ICBM (video game)

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ICBM
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Developer(s) SoftWarWare and K-Project
Publisher(s) Slitherine Software
Platform(s) Windows
ReleaseNovember 17, 2020 [1]
Genre(s) Real-time strategy
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

ICBM is a real-time strategy game developed by SoftWarWare and K-Project, and published by Slitherine Software in 2020. The game allows players to weigh nuclear warfare by researching technologies, building stockpiles, and launching attacks on opponents while protecting their own population from nuclear attacks. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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Gameplay

Reception

Wargamer compared the game to DEFCON (2006) and wrote: "For all of ICBM's good aspects and good ideas, there's just not much depth to it all." [8] PCMag gave the game a rating of four out of five and also compared it to DEFCON. The graphics were described as satisfactory and the user interface as simple and understandable. They would have liked the scenarios to have more variety and the tutorials to be more interesting. [9]

Sequel

ICBM: Escalation is a sequel to ICBM developed by SoftWarWare and published by Slitherine Software on November 21, 2024. [10] On May 27, 2025, an alternate history DLC was released: ICBM: Escalation - Endless October. [11] It features eleven missions from 1950 to 2047. [12] [13] [14]

References

  1. ↑ "ICBM is out". Slitherine Software. 17 November 2020. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "ICBM on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
  3. ↑ "Matrix Games". www.matrixgames.com. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
  4. ↑ "Matrix Games". www.matrixgames.com. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
  5. ↑ "ICBM | PC - Steam | Game Keys". Green Man Gaming. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
  6. ↑ Klose-Ivanov, Maxim (2020-11-17). "ICBM (PC) REVIEW - Nuclear War in a Compact Package". Cultured Vultures. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
  7. ↑ "ICBM review - a fun, but ultimately shallow nuke-chucking RTS". Wargamer. 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
  8. ↑ Georgiou, Leon (17 November 2020). "ICBM review - a fun, but ultimately shallow nuke-chucking RTS". Wargamer . Network N. Archived from the original on 17 February 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  9. ↑ Zannikos, Zois Bekios (25 December 2020). "ICBM Review". PCMag (in Greek). Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "ICBM: Escalation - Out Now". Slitherine Software . 21 November 2024. Archived from the original on 26 November 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  11. ↑ "ICBM: Escalation – Endless October - Out Now". Slitherine Software . 27 May 2025. Archived from the original on 29 May 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  12. ↑ "ICBM: Escalation - Endless October on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
  13. ↑ "ICBM: Escalation – Endless October review - Soldier magazine". soldier.army.mod.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
  14. ↑ "Slitherine". www6.slitherine.com. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
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