Group Description
Games that are based on a fictional Third World War scenario. Games included in this group are not restricted to a specific genre. As such a war would be, by definition, global, there are no pre-requisites for the game's locations. Some games may use World War III as a backdrop or setting to tell a plot or story independent from the war itself.
Limitations
- Games must specifically refer to the in-game war as being a third world war, either within the game itself, in the game's documentation, or posthumously in a successor title in a series; unnamed global wars belong to an alternate group.
- Games which take place following World War III do not belong in this group, particularly if the setting is post-apocalyptic. These games belong in a separate group.
Related Game Genres
| Game Title |  Year | Platform | Publisher | User Score |
| Wargame: European Escalation | 2012 | Linux, Macintosh, Windows | Focus Home Interactive SAS | ... |
| Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 / Tom Clancy's EndWar | 2009 | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | ... |
| Frontlines: Fuel of War | 2008 | OnLive, Windows, Xbox 360 | THQ Inc. | 3.03 |
| Tom Clancy's EndWar | 2008 | Nintendo DS, PSP | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | ... |
| Tom Clancy's EndWar | 2008 | PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360 | Ubisoft Entertainment SA | 3.70 |
| Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath | 2005 | Windows | Strategy First, Inc. | ... |
| Cuban Missile Crisis: Ice Crusade | 2005 | Windows | 1C Company | ... |
| World War III: Black Gold | 2001 | Windows | JoWooD Productions Software AG | 3.30 |
| Force 21 | 2000 | Game Boy Color | Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. | ... |
| Force 21 | 1999 | Windows | Red Storm Entertainment, Inc. | 2.35 |
| Third World War | 1993 | SEGA CD | Extreme Entertainment Group, Inc. | ... |
| Red Lightning | 1989 | Amiga, Atari ST, DOS | Strategic Simulations, Inc. | 3.70 |
| Red Storm Rising | 1988 | Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, PC-98 | MicroProse Software, Inc. | 3.63 |
| Raid over Moscow | 1984 | Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Enterprise, ZX Spectrum | Access Software, Inc. | 3.66 |
| World War III | 1980 | Apple II, Atari 8-bit | Crystalware | ... |
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Game group created by
Zeppin (8409), additional games added to group by
Patrick Bregger (261113),
Rik Hideto (396171),
Victor Vance (13501),
Alaka (80225),
Kabushi (256866),
Terok Nor (30699) and
Игги Друге (46327)
