DEFCON

22 achievements

Ultra Rare×16

Very Rare×6

About DEFCON's achievements

DEFCON has 22 Steam achievements, 16 of them ultra-rare — unlocked by under 5% of players. The rarest is "Reserves", earned by just 1.0% of players. 1 SteamVault member has 100%-completed it so far. Below is the complete achievement list with global rarity and a full achievement difficulty breakdown.

Rarest achievement

1.0%

of players earned "Reserves"

SteamVault 100%s

member fully completed it

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All DEFCON achievements

22 achievements

Reserves

Win an online game with at least half your nukes still remaining

Ultra Rare1.0%

Pre-emptive striker

Destroy a total of 50 enemy silos before they can launch any Nukes

Ultra Rare1.0%

Kill The World

Nuke 7 billion civilians

Ultra Rare1.0%

Backstabber

Call a vote and convince your allies to kick a team member, a total of 10 times

Ultra Rare1.0%

Perfectly timed betrayal

Defect from an ally, then land a nuke on one of their cities within 10 seconds

Ultra Rare1.2%

Wasteful

Destroy a total of 50 enemy ships with Nukes

Ultra Rare1.2%

Survivor

Win an online game of Survivor with at least 90% of your population still alive

Ultra Rare1.3%

Brave sacrifice

Lose 500 pilots due to running out of fuel

Ultra Rare1.4%

Diplomat

Win an online game of Diplomacy

Ultra Rare1.4%

Lone warrior

Win a 6 player game online without ever being in an alliance

Ultra Rare1.5%

Recon expert

Uncover all ground bases belonging to a single enemy team before Defcon 1

Ultra Rare2.6%

Explore South America

Nuke Mexico, Sao Paolo and Lima in a single match

Ultra Rare2.7%

Explore Europe

Nuke London, Rome and Berlin in a single match

Ultra Rare2.9%

Explore Asia

Nuke Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong in a single match

Ultra Rare3.5%

Explore North America

Nuke Washington DC, New York and San Francisco in a single match

Ultra Rare3.7%

Explore Africa

Nuke Cairo and Kinchasa in a single match

Ultra Rare3.7%

Explore Russia

Nuke Moscow and Leningrad in a single match

Very Rare5.5%

Hit and run

Launch all nukes from a fleet of six subs and escape without losing a single sub in the process

Very Rare6.4%

Victory

Win a game online

Very Rare6.9%

Had enough yet?

Nuke a city with a population already reduced to 0.0M

Very Rare8.4%

Nice try

Sink an entire enemy fleet of six subs, before they can launch a single nuke

Very Rare10.3%

Merry Christmas

Nuke Santa and thereby end Christmas for everyone, for ever more

Very Rare11.8%