Command & Conquer: Red Alert
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Command & Conquer: Red Alert

85
Critic Rating
#Real Time Strategy (RTS)

About

Travel to an alternate universe where dark experiments have permanently altered time. Or have they? Soviet tanks crush city after city while Allied cruisers shell bases. Spies lurk, landmines await, and strange new technologies aid both sides in the struggle for ultimate control. In this parallel reality, the mighty Soviet Empire has begun to “liberate” all of Europe. Cities fall and countries collapse before the overwhelming might of the Red Storm. The Allies are scrambling to meet the onslaught, but they have been caught by surprise. Red Alert puts the fate of the world in your hands!

Storyline

In 1946, Albert Einstein finishes his time machine, dubbed the Chronosphere, and travels back in time to 1924, just after Adolf Hitler was released from prison in Landsberg. There, he creates a time paradox which erases the dictator from history, and returns to his starting point. With Nazi Germany removed from history, the Soviet Union is left unopposed as Joseph Stalin sees an opportunity to expand into Eastern Europe. In response, most of Europe ally against this new threat, and start a desperate war against the new aggressor.

Playtime Estimates

Main Story27.4h
Main + Extra30.1h
Completionist40.3h
All Styles29.2h
Confidence: 100%Updated: 7/24/2026

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Multiplayer

Online Max8 players
Local Max8 players

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Game Info

Release Date11/22/1996
DeveloperWestwood Studios
PublisherSony Computer Entertainment
PlatformsPlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
GenresReal Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
IGDB Rating85/100 (368)

Game Modes

Single player
Multiplayer

Themes

Science fiction
Historical
Warfare

Perspectives

Bird view / Isometric

Release Dates

PlayStation 3Mar 27, 2008
PC (Microsoft Windows)Nov 22, 1996
DOSNov 22, 1996
PlayStation PortableNov 12, 2009
PlayStation PortableSep 23, 2008
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