Spiritual Successor to the Microprose Classic “Red Storm Rising”.
Each input wears a grade, S to D, read from the buyer's side. The color is the direction: green raises the score, red lowers it, grey sits neutral. ▼ marks a dock, ? a missing input, • a fact this genre's score does not use. The exact weights stay secret. These are the inputs and the direction each pushes.
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Skip · Strategy · 2017
SKIP IT.
Skip it at $39.99. The value isn't there.
$39.99
Better value than 77% of Strategy games
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Cold Waters scores 45/100 on the BANG Score (a skip). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/541210/cold-waters<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/541210/cold-waters"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/541210" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/541210/cold-waters)The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It rates value, not taste. Whether it is for you is on you. How the score is computed → Data · updated 5h ago.
Peak 43Low 43Latest 43
Daily peak concurrent players.Player counts via SteamSpy.
Low $5.99High $39.99Now $39.99
PricePrice history via IsThereAnyDeal.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
The lowest price on record is $5.99, set in June 2026. It has been discounted 35 times in the 9 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 12 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 23 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Atlantic Fleet ($9.99, scores 54) beats it on value, while it beats War on the Sea ($39.99, scores 27).