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A sardonic take on nationalism and the Cold War though a minimalist and fast paced RTS. Scheme your way through a highly replayable campaign, or conduct some "diplomacy" on your "friends" in multiplayer.

Reviews: Very Positive — 97% — of 105 reviews
Released: 2025-02-21
Developer: Jack Morehart
Publisher: spacemann's games
Genres: Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Mac

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    97% matchVery Positive82% of 645 reviews2025
    Dev: Nostalgames
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 27.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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 23.8%, Grand Strategy 19.8%, Diplomacy 18.8%, Political Sim 11.1%, 1980s 9.4%

  2. #2 First Strike
    96% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,985 reviews2017
    Dev: Blindflug Studios AG
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    FIRST STRIKE is a fast paced real time strategy game where you play one of the twelve biggest nuclear superpowers of the world – from known superpowers like the USA to an upstart hellraiser like North Korea – and try to be the last one remaining when the whole world blows to smithereens.

    Why similar: Cold War 23.8%, Diplomacy 22.2%, Wargame 16%, RTS 15.8%, Tactical 7.2%

  3. #3 Precipice
    96% matchVery Positive80% of 323 reviews2019
    Dev: LRDGames, Inc.
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    A game of diplomacy and war in the atomic age. Safeguard your closest allies and change unfavorable regimes without giving away your long-term ambitions. Every action risks an enemy reprisal, and if nobody backs down from a standoff, we all lose.

    Why similar: Cold War 29.1%, Diplomacy 26.4%, Political Sim 13%, Tactical 7.9%, Wargame 7%

  4. #4 Dummynation
    94% matchVery Positive88% of 2,951 reviews2022
    Dev: Alejandro Hernández Ferrero
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Geopolitical management game with real-time shifting borders and a streamlined gameplay, designed to minimize all burdensome chores while allowing an absolute strategic control, from military recruitment and deployment, to diplomatic and economic management.

    Why similar: Diplomacy 30.7%, Grand Strategy 28%, RTS 16.4%, Political Sim 6.3%, Military 6.2%

  5. #5 Terminal Conflict
    95% matchMixed70% of 69 reviews2020
    Dev: Strategy Mill
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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: Cold War 27.2%, Grand Strategy 22.5%, Wargame 16.5%, Political Sim 10.3%, Retro 7.2%

  6. #6 Dictator Simulator: Gradnar
    93% matchVery Positive97% of 73 reviews2025
    Dev: GortagonGame
    Windows

    Become the Dictator of Gradnar! Rule the nation, choose between democracy and tyranny, wage wars with a unique card-based mechanic, and expand your empire. A political dystopia packed with satire and humor!

    Why similar: Diplomacy 34.5%, Grand Strategy 25.2%, Dystopian 13.1%, 1980s 11.9%, Simulation 5.6%

  7. #7 1953: NATO vs Warsaw Pact
    94% matchMixed48% of 179 reviews2025
    Dev: Wastelands InteractivePub: Conglomerate 5
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%

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

    Why similar: Cold War 25%, Grand Strategy 24.5%, Wargame 22.6%, Diplomacy 13.7%, Military 4.9%

  8. #8 4th Generation Warfare
    92% matchMixed56% of 163 reviews2022
    Dev: Eversim
    Windows

    As the leader of a nation, dispatch and control your team of characters all around the world to destabilize your enemies and establish your supremacy. All methods are fair game: hacking, sabotage, political interference, military strikes, corruption, treachery, assassinations, data theft…

    Why similar: Diplomacy 29.4%, Grand Strategy 20.3%, Wargame 18%, RTS 16.6%, Political Sim 8.7%

  9. #9 ICBM: Escalation
    89% matchVery Positive88% of 1,253 reviews2024
    Dev: SoftWarWarePub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    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: Grand Strategy 26.7%, Wargame 23.8%, Cold War 19.8%, RTS 19.5%, Military 3.9%

  10. #10 Arms Race - TCWE
    91% matchMixed70% of 69 reviews2017
    Dev: Alina Digital
    Windows

    Arms Race - TCWE is PC strategy game based on the historical conflict between the USA and the USSR

    Why similar: Cold War 25.5%, Diplomacy 21.2%, Grand Strategy 20.5%, Political Sim 14.6%, Strategy 6.9%

  11. #11 US and THEM
    91% matchMostly Negative34% of 109 reviews2014
    Dev: Icehole GamesPub: Conglomerate 5
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Lead the CIA or KGB in a turn-based global strategy. Influence nations, run covert ops, and win the Cold War without firing a shot.

    Why similar: Cold War 33.4%, Grand Strategy 17.4%, Diplomacy 17.2%, Wargame 13.1%, Strategy 8%

  12. #12 Realpolitiks
    90% matchMixed62% of 1,232 reviews2017
    Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Become the leader of any contemporary country in this streamlined real-time grand strategy game. Use diplomacy, espionage, military and economic power to deal with other nations, while tackling issues such as terrorism, financial crises and medical epidemics, all in an effort to achieve global domination!

    Why similar: Diplomacy 44.8%, Grand Strategy 27.5%, Political Sim 14.6%, Strategy 9.4%, Simulation 2.8%

  13. #13 DEFCON
    89% matchVery Positive87% of 4,287 reviews2006
    Dev: Introversion Software
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 36 minMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 37%

    Inspired by the 1983 cult classic film, Wargames, DEFCON superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion of the Cold War era, playing on the fascinating aspects of psychological gameplay that occur during strategic nuclear warfare.

    Why similar: Diplomacy 24.6%, Cold War 23%, Wargame 16%, RTS 14.1%, Tactical 12.6%

  14. #14 Maestro's Cold War 2
    87% matchVery Positive98% of 117 reviews2025
    Dev: Maestro CinetikPub: Gaming at work
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Addictive yet chill. An immersive Cold War sandbox. Revive the Cold War in this classic strategy game—easy to pick up, yet challenging and deep, offering endless replayability.

    Why similar: Cold War 35.6%, Grand Strategy 29%, Political Sim 13.8%, Wargame 9.3%, Simulation 4.4%

  15. #15 SGS NATO's Nightmare
    88% matchMostly Positive72% of 112 reviews2023
    Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
    Windows · Mac

    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 27.9%, Grand Strategy 24.2%, Cold War 21%, Political Sim 13.4%, Strategy 5.2%

  16. #16 Taking London
    86% matchVery Positive85% of 65 reviews2025
    Dev: Pink Pegasus Games
    Windows · Linux

    A love letter to old-school browser-based RTS MMOs – with charming nostalgic pixel graphics, a dash of political satire, and tonnes of strategic tension. Build your empire, face off against other players, and take what’s yours in true British imperial style: by dominating the map.

    Why similar: Grand Strategy 22.4%, Wargame 22%, Diplomacy 18.5%, RTS 18.4%, Political Sim 9.3%

  17. #17 WARNO
    84% matchVery Positive81% of 14,911 reviews2024
    Dev: Eugen Systems
    Windows
    Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 69.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    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.

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  18. #18 3 Days War
    85% matchVery Positive84% of 707 reviews2023
    Dev: 荆棘鸟工作室
    Windows

    3 Days War is a unique multiplayer strategy war game. Integrating the mechanics of RTS+4X, it allows dozens of players to engage in a three-day real-time strategy competitionon. Commanders, use your skills, strategies, games and even deception to become the ultimate winner!

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  19. #19 Supreme Ruler Ultimate
    86% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,248 reviews2014
    Dev: BattleGoat Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 50.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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  20. #20 Age of History 3
    81% matchVery Positive85% of 17,231 reviews2024
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    Windows · Mac
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  21. #21 Regiments
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    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    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: Cold War 27.6%, Wargame 21.9%, RTS 17.3%, 1980s 9.7%, Tactical 9%

  22. #22 SUPREMACY: WORLD WAR 3
    83% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,805 reviews2018
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    Windows · Mac
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  23. #23 Rebel Inc: Escalation
    82% matchVery Positive82% of 7,070 reviews2021
    Dev: Ndemic CreationsPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.

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    84% matchMostly Positive76% of 286 reviews2015
    Dev: G5 SoftwarePub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%

    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: Cold War 38.3%, RTS 37.6%, Strategy 24.1%

  25. #25 Flashpoint Campaigns: Cold War
    80% matchVery Positive99% of 138 reviews2025
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    Windows

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  26. #26 Supreme Ruler 2030
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    Dev: BattleGoat Studios
    Windows

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  27. #27 Twilight Struggle
    79% matchVery Positive87% of 2,936 reviews2016
    Dev: Playdek, Inc.
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%

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  28. #28 Politon
    77% matchVery Positive90% of 86 reviews2025
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  29. #29 AfterWar
    79% matchMostly Positive73% of 141 reviews2023
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    Windows

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  30. #30 Nations
    77% matchVery Positive87% of 95 reviews2025
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  31. #31 Armored Brigade
    78% matchVery Positive89% of 359 reviews2019
    Dev: Veitikka StudiosPub: Matrix Games
    Windows

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    78% matchMostly Positive76% of 85 reviews2022
    Dev: iGindisGames
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  33. #33 ICBM
    76% matchVery Positive92% of 1,897 reviews2020
    Dev: SoftWarWarePub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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  34. #34 Sigma Theory: Global Cold War
    76% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,375 reviews2019
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%

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    Why similar: Grand Strategy 41.5%, Political Sim 27.1%, Tactical 13.2%, Strategy 6.4%, Simulation 6%

  35. #35 Geo-Political Simulator 2026 Edition
    75% matchMixed49% of 196 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    74% matchVery Positive81% of 3,819 reviews2022
    Dev: Eridanus IndustriesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
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    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%

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    Windows · Mac
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    Windows
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    74% matchMixed69% of 496 reviews2020
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    69% matchVery Positive82% of 4,056 reviews2026
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    73% matchMostly Positive78% of 69 reviews2020
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    71% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,032 reviews2019
    Dev: Serious SimPub: Slitherine Ltd.
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    69% matchVery Positive88% of 85 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    71% matchVery Positive90% of 2,069 reviews2011
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  58. #58 KingSim
    68% matchVery Positive85% of 209 reviews2020
    Dev: Fuzzy Pixel Game Studio
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Become the King in a story-driven 8-bit style game, where choice matters. And try not to die instantly...

    Why similar: Diplomacy 48.6%, Political Sim 24.2%, Simulation 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Strategy 7.3%

  59. #59 Combat Mission Cold War
    68% matchMixed67% of 229 reviews2021
    Dev: BattlefrontPub: Matrix Games
    Windows

    CM Cold War is set in the tipping-point years of a conflict that gripped the world for 45 years. Between 1979-1982, both the NATO and Soviet Warsaw Pact militaries began the shift away from industrialized warfare of the early 20th century and towards the modern digital battlefield of today.

    Why similar: Wargame 38.9%, Cold War 13.6%, Tactical 13.1%, Simulation 11.3%, Strategy 9.1%

  60. #60 Millennia
    66% matchMixed67% of 3,746 reviews2024
    Dev: C Prompt GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 34.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.

    Why similar: Diplomacy 34.9%, Grand Strategy 33.1%, Tactical 10.1%, Simulation 5.9%, Strategy 5.7%

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