Does World in Flames work well on Linux in 2025

World in Flames is the computer version of Australian Design Group classic board game. World In Flames is a highly detailed game covering the both Europe and Pacific Theaters of Operations during World War II. If you want grand strategy this game is for you.

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rexursus2
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Does World in Flames work well on Linux in 2025

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I could use some feedback before I risk $140 bucks on a game that may or may not work?

Is there a way to buy the game then add it to my steam collection?

Can I use the latest iteration of Wine with this?

I have Ubuntu 24.04

I want to get this if they ever implement an ai to play against.
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Well, I see it in euros, but I still think it costs about 100$

An advice: if you are not too eager to get it, I have seen it down to 50% or even 20% of that price in periodical special offers.

This is a wonderful game, or could be, but you need to know:

- That it has some very nasty bugs that are not addressed by the developer, and will probably not be for a long time if ever. If you play yoy'll need to learn to edit the game data txt, and it aint easy.
. That unless you are a WIF player previously (the board game) there will be a lot of things that you'll not understand and a lot of things that you don't know you can do, unless you learn them through practice with other veteran players, in spite of the manual and/or tutorials.
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1) I don't believe there is a steam license for MWiF
2) I don't believe that this windows game will work on linux
3) You might be able to get it to work on linux if you create a Virtual Machine and run windows on linux
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Re: Does World in Flames work well on Linux in 2025

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rexursus2 wrote: Thu Jul 10, 2025 1:55 am I could use some feedback before I risk $140 bucks on a game that may or may not work?

Is there a way to buy the game then add it to my steam collection?

Can I use the latest iteration of Wine with this?

I have Ubuntu 24.04

I want to get this if they ever implement an ai to play against.
Do not pay more than $20US. It's on sale for that price regularly.
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