Underplayed Gems

Cuban Missile Crisis: Ice Crusade (2015)

Cuban Missile Crisis: Ice Crusade cover
Developer
G5 Software
Publisher
Fulqrum Publishing
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Strategy
Rating
3.9 of 5, 90 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 5.7 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

Commanding frozen battlefields in a cold war that turned into an arctic, nuclear-altered world feels tense and methodical as you manage survival and conflict.

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What players say

Players call it a solid RTS that stands on its own, with a memorable frozen post-apocalyptic setting and music that sticks with you. Combat is harder than the original, partially because no exploit from the first game exists anymore. Some note mission design can be repetitive or unbalanced, with anti-tank guided missiles making heavy armor worthless.

Screenshots

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