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World War III: Black Gold

App ID 254080
App Type Game
Name World War III: Black Gold
Developer
Publisher Topware Interactive
Supported Systems STEAMPLAY
Last Record Update (August 27, 2019 – 22:52:37 UTC)
Last Change Number 6820079
Release Date October 16, 2001 ()

Actual Armies. Actual Weapons. Actual Political Issues.World War III - Black Gold takes the player to the near future. The political crisis has been going on for months, leading to worldwide turmoil. A secret conference of the UN Central Geological Commission reveals that worldwide oil reserves have reached dangerously low levels: Oil...

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User Tags

StrategyRTSWarMultiplayer

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Additional Information

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metacritic_name World War III: Black Gold
metacritic_score 71
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/world-war-iii-black-gold?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
GameManualURL https://store.steampowered.com/manual/254080/
community_visible_stats Yes
LegacyKeyRegistrationMethod registry
LegacyKeyRegistryLocation HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\TestApp254080\SteamKey
ShowCDKeyOnLaunch Yes
SupportsCDKeyCopyToClipboard Yes
releasestate released
Store Release Date October 16, 2001 ()
community_hub_visible Yes
small_capsule
  • english: capsule_231x87.jpg
header_image
  • english: header.jpg
3rd-Party DRM Reality Pump, no machine activation limit
Associations
  • 0/name: Reality Pump
  • 0/type: developer
  • 1/name: Topware Interactive
  • 1/type: publisher
Primary Genre 2
Store Genres
  • 0: 2
Store Categories
  • category_1: 1
  • category_2: 1
  • category_17: 1
  • category_23: 1
  • category_27: 1
  • category_29: 1
  • category_36: 1
  • category_38: 1
Supported Languages
  • english/full_audio: true
  • english/subtitles: true
  • english/supported: true
  • french/full_audio: true
  • french/subtitles: true
  • french/supported: true
  • german/full_audio: true
  • german/subtitles: true
  • german/supported: true
  • italian/full_audio: true
  • italian/subtitles: true
  • italian/supported: true
  • polish/full_audio: true
  • polish/subtitles: true
  • polish/supported: true
  • spanish/full_audio: true
  • spanish/subtitles: true
  • spanish/supported: true
Original Release Date October 16, 2001 – 07:00:00 UTC (1003215600)
Store Asset Modification Time September 9, 2013 – 02:50:41 UTC (1378695041)

Player counts

  • 26 players right now
  • 87 24-hour player peak
  • 9,724 all-time player peak April 12, 2018 – 12:40:03 UTC

SteamSpy Estimations

  • 0 minutes median playtime in last 2 weeks 5.0 hours median total playtime
  • 0 minutes average playtime in last 2 weeks 4.7 hours average total playtime
  • 200,000 .. 500,000 owners 793 followers

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Markers

Date Label
April 14, 2013 – 14:00:00 UTC ⇄ Groupees: TopWare Interactive Groupee
October 2, 2013 – 12:00:00 UTC ⇄ Fanatical: The Blaze of Glory Bundle
September 11, 2017 – 16:50:13 UTC 🆓 Free key giveaway

Bundles that include this app

ID Name % Created
9648 World War III: Black Gold with Soundtrack -20% Yes December 14, 2018 – 15:02:07 UTC

Packages that include this app

SubID Name Billing Type Last Updated
31145 World War III: Black Gold Developer Comp CD Key December 2, 2016 – 10:04:32 UTC
31146 World War III: Black Gold Steam Store and Retail Key Store or CD Key September 2, 2019 – 17:00:34 UTC
31147 World War III: Black Gold for Beta Testing CD Key November 4, 2015 – 01:23:52 UTC
47476 Topware RTS Collection CD Key January 19, 2017 – 16:22:30 UTC
Cross reference packages and depots for this app

Downloadable Content

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AppID Name Last Updated
986300 World War III: Black Gold - Soundtrack December 14, 2018 – 17:37:42 UTC

Depots

ID Name Max Size OS Extra Info
254081 World War III: Black Gold Depot 533.11 MiB
254082 World War III: Black Gold Depot 151.74 MiB German
254083 World War III: Black Gold Depot 173.05 MiB Polish
254084 World War III: Black Gold Depot 144.97 MiB English
254085 World War III: Black Gold Depot 151.36 MiB Italian
254086 World War III: Black Gold Depot 138.64 MiB French
254087 World War III: Black Gold Depot 159.60 MiB Spanish
254088 World War III: Black Gold MAC Eng 1.13 GiB English
254089 World War III: Black Gold MAC Ger 1.14 GiB German
254090 World War III: Black Gold MAC Fra 1.13 GiB French
254091 World War III: Black Gold MAC Ita 1.14 GiB Italian
254092 World War III: Black Gold MAC Esp 1.15 GiB Spanish
254093 World War III: Black Gold MAC Pl 1.16 GiB Polish
254094 World War III: Black Gold Linux No size Encrypted
254095 World War III: Black Gold - Soundtrack 663.06 MiB DLC 986300

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 3338140 November 25, 2018 – 20:43:56 UTC
cvsmbeta 1558224 January 9, 2017 – 11:40:33 UTC
linuxbeta Linux Beta Test 1512923 December 12, 2016 – 09:53:42 UTC

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overridescddb 1
markdlcdepots 1
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Launch Options

Description Executable Arguments Type OS Extra Info
World War III: Black Gold WW3.exe Default
World War III: Black Gold World War III Black Gold.app Default
Graphic Settings World War III Black Gold.app\Setup.app Config
World War III: Black Gold RunGame Default

Configuration

Key Value
contenttype 3
installdir World War III Black Gold
launch See section above

User File System

Key Value
quota 4.66 GiB (5000000000)
maxnumfiles 999

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