Wargame: European Escalation on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Wargame: European Escalation is a strategy, rts and military game developed and published by Eugen Systems.
Released on February 22nd 2012 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 7 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 3,303 reviews of which 2,581 were positive and 722 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.6 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 3.33€ on Instant Gaming.


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Windows
  • OS *: WINDOWS XP SP3/WINDOWS VISTA SP2/WINDOWS 7
  • Processor: AMD/INTEL DUAL-CORE 2.5 GHZ
  • Memory: 1024 MB (XP)/2048 MB (VISTA/7)
  • Graphics: 256 MB 100% DIRECTX 9 AND SHADERS 3.0 COMPATIBLE. ATI RADEON X1800 GTO/NVIDIA GEFORCE 7600 GT OR HIGHER
  • DirectX®: 9
  • Hard Drive: 10 GB
  • Sound: DIRECTX 9 COMPATIBLE
  • Other: INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED FOR ONLINE GAMING AND GAME ACTIVATION
MacOS
  • OS: MAC OS X 10.6.8
  • Processor: INTEL CORE 2 DUO 2.4 GHZ
  • Memory: 2048 MB
  • Graphics: 256 MB ATI RADEON HD 4670/NVIDIA GEFORCE GT120/320M OR HIGHER
  • Hard Drive: 10 GB
  • Other: INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED FOR ONLINE GAMING
Linux
  • OS: UBUNTU 12.04 LTS/UBUNTU 12.10
  • Processor: AMD/INTEL DUAL-CORE 2.5 GHZ
  • Memory: 2048 MB
  • Graphics: 256 MB SHADERS 3.0 COMPATIBLE. ATI RADEON X1800 GTO/NVIDIA GEFORCE 7600 GT/INTEL HD 3000 OR HIGHER
  • Hard Drive: 10 GB
  • Sound: SOUND CARD
  • Other: INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED FOR ONLINE GAMING

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March 2025
Wargame: European Escalation delivers compelling strategic depth and technical accuracy while functioning as a disturbing artifact of how we've transformed potential extinction events into entertainment. You'll enjoy it immensely while unconsciously absorbing militaristic frameworks that reshape how you perceive international relations. The game succeeds precisely because it makes the unthinkable feel not just possible but manageable.
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Dec. 2024
I love the Wargame series, this series of games has a style and gameplay that really scratches a certain itch I have when it comes to RTS games. It's fast paced and kinetic but still requires alot of thought and management. Even early stage solo AI will teach you hunkering down and "base building" or massing a large force in one area is not good, you are always moving, reenforcing and engaging. I'm antisocial, and generally avoid engaging with other people so I haven't tried any of the multiplayer, so I can't speak to that, but I love this game and the other entries
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Nov. 2024
Great game, tons of strategy involved, tons of units, great missions. Definitely one of my favorite war games.
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Sept. 2024
Everyone knows about Red Dragon and Warno by now, but the single player scenarios for European Escalation are worth checking out if you enjoyed Red Dragon or Warno. I personally wish the units all spoke english, but some will enjoy that every army speaks their native language so I wont hold it against the game. If you've ever spent too long reading the wikipedia article about your favorite tank, pick up this game it's fun.
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June 2024
recommended, i just developed my own strategy of using scout helies X attack helies to attack their command units at there spawn locations and render them crippled, then finish them off in cold blood like the animals they are.
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Wargame: European Escalation
7.6
2,581
722
Online players
15
Developer
Eugen Systems
Publisher
Eugen Systems
Release 22 Feb 2012
Platforms
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