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Released May 22, 2026 Early Access Free Positive Not counted on Steam profiles yet

First Sino-Japanese War

By January Desk

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Reviews 10 Positive
Players now 0 Peak today 0
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About First Sino-Japanese War

First Sino-Japanese War is a game tagged Simulation, Wargame and Strategy by January Desk, released May 22, 2026. It has 10 Steam reviews (Positive). The Steam games most like it include Rule the Waves 3, WWII Squad Level Land Battles ssp and Britannia.

A free and open-source game about the First Sino-Japanese War and other pre-dreadnought battles in East Asia. A miniature-like wargame system, but without 3D models.
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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for First Sino-Japanese War · record updated 22 hours ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID3996220
Release dateMay 22, 2026
Last change number40219085
Last record update22 hours ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
January Desk
Publisher
January Desk
Steam profile
Not counted yet: Steam is still getting to know this game, so it doesn't add to game counts or achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025

Platforms

Windows 64-bit
Steam Deck
Playable

Features

7
Single-playerIncludes level editorMulti-playerPvPLAN PvPCo-opLAN co-op

Patches

Patch notes

4
  1. Aug 12, 2026 Update 0.2.3 Battle of Tsushima

    Add Scenario: Battle of Tsushima (Historical scenario of Russo-Japanese War)Add Scenario: Six-Six Fleet vs Combined Pacific Fleets (Hypothetical scenario: the capital ships of the Japanese and Russian fleets engage each other head-on at fu…

  2. May 23, 2026 0.2.0+hotfix1

    Fix parsing bug on systems where the regional decimal separator is a comma.

  3. May 22, 2026 Update 0.2.0 & EA Release

    Game is now released in Early Access.Old changelogs can be found on GitHub Releases:https://github.com/yiyuezhuo/Late-Qing-Naval-Combat-Demo/releasesRecent major work has focused on streamlining the Custom Ship Class workflow. Some additio…

  4. Dec 1, 2025 0.1.8 Acc Update - Land Battle, Command Chain, Navy Transfer, Icon Mode and more

    Naval TransferNavy Transfer must be carried out through a naval mission. The Non-Fleet Strategic Groups to be transported via Navy Transfer and the Fleet Group providing the transportation need to be assigned to the mission. During the ass…

Builds

1
BuildBranchUpdated
24689040publicAug 12, 2026

Depots

Depots

1
IDNameSystemsSizeDownloadManifest
3996221 — All 464.3 MB 294.3 MB 4635828804758586813

Branches

1
BranchBuildUpdatedAccess
public 24689040 Aug 12, 2026 Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/First Sino-Japanese War

Launch options

1
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
Late-Qing-Naval-Combat-Demo.exe All

News

  1. Oct 17, 2025 · Community Announcements 0.1.4 demo-Deeper Localization for Naval tactical & Supply in Strategic game

    The UI for the Naval Tactical game is now almost fully localized from English into Japanese and Chinese. The English version has also received additional polish.:Dark theme:Supply System In Strategic…

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