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1953: NATO vs Warsaw Pact
Cold War turns hot in 1953: massive hex strategy with nukes, supply, and sabotage.
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“1953: NATO vs Warsaw Pact – A Strong Wargame Idea Buried Under Waiting and Poor Onboarding I have been gaming since the 1980s, have played thousands of games across PC and consoles, and have written close to 500 Steam Curator reviews. I spent 7.2 hours with 1953: NATO vs Warsaw…”
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Wargame · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based · Grand Strategy · Cold War · Hex Grid · Military · 2D · Top-Down · Atmospheric · War (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Official site | http://wastelands-interactive.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista Processor: 1.4 Memory: 2048 MB RAM Graphics: 512 MB DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 800 MB available space