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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Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks
Historical tank manufacturing sim about designing vehicles and managing contracts
65% positive
1,057 reviews
China: Mao's legacy
Political strategy simulation steering China after Mao during the Cold War
91% positive
1,049 reviews
Potato Please
First-person incremental job simulator about peeling potatoes and automating production
88% positive
1,030 reviews
Red Matter
VR puzzle adventure inside an abandoned Cold War research base
90% positive
1,027 reviews
Demo Tropico 3
Cold War city builder about running a tropical dictatorship
90% positive
916 reviews
Rule the Waves 3
Naval strategy simulation spanning dreadnoughts, carriers, and missile cruisers
86% positive
896 reviews
Wolfstride
Turn-based mecha RPG mixing arena battles with city errands
89% positive
886 reviews
3 Days War
Real-time multiplayer strategy fought across a grid-based future battlefield
84% positive
Free
Men of Valor
A Vietnam War first-person shooter set around historical battles
68% positive
740 reviews
Demo Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War
Real-time political strategy about steering the Soviet Union through crisis
80% positive
740 reviews
Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall
Political strategy sim guiding socialist states through Cold War upheaval
93% positive
729 reviews
Soda Drinker Pro
First-person simulation about drinking soda in a range of places
93% positive
721 reviews
Ukrainian ball in search of gas
A casual collection game about rolling around and stealing gas
94% positive
674 reviews
You Are Empty: Absolute Edition
Linear first-person shooter with grotesque monsters in alternate-history Soviet Kyiv
92% positive
662 reviews
Bad Rats Show
Physics puzzles about rats staging bloody revenge against captive cats
80% positive
653 reviews
Mahjong
Solo tile-matching puzzles across boards of varying difficulty
83% positive
642 reviews
Chornobyl Liquidators
First-person disaster response simulation about containing radioactive fallout
50% positive
642 reviews
I Expect You To Die 3: Cog in the Machine
First-person VR spy puzzles across six escape-room locations
91% positive
631 reviews
War of Beach
Free-to-play island strategy with economic planning, defenses, and player raids
54% positive
Free
Dread Not
Two-player co-op puzzles aboard a submarine running out of oxygen
47% positive
Free
Super 3-D Noah's Ark
A retro first-person shooter about feeding escaped animals to sleep
92% positive
588 reviews
Lock 'n Load Tactical Digital: Core Game
Turn-based squad combat with board-game rules and alternating actions
82% positive
585 reviews
Kriegsfront Tactics - Prologue
Turn-based mech squad tactics behind enemy lines in Southeast Asia
93% positive
Free
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Bunny-hopping platformer with a solo campaign and online competition
78% positive
Free