Cold War
Released Jan 2014
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.
65% positive · 303 reviews
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All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Cold War is a single-player action-stealth game that released on January 8, 2014, originally developed by Mindware Studios and published by THQ Nordic on Steam. The store description presents a complete, self-contained narrative experience with no mention of DLC, expansions, seasonal content, or post-launch updates of any kind. There are no DLC listings, no developer news posts, and no roadmaps on record. The game launched as a finished product and has shown no post-launch content activity. This is a straightforward, complete release.
Evidence
Store description presents a complete, self-contained single-player narrative with no mention of DLC, expansions, or post-launch content of any kind.
No DLC listings, developer news posts, or roadmaps are present. The game appears to have launched as a finished product with no post-launch content cycle.
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Developer
Publisher
THQ Nordic
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this 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. Caught in the midst of an international conspiracy that aims to control the U.S.S.R., you are now on your own behind the "Iron Curtain". Using only recovered weapons and improvised gadgets, you must now evade and eliminate special Soviet forces and defeat the conspiracy or risk being either killed or sent to a remote Siberian prison camp.Key Features:
- Spy on your enemies through walls with the powerful and deadly X-ray camera
- Complete missions in multiple ways: Stealth or Brute Force - the choice is yours
- Interactive non-linear world: Accomplish objectives in multiple ways - find hidden paths, combine in-game elements to create weapons and traps, or silently eliminate opponents
- Explore authentic recreations of real Soviet locations including: Lenin's Mausoleum, Chernobyl, the Kremlin and the KGB's Lubyanka prison
- Collect and combine objects to create useful and deadly gadgets. You never know when a screw or a dirty old rag will come in handy.
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Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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