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World War III: Black Gold

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App ID 254080
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Topware Interactive
Supported Systems Windows macOS
Last Changenumber 28970938
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 00:47:38 UTC ()
Release Date 16 October 2001 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
😐 57.47%
788 reviews
2
In-Game

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...

Steam price history

Current Price $6.99
Lowest Recorded Price $0.64 at -87% 14 March 2016
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Russian Ruble 280 ₽ $3.60 -48.38% $0.20 16 ₽ at -88%
Ukrainian Hryvnia 163₴ $3.89 -44.32% $0.33 14₴ at -86%
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Indonesian Rupiah Rp 65000 $4.00 -42.70% $0.36 Rp 5979 at -87%
Indian Rupee ₹ 345 $4.02 -42.41% $0.38 ₹ 33 at -87%
Chinese Yuan ¥ 29 $4.04 -42.18% $0.27 ¥ 2 at -90%
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South African Rand R 72.00 $4.05 -41.96% $0.40 R 7.15 at -87%
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Chilean Peso CLP$ 4200 $4.42 -36.76% $0.41 CLP$ 390 at -87%
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CIS - U.S. Dollar $4.69 $4.69 -32.90% $0.38 $0.38 at -87%
Taiwan Dollar NT$ 138 $4.71 -32.53% $0.64 NT$ 19 at -87%
Kuwaiti Dinar 1.45 KD $4.74 -32.17% $0.52 0.16 KD at -85%
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Mexican Peso Mex$ 88.99 $4.77 -31.75% $0.38 Mex$ 7.27 at -87%
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Japanese Yen ¥ 800 $5.45 -22.02% $0.43 ¥ 64 at -87%
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British Pound £5.89 $7.98 +14.25% $0.69 £0.51 at -87%
Euro 6,89€ $8.04 +15.08% $0.74 0,64€ at -87%
Polish Zloty 31,99zł $8.78 +25.64% $0.73 2,69zł at -85%
Swiss Franc CHF 7.75 $9.71 +38.99% $0.81 CHF 0.65 at -87%
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Additional Information

Developer Reality Pump
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
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
LegacyKeyRegistrationMethod registry
LegacyKeyRegistryLocation HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\TestApp254080\SteamKey
ShowCDKeyOnLaunch Yes [view your cd keys in client]
SupportsCDKeyCopyToClipboard Yes [view your cd keys in client]
ReleaseState released
Publisher Topware Interactive
Store Release Date 16 October 2001 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
3rd-Party DRM Reality Pump, no machine activation limit
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Strategy (2)
Original Release Date 16 October 2001 – 07:00:00 UTC () (1003215600)
Store Asset Modification Time 29 December 2019 – 04:55:18 UTC () (1577595318)
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Detected Technologies (?) OpenAL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game's graphics settings cannot be configured to run well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: This game's launcher/setup tool may require a touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or have difficult to read text
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  •  
  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 19 July 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 3338140
  • configuration:
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    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
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First seen on SteamDB 28 August 2013 – 13:08:33 UTC (), in changelist #274008

Supported Languages

6 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes Yes

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Trailers
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