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World War III: Black Gold

Reality Pump · Topware Interactive · 2013-09-27

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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...

World War III: Black Gold is a 2013 Strategy game priced at $6.99, estimated to have 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed sentiment from 63% of 910 reviews.

6
playing now
63%
positive of 913 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 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

Quiet
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 14,201 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 37k–73k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 913 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$0.77-85%
IndieGala$0.78-84%

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 79 of 85 observed days · $0.34 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420172026Week of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1502026-09-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$0.432015-01-012026-10-122015-01-01 — 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 $0.742026-10-12 — best price $0.77
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1632026-06-01 — 5 pageviews2026-06-05 — 8 pageviews2026-06-09 — 6 pageviews2026-06-13 — 5 pageviews2026-06-17 — 5 pageviews2026-06-21 — 5 pageviews2026-06-25 — 4 pageviews2026-06-29 — 8 pageviews2026-07-03 — 16 pageviews2026-07-07 — 14 pageviews2026-07-11 — 9 pageviews2026-07-15 — 11 pageviews2026-07-19 — 11 pageviews2026-07-23 — 12 pageviews2026-07-27 — 9 pageviews2026-07-31 — 6 pageviews2026-08-04 — 4 pageviews2026-08-08 — 4 pageviews2026-08-12 — 5 pageviews2026-08-16 — 7 pageviews2026-08-20 — 6 pageviews2026-08-24 — 9 pageviews2026-08-28 — 4 pageviews2026-09-01 — 7 pageviews2026-09-05 — 15 pageviews2026-09-09 — 11 pageviews2026-09-13 — 15 pageviews2026-09-17 — 16 pageviews2026-09-21 — 3 pageviews2026-09-25 — 13 pageviews2026-09-29 — 4 pageviews2026-10-03 — 12 pageviews2026-10-07 — 5 pageviews2026-10-11 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudIncludes level editor1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-12-14 (Steam store data)

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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