Cold War
Third-person stealth action with improvised gadgets in the Soviet Union
Mindware Studios · Published by THQ Nordic · Released Jan 8, 2014
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 63% of 253
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 31, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
Metacritic: 64/100 (critic reviews)
What is Cold War?
This single-player, third-person stealth action game follows freelance journalist Matt Carter, caught in a conspiracy after being imprisoned by the KGB. You work through missions in Soviet locations including Moscow and Chernobyl, sneaking past or fighting guards, finding hidden routes, and using an X-ray camera to see through walls.
For you if...
- +you prefer flexible mission approaches over a single prescribed route
Not for you if...
- −you want to avoid shooting and rely entirely on stealth
What players say
63% of 253 reviews are positive
Players praise the gadget crafting and spy story. Complaints focus on tedious stealth and repeated trips through the same areas.
Screenshots and trailer
Cold War system requirements
Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 0.4 GB RAM, 1 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Cold War?
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- OS
- Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/7/8 (x86 and x64)
- Processor
- 1.7 GHz CPU Processor
- Graphics
- DirectX 9.0 compatible, NVIDIA GeForce 3 (NOT GeForce 4MX) / ATI Radeon 8500 or better with 64 MB Video memory card
- Memory
- 384 MB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/7/8 (x86 and x64)
- Processor
- 2 GHz CPU Processor
- Graphics
- DirectX 9.0 compatible with 256 MB VRAM (GeForce 4Ti or higher)
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
Does Cold War have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Cold War run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain. Text only: Russian.
Does Cold War use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
