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ICBM

SoftWarWare · Slitherine Ltd. · 2020-11-17

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 17, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

ICBM is a real-time strategy game of nuclear destruction. Research new technologies, build up your nuclear stockpile and use a combination of ships, planes and missiles to strike at the heart of your opponents’ cities while keeping your population safe from harm.

ICBM is a 2020 Strategy game priced at $19.99, with a Very Positive sentiment from 91% of 1,930 reviews and an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners.— census verdict as of 2026-10-14

4
playing now
91%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 56 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (275 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 14,238 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 39k–87k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,930 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.61 at GameBillet (2025-12-13) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 131 of 192 observed days · $2.38 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
25725720202026Week of 2020-11-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2012026-09-15 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 17:00 — 9 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 08:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 20:00 — 12 players2026-10-04 04:00 — 8 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 12 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 11 players2026-10-13 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 20 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2577Nov 2020Aug 2026Nov 2020 — avg 257 · peak 604Jan 2021 — avg 63 · peak 137Mar 2021 — avg 45 · peak 115May 2021 — avg 30 · peak 60Jul 2021 — avg 35 · peak 72Sep 2021 — avg 24 · peak 54Nov 2021 — avg 26 · peak 67Jan 2022 — avg 37 · peak 89Mar 2022 — avg 51 · peak 96May 2022 — avg 28 · peak 59Jul 2022 — avg 30 · peak 77Sep 2022 — avg 24 · peak 79Nov 2022 — avg 30 · peak 66Jan 2023 — avg 30 · peak 85Mar 2023 — avg 27 · peak 62May 2023 — avg 25 · peak 62Jul 2023 — avg 56 · peak 139Sep 2023 — avg 32 · peak 85Nov 2023 — avg 32 · peak 67Jan 2024 — avg 30 · peak 74Mar 2024 — avg 36 · peak 89May 2024 — avg 40 · peak 95Jul 2024 — avg 31 · peak 64Sep 2024 — avg 35 · peak 126Nov 2024 — avg 32 · peak 75Jan 2025 — avg 16 · peak 45Mar 2025 — avg 14 · peak 38May 2025 — avg 11 · peak 33Jul 2025 — avg 19 · peak 51Sep 2025 — avg 13 · peak 34Nov 2025 — avg 9 · peak 22Jan 2026 — avg 10 · peak 28Mar 2026 — avg 14 · peak 50May 2026 — avg 11 · peak 32Jul 2026 — avg 8 · peak 21Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$5.122020-11-172026-10-152020-11-17 — best price $17.952021-03-05 — best price $19.992021-06-21 — best price $16.992021-09-17 — best price $14.122021-12-06 — best price $19.992022-02-26 — best price $16.792022-05-10 — best price $14.992022-08-08 — best price $14.992022-10-24 — best price $11.892022-12-24 — best price $16.992023-03-10 — best price $19.992023-05-04 — best price $19.992023-07-03 — best price $17.972023-08-29 — best price $16.792023-11-24 — best price $19.992024-01-18 — best price $15.992024-03-23 — best price $16.792024-05-19 — best price $19.992024-07-21 — best price $16.192024-09-09 — best price $9.992024-11-01 — best price $13.092024-12-09 — best price $12.792025-01-18 — best price $15.992025-03-10 — best price $9.222025-04-21 — best price $19.992025-06-04 — best price $19.992025-08-04 — best price $8.192025-09-30 — best price $9.992025-11-20 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $7.992026-02-05 — best price $16.952026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-08 — best price $19.992026-06-17 — best price $7.992026-07-31 — best price $5.122026-09-08 — best price $7.992026-09-28 — best price $7.992026-10-15 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2732026-05-31 — 27 pageviews2026-06-04 — 11 pageviews2026-06-08 — 17 pageviews2026-06-12 — 9 pageviews2026-06-16 — 25 pageviews2026-06-20 — 14 pageviews2026-06-24 — 12 pageviews2026-06-28 — 23 pageviews2026-07-02 — 7 pageviews2026-07-06 — 11 pageviews2026-07-10 — 9 pageviews2026-07-14 — 18 pageviews2026-07-18 — 12 pageviews2026-07-22 — 16 pageviews2026-07-26 — 8 pageviews2026-07-30 — 11 pageviews2026-08-03 — 12 pageviews2026-08-07 — 14 pageviews2026-08-11 — 5 pageviews2026-08-15 — 14 pageviews2026-08-19 — 8 pageviews2026-08-23 — 16 pageviews2026-08-27 — 7 pageviews2026-08-31 — 15 pageviews2026-09-04 — 10 pageviews2026-09-08 — 7 pageviews2026-09-12 — 4 pageviews2026-09-16 — 12 pageviews2026-09-20 — 10 pageviews2026-09-24 — 8 pageviews2026-09-28 — 14 pageviews2026-10-02 — 11 pageviews2026-10-06 — 4 pageviews2026-10-09 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
28.8%
earned "Superhero"
4.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6551%20

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

PvPRTSWarCold WarMilitaryModdableStrategyTacticalSubmarineDestruction

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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