Cold Waters
Skip · Strategy · 2017
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 46, under the fair line, at $39.99.
- Reviews
- 87% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Spiritual Successor to the Microprose Classic “Red Storm Rising”.
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
- How long it takes to beat isn't in our data. The score is docked for the missing length.
The value story
June 2026 is where it bottomed out, at $5.99. Its cuts run 50 percent off as a rule. There have been 35 in the 9 years tracked, about 12 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 22 percent on value. It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age ($49.99, scores 48) beats it on value, while it beats War on the Sea ($39.99, scores 27).
This site sampled 575 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 4 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 53 percent of the 262 reviews written there were positive, against 87 percent overall, and those are 6 percent of everything written about it.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Cold Waters scores 46/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. Length is not in our data, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/541210/cold-watersReviews set the ceiling. With no length in our data, value sits at a neutral middle whatever the price, and the BANG Score is docked until a real length is known. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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