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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 ()
😐 57.31%
794 reviews
2
In-Game
💡 Strategy 🌐 RTS ⚔️ War

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...

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
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  • 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
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    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
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    requires_voice_files0
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    hdr_support0
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

Tags

💡 Strategy 🌐 RTS ⚔️ War 🕹️ Multiplayer 👤 Singleplayer

Categories

Single-player Online PvP Online Co-op Cross-Platform Multiplayer Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Includes level editor Family Sharing Multi-player PvP Co-op

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timestamp29 December 2019 – 04:56:16 UTC

Trailer 13533 ↴

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timestamp 12 November 2015 – 20:06:48 UTC

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Steam charts

  • 2 players right now
  • 16 24-hour peak
  • 9,724 all-time peak 12 April 2018
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  • 33 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😐 Mixed
  • 57.31% SteamDB Rating
  • 464 58.4% positive reviews
  • 330 41.6% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
14 April 2013 ⇄ Groupees: TopWare Interactive Groupee -
2 October 2013 ⇄ Fanatical: The Blaze of Glory Bundle -
11 September 2017 🆓 Free key giveaway -
24 January 2020 🆓 Free key giveaway -

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Steam player counter indicates there are currently 2 players live playing World War III: Black Gold on Steam.

World War III: Black Gold had an all-time peak of 9724 concurrent players on 12 April 2018.

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