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Is Cold War worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Stealth-action players who want to choose between avoiding enemies and confronting them
- Players who enjoy searching environments for objects to combine into gadgets and traps
- Spy-thriller fans interested in a journalist investigating a conspiracy inside the Soviet Union
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a strictly linear mission structure may find the alternate routes and approaches less focused
- Players who prefer combat without exploration, stealth, or improvised tools may find the mixed objectives distracting
- Players looking for a multiplayer-focused game
Our take on Cold War
The choice between stealth and force gives up a single fixed solution for each objective. Progress instead depends on finding routes, recovering useful objects, and deciding how to handle Soviet forces.
What is Cold War?
Cold War follows freelance journalist Matt Carter after he is imprisoned by the KGB during a trip to Moscow.
Stripped of his possessions, Carter must evade or eliminate Soviet forces while investigating an international conspiracy. Missions support different approaches, including stealth and direct combat. The non-linear world contains alternate routes, hidden paths, and objects that can be combined to make weapons and traps. An X-ray camera allows Carter to observe enemies through walls. The game includes recreated Soviet locations such as Lenin's Mausoleum, Chernobyl, the Kremlin, and the KGB's Lubyanka prison. Progress depends on recovering weapons, improvising gadgets, and choosing how to accomplish objectives.
How Cold War plays
- 01Multiple Mission Approaches
- Objectives can be pursued through stealth or direct force, with alternate routes available through the environments.
- 02Improvised Gadgets
- Collected objects can be combined into weapons and traps, including items such as screws and rags.
- 03X-Ray Camera
- The camera lets Carter observe enemies positioned behind walls.
- 04Soviet Locations
- Environments include recreations of the Kremlin, Chernobyl, Lenin's Mausoleum, and the KGB's Lubyanka prison.
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Cold War: platforms & release
Is Cold War worth it?
It is worth it if: stealth-action players who want to choose between avoiding enemies and confronting them. Skip it if: players seeking a strictly linear mission structure may find the alternate routes and approaches less focused.
Where can I download Cold War?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Cold War's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Cold War on?
Windows only.
