Top Cold War Games
60+ cold war games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Singleplayer, Military, Action, Multiplayer.
Recommended Cold War Games

METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER
A remake of the 2004 game METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER, with the same gripping story and engrossing world, now with all new graphics and 3D audio that enhance the jungle atmosphere. Get ready for the ultimate survival stealth action experience.

Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age
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.
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- #1 METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER98% matchVery Positive84% of 19,189 reviews2025Developer: KONAMIPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 11.1hMean: 15.8h≥1hr: 91%
A remake of the 2004 game METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER, with the same gripping story and engrossing world, now with all new graphics and 3D audio that enhance the jungle atmosphere. Get ready for the ultimate survival stealth action experience.
- #2 Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age98% matchVery Positive91% of 6,439 reviews2024Developer: Triassic GamesPublisher: MicroProse SoftwarePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 11.1hMean: 47.4h≥1hr: 85%
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.
- #3 WARNO98% matchMostly Positive80% of 16,013 reviews2024Developer: Eugen SystemsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 15.3hMean: 71.3h≥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.
- #4 Gunner, HEAT, PC!98% matchVery Positive92% of 8,079 reviews2022Developer: Radian Simulations LLCPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.3hMean: 11.3h≥1hr: 80%
Gunner, HEAT, PC! (GHPC) is a simulation game about modern mounted combat, with special attention to authenticity and fun.
- #5 Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War98% matchMostly Positive80% of 23,020 reviews2023Developer: TreyarchPublisher: ActivisionPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 12.5hMean: 40.1h≥1hr: 96%
Black Ops Cold War, the direct sequel to Call of Duty®: Black Ops, will drop fans into the depths of the Cold War’s volatile geopolitical battle of the early 1980s.
- #6 Rising Storm 2: Vietnam98% matchVery Positive87% of 59,144 reviews2017Developer: Antimatter GamesPublisher: Tripwire InteractivePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.9hMean: 42.3h≥1hr: 87%
Red Orchestra Series' take on Vietnam: 64-player MP matches; 20+ maps; US Army & Marines, PAVN/NVA, NLF/VC; Australians and ARVN forces; 50+ weapons; 4 flyable helicopters; mines, traps and tunnels; Brutal. Authentic. Gritty. Character customization. And napalm in the morning.
- #7 Freedom Fighters98% matchVery Positive95% of 2,859 reviews2020Developer: IO Interactive A/SPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.2hMean: 5.8h≥1hr: 53%
Freedom Fighters is an intense third-person action game set in an alternate history New York during the invasion of a foreign superpower. Take on the role of Chris Stone, a hard-working plumber, and rise through the ranks of the resistance to prove yourself as a charismatic leader.
- #8 Call of Duty®: Black Ops98% matchVery Positive91% of 43,082 reviews2010Developer: TreyarchPublisher: ActivisionPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.3hMean: 38.7h≥1hr: 89%
The biggest first-person action series of all time and the follow-up to critically acclaimed Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 2 returns with Call of Duty®: Black Ops.
- #9 Wargame: Red Dragon98% matchVery Positive89% of 19,728 reviews2014Developer: Eugen SystemsPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.0hMean: 52.0h≥1hr: 85%
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.
- #10 World of Guns: Gun Disassembly98% matchVery Positive84% of 19,807 reviews2014Developer: Noble Empire Corp.Platforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 1.0hMean: 9.0h≥1hr: 50%
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly lets you delve into the inner workings of guns from the largest gears to the smallest screws
- #11 Cold Waters98% matchVery Positive87% of 4,734 reviews2017Developer: Killerfish GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 7.5hMean: 22.7h≥1hr: 83%
Spiritual Successor to the Microprose Classic “Red Storm Rising”.
- #12 Wild Animal Racing98% matchVery Positive93% of 2,708 reviews2016Developer: Paul BirdPublisher: Marjupi GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 1.6hMean: 9.6h≥1hr: 61%
Wild Animal Racing is an exciting go-kart simulation game with a twist. Play as an elephant, a lion, a zebra, a giraffe, a rhino or a hippo! Play against the other animals or against a friend on the same PC with the split-screen mode! Or invite Steam friends in the multiplayer mode!
- #13 Wargame: Airland Battle98% matchVery Positive87% of 4,453 reviews2013Developer: Eugen SystemsPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 3.5hMean: 14.2h≥1hr: 81%
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.
- #14 Phantom Doctrine98% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,689 reviews2018Developer: CreativeForge GamesPublisher: Good Shepherd EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.5hMean: 10.7h≥1hr: 88%
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.
- #15 Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered98% matchVery Positive80% of 6,443 reviews2011Developer: Bohemia InteractivePlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 18mMean: 28.3h≥1hr: 27%
The genre-defining military sim that began as Operation Flashpoint (2001), now a modernized, 64-bit, cross-platform build for Windows and Linux, with its engine released as open source. Over 2 million copies sold. The Cold War battlefield of Everon and Nogova, remastered for today's hardware.
- #16 Wargame: European Escalation98% matchMostly Positive78% of 3,402 reviews2012Developer: Eugen SystemsPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 1.8hMean: 11.6h≥1hr: 62%
The New Fatal Error DLC includes a new 5-mission Operation and touch-screen controls.
- #17 World of Warplanes96% matchMixed70% of 5,642 reviews2022Developer: Wargaming Group LimitedPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.3hMean: 38.1h≥1hr: 54%
World of Warplanes is an aerial combat MMO action game set in the Golden Age of military aviation. The game throws players into a never-ending battle for dominance of the skies.
- #18 Cold War96% matchMixed69% of 300 reviews2014Developer: Mindware StudiosPublisher: THQ NordicPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 24mMean: 7.7h≥1hr: 33%
Steal weapons. Improvise gadgets. Evade capture. Uncover the conspiracy.The Story:On the run and fighting for your life, you are freelance journalist Matt Carter. Twelve hours after arriving in Moscow for a routine story, you've been stripped of all possessions, beaten unconscious and thrown into the KGB's political prison.
- #19 Alekhine's Gun95% matchMixed62% of 527 reviews2016Developer: Haggard GamesPublisher: Fulqrum PublishingPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.7hMean: 6.3h≥1hr: 91%
It is the height of the Cold War, a time of global uncertainty and civil unrest. You are Agent Alekhine, a highly skilled Russian assassin, driven by a moral compass that leads you headfirst into a covert operation unsanctioned by the country you previously served.
- #20 Regiments95% matchVery Positive88% of 2,929 reviews2022Developer: Bird's Eye GamesPublisher: MicroProse SoftwarePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.5hMean: 10.6h≥1hr: 78%
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.
- #21 Twilight Struggle95% matchVery Positive86% of 2,980 reviews2016Developer: Playdek, Inc.Platforms: Windows, MacMedian: 1.8hMean: 14.2h≥1hr: 61%
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.
- #22 I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,305 reviews2021Developer: Schell GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.3hMean: 5.3h≥1hr: 79%
Become an elite super spy ready for espionage, explosives, and gadgets galore. This popular escape-the-room VR franchise is back with more ingenious puzzles, cunning villains, and dangerous locales.
- #23 Theatre of War 3: Korea94% matchMixed46% of 208 reviews2011Developer: Fulqrum PublishingPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 30mMean: 4.2h≥1hr: 38%
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).
- #24 ICBM92% matchVery Positive91% of 1,930 reviews2020Developer: SoftWarWarePublisher: Slitherine Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 3.5hMean: 11.4h≥1hr: 74%
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.
- #25 Save Jesus92% matchVery Positive89% of 2,261 reviews2016Developer: Almighty GamesPublisher: My Way GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.0hMean: 12.0h≥1hr: 84%
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
- #26 Cuban Missile Crisis92% matchMostly Positive75% of 290 reviews2015Developer: G5 SoftwarePublisher: Fulqrum PublishingPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.0hMean: 17.2h≥1hr: 49%
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.
- #27 DEFCON91% matchVery Positive87% of 4,333 reviews2006Developer: Introversion SoftwarePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 36mMean: 16.4h≥1hr: 38%
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.
- #28 Tiny Combat Arena91% matchVery Positive82% of 1,579 reviews2022Developer: Why485Publisher: MicroProse SoftwarePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.0hMean: 4.6h≥1hr: 49%
Tiny Combat Arena is an approachable combat flight simulator sporting a stylized look and various game modes. Dogfight your way in the Arena and in Quick Action or craft your own scenarios and take part in a vast war with objectives and friendly armies to support.
- #29 First Strike88% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,030 reviews2017Developer: Blindflug Studios AGPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.2hMean: 10.2h≥1hr: 80%
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.
- #30 Wild Animal Sports Day88% matchVery Positive92% of 340 reviews2018Developer: Paul BirdPublisher: Marjupi GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac
All your favourite Wild Animals are competing for the title of Wild Animal Champion of Champions! Tennis, Hurdles, Darts, Diving, Skiing, Pole-Vault, Trampolining and for the first time in a game Rhythmic Gymnastics! But watch out for King Croc! Wild Animal Sports Day (WASD) is out now!
- #31 Men of Valor88% matchMixed67% of 757 reviews2016Developer: 2015Publisher: THQ NordicPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.6hMean: 6.0h≥1hr: 56%
Vietnam, 1965. You are Dean Shepard, a "cherry" to the 'Nam with zero war experience other than standard boot camp training at Parris Island, SC. Along with your platoon, you will fight the NVA and the Vietcong in true historic locales and battles.
- #32 Men of War: Assault Squad 2 - Cold War88% matchMostly Negative26% of 1,285 reviews2019Developer: DigitalmindsoftPublisher: Fulqrum PublishingPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 54mMean: 4.2h≥1hr: 48%
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!
- #33 Ukrainian ball in search of gas86% matchVery Positive94% of 918 reviews2017Developer: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Publisher: Ghost_RUS GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 12mMean: 29.7h≥1hr: 30%
You play as a man turned into a ball and you need to steal all the gas from the forest at all costs.
- #34 South of the Circle85% matchVery Positive85% of 1,728 reviews2022Developer: State of PlayPublisher: 11 bit studiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.4hMean: 4.6h≥1hr: 89%
South of the Circle is a deep narrative experience of the emerging relationship between Peter and Clara, Cambridge academics involved in a political conflict. The story focuses on promises made in between career and true love, where our choices burdened by our past seem to be illusory.
- #35 Radio Commander: Vietnam '6485% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,060 reviews2019Developer: Serious SimPublisher: Slitherine Ltd.Platforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.2hMean: 5.0h≥1hr: 86%
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.
- #36 '8383% matchMixed67% of 1,249 reviews2026Developer: Blue Dot GamesPlatforms: Windows
'83 is a 40v40 squad based, objective focused online tactical first person shooter set in a Cold-War-Gone-Hot scenario. It's designed with 'accessible realism' for the most enjoyable, but still hardcore experience that gets you to the action fast, without losing the lethality of war.
- #37 China: Mao's legacy83% matchVery Positive91% of 1,048 reviews2019Developer: NostalgamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 5.5hMean: 15.7h≥1hr: 83%
Year 1976, the stormy Cultural revolution has died down, hard times of hongweibing and public critics are coming to an end. Old and sick Mao Zedong will soon leave China to his comrades from CPC. The Cold War is coming into a new phase...
- #38 2024: Mosaic Retrospective82% matchVery Positive89% of 1,127 reviews2024Developer: Mark FfrenchPublisher: Divide The PlunderPlatforms: Windows, Mac
2024: Mosaic Retrospective is a charity-fundraising picross/minesweeper hybrid featuring a single ENORMOUS puzzle inspired by global news stories from throughout the year.
- #39 Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm Player's Edition82% matchVery Positive88% of 259 reviews2014Developer: On Target SimulationsPublisher: Matrix GamesPlatforms: Windows
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...
- #40 Flashpoint Campaigns: Cold War81% matchVery Positive99% of 156 reviews2025Developer: On Target SimulationsPublisher: Matrix GamesPlatforms: Windows
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.
- #41 9th Company: Roots Of Terror82% matchMixed60% of 263 reviews2009Developer: Новый ДискPublisher: Strategy FirstPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 42mMean: 8.0h≥1hr: 44%
9th Company Roots of Terror is an action-oriented real-time strategy game based on actual events that took place during the Soviet military campaign in Afghanistan.
- #42 ICBM: Escalation80% matchVery Positive86% of 1,434 reviews2024Developer: SoftWarWarePublisher: Slitherine Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 7.9hMean: 17.5h≥1hr: 83%
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.
- #43 The Price of Freedom81% matchVery Positive93% of 386 reviews2016Developer: Construct StudioPublisher: Construct Studio Inc.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 18mMean: 8.4h≥1hr: 16%
You are Agent Zero. Your mission: assassinate Benjamin Miller, a radical who broke into CIA facilities and stole top secret chemical weapons research. Your mission quickly takes a dark turn as you learn the truth of what Miller was searching for that night.
- #44 Object N80% matchVery Positive85% of 975 reviews2021Developer: KleskBYPlatforms: Windows, Linux
A classic-style hardcore dynamic shooter which takes place in a science underground center.
- #45 GET OUT!80% matchVery Positive93% of 444 reviews2021Developer: MilpitiansPlatforms: Windows
A 2D noir, point and click game where you uncover clues and solve puzzles in a world of espionage and international intrigue.
- #46 Crisis in the Kremlin80% matchVery Positive84% of 1,463 reviews2017Developer: NostalgamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.6hMean: 9.8h≥1hr: 87%
Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?
- #47 Red Matter80% matchVery Positive90% of 1,183 reviews2018Developer: Vertical RobotPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.0hMean: 3.5h≥1hr: 62%
Enter an abandoned Cold War base on a moon of Saturn in this atmospheric VR puzzle adventure. Scan evidence, translate Volgravian messages, manipulate strange machinery, and uncover a sci-fi mystery that grows more surreal with every discovery.
- #48 Wings Over Europe81% matchMixed55% of 130 reviews2014Developer: Third Wire ProductionsPublisher: Strategy FirstPlatforms: Windows
Realistic air combat is waiting for you, in some of the most intense dogfights of the Cold War era!
- #49 Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall80% matchVery Positive93% of 730 reviews2018Developer: NostalgamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 6.3hMean: 13.8h≥1hr: 88%
The confrontation between the East and the West is coming to an end, but not between East and West Germany. The old party leaders are still sitting in their offices, not changing anything and waiting for exclamations from Moscow. But their end is close – Gorbachev and Kohl have already decided...
- #50 Rule the Waves 378% matchVery Positive87% of 1,072 reviews2023Developer: Naval Warfare SimulationsPublisher: Matrix GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.6hMean: 60.7h≥1hr: 80%
Rule the Waves III is a simulation of naval ship design and construction, fleet management and naval warfare from 1890 to 1970.
- #51 Air Defender78% matchMostly Positive79% of 356 reviews2025Developer: ROTOR3Platforms: Windows
Command the sky in a tense real-time strategy simulation where you manage a nation's air defenses. Analyze radar contacts, scramble interceptor jets, and make split-second decisions to protect your airspace from hostile threats.
- #52 Rage Wars78% matchVery Positive90% of 2,185 reviews2016Developer: Lemondo GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.1hMean: 4.5h≥1hr: 93%
Get prepared for the FIRST EVER shooter game based on Rage Comics ! Rage Wars is a well-made action game with a variety of weapons, worlds and enemies to challenge with.
- #53 Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War77% matchVery Positive81% of 726 reviews2025Developer: NostalgamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 8.8hMean: 33.7h≥1hr: 85%
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.
- #54 Rapid Tap78% matchVery Positive92% of 383 reviews2018Developer: Wolfborg GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 30mMean: 8.8h≥1hr: 39%
Enjoy a fun, grid tapping game that gets faster the more you play. See how long you can last tapping the flashing buttons. Now with a bunch of fun skins!
- #55 I Expect You To Die 3: Cog in the Machine77% matchVery Positive92% of 637 reviews2023Developer: Schell GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.4hMean: 6.0h≥1hr: 86%
Outwit your most cunning adversary to date in the latest installment of this popular, spy-themed VR puzzle series. Wield new gadgets, visit action-packed locales, and wear custom disguises as you dive back into the world of espionage in this escape room game.
- #56 3 Days War77% matchVery Positive84% of 721 reviews2023Developer: 荆棘鸟工作室Platforms: 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!
