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ICBM: Escalation is a grand RTS where you command armies, develop cutting-edge tech, and wield devastating weapons. Conquer enemies with conventional forces or nuclear firepower. With new modes like Standoff and Conquest, the game offers deep strategic layers in a global warfare setting.

ICBM: Escalation is a strategy, rts and cold war game developed by SoftWarWare and published by Slitherine Ltd..
Released on November 21st 2024 is available only on Windows in 7 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese and Russian.

It has received 878 reviews of which 771 were positive and 107 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 14.65€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified ICBM: Escalation into these genres:

Strategy RTS Cold War War PvP Co-op Multiplayer Singleplayer Online Co-Op Wargame Destruction Modern Grand Strategy

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: 64-bit Windows 10/11
  • Processor: 4-core CPU
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GPU GTX 970
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 8 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card

User reviews & Ratings

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Jan. 2025
I don't think I've ever played a strategy game where the end game has left such a lump in my stomach. At first it's a slow game of long game strategic positioning, then it transitions to crises after crises either forced or of your choosing, then it's an exciting full pitched battle and race of one-upmanship, and then... half the world is glowing and it's just a matter of who dies harder. This is the kind of art that speaks to me. This game is the exact opposite of preachy or alarmist. It actually tries as hard as possible to make a total world ruining nuclear war fun and exciting. But it's just there on the map and in the statistics. It does absolutely nothing to make it seem worse than it would actually be or to guide your opinion of what's going on and it's still the most horrifying strategy game I've ever played.
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Dec. 2024
Top game, almost a new type of strat, sim with a good mod community. Would recommend for M&B, CIV, Humankind, Total War players.
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Dec. 2024
A great game to play with friends, You create "alliances" with your friends to fight your enemies Your "ally" request radar sharing and seem to have a keen interest in building Icbms, "to fight the enemies" of course Your borders are covered by your "ally's" armies, for "security" of course Your "ally" hasnt attacked the enemy yet, must be "gearing up for an attack" on the enemy. Your "ally" is confused because you're nuking his army divisions and destroying his cities and invading his land You realise you were the rat all along
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Nov. 2024
Spent the first half of my first match nuking the east coast of the US with everything I had and dropping chemical weapons on turkey and north africa and the other half nuking the russians and still dropping mustard gas on turkey and africa 10/10 would violate the geneva convention again
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Nov. 2024
The game was released on the day that mankind first used an ICBM in actual combat. I don't know if it's an eerie coincidence or if the publisher intended it to be.
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Frequently Asked Questions

ICBM: Escalation is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.

ICBM: Escalation is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 28.99€ on Steam.

ICBM: Escalation received 771 positive votes out of a total of 878 achieving a rating of 8.29.
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ICBM: Escalation was developed by SoftWarWare and published by Slitherine Ltd..

ICBM: Escalation is playable and fully supported on Windows.

ICBM: Escalation is not playable on MacOS.

ICBM: Escalation is not playable on Linux.

ICBM: Escalation offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

ICBM: Escalation offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

There are 2 DLCs available for ICBM: Escalation. Explore additional content available for ICBM: Escalation on Steam.

ICBM: Escalation does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

ICBM: Escalation does not support Steam Remote Play.

ICBM: Escalation is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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ICBM: Escalation
28.99€ -50% 28.99€ 14.65€ -33% 28.99€ 19.50€
8.3
771
107
Game modes
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Online players
157
Developer
SoftWarWare
Publisher
Slitherine Ltd.
Release 21 Nov 2024
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