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2001PC61 % positive6.89 €

A 2001 real-time strategy game set in a near future where dwindling oil reserves trigger a global conflict. You command modern military units in a fight over control of resources.

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The closest matches for World War III: Black Gold are Total Annihilation, Act of War: Direct Action and Star Wars: Empire at War. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes World War III: Black Gold special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Total Annihilation

97 %Match

1997PC96 % positive4.99 €

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A landmark real-time strategy game where the Arm and Core factions clash in massive robot wars. Flowing resource management and true 3D units and terrain set a high bar for the genre.

Act of War: Direct Action

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A modern-day, near-future real-time strategy game where you lead the elite Task Force Talon against terrorist attacks on major cities. Realistic weapons, vehicles and destructible environments give it a techno-thriller military feel.

Star Wars: Empire at War

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A real-time strategy game set in the Star Wars universe where you lead the Rebellion or the Empire across a galaxy map, fighting space and ground battles, even wielding the Death Star. It skips resource gathering to focus on fleet management and battles.

Act of Aggression

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A near-future real-time strategy game in the classic Command & Conquer tradition: build bases, run resource supply lines and fight with three modern superpowers and their prototype weaponry.

Command & Conquer: Generals

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A classic near-future real-time strategy game pitting the USA, China and the GLA against each other with sharply asymmetric playstyles. General powers, destructible environments and a lasting multiplayer scene keep it a fan favorite.

Supreme Commander 2

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A sci-fi real-time strategy game where you build an economy around your powerful commander unit, field huge armies and destroy the enemy commander. Research trees and large-scale battles are the focus.

Machines at War 3

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A classic real-time strategy game set in a sci-fi war of machines, with over 130 units and technologies, a 21-mission campaign, random-map skirmishes and network multiplayer.

Supreme Commander

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A colossal real-time strategy game with huge maps, seamless strategic zoom, and hundreds of land, sea and air units, capped by game-changing experimental superweapons. Three warring human factions battle for the galaxy in the Infinite War.

Metal Fatigue

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In this real-time strategy game you guide one of three warring factions toward victory and shape the outcome of a sci-fi conflict. Hedoth technology ultimately decides which side stands above the rest.

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