The best games set in the Cold War 🧊⚔️ 2023
Looking for a party game set during the Cold War 🧊⚔️? We have a list of the best 30 Cold War games.
What is the Cold War?
The Cold War was a post-World War II state of geopolitical tension between the powers of the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and the powers of the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies, and others).
Period ca. 1947 to 1989.
Historians do not fully agree on dates, but a common time frame is the period between 1947, (the year the Truman Doctrine was announced, a U.S. foreign policy that pledged to help nations threatened by Soviet expansionism) and either 1989 (when communism fell in Eastern Europe) or 1991 (when the Soviet Union collapsed).
Proxy wars
The term "cold" is used because there was no large-scale fighting directly between the two sides, but both sides each supported large regional wars known as "proxy wars."
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Pandemic Legacy: Season 0
Nominated for 5 awards.
More details for Pandemic Legacy: Season 0- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
👍 Good price!50€ at
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Twilight Struggle
Nominated for 6 awards and won 5.
More details for Twilight Struggle- 2 Players
- 120 - 180 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Hard to learn
13 Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
Nominated for 4 awards.
More details for 13 Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962- 2 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Vienna Connection
🔥 Deal: 22% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!
More details for Vienna Connection- 1 - 5 Players
- 120 - 180 Minutes
- 16+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!20€ at.deKompromat
- 2 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!13€ at.deSecrets
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Secrets- 4 - 8 Players
- 15 - 35 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Secrets
Gorbachev: The Fall of Communism
- 1 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Cold War: CIA vs KGB
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Cold War: CIA vs KGB- 2 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Iron Curtain
- 2 Players
- 20 - 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
1960: The Making of the President
Nominated for 4 awards.
More details for 1960: The Making of the President- 2 Players
- 90 - 120 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Space Explorers
- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 - 40 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Confusion: Espionage and Deception in the Cold War
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Confusion: Espionage and Deception in the Cold War- 2 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
1989: Dawn of Freedom
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for 1989: Dawn of Freedom- 2 Players
- 150 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Days of Ire: Budapest 1956
- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Angola
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Angola- 2 - 4 Players
- 480 Minutes
- Medium difficulty
13 Minutes: The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
Nominated for 1 award.
🔥 Deal: 27% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!
More details for 13 Minutes: The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962- 2 Players
- 13 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!18€ at.deModern Land Battles: Target Acquired
- 2 - 6 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Quartermaster General: The Cold War
- 3 - 6 Players
- 90 - 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Video reviews for Quartermaster General: The Cold War
Hearts and Minds: Vietnam 1965-1975 (Third Edition)
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Hearts and Minds: Vietnam 1965-1975 (Third Edition)- 1 - 2 Players
- 45 - 360 Minutes
- 15+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Wir sind das Volk!
Nominated for 5 awards and won 2.
More details for Wir sind das Volk!- 2 Players
- 60 - 150 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Hard to learn
Covert
- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 - 90 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Fire in the Lake
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
More details for Fire in the Lake- 1 - 4 Players
- 180 Minutes
- Hard to learn
Europe Divided
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Europe Divided- 2 Players
- 60 - 75 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
1969
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for 1969- 2 - 5 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
1955: The War of Espionage
- 2 Players
- 15 - 45 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Easy to learn
LEADERS: The Combined Strategy Game
- 2 - 6 Players
- 120 - 180 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Colonial Twilight: The French-Algerian War, 1954-62
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for Colonial Twilight: The French-Algerian War, 1954-62- 1 - 2 Players
- 90 - 300 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Hard to learn
🔥 Great price!83€ at.deNights of Fire: Battle for Budapest
- 1 - 3 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Wir sind das Volk!: 2+2
- 4 Players
- 180 - 200 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Hard to learn
Blue Water Navy: The War at Sea
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Blue Water Navy: The War at Sea- 2 Players
- 60 - 960 Minutes
- Hard to learn
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