All Quiet in the Trenches

What exactly does Early Access mean in this case?

It means the game is still in development. What we're releasing is not yet the finished game. There may still be a few rough edges, and some content may still be subject to change if we notice that something isn’t working as we had planned.At the start of Early Access, the game covered the time period from spring 1915 to spring 1916. The subsequent period up to spring 1917 was added to the game in the 0.9 Gas Update.

How long will the game be?

The playing time for a single playthrough can vary greatly. In addition to the individual style of play and the decisions made, many random factors have a major influence on the number of events and stories, the difficulty and therefore also on the playing time of a playthrough, above all the random change between the battle, camp and frontline trench phases.

Is the story linear? Can I change anything about the war?

Some parts are linear, some are not. The timeline of the war is fixed. Your actions will not change the course of the war. You won't be able to win the war, you won't even have any real influence on what major events take place during your time at the front. But you will be able to make decisions that will affect your soldiers and their stories. How and whether they will make it to the end of the war depends on you.

Will there be mod/Steam Workshop support?

We’re not planning on it, no. As this is an anti-war game with a clear message we fear this might defeat the point. Without oversight, it would be far too easy to misappropriate and thereby warp the message.

Can we customise our soldiers?

At the moment it's not possible to customise your soldiers. We are looking into ways in which we might be able to include some customisable aspects in the game without straying too far from what you as an Unteroffizier would actually have control over in that situation.