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US and THEM

Icehole Games · Conglomerate 5 · 2014-03-18

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 02, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Lead the CIA or KGB in a turn-based global strategy. Influence nations, run covert ops, and win the Cold War without firing a shot.

1
playing now
34%
positive of 115 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
borked
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (17 reviews).
  • · Top 68% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.9k–6.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 115 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.37 at GamersGate (2021-08-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 21 of 40 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220142026Week of 2014-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-08-12 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.76$0.372015-01-012026-08-212015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-07-16 — best price $9.992016-02-05 — best price $0.992016-10-10 — best price $9.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-11-23 — best price $0.892018-03-09 — best price $1.012018-06-22 — best price $0.502018-09-07 — best price $0.592019-01-21 — best price $2.992019-09-02 — best price $2.992020-01-29 — best price $9.992020-06-12 — best price $2.992020-11-05 — best price $0.452021-03-16 — best price $0.382021-05-24 — best price $2.992021-07-08 — best price $2.992021-09-11 — best price $8.092021-11-05 — best price $1.762021-12-17 — best price $2.002022-03-07 — best price $2.992022-07-12 — best price $0.542022-11-29 — best price $2.992023-02-04 — best price $2.992023-05-13 — best price $2.992023-10-07 — best price $2.992024-02-08 — best price $0.452024-05-10 — best price $0.602024-10-07 — best price $0.452025-02-10 — best price $2.992025-07-21 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $0.592026-04-27 — best price $2.992026-08-21 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, German, Greek, Russian

Player tags

Cold WarStrategyTurn-Based Strategy

Census log

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

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