DEFCON

App ID 1520
App Type Game
Name DEFCON
Developer
Publisher Introversion Software
Supported Systems STEAMPLAY
Last Record Update (November 9, 2018 – 12:16:02 UTC)
Last Change Number 5361939
Release Date September 29, 2006 ()

Inspired by the 1983 cult classic film, Wargames, DEFCON superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion of the Cold War era, playing on the fascinating aspects of psychological gameplay that occur during strategic nuclear warfare. You play a General hidden deep within an underground bunker.

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User Tags

StrategyIndieSimulationRTSWarTacticalPsychological HorrorGreat SoundtrackMultiplayer2DAtmosphericSingleplayerAddictiveWargameCold WarDiplomacyReal-Time with Pause

Additional Information

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gamedir Defcon
metacritic_name DEFCON: Everybody Dies
icon steam/games/icon_Defcon
metacritic_score 84
NoServers Yes
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/defcon-everybody-dies?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
state eStateAvailable
ValidOSList
GameManualURL http://store.steampowered.com/manual/1520/
community_visible_stats Yes
linuxclienticon 4ad717aff2b123937d774079df27621cd3b5c2de
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community_hub_visible Yes
small_capsule
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header_image
  • english: header.jpg
store_tags

Players online

  • 10 right now
  • 21 24-hour peak - tweet this
  • 3,474 all-time peak December 21, 2011 – 20:43:21 UTC

SteamSpy Estimations

  • 28 minutes median playtime in last 2 weeks 36 minutes median total playtime
  • 14 minutes average playtime in last 2 weeks 1.8 hours average total playtime
  • 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners

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Markers

Date Label
November 22, 2011 – 08:00:00 UTC ⇄ Humble Bundle: The Humble Introversion Bundle
February 13, 2013 – 07:00:00 UTC ⇄ Indiegala: Indie Gala Colossus
August 8, 2013 – 18:00:00 UTC ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Weekly Sale: Introversion
December 1, 2015 – 17:00:00 UTC ⇄ Humble Bundle: Yogscast Jingle Jam 2015

Packages that include this app

SubID Name Billing Type Last Updated
55 Darwinia Complementary CD Key November 13, 2015 – 20:00:46 UTC
156 Defcon Store July 6, 2018 – 18:02:43 UTC
242 Defcon Complimentary CD Key November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
578 Introversion Anthology Store July 6, 2018 – 18:02:43 UTC
4089 Introversion Comp CD Key November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
4603 Introversion Complete Pack Store July 6, 2018 – 18:02:43 UTC
6925 Indie Mix Pack Store November 13, 2015 – 20:36:01 UTC
11611 Introversion Complete Pack Comp CD Key November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
12283 Introversion Humble Indie Bundle Retail CD Key November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
12961 Holiday Sale 2011 Gift: Defcon No Cost November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
14002 Introversion Classics Pack Store July 6, 2018 – 18:02:43 UTC
14325 DEFCON + Soundtrack DLC Store July 6, 2018 – 18:02:43 UTC
15385 Summer Sale Indie Bundle Day Six Store November 13, 2015 – 21:07:03 UTC
16339 Best of British Indie Bundle Store November 13, 2015 – 21:12:10 UTC
17230 Linux Test Comp Internal CD Key April 21, 2017 – 22:39:06 UTC
26289 Prison Architect Name in Game CD Key November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
26291 Prison Architect Introversioner CD Key November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
26396 Prison Architect Introversioner Store November 14, 2018 – 06:00:05 UTC
26397 Prison Architect Name in Game Store November 14, 2018 – 06:00:05 UTC
26407 Defcon Gift November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
43954 Prison Architect Name in Game Upgrade DLC Store or CD Key November 14, 2018 – 06:00:05 UTC
Cross reference packages and depots for this app

Downloadable Content

AppID Name Last Updated
1522 DEFCON Demo (DEFCON) October 20, 2018 – 09:06:04 UTC
1523 DEFCON Beta Demo August 8, 2018 – 11:11:24 UTC
1528 ValveTestApp1528-do-not-use October 7, 2015 – 03:04:28 UTC
1535 DEFCON Soundtrack DLC October 7, 2015 – 03:04:28 UTC
209772 DEFCON Sountrack DLC retail (DEFCON Soundtrack) August 8, 2018 – 11:17:00 UTC

Depots

ID Name Max Size OS Extra Info
209772 DEFCON Soundtrack 63.00 MiB Optional DLC 209772
1527 defcon mac content 65.57 MiB
1521 Defcon Content 59.79 MiB
1523 defcon linux 62.87 MiB

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 1925272 July 20, 2017 – 20:30:13 UTC
test Public Test Build 1925272 June 29, 2017 – 12:43:28 UTC

Other

Name Value
overridescddb 1

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Launch Options

Description Executable Arguments Type OS Extra Info
Default defcon.exe Default
Default DEFCON.app Default
None run_steam.sh Default

Configuration

Key Value
contenttype 3
installdir Defcon
launch See section above
steamcontrollertemplateindex 5

History

Achievements

API name Display name and description Icons
DefconAchievement0 Victory

Win a game online

DefconAchievement1 Reserves

Win an online game with at least half your nukes still remaining

DefconAchievement2 Perfectly timed betrayal

Defect from an ally, then land a nuke on one of their cities within 10 seconds

DefconAchievement3 Pre-emptive striker

Destroy a total of 50 enemy silos before they can launch any Nukes

DefconAchievement4 Kill The World

Nuke 7 billion civilians

DefconAchievement5 Wasteful

Destroy a total of 50 enemy ships with Nukes

DefconAchievement6 Nice try

Sink an entire enemy fleet of six subs, before they can launch a single nuke

DefconAchievement7 Hit and run

Launch all nukes from a fleet of six subs and escape without losing a single sub in the process

DefconAchievement8 Recon expert

Uncover all ground bases belonging to a single enemy team before Defcon 1

DefconAchievement9 Brave sacrifice

Lose 500 pilots due to running out of fuel

DefconAchievement10 Explore North America

Nuke Washington DC, New York and San Francisco in a single match

DefconAchievement11 Explore South America

Nuke Mexico, Sao Paolo and Lima in a single match

DefconAchievement12 Explore Europe

Nuke London, Rome and Berlin in a single match

DefconAchievement13 Explore Africa

Nuke Cairo and Kinchasa in a single match

DefconAchievement14 Explore Russia

Nuke Moscow and Leningrad in a single match

DefconAchievement15 Explore Asia

Nuke Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong in a single match

DefconAchievement16 Lone warrior

Win a 6 player game online without ever being in an alliance

DefconAchievement17 Diplomat

Win an online game of Diplomacy

DefconAchievement18 Backstabber

Call a vote and convince your allies to kick a team member, a total of 10 times

DefconAchievement19 Had enough yet?

Nuke a city with a population already reduced to 0.0M

DefconAchievement20 Survivor

Win an online game of Survivor with at least 90% of your population still alive

DefconAchievement21 Merry Christmas

Nuke Santa and thereby end Christmas for everyone, for ever more

Stats

API Name Display Name Default Value
AllianceKicks Number of times kicked from Alliance 0
AllianceVotes Number of Alliance Kick Votes started 0
CivilianDeathsFriendly Friendly civilian kills (millions) 0
CivilianDeathsEnemy Enemy civilian kills (millions) 0
CivilianDeathsLosses Civilian losses (millions) 0
NukesLaunchedSilo Nukes launched from silos 0
NukesLaunchedBomber Nukes launched from bombers 0
NukesLaunchedSub Nukes launched from subs 0
KillsSilo Number of Silos destroyed 0
KillsRadar Number of Radar Stations destroyed 0
KillsNuke Number of Nukes shot down 0
KillsSub Number of Submarines sunk 0
KillsBattleship Number of Battleships sunk 0
KillsAirbase Number of Airbases destroyed 0
KillsFighter Number of Fighters shot down 0
KillsBomber Number of Bombers shot down 0
KillsCarrier Number of Carriers sunk 0
DeathsSilo Number of Silos lost 0
DeathsRadar Number of Radar Stations lost 0
DeathsNuke Number of Nukes lost 0
DeathsSub Number of Submarines lost 0
DeathsBattleship Number of Battleships lost 0
DeathsAirbase Number of Airbases lost 0
DeathsFighter Number of Fighters lost 0
DeathsBomber Number of Bombers lost 0
DeathsCarrier Number of Carriers lost 0
FullSilosDestroyed Number of full Silos destroyed 0
ShipsNuked Number of ships nuked 0
FightersOutOfFuel Number of Fighters lost due to lack of fuel 0
SuccessfulKicks Number of successful alliance kicks 0
OnlineGamesCompleted Number of games played online, all the way to completion 0
OnlineGamesWon Number of games won online 0
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