Complete Battle: Attila lately noticed a significant spike in its participant rely on Steam, and a brand new Lord of the Rings whole conversion mod appears to be the trigger. Complete Battle: Attila initially launched all the way in which again in February 2015, the place it obtained a typically optimistic reception from critics, with many praising the sport’s refined enhancements to the collection’ system whereas highlighting that it nonetheless felt like extra of an enlargement to Complete Battle: Rome 2 than a fully-fledged new entry.
In line with respected tracker website SteamDB, Complete Battle: Attila has an all-time peak participant rely of 26,346, which it achieved when it first launched in February 2015. Attila‘s predecessor, Complete Battle: Rome 2, achieved an all-time peak of 118,240 when it first launched in September 2013, and its successor Complete Battle: Warhammer reached 113,019 when it launched in Might 2016. By comparability, Complete Battle: Attila‘s Steam participant rely has at all times been fairly a bit decrease than the franchise’s greatest entries.
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Complete Battle: Attila Sees Participant Spike Following The Launch of a Lord of the Rings Mod
However whereas Complete Battle: Attila has by no means managed to realize the participant counts of its youthful and older siblings, it has simply skilled a fairly stunning surge in reputation. This surge was first noticed by Reddit consumer AceOfSpades0319, who posted a screenshot within the Complete Battle subreddit on December 14 that confirmed an energetic participant rely of 11,147 for Complete Battle: Attila, which is the very best energetic participant rely the sport has had since March 2016. AceOfSpades0319 linked this sudden surge to the discharge of a Lord of the Rings whole conversion mod, which hit Nexus Mods simply two days earlier.
Known as “The Dawnless Days,” the mod (at present in beta) liable for Complete Battle: Attila‘s participant rely spike overhauls Artistic Meeting’s technique recreation, giving it a significant Lord of the Rings makeover by including new buildings, factions, models, characters, and occasions impressed by J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world of Center-earth. In addition to a full-sized, custom-made Center-earth map, The Dawnless Days mod provides a marketing campaign that takes gamers by means of The Lord of the Rings‘ Battle of the Ring, the place they select certainly one of 9 factions and embark on an epic journey to both defeat the forces of darkness or lead their reign of terror throughout Center-earth.
Complete Battle: Attila‘s participant rely has dipped a bit of since AceOfSpades0319’s Reddit publish per week in the past, however its numbers are nonetheless spectacular for a 10-year-old recreation that is been caught within the shadow of giants since launch. On the time of writing, Complete Battle: Attila has 8,908 energetic gamers based on SteamDB, which is a substantial improve from the sport’s 3,216 energetic gamers on December 11, the day earlier than The Dawnless Days’ launch.
There is no method of figuring out how lengthy this Complete Battle: Attila surge will final, however there’s an opportunity it might final just a bit whereas longer on condition that the sport is at present a part of the 2025 Steam Winter Sale. These desirous to check out Complete Battle: Attila‘s Lord of the Rings mod can seize the bottom recreation now on Steam for $11.24, down from its retail worth of $44.99.
Whereas The Lord of the Rings‘ future within the online game panorama is a bit of unclear proper now following the cancellation of Amazon’s Lord of the Rings MMORPG again in October, Complete Battle‘s future is trying brighter than ever. Throughout The Sport Awards 2025, Sega and Artistic Meeting introduced Complete Battle: Warhammer 40,000, one other formidable technique recreation utilizing Video games Workshop’s Warhammer IP, this time primarily based on the grimdark way forward for Warhammer 40K fairly than the fantasy portion of the franchise used within the Complete Battle: Warhammer trilogy.
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February 17, 2015
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Teen // Alcohol Reference, Language, Gentle Sexual Themes, Violence
