World War III: Black Gold
Released Sep 2013
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...
62% positive · 903 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
World War III: Black Gold launched on September 27, 2013 as a complete real-time strategy game with three campaigns and multiplayer. Post-launch developer activity was limited: a Mac port was released in September 2015, updated in January 2017, and a Soundtrack DLC was released on December 14, 2018. That soundtrack release is the last developer communication on record. All DLC has been released, and there are no unreleased DLC entries, no announced future content, and no roadmap pointing to anything upcoming. The developer has not posted any updates since December 14, 2018. Given that the game shipped as a self-contained product with no expansion content beyond the soundtrack, and the developer has been silent since that final release, the game is considered content-complete as of December 14, 2018.
Evidence
Soundtrack DLC released — the last developer communication on record for this game.
Only one DLC exists — a soundtrack pack — and it has been released. No unreleased DLC entries are present.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Topware Interactive
Achievements
0
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP
About this game
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 reserves will run out within 8-10 years. This proves too short for even the most highly industrialized countries to switch their economies to alternative energy sources. Soon, mass protests erupt all over the world, effectively shutting down the global economy. The Great Powers have declared WW III...
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 reserves will run out within 8-10 years. This proves too short for even the most highly industrialized countries to switch their economies to alternative energy sources. Soon, mass protests erupt all over the world, effectively shutting down the global economy. The Great Powers have declared WW III...
FEATURES:
- 2 Game modes: for beginners and experts
- 3 Campaigns on three sites: the US, Russia and Iraq in 30 epic missions of courage and honour
- Fully 3D war terrain and units
- Day/night cycles and variable weather conditions affect the game and your strategies
- "Technology Tree" weapons research system
- Tunnels, trenches and interconnected underground tunnel systems)
- Ability to modify the 3D terrain (flattens terrain, create bulwarks or dig ditches)
- Advanced electronic battle systems: communications tapping, photo stream capturing
- Kamikaze and Stealth-units
- Camouflage and Jamming systems
- Defence systems: missile defence, decoys, anti-chemical filters
- Anti-aircraft, anti-tank, mass destruction weapons
- Challenging Multitplayer-Mode for up to 8 players over LAN & EarthNet
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Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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