World War III: Black Gold

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App ID	254080
App Type	Game
Developer	Reality Pump
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 ()

😐 57.37%

793 reviews

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...

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Additional Information

Developer

Reality Pump

metacritic_name

World War III: Black Gold

metacritic_score

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)

library_assets

library_capsule	en
library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
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height_pct	96.52777777777777

review_score

review_percentage

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_input	gamepad
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	1
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	1
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	0
non_deck_display_glyphs	1
small_text	0
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	proton-stable
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

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

Assets

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clienticon

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clienttga

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icon

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logo

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logo_small

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small_capsule

english

capsule_231x87.jpg

header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
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image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
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image2x/english	library_hero_2x.jpg
library_logo ↴
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image2x/english	logo_2x.png
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page_background_path	app/254080
timestamp	29 December 2019 – 04:56:16 UTC

Trailers

13533 ↴
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13534 ↴
trailer_name	World War III: Black Gold Music Video
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World War III: Black Gold

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