Cold War
Skip · Action · 2014
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 27, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Length
- 7.9h 11.4h to 100%
- Value
- $0.63/hr
- Reviews
- 70% of 302 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Steal weapons. Improvise gadgets. Evade capture. Uncover the conspiracy.The Story:On the run and fighting for your life, you are freelance journalist Matt Carter. Twelve hours after arriving in Moscow for a routine story, you've been stripped of all possessions, beaten unconscious and thrown into the KGB's political prison.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 389 MB of memory, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
80 discounts in the 13 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is less well reviewed than 73 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES ($19.99, scores 59) beats it on value, while it beats Remothered: Tormented Fathers ($19.99, scores 23).
What players say
Cold War, developed by Mindware Studios and published by THQ Nordic, is a third-person stealth action game that plunges players into the tense political climate of the 1980s. Released in 2005, the game casts players as Matthew Carter, an American journalist who is falsely accused of being a CIA assassin while investigating a story in Moscow. Stripped of his identity and imprisoned by the KGB, Carter must navigate a...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Ok, first off, let me say here that this game isn't a bad game. A little bit of the splinter cell series gameplay. I haven't gotten far in the game. I will update this review, as I progress.
TL;DR: Splinter Cell, but for journalism. Set in Cold War. A mixed bag, in my opinion. Hardcore Stealth junkies would loved it anyway. And only get it on sale, for the love of f@#k. Summary: You play as a Journalist Matt Carter who after getting caught in Cold War conspiracy, must work together Grushkov, a Soviet agent who is framed for the conspiracy and must clear your name. Gameplay: If you play Splinter Cell...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Cold War scores 27/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/260650/cold-warReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.