R.U.S.E.

R.U.S.E.
Developer(s)Eugen Systems
Publisher(s)Ubisoft
Director(s)Alexis Le Dressay
Designer(s)Stéphane Hernandez
Michael Mavros
Programmer(s)Cédric Le Dressay
Artist(s)Thierry Dunter
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Mac OS X
Release
  • NA: September 7, 2010
  • AU: September 9, 2010
  • EU: September 10, 2010,
  • JP: October 21, 2010
November 15, 2011 (OS X)
Genre(s)Real-time strategy
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

R.U.S.E. is a real-time strategy video game developed by Eugen Systems and published by Ubisoft which was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, in September 2010. The game was subsequently released for macOS through Steam on November 15, 2011. R.U.S.E. is a strategic war game set during World War II and focuses on the invasion of Nazi Germany during late 1944. The campaign includes many historical and some fictional events. It focuses on information warfare instead of a brute-force approach. Players can use a series of ruses and decoys to trick their enemies and change the outcome of the battles. However, the outcome of the battles in the game also relies quite heavily on how a player manages their economy and which units they use. In December 2015, Ubisoft pulled the game from Steam due to the expiration of the military license. In 2018, the Xbox 360 version was released on Xbox One via backwards compatible release.