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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 ()
😐 57.36%
788 reviews
7
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...

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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review_score 5
review_percentage 58
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:
    supported_inputgamepad
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke1
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav1
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs1
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    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

Assets

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header_image
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library_assets_full
library_capsule ↴
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image2x/englishlibrary_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/englishlibrary_hero.jpg
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Assets
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timestamp29 December 2019 – 04:56:16 UTC
Trailers
2029364 ↴
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2029365 ↴
trailer_nameWorld War III: Black Gold Music Video
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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
254081 Windows World War III: Black Gold Depot 533.11 MiB 0 B
254082 Windows GermanWorld War III: Black Gold Depot 151.74 MiB 0 B
254083 Windows PolishWorld War III: Black Gold Depot 173.05 MiB 0 B
254084 Windows EnglishWorld War III: Black Gold Depot 144.97 MiB 0 B
254085 Windows ItalianWorld War III: Black Gold Depot 151.36 MiB 0 B
254086 Windows FrenchWorld War III: Black Gold Depot 138.64 MiB 0 B
254087 Windows Spanish - SpainWorld War III: Black Gold Depot 159.60 MiB 0 B
254088 macOS EnglishWorld War III: Black Gold MAC Eng 1.13 GiB 779.90 MiB
254089 macOS GermanWorld War III: Black Gold MAC Ger 1.14 GiB 784.43 MiB
254090 macOS FrenchWorld War III: Black Gold MAC Fra 1.13 GiB 774.07 MiB
254091 macOS ItalianWorld War III: Black Gold MAC Ita 1.14 GiB 788.19 MiB
254092 macOS Spanish - SpainWorld War III: Black Gold MAC Esp 1.15 GiB 792.33 MiB
254093 macOS PolishWorld War III: Black Gold MAC Pl 1.16 GiB 805.30 MiB
254094 Linux World War III: Black Gold Linux No size
254095 DLC 986300World War III: Black Gold - Soundtrack 663.06 MiB 665.20 MiB

Total size on disk is 8.92 GiB and total download size is 5.26 GiB.

Total size on disk is 678.08 MiB and total download size is 0 B, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 3338140 25 November 2018 – 20:43:56 UTC

Other

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