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World War III: Black Gold

Reality Pump · Topware Interactive · 2013-09-27

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 16, 2001 (Mac), Oct 16, 2001 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Actual Armies. Actual Weapons. Actual Political Issues.World War III - Black Gold takes the player to the near future. The political crisis has been going on for months, leading to worldwide turmoil. A secret conference of the UN Central Geological Commission reveals that worldwide oil reserves have reached dangerously low levels: Oil...

2
playing now
63%
positive of 910 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

World War III: Black Gold is a real-time strategy video game developed by Reality Pump and published in 2001 by JoWood Productions, and then later republished in 2006 by TopWare Interactive.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 33% of 5,944 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 36k–73k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 910 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$0.88-82%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.88-82%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.43 at Savemi (2019-10-26) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 76 of 84 observed days · $0.45 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

902026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$0.432015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $1.242015-05-18 — best price $4.992015-12-01 — best price $2.112016-06-24 — best price $5.342017-04-20 — best price $4.992017-10-26 — best price $4.282018-05-01 — best price $4.282018-11-01 — best price $4.992019-04-02 — best price $4.992019-10-26 — best price $0.432020-03-16 — best price $1.992020-06-12 — best price $4.992020-07-23 — best price $4.392020-08-31 — best price $2.492020-10-12 — best price $4.992020-11-25 — best price $2.492021-01-15 — best price $4.142021-02-22 — best price $4.992021-04-01 — best price $4.992021-05-18 — best price $4.992021-07-26 — best price $1.992021-11-22 — best price $0.602022-02-02 — best price $4.142022-05-17 — best price $4.142022-07-26 — best price $3.892022-10-31 — best price $0.602023-01-23 — best price $1.242023-07-02 — best price $1.492023-12-04 — best price $3.242024-04-03 — best price $4.112024-07-14 — best price $4.992024-11-26 — best price $1.992025-08-25 — best price $2.792026-03-28 — best price $3.662026-06-12 — best price $1.002026-08-12 — best price $0.742026-08-30 — best price $0.88
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

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5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

RTSWarStrategyMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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