Combat Mission Cold War overview

Overview

Combat Mission Cold War comes from Battlefront and is published by Matrix Games. It arrived on Steam on Nov 16, 2021, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, LAN PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen, and Remote Play Together. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Combat Mission Cold War's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 4 players at 9 October 2026 - 04:33:43 UTC, with a tracked peak near 47. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 67% positive across 232 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Combat Mission Cold War is available in 5 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Combat Mission Cold War has sold up to 7,140 units and has 156 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $299,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Combat Mission Cold War overview details

Combat Mission Cold War combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Combat Mission Cold War is set in the tipping-point years of a conflict that gripped the world for 45 years. Between 1979-1982, both the NATO and Soviet Warsaw Pact militaries began the shift away from industrialized warfare of the early 20th century and towards the modern digital battlefield of today. Combat Mission Cold War simulates several “what if” conflict scenarios between US and Soviet forces centered on the strategic Fulda Gap and environs in West Germany. The game also simulates the early days of the US National Training Center (NTC) as US forces began to rapidly transform away from Vietnam era doctrine and towards the revolutionary AirLand Battle concepts that would define warfare in the modern era. Combat Mission Cold War is intended to be a sandbox for experimentation, for example how would a situation unfold when equipped with M-60A3s or M1s in 1982 facing off against T-80s? How about the same situation with M-60A1s or M-60A2s in 1979 against T-64s or T-62s? The game allows a player to do just that! Combat Mission Cold War comes with 15 standalone scenarios set in the US V and VII Corp sectors of West Germany and 3 full length campaigns: The NTC Campaign. The National Training Center in the California Mojave Desert was established in 1982, right at the end of Combat Mission Cold War’s time frame. The NTC campaign puts you in command of a US Army Company Team as it begins its rotation and trial by simulated fire against the premier Soviet style formation in the world, the NTC OPFOR (Opposing Force). The US West German Campaign. Set in the southern Fulda S…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Combat Mission Cold War is listed as a game with $23.99 (60% off from $59.99). It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, LAN PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen, and Remote Play Together, and is associated with Simulation and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 4 players at 9 October 2026 - 04:33:43 UTC, a tracked peak of 47, and 67% positive reviews.

Overview tags

SimulationStrategyTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based TacticsWargame3DRealisticAtmosphericMilitaryModernTacticalWarPvPCombatTurn-Based Combat

Support and legal notes

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