Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3

Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3

Released Jan 2009

The desperate leadership of a doomed Soviet Union travels back in time to change history and restore the glory of Mother Russia.

85% positive · 16K reviews
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Evaluation

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 originally released in October 2008 and arrived on Steam on January 8, 2009. The game shipped as a complete, fully-featured RTS title, and its standalone expansion Uprising followed in March 2009, rounding out the content for the Red Alert 3 era. The most recent notable developer activity came on February 27, 2025, when EA and community veteran Luke "CCHyper" Feenan announced two significant legacy initiatives for the broader C&C franchise: the release of source code for several classic C&C titles under open-source licenses, and the addition of Steam Workshop support for custom maps across multiple C&C games — including Red Alert 3 and Uprising. These are preservation and community-empowerment efforts, not new game content. Steam Workshop support allows players to share custom maps, and the modding support pack provides tools for community creators, but neither constitutes new campaign content, DLC, or game updates from the developer. Red Alert 3 has been a finished product for well over a decade. The 2025 activity reflects EA's ongoing stewardship of the C&C franchise's legacy rather than any new content development for Red Alert 3 specifically. No future content has been announced, and no DLC or expansions are listed as unreleased on the store.
Evidence
EA announced Steam Workshop support for Red Alert 3 & Uprising, plus source code releases for other classic C&C titles. These are legacy preservation and community modding initiatives, not new game content.
news post · Feb 27, 2025 source ambiguous
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Store description presents the game as a complete product with no mention of ongoing content, season passes, or future updates.
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Details

Developer
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

The desperate leadership of a doomed Soviet Union travels back in time to change history and restore the glory of Mother Russia. The time travel mission goes awry, creating an alternate timeline where technology has followed an entirely different evolution, a new superpower has been thrust on to the world stage, and World War III is raging. The Empire of the Rising Sun has risen in the East, making World War III a three-way struggle between the Soviets, the Allies, and the Empire with armies fielding wacky and wonderful weapons and technologies like Tesla coils, heavily armed War Blimps, teleportation, armored bears, intelligent dolphins, floating island fortresses, and transforming tanks.

  • Star-Studded Storytelling– Command & Conquer's trademark live-action videos return in HD, with over 60 minutes of footage featuring the largest cast in the history of the Command & Conquer franchise.

  • Command the Seas, Conquer the World– Experience Gameplay as for the first time in the series, waging war on the water will be every bit as important as dominating by land and air. Gain strategic advantages by controlling resources in the seas and mounting three-pronged attacks from all directions.

  • Ready your Man Cannons!– Armored War Bears, and Anime-inspired psychic school girls join your favorite Red Alert units like Sonic Dolphins, Tesla Troopers, Attack Dogs, and the ever popular Tanya.

  • A New Threat From the East– The deadly Empire of the Rising Sun is a technological terror, with designs influenced by a mixture of anime, science-fiction, martial arts and robot culture. The Empire's futuristic units can transform into alternate forms, and they specialize in naval warfare.
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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