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
77 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Wild Assault
Third-person team shooter with animal heroes and large PvP battles
68% positive
4,338 reviews
DEFCON
Cold War strategy matches of nuclear strikes and fragile alliances
87% positive
4,333 reviews
Sniper Elite
World War II sniper shooter with stealth and bullet physics
76% positive
4,227 reviews
60 Parsecs!
Text-based space survival game with timed scavenging and tough decisions
89% positive
4,104 reviews
UnMetal
2D stealth action and comedy in a military base escape
94% positive
3,686 reviews
Metro Awakening
First-person VR shooter searching Moscow's post-apocalyptic subway for medicine
74% positive
3,586 reviews
Wargame: European Escalation
Cold War real-time strategy commanding tanks and helicopters across Europe
78% positive
3,400 reviews
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946
World War II combat flight sim with hundreds of flyable aircraft
87% positive
3,215 reviews
Twilight Struggle
Cold War board game adaptation about cards and global influence
86% positive
2,986 reviews
Regiments
Single-player Cold War tactics commanding platoons across German battlefields
88% positive
2,948 reviews
Freedom Fighters
Third-person shooter about commanding resistance fighters across occupied New York
95% positive
2,894 reviews
I Expect You To Die
VR escape-room puzzles across deadly secret agent missions
95% positive
2,779 reviews
Mr. Prepper: Prologue
Survival crafting sim about building a secret underground shelter
83% positive
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Sakuya Izayoi Gives You Advice And Dabs
Short Touhou visual novel with beachside advice and a dab
97% positive
2,426 reviews
Military Conflict: Vietnam
Arcade Vietnam War shooter with faction battles and zombies
91% positive
2,337 reviews
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
Historical grand strategy spanning World War I to the Cold War
90% positive
2,103 reviews
Radio Commander: Vietnam '64
Real-time tactics game commanding Vietnam War troops by radio
72% positive
2,068 reviews
First Strike
Real-time strategy where nuclear powers attack and defend worldwide
75% positive
2,037 reviews
Tropico 3
Cold War city builder about running a tropical dictatorship
89% positive
1,950 reviews
ICBM
Real-time nuclear strategy with research, defenses, and coordinated strikes
91% positive
1,930 reviews
Tunguska: The Visitation - Final Cut
Top-down survival action RPG with stealth and radioactive anomalies
88% positive
1,883 reviews
Vietnam War
Open-world first-person war game with squad commands and vehicles
85% positive
1,775 reviews
Tiny Combat Arena
Cold War-style flight sim with custom dogfights and ground strikes
82% positive
1,584 reviews
ICBM: Escalation
Global real-time strategy with diplomacy, invasions, and nuclear escalation
86% positive
1,452 reviews