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Game entry

DEFCON

2006 · Strategy, Simulation · PC, Mac, Linux · Introversion Software

DEFCON carries 1,364 ELO points on GameForever and holds position no. 4,624 in the world ranking, with 30% of duels won out of 88 played. Its best rank by family puts it at no. 125 out of 135 (2006).

World rank

no. 4,624

ELO score

1,364

Wins

30%

Duels played

88

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About DEFCON

You play the role of a military commander hidden deep within an underground bunker. Your mission - to successfully exterminate your enemy's civilian population whilst disabling their ability to attack your own. Start by launching your battleships, submarines, and bombers in order to decimate your opponent's defences. Scramble together your alliances, but remember only one can stand victorious. Prepare your pre-emptive strike before one of your supposed allies get the same idea. Choose the perfect moment for betrayal, obliterating your opponents with an apocalyptic thermonuclear barrage, but get it wrong and their devastating counter attack will bring you to your knees!

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,364 ELO points over the last 215 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games DEFCON sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 4,621 Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds 1,364
  2. 4,622 BlackSite: Area 51 1,364
  3. 4,623 Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure 1,364
  4. 4,624 DEFCON 1,364
  5. 4,625 Art of Fighting 1,364
  6. 4,626 Nidhogg 2 1,364
  7. 4,627 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm 1,364

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The standing

Where DEFCON ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where DEFCON stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 125 out of 135 (2006).

Where DEFCON ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 4,624 5,110
Strategy 313 342
2000s 1,191 1,304
2006 125 135

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