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Fit check

Is Cold Waters worth it for you?

We tell you who should skip it, too.

Play it if you…

Good fit

Players who want real-time submarine combat centered on naval engagements
Cold War military fiction fans seeking convoy, landing, and warship interception missions
Strategy players interested in sonar detection and weapon-range decisions

Skip it if you…

Saves you a refund

Players seeking broad empire management instead of focused submarine missions
Those who prefer relaxed pacing over continuous naval engagements
Players looking for fantasy or non-military settings

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Our take on Cold Waters

Its defining structure is the choice between quietly approaching targets for torpedo attacks and launching missiles from farther away while facing the risk of an enemy counterattack.

What is Cold Waters?

Cold Waters is a submarine combat simulation set during a Cold War conflict that escalates into World War III.

Command a nuclear submarine while intercepting convoys, opposing amphibious landings, carrying out insertion missions, and engaging enemy warships, submarines, and aircraft. Attacks can use wire-guided torpedoes, anti-ship missiles, cruise missiles, or occasional SEAL teams. Encounters take place in real time and include a sonar model for detecting and tracking contacts. The game features more than 40 classes of ships and submarines, a dynamic campaign in which performance affects the campaign, and Soviet combat tactics. Missions involve choosing between close-range torpedo attacks and longer-range missile strikes with different risks.

How Cold Waters plays

01Real-Time Battles: Naval engagements unfold continuously while contacts are detected, tracked, and attacked.
02Dynamic Campaign: Campaign progress changes according to performance across missions.
03Submarine Arsenal: The submarine can deploy wire-guided torpedoes, anti-ship missiles, cruise missiles, and SEAL teams.
04Vessel Roster: The game includes more than 40 classes of ships and submarines.
05Sonar Model: Detection and tracking use sonar during submarine encounters.

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Cold Waters: platforms & release

Is Cold Waters worth it?

It is worth it if: players who want real-time submarine combat centered on naval engagements. Skip it if: players seeking broad empire management instead of focused submarine missions.