Cuban Missile Crisis: Ice Crusade
G5 Software · 2015 · Strategy, RTS
PC
Mostly Positive79% · 77
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About Cuban Missile Crisis: Ice Crusade
The year is 1967. The Cuban Missile Crisis that led to World War III continues. Use of nuclear weapons resulted in global cooling which changed history and aggravated the struggle for survival. Inspired by the takeover of Europe and Africa the Soviet government decides to start an uprecedented military operation called Ice Crusade. Soviet expeditionary forces march over the Arctic and attack unguarded Amerian cities and towns. Deserted areas of Mexico and icy American megapolises become the new battle-grounds.
Features
- Cuban Missile Crisis: Ice Crusade is the follow-up (stand-alone) to the RTS Cuban Missile Crisis which shows a new span of the military confrontation in alternative history.
- Turn-based tactical mode and a real-time strategy in one game.
- New battle-grounds: southern part of the USA and northern Mexico.
- 2 new campaings – USSR and USA. 10 scenrios and over 25 strategic missions.
- 22 new military units including T-60, Hunter, Chieftain, Grand MLRD, Akatsia self-propelled gun.
- 2 new super units – Convair-49 and Tyulpan 240mm self-propelled mortar.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Very good like the first one. In this game though there are only USSR and USA campaign :( . Some new prototype vehicles are also nice addition.2 found this helpful
Cuban Missile Crisis: Ice Crusade, developed by G5 Software and published by Fulqrum Publishing, is a standalone expansion that builds upon the foundation of the original Cuban Missile Crisis strategy game, taking its alternate Cold War setting to an even more desperate and frozen world. The story imagines a grim continuation of history where nuclear war actually broke out in the early 1960s, blanketing the Earth in nuclear winter and leaving the surviving powers scrambling for dominance amidst global devastation. The result is an atmospheric and mechanically rich hybrid of real-time tactics and turn-based strategy that pushes the series’ bleak, militaristic vision into new territory—both literally and thematically. Ice Crusade doesn’t just add more missions or units; it recontextualizes the entire conflict by setting it against a backdrop of extreme environmental collapse, creating a chilling and hopeless mood that defines every decision you make on the battlefield. The structure of Ice Crusade follows the dual-layered gameplay of its predecessor, combining a global turn-based campaign map with tactical real-time battles. On the strategic level, players move armies, allocate reso…1 found this helpful
https://youtu.be/Lje7XKcB3Wc Multiple heavy simulation layers with decades old interface are not a great combination the current day.
Unique and just good.
Pretty good strategy game looks like a mix of c&c and blitzkrieg, this one is also easier than the previous one (though it can be repetitive at times)
i love this game
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