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Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3 cover art

Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3

EA Los Angeles · Electronic Arts · 2009-01-08

SteamXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionStrategy

Franchise: Command & Conquer · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 23, 2009 (PlayStation 3), Mar 2009 (Mac), Oct 28, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 10, 2008 (Xbox 360)

The desperate leadership of a doomed Soviet Union travels back in time to change history and restore the glory of Mother Russia.

Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3 is a 2009 Action and Strategy game, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 16,003 reviews).

389
playing now
85%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
12
twitch viewers (latest)
6.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
75/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (224 ratings)
6
Nexus mods (101k downloads)
23h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable

389 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is a real-time strategy video game developed by EA Los Angeles and published by Electronic Arts. It was released in October 2008 in the United States and Europe for Microsoft Windows. An Xbox 360 version was released on November 11. In addition, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Ultimate Edition, the PlayStation 3 version, was released on March 23, 2009, along with the Mac OS X version by TransGaming. The game is a continuation of the Red Alert games within the Command & Conquer series. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Uprising, a stand-alone expansion pack, was released for Microsoft Windows in March 2009. It was offered via digital distribution.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 389 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 551 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~69/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 643k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,067 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
24224220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6532522026-09-15 12:00 — 453 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 381 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 326 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 540 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 530 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 328 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 383 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 489 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 345 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 556 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 532 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 285 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 380 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 581 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 393 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 327 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 535 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 342 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 252 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 575 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 452 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 269 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 389 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
87683Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 234 · peak 523Dec 2012 — avg 113 · peak 296May 2013 — avg 88 · peak 175Oct 2013 — avg 147 · peak 299Mar 2014 — avg 208 · peak 692Aug 2014 — avg 137 · peak 256Jan 2015 — avg 214 · peak 507Jun 2015 — avg 217 · peak 792Nov 2015 — avg 158 · peak 529Apr 2016 — avg 168 · peak 329Sep 2016 — avg 201 · peak 407Feb 2017 — avg 347 · peak 821Jul 2017 — avg 284 · peak 620Dec 2017 — avg 288 · peak 624May 2018 — avg 228 · peak 389Oct 2018 — avg 234 · peak 420Mar 2019 — avg 265 · peak 457Aug 2019 — avg 251 · peak 425Jan 2020 — avg 398 · peak 830Jun 2020 — avg 508 · peak 960Nov 2020 — avg 375 · peak 908Apr 2021 — avg 371 · peak 663Sep 2021 — avg 349 · peak 591Feb 2022 — avg 670 · peak 1,314Jul 2022 — avg 522 · peak 922Dec 2022 — avg 512 · peak 1,068May 2023 — avg 866 · peak 2,764Oct 2023 — avg 466 · peak 894Mar 2024 — avg 787 · peak 1,649Aug 2024 — avg 489 · peak 843Jan 2025 — avg 479 · peak 878Jun 2025 — avg 390 · peak 661Nov 2025 — avg 374 · peak 632Apr 2026 — avg 403 · peak 740Aug 2026 — avg 438 · peak 846
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
552026-09-222026-10-142026-09-23: 1 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 1 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 1 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 4 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 5 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new positive2026-10-06: 5 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 3 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new positive2026-10-10: 4 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 2 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 1 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.95$1.992015-01-012024-03-042015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-02-23 — best price $16.662015-04-11 — best price $21.932015-04-29 — best price $21.632015-06-11 — best price $9.992015-06-29 — best price $19.982015-08-17 — best price $19.992015-10-27 — best price $19.952015-11-24 — best price $9.992016-01-04 — best price $19.992016-05-06 — best price $21.622016-06-23 — best price $4.992016-07-07 — best price $19.322016-08-27 — best price $19.992016-11-23 — best price $4.992016-12-12 — best price $29.952017-01-05 — best price $19.992017-02-28 — best price $29.952017-05-05 — best price $13.992017-10-26 — best price $4.992018-01-04 — best price $19.992018-06-22 — best price $4.992019-01-03 — best price $19.992019-11-15 — best price $19.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-02-07 — best price $12.912020-06-11 — best price $9.992020-10-19 — best price $21.212020-12-22 — best price $4.992021-05-06 — best price $4.992021-07-23 — best price $17.592021-10-20 — best price $17.592021-12-23 — best price $19.992022-02-05 — best price $17.592022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $4.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-06-05 — best price $19.992023-09-04 — best price $19.992024-03-04 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

14k2032026-05-29 — 258 pageviews2026-06-02 — 268 pageviews2026-06-06 — 253 pageviews2026-06-10 — 256 pageviews2026-06-14 — 235 pageviews2026-06-18 — 228 pageviews2026-06-22 — 581 pageviews2026-06-26 — 260 pageviews2026-06-30 — 307 pageviews2026-07-04 — 362 pageviews2026-07-08 — 380 pageviews2026-07-12 — 308 pageviews2026-07-16 — 318 pageviews2026-07-20 — 336 pageviews2026-07-24 — 275 pageviews2026-07-28 — 360 pageviews2026-08-01 — 290 pageviews2026-08-05 — 249 pageviews2026-08-09 — 279 pageviews2026-08-13 — 290 pageviews2026-08-17 — 292 pageviews2026-08-21 — 351 pageviews2026-08-25 — 272 pageviews2026-08-29 — 3,632 pageviews2026-09-02 — 1,755 pageviews2026-09-06 — 1,039 pageviews2026-09-10 — 702 pageviews2026-09-14 — 497 pageviews2026-09-18 — 474 pageviews2026-09-22 — 369 pageviews2026-09-26 — 391 pageviews2026-09-30 — 343 pageviews2026-10-04 — 324 pageviews2026-10-08 — 272 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

6502026-10-01 00:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-01 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 21:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 15:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-04 00:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 18:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-05 03:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-05 12:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-05 21:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-06 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 00:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 18:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-08 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 21:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 4 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 23:34 — 12 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Korean, Thai

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RTSWarCo-opActionSci-fiStrategyReal-TimeMultiplayerLevel EditorOnline Co-Op

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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