchecked (such as Rocket blast indicator not being displayed)
Sandbox main menu button clarified and moved out of the single-player panel, back to it’s old location bottom-right
Sandbox auto-toggling now also working for the special “first pick” in the final phase
Credits to our translation heroes now in both english and native
Temporary hotfix for single-player erroneously requiring an internet connection
Best
Basantos
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Updates & announcements

New Feature: Producer Technologies

Barracks

Factories

Airports

Minor Improvements & Fixes

Known issues

World generation 🌎

Bugfixes 🐛

Line War – Now 75% Off!

Upcoming Release 40 - Locomotive

Future Features

Academy

Technologies

Super-refitting

Free-flowing / drip economy