Cuban Missile Crisis: Ice Crusade
Cuban Missile Crisis: Ice Crusade
Game
Game2015
Cuban Missile Crisis
Developer G5 Software
Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath, also known as The Day After: Fight for Promised Land and known in Russia as Caribbean Crisis (Russian: Карибский кризис), is a real-time tactics computer game developed by Russian developer G5 Software and published by 1C Company in Russia, Black Bean Games in Europe and Strategy First in North America. It was made using Nival Interactive's Enigma engine and is similar to… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
149 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
68
Fresh
73 positive · 34 negative
95% range 59–76%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 73 | 34 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 4 | 0 | 35 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
82 of 118 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
69% recommend · 75 yes, 34 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 109 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (218 of 291 positive).
Players praise the game's ambitious blend of tactical RTS and grand strategy with a Cold War setting. [1][2][3] Some reviewers find the gameplay repetitive and the controls clunky, leading to frustration. [4][5][6] Many note the game is challenging and unforgiving, requiring careful planning and frequent saving. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [19]
This is a reskinned version of Blitzkrieg, the RTS from 2003. If you wanted more of that style gameplay, then by all means buy this. The control scheme, graphics, and engine are identical. The only real change us an (admittedly-cool) theatre level map where you capture infrastructure, build units, and march armies into enemy territory. I am not recommending this game though, because Blitzkrieg came out a decade ago, …
- [5]
The real crisis here is the lack of enjoyable gameplay. There's a reason why we don't have these 1C kinds of isometric games around anymore. Be prepared to be frustrated with the RTS glitches, micro-managing as a lunatic ... be prepared to save and reload ... a lot! http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=792642887 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=791438941
- [1]
If I had to describe Cuban Missile Crisis, it would be this: It's a game that has ambition and knows what it wants to do. It wanted to deliever a fleshed out tactical rts/turn-based strategy expierence that was easy to understand, but hard to master. The game does deliver on this vision quite well, but isn't perfect. I suppose you could say with ambition, you sometimes sacrafice a little bit of quality. Think of the …
- [14]
IMHO, best classic USSR vs NATO strategy game ever. Still looks good. USSR campaign is epic and best ever. 10/10
- [4]
Worth 1-3 dollars if it's on sale. Mediocre game Real time strategy, ww2 theme with a ''what if'' scenario, fights between germany/france/america/uk/russia/china, no decent storyline whatsoever, just random VERY repetitive battles and objectives. It's good for the most casual of gamers if you put the difficulty on easy (written as ''low'' in-game). It can be so easy that when defending, you can just speed the game …
Summarised from 34 of the 150 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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60 of 149 · most liked firstIf I had to describe Cuban Missile Crisis, it would be this: It's a game that has ambition and knows what it wants to do. It wanted to deliever a fleshed out tactical rts/turn-based strategy expierence that was easy to understand, but hard to master. The game does deliver on this vision quite well, but isn't perfect. I suppose you could say with ambition, you sometimes sacrafice a little bit of quality. Think of the gameplay playing similar to Tom Clancy's Endwar. Except Cuban Missile Crisis…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →China just punched back as hard as the US, imposing 84% tariffs on goods from the USA, beginning tomorrow April 10th. This is a game of chicken played with some of the highest stakes ever (second only to the Cuban Missile Crisis?) Feels like it's China's to win. www.theguardian.com/business/liv...
neutral · AI labelView post →Cuban Missile Crisis has the makings of a great game; The Cold War goes hot during the aforementioned crisis, and suddenly the major powers are scrambling to abandon the North Hemisphere to invade the Southern Hemisphere. Built on the same engine that Blitzkrieg used, so it's got a solid pedigree there. There is both a stragetic and tactical level to the game, giving it more depth. You can order around units on the map, capture stragetic resources, etc. The problem I have noticed is that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A diamond in the rough if there ever was one. Pros: - That great classic Blitzkreig gameplay with a more modern, Cold War flair. - Expanded, deeper camaign-level gamplay. Instead of simply selecting from a list of engagments, you must manage various formations balancing assaulting the enemy and keeping your army supplied and mobile. - Four (4) unique, interlocking campagins Cons: - The free-form nature of the campaign leads to a high amount of scenario repetition with varation coming almost…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The real crisis here is the lack of enjoyable gameplay. There's a reason why we don't have these 1C kinds of isometric games around anymore. Be prepared to be frustrated with the RTS glitches, micro-managing as a lunatic ... be prepared to save and reload ... a lot! http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=792642887 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=791438941
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Drawing Wario everyday until there's a new Wario Land game day 1962. 1962 was the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis! Wario got tied up in a little bit of an uh... conundrum...
neutral · AI labelView post →Apart from some slight teething issues at release, this game is good fun. As someone who has played this for the first time but seen it on wiki and as a fan of RTS games, I loved this. Worth far more then the fiver I paid for it now it works. If you like RTS's like rise of nations and command and conquer, this is the game for you.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Only time for one game this past weekend and taught 1960:The Making of the President to a friend of mine. Was hoping to get this one plus 13 Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis and Watergate in. Took us longer to play 1960 than I had planned. Had fun though. @jasondcmatthews.bsky.social #boardgames
neutral · AI labelView post →7) Here's a good example: "I'm working on a role-playing game about the experiences of ordinary American families living through the Cuban Missile Crisis. While I'm familiar with events in general, I'd like to better understand the American societal response, right down to the individual level."
neutral · AI labelView post →This game basically combines everything that I like. Nice retro visuals, alternative history, postapocalyptic setting after WW3 and dynamic campaign with tactical map where you can decide what you want to do next. Also units gaining experience and being able to take them into next missions if you keep them alive. But beware that this game can be very tough and unforgiving. Be prepared to use quick save/quick load quite a lot. Little bit like in Commandos series where everything could go wrong…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I started turning the tide and it was getting really late, so she ironically used "How I Learned to Stop Worrying..." during the Cuban Missile Crisis to coup Angola and end the game in global thermonuclear war.
neutral · AI labelView post →For reference, I do not regret using them. X-men has used their metaphor to talk about current events from Apartheid to the Cuban Missile Crisis to AIDS. What the fuck kinda X-men game would I be if I didn't do the same? But /do/ take care of yourself.
neutral · AI labelView post →The fact that the entire postwar "we built these institutions to Not Have Another World War" order is facing its greatest threat since the Cuban Missile Crisis because a racist game show host can't read a map just makes me want to lie down
neutral · AI labelView post →6) Here's a bad example: "I'm working on a game based on the Cuban Missile Crisis. Can you help me get the details right?" That's less than helpful because there's no indication of what the game is and what it is you need beyond "help" or vaguely defined "details".
neutral · AI labelView post →IMHO, best classic USSR vs NATO strategy game ever. Still looks good. USSR campaign is epic and best ever. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Doesn't work with windows 10 after 2022.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In the 2nd entry in a new series of History Behind the Cards posts focused on Checkpoint Charlie from @gmtgames.bsky.social designed by Russell Brown, we take a look look at the Cuban Missile Crisis. theplayersaid.com/2026/07/09/h...
neutral · AI labelView post →Lost faith in #Infantino He has sold the beautiful game to a criminal, sex pest who is the biggest threat to World peace since the Cuban Missile Crisis. #Boycott2026WorldCup.
neutral · AI labelView post →One of the best implementations of Blitzkrieg 1 engine, Cuban Missile Crisis adds a strategic map where you can move your armies and take strategic positions (radars, refineries or arms depots) that'll impact the RTS missions. The graphics aged quite well imo. The setting is well written, it portrays a believable nuclear battlefield, with 1960's technology. Not much more to say, if you liked the first blitzkrieg game, you'll probably enjoy this. The game in Linux: The game runs Ok in Linux…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a reskinned version of Blitzkrieg, the RTS from 2003. If you wanted more of that style gameplay, then by all means buy this. The control scheme, graphics, and engine are identical. The only real change us an (admittedly-cool) theatre level map where you capture infrastructure, build units, and march armies into enemy territory. I am not recommending this game though, because Blitzkrieg came out a decade ago, and while I have fond memories, it was frequently a very frustrating game to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game that is still fun to play. The generated missions get a little boring at times but the scenario ending battles are quite fun, a lot like the major scenario battles from Blitzkrieg 2. The combination of WW2 equipment and Cold War equipment makes the game unlike any other. Nothing better than facing off against the soviets with Shermans and M48 pattons in a post-nuclear wasteland
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you are familiar with Blitzkrieg engine games, this is one of the best games in series. The ability to form your own groups (including air forces), resouce management and strategical aspect makes this an easy reccomendation. If you are not familiar with Blitzkrieg engine and you are looking at this as an independent game, this game will be a mixed bag. Game is not easy, and puts great emphasis on scouting and careful plannig. On the other hand your valuable units might die to weaker units…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cuban Missile Crisis is a real-time strategy game little like red alert but with limited units that can't be replaced. Everything seems nice for a 2005 game. It's basically exactly the same as World War I but the graphics is a little less fluent. The fog of war is your greatest enemy, foot soldiers are a little bit weird in terms of their reaction time, but it kinda plays a realistic part in war zones. It's a very enjoyable game, the tutorial has too many notice boxes, too much hand holding.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Major Rudolph Anderson Jr. was killed on Oct. 27, 1962, when his U-2 spy plane was shot down during the Cuba Missile Crisis. Major Anderson grew up in Greenville. The memorial is located in Cleveland Park. He flew the F-86 Sabre Jet in Korea. #MemorialDay #RudolphAnderson #CubanMissileCrisis #GreenvilleSC #ClevelandPark
neutral · AI labelView post →Very underrated game imo. In Cuban Missile Crisis you can choose 4 factions; USSR, China, USA-UK aIliance and France-German EU alliance. You can "buy" units if you have resources. Each chapter you have "tactical" map where you can move your units around and choose where to strike. Units require fuel, ammo and spare parts for repairs. I specially like the turned based singleplayer component and unit logistics in this game. Thumbs up
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got my fair share of enjoyment from Cuban Missile Crisis. But tread lightly, the experience is likely to appeal to very few. The premise - cold war went hot, and now the leftovers of former super powers are duking it out for the scraps of inhabitabale land. The theme is maintained well with fitting atmosphere. Equipment is scarce, soldiers are few (yet still expendable), briefings are dry and everything is bleak. A believable portrayal. The combat is... well... it's the Blitzkrieg formula…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bad interface, cumbersome controls, lack of enjoyable gameplay. Be prepared to be frustrated with the RTS glitches, micro-managing as hell, non-intuitive controls... Perhaps it was good in 2005. In 2019 its counter-intuitive, boring and glitchy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Worth 1-3 dollars if it's on sale. Mediocre game Real time strategy, ww2 theme with a ''what if'' scenario, fights between germany/france/america/uk/russia/china, no decent storyline whatsoever, just random VERY repetitive battles and objectives. It's good for the most casual of gamers if you put the difficulty on easy (written as ''low'' in-game). It can be so easy that when defending, you can just speed the game up and you win. But on impossible... holy hell, it can be frustrating! Game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game really couldn't catch my attention. I think it is good for those into retro gaming but, it wasn't for me or other poeple like me who have vary short attention spans.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I guess after the Cuban Missile Crisis a nice quiet game of golf felt like just the right amount of tense for your action spy thriller. #Goldfinger #FlicksForAll
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is simple yet complex. I love taking out the enemy defenses before going full siege on the enemy base. Cuban missile crisis is honestly an under rated yet goated game it offer a great selection of units(Variety for every type except infantry) and the sound track goes hard primarily campaign themes in game music is generally chill. It offers a variety of theatres not just US vs USSR so bonus points for that. I got it for a good price i'd say it's worth it only complaint unit AI can be…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played 13 Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 today boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/17... US win. #bggplay #boardgames via @boardgamegeek.com
neutral · AI labelView post →Historically, it’s not clear that the game theory argument was more important than the actual experience of the Cuban Missile Crisis, during which several miscommunications nearly led the whole world to disaster.
neutral · AI labelView post →Good: Like good old Blitzrieg 1. Bad: Ennemy will shoot you no matter if there's building between... Also tanks get destroyed extremely easily...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yea, that's a military game theory that I know I'm not competent to help others form even an initial opinion. I studied game theory in college and also its practical application during the Cuban Missile Crisis. And saying "it's complicated" is a massive understatement.
neutral · AI labelView post →Given his notably low intelligence, acute psychopathy, and soul deep jealousy of others, seems like he just wants to recreate "classic presidential moments". It’s all a game and temper tantrum from the world’s oldest toddler. This week, diddy Donnie is playing Cuban Missile Crisis. Twat.
neutral · AI labelView post →Cuban Missile Crisis, developed by G5 Software and published by Fulqrum Publishing, is a real-time strategy and grand strategy hybrid that explores one of the darkest “what if” scenarios of the Cold War era. Set in an alternate history where the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 escalates into full-scale nuclear war, it envisions a world devastated by atomic conflict, forcing the surviving superpowers and their allies to fight for dwindling resources in a radioactive wasteland. The game blends the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got three board games played over the weekend and a card game. Board Games - - Black Orchestra - 13 Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis - General Orders World War II (looking forward to the new Sengoku version coming out) For cards - played several games of Canasta.
neutral · AI labelView post →Cuban Missile Crisis is a game I got for less than a dollar ($0.79) on sale, and was worth every cent. This may be the first strategy game I've ever played where I spent 3 days on a single battle retrying until I completed it with minimal casualties and the difficulty caused by the fog of war mechanic feels realistic and immersive in the right way. don't go in expecting an easy game, expect the opposite and you'll find a game where actually carefully planning your attacks has massive…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Having played Sudden Strike 1,2,3, and the Blitzkrieg franchise they are better than this even though this game plays the same way. What I didnt like about it was if my tank or tanks got damaged the repair truck wouldnt repair it fully and it would be half damaged on a new level also if the crew inside got injured I would send the first aid truck over and that wouldnt do anything and I cannot replace the injured crew. So as you might have guessed I will not be recommending this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →go ♥♥♥♥ your self.. the game dosent work ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥..
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Caution! The game may be broken for Win8.1 users.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →But even though Trump has dispatched the largest U.S. naval flotilla to the Caribbean since the Cuban Missile Crisis, 15,000 U.S. troops aboard those warships would not be enough to take control of Venezuela. The South American country is larger than Texas home to rugged mountains and Amazon jungle.
neutral · AI labelView post →Pretty good strategy game, looks like a mix of Command & Conquer and Blitzkrieg, can be a bit complex at times especially for beginners.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like this game. It's a bit complex, but very very funny and it's about WW3. If you think you could be interested in, buy it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thirteen days. One wrong move. The whole world close to nuclear war. #books #bookreview #CubanMissileCrisis #ColdWar https://smpl.is/amypy
neutral · AI labelView post →They need to make a game about the Cuban Missile Crisis from the point of view of the Raving Rabbids
neutral · AI labelView post →Interesting rework of original Blitzkrieg campaign with dynamic elements and mechanics, but the lack of unit types and map diversity is quite serious after few hours in, especially with the amount of secondary tasks and battles one has to go through. Nice try anyway.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's the 63rd anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, so I suggest a triple-header: The War Game, followed by Threads, followed by When the Wind Blows.
neutral · AI labelView post →The man behind NotebookLM announces ‘I uploaded the wikipedia page for the Cuban Missile Crisis and played through a simulation of those events with me in the role of JFK.’ For an explanation, a game and the full context see here: thelongcontext.com #EduSky #historyteacher
neutral · AI labelView post →I teach historical games and often post about how awesome my students are when I'm mid-game. Don't study them as a research field, though. Spring 2025: teaching the Cuban Missile Crisis, Chicago 1968, and Watergate.
neutral · AI labelView post →Solid old school not so standard rts. an underrated gem.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →unbelievably terrible gayme just like blitzkrieg (the game it is based off of) except blitzkrieg is actually better then this one, this one somehow manages to be worse. very unrealistic depiction of reality, same boring gaymeplay, a even worse supply system where your tank apparently doesnt hold anything more then 15 minutes of fuel, etc. hard mode, however is as usual with these gaymes: artifically increase the difficulty to the point where you can no longer play the gayme unless you do it in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →history is a bit off (it's alternate history, the cuban missile crisis never lead to WW3 caused by a cold war gone hot in real life), I dunno why they're using WW2 tanks like T34s instead of Cold War tanks like T55s and T62s in 1968, why infantry can't use smoke screens or why US-UK Infantry are using M1 Garands instead of M16s, FALs, or both and I kinda wish there was a skirmish gamemode for single or multiplayer like CnC and wish you had more control over your fixed wing aircraft but aside…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terrible game. It's seems as this was made by 4 people who never met. The text is full of grammatical errors and it is flatout boring to play.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There are no Cubans in a missile crisis within the game -0/10.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cuban Missle Crisis is an older military strategy game set in an alternative world where the Cuban Missile Crisis went hot. Play through various campaigns for the world powers. Move your armies on the world map then engage in realtime tactical combat on the ground to resolve the battles. RTS gameplay is similar to Sudden Strike. The only real problem here is that despite being released in 2005, there's no widescreen or HD support, making this simply too old to recommend to modern PC…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →really good old rts game u need to buy it its lit sometimes its hard but i love hadr trs games u need to buy it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →EVERYTIME I PLAY THERE ARE NO UNITS! GAME BREAKING BUG! CANT PLAY
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cuban Missile Crisis, where do I start. This truly is a great game it's Unique in so many different ways from the moment you start the game you'll be given a tactical menu where you'll have many different options what do you pose to take what enemies to intercept so forth and so on from there you enter into a typical real time strategy scenario I don't let this fool you as this game is very very difficult you really have to think technically in order to win the mission there's all kinds of…
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