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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2025: Mosaic Retrospective
A Minesweeper-style puzzle that turns a year's headlines into a mosaic
74% positive
Free
GET OUT!
A point-and-click escape room set in Cold War London
92% positive
Free
Kvark
Retro first-person shooting inside a heavily guarded Cold War research complex
85% positive
488 reviews
Rapid Tap
A casual grid-tapping game that gets faster as you play
91% positive
Free
Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager
Turn-based space agency management during the race to the Moon
75% positive
440 reviews
PANZERKAMPF®
Free-to-play team tank battles with historical and experimental armored vehicles
42% positive
Free
Vietnam ‘65
Turn-based Vietnam War strategy focused on counterinsurgency and logistics
82% positive
436 reviews
All Walls Must Fall - A Tech-Noir Tactics Game
Tactical nightclub missions where every action follows the music's beat
72% positive
Free
Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love
Satirical point-and-click adventure about espionage in a fictional communist state
87% positive
408 reviews
Dangerous Waters
Modern naval combat simulation with crew stations and top-down command
78% positive
405 reviews
Alekhine's Gun
Cold War stealth missions built around disguises and staged accidents
65% positive
399 reviews
Piggy Poggy Pog
A 2D platformer with acorn collecting and instant-death traps
81% positive
393 reviews
Steel Armor: Blaze of War
Cold War tank simulation combining combat with campaign logistics
82% positive
391 reviews
Project Wunderwaffe: Prologue
Underground base-building strategy about holding back advancing enemy fronts
67% positive
Free
Möbius Front '83
Hex-grid warfare built around the military hardware of the early eighties
74% positive
339 reviews
Wild Animal Sports Day
Animal sports minigames with sharks and porcupines as hazards
91% positive
313 reviews
Precipice
Cold War strategy where political crises risk nuclear destruction
80% positive
313 reviews
Iron Warriors: T-72 Tank Command
Tank combat simulator with crew management and platoon command
64% positive
303 reviews
The Operational Art of War IV
Turn-based hex wargame covering historical and hypothetical military campaigns
76% positive
303 reviews
Global Ops: Commando Libya
Third-person military shooter crossing continents to stop an arms deal
56% positive
296 reviews
Cuban Missile Crisis
Real-time strategy battles across a turn-based nuclear-war campaign
75% positive
291 reviews
Codename: Panzers - Cold War
Cold War real-time strategy with destructible buildings and squad tactics
66% positive
287 reviews
Armored Brigade
Real-time Cold War tactics where orders take time to execute
86% positive
283 reviews
Demo 子夜之章:历史的终局~MidNights of Desperado~
A text-heavy pixel RPG where daily work meets political struggles
98% positive
278 reviews