Best Cold War games on PC
Games set during or shaped by the Cold War, often using military operations, espionage, or political conflict as their backdrop.
- Cold War-era settings
- Military or espionage themes
Related: Military, Strategy, Simulation, Wargame
207 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Sniper Elite
World War II sniper shooter with stealth and bullet physics
76% positive
3,957 reviews
Phantom Doctrine
Cold War turn-based tactics with spies, stealth, and investigations
73% positive
3,952 reviews
Demo DEFCON
Cold War strategy matches of nuclear strikes and fragile alliances
86% positive
3,856 reviews
Wargame: Airland Battle
Cold War real-time strategy with air and ground battles
86% positive
3,780 reviews
60 Parsecs!
Text-based space survival game with timed scavenging and tough decisions
90% positive
3,705 reviews
Metro Awakening
First-person VR shooter searching Moscow's post-apocalyptic subway for medicine
72% positive
3,165 reviews
Demo Regiments
Single-player Cold War tactics commanding platoons across German battlefields
87% positive
2,979 reviews
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946
World War II combat flight sim with hundreds of flyable aircraft
87% positive
2,929 reviews
Wargame: European Escalation
Cold War real-time strategy commanding tanks and helicopters across Europe
75% positive
2,767 reviews
Freedom Fighters
Third-person shooter about commanding resistance fighters across occupied New York
94% positive
2,748 reviews
Demo Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered
Cold War military shooter with tactical missions and squad control
88% positive
2,734 reviews
Twilight Struggle
Cold War board game adaptation about cards and global influence
86% positive
2,640 reviews
Mr. Prepper: Prologue
Survival crafting sim about building a secret underground shelter
83% positive
Free
Demo UnMetal
2D stealth action and comedy in a military base escape
94% positive
2,546 reviews
Rage Wars
A rage-comic shooter where collecting potatoes unlocks new weapons
91% positive
2,397 reviews
I Expect You To Die
VR escape-room puzzles across deadly secret agent missions
94% positive
2,304 reviews
Sakuya Izayoi Gives You Advice And Dabs
Short Touhou visual novel with beachside advice and a dab
98% positive
2,286 reviews
Wild Animal Racing
A kart racer with animal drivers and weapon pickups
93% positive
2,274 reviews
Military Conflict: Vietnam
Arcade Vietnam War shooter with faction battles and zombies
89% positive
2,262 reviews
First Strike
Real-time strategy where nuclear powers attack and defend worldwide
76% positive
2,095 reviews
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
Historical grand strategy spanning World War I to the Cold War
87% positive
1,993 reviews
Desert Bus VR
Bus driving simulator built around an eight-hour desert road trip
86% positive
Free
Radio Commander: Vietnam '64
Real-time tactics game commanding Vietnam War troops by radio
72% positive
1,867 reviews
ICBM
Real-time nuclear strategy with research, defenses, and coordinated strikes
91% positive
1,769 reviews