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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 811 reviews of which 722 were positive and 89 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 26.09€ on Steam with a 10% discount, but you can find it for 19.50€ on Instant Gaming.


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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

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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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ICBM: Escalation
8.4
722
89
Online players
92
Developer
SoftWarWare
Publisher
Slitherine Ltd.
Release 21 Nov 2024
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