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Game entry

DEFCON

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

DEFCON carries 1,340 ELO points on GameForever and holds position no. 4,794 in the world ranking, with 24% of duels won out of 59 played. Its best rank by family puts it at no. 126 out of 135 (2006).

World rank

no. 4,794

ELO score

1,340

Wins

24%

Duels played

59

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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 1,340 ELO points over the last 170 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. 4,791 Black the Fall 1,340
  2. 4,792 Surgeon Simulator 2013 1,340
  3. 4,793 BlackSite: Area 51 1,340
  4. 4,794 DEFCON 1,340
  5. 4,795 Adr1ft 1,340
  6. 4,796 Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 1,340
  7. 4,797 Viking: Battle for Asgard 1,340

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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: 126 out of 135 (2006).

Where DEFCON ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 4,794 5,035
Strategy 324 336
2000s 1,245 1,308
2006 126 135

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