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Games like Cold War

2005PCXbox65 % positive4.99 €

You play journalist Matt Carter, wrongly thrown into a KGB prison in Cold War Moscow, and must sneak and fight your way through a conspiracy using improvised gadgets and stolen weapons. The blend of stealth, crafting and third-person action gives it a tense spy-thriller feel.

  • Sneaking and hiding
  • Historical setting
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

The closest matches for Cold War are Velvet Assassin, Death to Spies: Moment of Truth and Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Cold War special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Velvet Assassin

93 %Match

2009PCXbox62 % positive

Brings what grabs you about Cold War: sneaking and hiding, a historical setting as well as a dark atmosphere.

A third-person WWII stealth game where you play spy Violette Summer, silently eliminating enemies behind enemy lines. Dark morphine-dream flashbacks and a light-and-shadow system shape its moody atmosphere.

Death to Spies

Realistic visuals

A punishing World War II stealth game where you play a Soviet counterintelligence agent, relying on disguises, careful planning and patience. Mistakes are punished harshly.

Alekhine's Gun

Dark, serious atmosphere

A Cold War stealth action game where you play an agent uncovering conspiracies, betrayal and nuclear threats. It follows the Death to Spies series and favors careful sneaking and disguises over open firefights.

Hitman: Contracts

Dark, serious atmosphere

A feverish Agent 47 relives past hits across grim, rain-soaked levels where disguises, patience and creative kills beat brute force. Its oppressive atmosphere and Jesper Kyd score make it the bleakest entry in the series.

Call of Juarez

Strong, story-driven narrative

A western shooter where you alternate between the fugitive Billy and Ray, the fanatical preacher hunting him. Stealth sections, gunslinger duels and a grim chase narrative define the experience.

Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops

Strong, story-driven narrative

A portable stealth-action entry set in Cold War Colombia after Snake Eater. As Naked Snake you sneak through the jungle and capture enemies to recruit into your squad, which adds a tactical team-building layer to the classic Metal Gear story.

Sniper Elite V2 Remastered

Realistic visuals

You play sniper Karl Fairburne creeping through ruined Berlin in 1945, relying on careful positioning and long-range shots with bullet physics. Its signature X-ray kill cam shows each hit in brutal slow motion.

Sniper Elite 4

Realistic visuals

A third-person sniper game set in WWII Italy where you tackle sprawling maps with realistic ballistics, sound masking and the signature X-ray kill cam. Each mission offers many ways to reach your target, including in co-op.

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