The Game Census
ICBM: Escalation cover art

ICBM: Escalation

SoftWarWare · Slitherine Ltd. · 2024-11-21

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 21, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

ICBM: Escalation is a grand RTS where you command armies, develop cutting-edge tech, and wield devastating weapons. Conquer enemies with conventional forces or nuclear firepower. With new modes like Standoff and Conquest, the game offers deep strategic layers in a global warfare setting.

93
playing now
86%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

93 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 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
  • · 93 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 65 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (319 reviews).
  • · Top 26% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 29k–64k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,427 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $16.87 at GameBillet (2025-12-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 83 of 158 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27827820242026Week of 2024-11-21: 278 positiveWeek of 2024-11-21: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-11-28: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-11-28: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-05: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-12-05: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-12: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-12-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-19: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-12-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-26: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-26: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-02: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-09: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-16: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-16: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-23: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-23: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-30: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-06: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-13: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-20: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-27: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-13: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-03: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-10: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-08: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

144562026-08-17 06:00 — 66 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 83 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 90 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 61 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 94 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 83 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 59 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 120 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 92 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 88 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 144 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 72 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 67 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 89 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 69 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 56 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 92 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 71 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 73 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 144 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 93 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$15.992024-11-162026-08-142024-11-16 — best price $27.892024-11-26 — best price $22.402025-01-06 — best price $28.492025-03-06 — best price $29.992025-04-07 — best price $26.992025-04-21 — best price $25.192025-05-23 — best price $26.992025-06-04 — best price $29.992025-06-26 — best price $23.292025-07-10 — best price $18.962025-07-22 — best price $24.822025-08-12 — best price $24.822025-08-31 — best price $24.932025-09-18 — best price $24.602025-10-13 — best price $22.192025-10-29 — best price $26.992025-11-13 — best price $24.812025-11-28 — best price $26.992025-12-08 — best price $29.992025-12-17 — best price $24.602026-01-10 — best price $29.992026-01-31 — best price $29.992026-02-16 — best price $23.992026-03-09 — best price $18.742026-03-31 — best price $29.992026-04-17 — best price $29.992026-05-07 — best price $29.992026-05-22 — best price $29.992026-06-10 — best price $23.992026-06-25 — best price $19.152026-07-16 — best price $29.992026-08-01 — best price $29.992026-08-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3432026-06-01 — 16 pageviews2026-06-04 — 11 pageviews2026-06-07 — 8 pageviews2026-06-10 — 5 pageviews2026-06-13 — 12 pageviews2026-06-16 — 25 pageviews2026-06-19 — 13 pageviews2026-06-22 — 25 pageviews2026-06-25 — 34 pageviews2026-06-28 — 23 pageviews2026-07-01 — 11 pageviews2026-07-04 — 10 pageviews2026-07-07 — 21 pageviews2026-07-10 — 9 pageviews2026-07-13 — 16 pageviews2026-07-16 — 11 pageviews2026-07-19 — 7 pageviews2026-07-22 — 16 pageviews2026-07-25 — 12 pageviews2026-07-28 — 13 pageviews2026-07-31 — 23 pageviews2026-08-03 — 12 pageviews2026-08-06 — 8 pageviews2026-08-09 — 13 pageviews2026-08-12 — 8 pageviews2026-08-15 — 14 pageviews2026-08-18 — 10 pageviews2026-08-21 — 10 pageviews2026-08-24 — 8 pageviews2026-08-27 — 7 pageviews2026-08-29 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
30.8%
earned "No More Lies"
4.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing4 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3460%82

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

Player tags

PvPRTSWarCo-opModernWargameCold WarStrategyDestructionMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

Players also track

TransOcean: The Shipping CompanySupreme Ruler UltimatePolaris SectorBronze Age - HD EditionBusiness Magnate

Similarity via IGDB.

Official site ↗Discord ↗