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Cuban Missile Crisis is a real-time strategy game combined with a global turn-based tactical mode, thrusting gamers into a world ravaged by the military-political confrontation between the USA and USSR in 1962.

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Release DateMar 25, 2015
Price$ 4.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)76.3% (mostly positive) / 75.5%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)71.1% / 70.7%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)207  Top 30% / 245  Top 30%
Curators14 reviews
Median Play Time13 hours  Top 15%
Play Time per Dollar2.6 hours  Top 10%
Followers907 
Owners± 71.4K  Top 20%
Copies Sold± 13.5K  Top 25%
Gross Revenue ($)± 17K 

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Cuban Missile Crisis steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Cuban Missile Crisis's Steam rating and reviews between March 2015 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 77.3% (February 2022) and 65.2% (August 2015).

The 245 reviews Top 30% suggest that Cuban Missile Crisis might be a reasonable indie success.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Cuban Missile Crisis and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Cuban Missile Crisis's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (42%), followed by Russian (35%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 16 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is available in 4 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

Chart displaying Cuban Missile Crisis percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Cuban Missile Crisis, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time in game is outstanding, with 54 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 4.3 times lower than the positive reviews median play time.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Unique gameplay mechanics
  • Believable Cold War setting
  • Strategic map with impactful choices
  • Resource management
  • Authentic units
  • Reasonable UI
  • Active pausing
  • Good sound design
  • Detailed unit inspector
  • Unit management is important
  • The English translations are appaling
  • Too similar to Blitzkrieg I and II
  • No skirmish mode or active multiplayer
  • Visual glitches and typos
  • Repetitive campaign missions
  • Some units are overpowered
  • Traffic jams and mediocre pathfinding
  • Useless aircraft units
  • Artificial Intelligence is weak
  • No airfield overlaps for dogfights to take place

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's rating of 76.3% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Cuban Missile Crisis's review data provided by Steam. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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