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Combat Mission Cold War cover art

Combat Mission Cold War

Battlefront · Matrix Games · 2021-11-16

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 16, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

CM 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. 

67%
positive of 241 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
8
Nexus mods (635 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$59.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 17,541 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.8k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 241 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$35.99-40%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$59.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Gamer Thor (2025-01-04) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 116 of 168 observed days · $30.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120212026Week of 2021-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$16.522021-11-162026-10-172021-11-16 — best price $59.992023-06-08 — best price $45.892023-09-11 — best price $59.992024-01-04 — best price $59.992024-06-04 — best price $59.992024-07-15 — best price $35.992024-08-30 — best price $18.602024-10-21 — best price $24.002024-11-26 — best price $19.952024-12-11 — best price $59.992024-12-30 — best price $19.062025-01-27 — best price $24.002025-03-10 — best price $46.432025-04-18 — best price $23.992025-05-09 — best price $19.202025-05-29 — best price $24.002025-06-26 — best price $23.342025-07-24 — best price $59.992025-09-11 — best price $59.992025-10-15 — best price $29.992025-11-18 — best price $59.992025-12-02 — best price $59.992026-01-03 — best price $59.992026-01-29 — best price $29.992026-02-24 — best price $59.992026-03-27 — best price $29.992026-04-30 — best price $29.992026-06-01 — best price $29.992026-06-29 — best price $59.992026-08-01 — best price $59.992026-09-11 — best price $30.002026-09-23 — best price $35.992026-10-05 — best price $35.992026-10-17 — best price $35.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2025-09-25, latest 2026-09-30 (Steam store data)

Player tags

3DPvPWarCombatModernWargameMilitaryStrategyTacticalRealistic

Census log

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