Games Like Combat Mission Cold War

Combat Mission Black Sea is a military grade simulation depicting a fictional series of escalations between Russian and Ukraine which results in open conflict in the summer of 2017

Why similar: Wargame 17.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.7%, Military 10.3%, Simulation 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the exact same engine and tactical simulation depth as the seed game but focuses on modern-day conflict.

The latest title in the famous Combat Mission franchise of wargames, now on Steam. Shock Force 2 brings you to a hypothetical conflict in Syria between the forces of NATO and the Syrian Army. Play either on WeGo or Real Time in an incredibly detailed and realistic 1:1 tactical simulation.

Why similar: Wargame 20.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.2%, Military 12.5%, Simulation 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the same high-fidelity tactical experience set in a modern Middle Eastern theater.

Armored Brigade is a real-time tactical wargame, focusing on realism and playability. In Armored Brigade the Cold War has turned hot, and Europe is once again torn apart by conflict. An "Iron Curtain" divides the Western Powers gathered together under the NATO banner from the Soviet Union

Why similar: Wargame 26.6%, Simulation 23.5%, Strategy 21.9%, Military 10.5%, Tactical 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar focus on realistic, real-time tactical combat with a heavy emphasis on Cold War-era unit modeling.

Flashpoint Campaigns: Southern Storm is a grand tactical wargame set at the height of the Cold War, with the action centered on the year 1989.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 24.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 23.8%, Strategy 17.4%, Wargame 12.4%, Military 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A premier operational-level wargame that captures the tension and pace of Cold War conflict.

The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.

Why similar: Wargame 23.1%, Military 21.6%, Strategy 14.9%, Realistic 9.5%, Cold War 8.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: The definitive real-time tactical game for Cold War enthusiasts, featuring a massive array of authentic military hardware.

Regiments is a Real-Time Tactics game set in Germany 1989. The Cold War has gone hot, and the inferno is raging. Lead your Regiment through the fires of conflict and the fog of war. Break through the lines, call in artillery, maneuver, feign retreats, stage defenses, counter-attack. Do not relent.

Why similar: Wargame 24.2%, Military 11.1%, Modern 11%, Cold War 10.3% ★, War 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tactical maneuvers of Cold War-era armored formations in a fast-paced, realistic environment.

Realistic, immersive, breathtaking. WARNO is the ultimate World War III battle simulator from the masters of strategy, Eugen Systems. A Cold War turns decisively hot as you command hundreds of units on a beautiful and brutal battlefield. Outsmart, outfight, and lead your forces to total victory.

Why similar: Wargame 23.9%, Military 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, War 9.8%, Cold War 8.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: A modern tactical wargame that emphasizes the specific military doctrines and units of the Cold War era.

Steel Division 2 is a historically-accurate WW2 real-time strategy game set on the Eastern Front. Features 1:1-scale turn-based army management and real-time tactical battles with thousands of men at your order.

Why similar: Wargame 19.4%, Military 19.3%, War 12.2%, Strategy 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines large-scale tactical combat with detailed unit statistics and historical authenticity.

Graviteam Tactics: Mius-Front - tactical battalion level combat simulation. Action takes place in the summer of 1943 at Mius river and Saur-Mogila tumulus area of over 140 sq. km. Four large-scale operations for the Red Army and Wehrmacht.

Why similar: Wargame 30.6%, Simulation 18%, Strategy 16%, Military 13.2%, Realistic 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Renowned for its extreme attention to ballistic and tactical realism, making it a perfect match for simulation-focused players.

Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg (CMFB) follows the Western Allies through the battles along Germany's border and into the heart of the Reich itself.

Why similar: Wargame 19%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.4%, Military 11%, Strategy 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Utilizes the same core tactical engine and simulation mechanics as the seed game, applied to late-war WWII.

Combat Mission Fortress Italy brings wargamers to the "soft underbelly of Europe", a place that was anything but.

Why similar: Wargame 23.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%, Strategy 10.4%, Military 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features the same deep, turn-based tactical simulation mechanics applied to the Mediterranean theater.

Command: Modern Operations is the next generation in cross-domain modern wargaming. It enables you to simulate every military engagement from post World War II to the present day and beyond. The scale is primarily tactical/operational, although strategic scale operations are also possible.

Why similar: Military 27.8%, Wargame 25.6%, Simulation 18%, Modern 11.9%, Strategy 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: While higher in scale, it is the gold standard for high-fidelity military simulation and Cold War-era naval and air warfare.

Combat Mission Red Thunder focuses on the hard fought Eastern Front battles of Bagration and Poland, from the swamps of Belarus to the gates of Warsaw during the summer of 1944.

Why similar: Wargame 28.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 22%, Strategy 16.9%, PvP 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers the same rigorous tactical simulation experience focused on the Eastern Front of WWII.

From the lead designer of Cold Waters, Sea Power lets you control NATO and Warsaw Pact forces in modern naval conflict campaigns. Use your advanced naval weaponry and sensors to respect rules of engagement and defeat the enemy forces in a tense fight for initiative and air/naval supremacy.

Why similar: Military 26.7%, Cold War 17.2% ★, War 16.8%, Simulation 14.3%, Strategy 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tactical complexities of Cold War naval warfare with a high degree of simulation accuracy.

Combat Mission Battle for Normandy faithfully recreates the experience of tactical land warfare in Western France during World War Two.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 30.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 28.3%, Strategy 23.5%, PvP 7.5%, 3D 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the classic Combat Mission experience with the same level of granular unit control and realism.

You are the commander of either NATO or Soviet forces locked in battle on the ground in 1980’s Central Europe. As commander, it is your task to provide the battle plan orders to your units. You need to know your mission objectives, strength and weakness of both your forces and you enemy, lay of the land, weather, and time of day in order...

Why similar: Wargame 36.1%, Strategy 15.4%, Cold War 12.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic operational wargame that captures the specific challenges of Cold War command and control.

Armored Brigade II revolutionizes real-time tactical warfare in 3D, focusing on the intense combined arms combat of the Cold War era, from 1965 to 1991. Boasting a meticulously researched database and huge real-world terrain maps, this game offers an unparalleled combat simulation experience.

Why similar: Wargame 30.8%, Simulation 11.7%, Military 11.5%, Strategy 11.3%, War 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the legacy of deep, realistic tactical simulation with updated mechanics and expanded unit rosters.

Spiritual Successor to the Microprose Classic “Red Storm Rising”.

Why similar: Military 22.2%, Cold War 18.4% ★, Simulation 17.3%, Strategy 13.9%, War 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides an immersive, realistic simulation of Cold War submarine warfare that complements the tactical feel of the seed game.

Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism is a (hi)story-driven turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period. It offers refined wargame mechanics, story-rich gameplay, and modern 3D graphics. Lead the USSR Armed forces staging the world Communist revolution. For Stalin! For the Motherland!

Why similar: Wargame 22.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.4%, Military 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, War 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based wargame that explores the military history of the Cold War era with a focus on tactical depth.

Defend America from an alternate-universe America using state-of-the-art 1980s military hardware in this intricate and tactical turn-based strategy game.

Why similar: Wargame 20.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.4%, Military 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, War 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical game that captures the specific aesthetic and military feel of the 1980s Cold War.

Cuban Missile Crisis is a real-time strategy game combined with a global turn-based tactical mode, thrusting gamers into a world ravaged by the military-political confrontation between the USA and USSR in 1962.

Why similar: Strategy 74.9%, Cold War 25.1% ★

Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that leans into the specific political and military tensions of the Cold War.

Cold War turns hot in 1953: massive hex strategy with nukes, supply, and sabotage.

Why similar: Wargame 28.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Military 15.4%, Cold War 10.6% ★, Strategy 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A dedicated Cold War wargame that focuses on the strategic and tactical possibilities of the era.

Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game that pits players against AI enemies in a single-player campaign -- or against several opponents in massive 10-on-10 multiplayer battles.

Why similar: Military 25.6%, Strategy 17.3%, Wargame 17.2%, War 13.4%, Tactical 11%

Why You'll Like It: Features the same focus on tactical realism and historical unit accuracy as the later entries in the series.

Tempelhof, Berlin, dawn of 8th April 1949.A major armed conflict is brewing between the Western powers and the Soviet bloc. The Red Army has been growing ever stronger since the end of World War II. With the growth of their army the Soviets realize that they hold the advantage, and are only waiting for the right moment to attack.

Why similar: Strategy 25%, War 21.9%, Simulation 16.8%, Cold War 16.1% ★, Tactical 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic RTS that captures the spirit of Cold War tank warfare and tactical positioning.

Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.

Why similar: Strategy 22%, Military 20.6%, War 20.5%, Tactical 12.1%, Simulation 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a more direct, hands-on tactical control scheme that appeals to players who enjoy managing individual units.

The Operational Art of War IV is the new generation of operational wargames. With more flexibility than before and with a new array of exciting features, it will make you relive the most iconic battles from the dawn of the 20th Century to modern day, including the ones that never occurred!

Why similar: Wargame 43.4%, Strategy 28%, Simulation 20.7%, War 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, complex wargame that allows for the simulation of massive Cold War-era military campaigns.

Master grand tactical combat as a Cold War force commander in this data-rich simulation. Plan and issue orders in asynchronous WEGO turns, leveraging real-world maps and complex features like Electronic Warfare and Air Assaults to outthink your enemy.

Why similar: Wargame 40.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.7%, Strategy 15%, Cold War 14.3% ★, Turn-Based Combat 7.1%

Touch the world with your fingertips! Your retro terminal awaits your command, for the balance of power, in this definitive Cold War strategy game. Here you belong; assert your leadership through turn based strategic tit-for-tat, on the brink of mutually assured destruction. Don't let it slip away!

Why similar: Wargame 23.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Military 13.9%, Cold War 13% ★, Simulation 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a unique simulation of the Cold War's political and military brinkmanship.

Twilight Struggle is a two-player game where players play as either the US or USSR during the Cold War. Using actual events from history, players must plan out their strategies in order to obtain world dominance. Play Twilight Struggle and change the course of history.

Why similar: Wargame 30%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Cold War 13.6% ★, Strategy 9.6%, Simulation 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: While a board game adaptation, it is essential for understanding the strategic pressures and historical atmosphere of the Cold War.

What if the Warsaw Pact had attacked NATO in the mid-1980s. Or the other way around? Study this titanic conflict, within its most emblematic theater, Germany and Central Europe. Will you be able to achieve your goals without escalating into an uncontrollable nuclear conflict?

Why similar: Wargame 35.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 19%, Strategy 10.5%, Military 8.9%, Cold War 8.9% ★

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based wargame that focuses specifically on the hypothetical conflict between NATO and the Warsaw Pact.

Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game that combines the complexity of joint-forces wargaming with action-packed real-time tactics gameplay.

Why similar: Wargame 29.8%, Modern 18.5%, Strategy 10.5%, War 10.2%, Military 8.1%

Rule the Waves III is a simulation of naval ship design and construction, fleet management and naval warfare from 1890 to 1970.

Why similar: Wargame 34.5%, Military 23.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy 9.9%

Field of Glory II Medieval is a turn-based tactical game set in the High Middle Ages from 1040 AD to 1270 AD. Developed by legendary designer Richard Bodley Scott it brings the best from the tabletop world into the best digital framework.

Why similar: Wargame 22.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.3%, Military 13.9%, War 8.7%, Simulation 8.1%

Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.

Why similar: Wargame 24.3%, Military 18.1%, Modern 15.9%, Realistic 10.6%, Tactical 8.6%

2 SIDES, 12 NATIONS, 750 UNITS: THE STRATEGY GAME REFERENCE IS BACK! Richer, more beautiful and more accessible, Wargame AirLand Battle is the sequel to the explosive real-time strategy game Wargame European Escalation! 1985.

Why similar: Military 24.9%, Wargame 21%, Strategy 15.7%, Cold War 13.2% ★, Tactical 7.6%

The legendary Men of War RTS series has reached the cold war era. Take command of U.S. or Soviet soldiers, controlling vast armies with the military decisions down to you. Claim victory in dynamic singleplayer and co-op campaigns or challenge fellow strategists in online multiplayer!

Why similar: Strategy 35.9%, Simulation 33.8%, Cold War 15.3% ★, War 15%

Turn based tactical and strategic naval combat. Atlantic Fleet puts you in command of the Allies or Kriegsmarine (German Navy) in the longest military campaign of WWII, The Battle of the Atlantic.Take command of surface ships, submarines as well as carrier and land based aircraft in the deadly struggle for control of Atlantic shipping...

Why similar: Strategy 36.7%, Simulation 35.7%, War 26.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%

ICBM: Escalation is a grand RTS where you command armies, develop cutting-edge tech, and wield devastating weapons. Conquer enemies with conventional forces or nuclear firepower. With new modes like Standoff and Conquest, the game offers deep strategic layers in a global warfare setting.

Why similar: Wargame 34%, Military 13.8%, Modern 11.8%, War 9.9%, Cold War 9.5% ★

The Great War: Western Front is the definitive WW1 strategy game. Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the iconic Western Front from 1914 to 1919. Pick your faction and lead your forces to victory.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 21.4%, Wargame 19.9%, Military 17.3%, Strategy 16.8%, War 10.5%

Engage in massive combined arms battles, create and curate combat missions in real time, and shape your experience with endless community mods. Deploy into the Cold War and experience the most authentic and immersive military sandbox ever created.

Why similar: Military 28.5%, Realistic 14.2%, War 13.1%, Simulation 11.5%, Tactical 9.5%

The Armchair Historian brings you a new turn-based strategy game set in the Victorian Era. As muskets become rifles and infantry is confronted by modernizing artillery, it is imperative to adapt to a rapidly changing battlefield. This is a new age, not of courage and chivalry, but of Blood and Iron.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 20%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.8%, Military 16.1%, War 10.3%, Strategy 9.4%

Strategic Command WWII: War in Europe is a deeply immersive turn based strategy game covering the greatest conflict in modern history!

Why similar: Strategy 100%

Take command in Europe's greatest 18th-century war. Equip & customize regiments, manage supplies, and engage in brutal real-time battles across procedural campaigns. Resources and replacements are scarce, and keeping your best men alive may matter more than any single victory.

Why similar: Wargame 24.5%, Military 21.3%, War 16.5%, Tactical 11.6%, Strategy 10.4%

The year is 1983. The world teeters on the verge of destruction as the Cold War tightens its icy grip. East or West: trust no one, question everything. The fate of humanity rests in your hands as you pit spy versus spy in tactical Phantom Doctrine.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 36.3%, Cold War 18.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Strategy 14.6%, Tactical 10.2%

Graviteam Tactics: Tunisia 1943 - tactical battalion level combat simulation. During the Tunisian Campaign in winter 1943 German Panzer battlegroups launch a counteroffensive against the Allied forces to drive them out of Eastern Dorsal.

Why similar: Strategy 30.9%, Simulation 30%, Military 18.2%, Realistic 11.4%, Tactical 9.5%

The New Fatal Error DLC includes a new 5-mission Operation and touch-screen controls.

Why similar: Wargame 23.7%, Military 20.7%, Strategy 16.3%, Cold War 11.9% ★, War 8%

Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.

Why similar: Military 28%, Strategy 19.4%, War 14.7%, Modern 11.5%, Tactical 9.9%

Replay the events of the first hot war of the Cold War era, the Korean War, also known as the Forgotten War. Players will be involved in two campaigns, both set in the 1950’s: the North Korean (June 25 – August 20) and the American (September 15 – October 8).

Why similar: Strategy 71%, Cold War 29% ★

ICBM is a real-time strategy game of nuclear destruction. Research new technologies, build up your nuclear stockpile and use a combination of ships, planes and missiles to strike at the heart of your opponents’ cities while keeping your population safe from harm.

Why similar: Military 28.9%, Cold War 18.6% ★, War 18.4%, Tactical 13%, Strategy 11.5%

It is 1965 and the US ground war in Vietnam is in full swing. As a US Army commander, wage a counter-insurgency (COIN) war to secure the Ia Drang valley, on the border with Cambodia.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 32.3%, Wargame 27.7%, Strategy 24.5%, War 8.9%, Cold War 6% ★

War on an Epic scale from Moscow to Berlin – this is War in the East!

Why similar: Wargame 42.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.4%, Strategy 18.7%, Simulation 13.9%, Multiplayer 1.4%

Ultimate General: Civil War is a tactical real time strategy war-game. Experience the bloodiest period of U.S. history - the American Civil War of 1861-1865.

Why similar: Wargame 32.7%, War 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Military 12.2%, Strategy 9.1%

Crisis in the Kremlin is a global real-time political strategy about the Socialist world in its final decade. Shape the fate of the world as you manage economy, foreign relations, and domestic policy. Engage with countries across the globe, using diplomacy or even proxy wars to expand your reach.

Why similar: Cold War 35% ★, Simulation 26.7%, Strategy 26.2%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Field of Glory II is a turn-based tactical game set during the Rise of Rome from 280 BC to 25 BC.

Why similar: Wargame 21.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.7%, Strategy 16.6%, Simulation 14%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%

In Close Combat: Cross of Iron you start off as a junior officer leading your men into battle in real-time, focusing on the Eastern Front of World War II. Earn promotions as you deal with an unforgiving enemy. Fight and survive through the frozen winter, hot dusty summer and muddy autumn.

Why similar: Wargame 29%, Simulation 18.6%, Strategy 17.7%, Military 17.2%, Tactical 9.1%

Strategic Command WWII: World At War is your chance to re-fight the 20th century’s greatest conflict, from Poland to China, Normandy to the Pacific, on a map encompassing the globe.

Why similar: Strategy 57.1%, Wargame 42.9%

Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 24.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 24.9%, Tactical 11.5%, Cold War 10.4% ★, Strategy 9.5%

Use the radio to give commands to the soldiers on the battlefield. Keep track of the situation based on their voice reports only. Lead US platoons to clash with Vietcong in a realistic, innovative approach to the RTS genre. Make hard choices in a narrative driven experience, and face the outcome.

Why similar: Wargame 29.8%, Military 19.3%, War 14%, Cold War 12.7% ★, Simulation 10.7%