ICBM: Escalation

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 6 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 665 reviews of which 591 were positive and 74 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 26.09€ on Steam and has a 10% discount.

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

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

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Requirements

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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

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

At first it kind of looked like a re-packaging of the first game. I thought "Ohhh ok introduce some QOL improvements, add a few new units and throw in some visuals" (The way 8/10 companies do things these days). Fortunately I was wrong. This is a true old school-esque sequel and a huge improvement over the first game. Remember the days when a game sequel would render the first game obsolete? Yea that's the case here. If you liked the first game you'll definitely be delighted by this.

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.

Nov. 2024

The Perfect sequel, though a bit overwhelming with all the new features. Also i saw the news, 10/10 timing.

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

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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-10% 28.99€ 26.09€

8.3

591

Online players

183

Developer

SoftWarWare

Publisher

Slitherine Ltd.

Release 21 Nov 2024

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