The Cold War Era

The Cold War Era

Alina Digital · September 9, 2016 · Simulation, Indie, Political Sim, Strategy, Cold War

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The Cold War Era price by region

The Cold War Era costs £1.51 in the United Kingdom, €1.74 in Europe (EUR), $2.18 in the United States, $2.18 in Georgia (USD), CA$3.11 in Canada, NZ$5.99 in New Zealand, A$6.75 in Australia, zł9.72 in Poland and R$10.49 in Brazil right now.

Cheapest The Cold War Era offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £1.51 −58% £3.59 £1.51 5
Europe (EUR) €1.74 −61% €4.49 €1.74 5
United Statesyour region $2.18 −51% $4.49 $2.18 5
Georgia (USD) $2.18 −27% $2.99 $2.18 5
Canada CA$3.11 −43% CA$5.49 CA$3.11 3
New Zealand NZ$5.99 −10% NZ$5.99 — 2
Australia A$6.75 −10% A$6.75 — 2
Poland zł9.72 −40% zł16.19 zł9.72 3
Brazil R$10.49 R$10.49 — 2

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About The Cold War Era

✦ AI summary

The Cold War Era is a single-player RTS where you command either the U.S.A. or U.S.S.R. across four decades of Cold War conflict, using military might, espionage, propaganda, and space race achievements to outmaneuver your opponent. With matches lasting just one hour and a clean map-based interface, you'll rewrite history through troop placement, spy networks, puppet governments, and rocket launches while watching real Cold War footage edited to match your in-game actions.

The Cold War Era isn't over, it's just beginning

Military might, stealthy spies, blatant propaganda, and high-tech Space Race marvels are all at war game lovers' fingertips when they choose to play as the U.S.A. or the U.S.S.R. and rewrite history in The Cold War Era.

TCWE is a single player RTS strategy game based on the epic conflict between the Americans and the Soviets spanning the 1950s through the 1990s. Within one hour of gameplay players will course through four decades of contention, paranoia, secrecy, and the overarching the "us vs. them" mentality.

Game Features

- Immerse yourself in a realistic atmosphere that recreates the true Cold War.

- Choose your side and play as either the Americans or the Soviets to rewrite Cold War history.

- Install military units to prop up the local Allied government or transform rebels into revolutionaries in Opposing countries.

- Establish spy networks to support government propaganda campaigns or shake loose the Opposition's stronghold.

- Launch rockets, satellites and astronauts into space to shock and amaze the world and win their alliances.

- Devise your own strategies and tactics, forcing your opponent to play by your rules.

- Initiate pro-government parades or incite riots to plunge countries into chaos.

- Use time to your advantage -- each Cold War Era matchup only takes 1 hour to play, start to finish.

- Keep on top of the game's goings-on by watching TCWE's unique in-game TV stream ( free video mod dlc ). This TV stream consists of real-life news footage shot during the Cold War era, edited to represent the players' in-game activities.

Relying on a clean and simple map-based game interface, TCWE is easy to play for gamers of all age and skill levels. Easy-to-read menus tell players about...

-The point and click -- easy-to-understand map and menus guide you through the gameplay.
-The players' Influence in each country and worldwide.
-Their Opponent's Influence in Influenced, Neutral and Opposing countries.
-The number of military units stationed in each country.
-The spy network status and propaganda campaign success.
-The remaining budget, which determines what initiatives can be launched.
-The Space Race Milestone achievements, which help win global Influence.
-Each country's score value, which is used to calculate a player's Budget.
-Their Total Score as game events unfold.

The Cold War Era — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

DLC & expansions

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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Jan 31, 2019
Unintuitive garbage in bad Runglish.
7 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 2, 2018
I played this game at first and was unimpressed by the frantic clickfest and stress inducing slog that the game was. But after reading the manual carefully, coming up with a few strategies and going into the game with those in mind, the game was incredibly enjoyable. The game is essentially about managing your attention, your finances and carefully deciding how much you are willing to invest to defend a country from communist encroachment or send your freedom fighters to overthrow a forgeign government. You will feel the cost, those troops you send cost money, money that could be used to influence others, to defend more important allies or simply to sit in your countrys GDP to grow your economy better for future conflicts/influence. If you like games where you have to carefully manage your scarce resources in a environment of the cold war superpowers, this is a good little gem. If you hate the idea of frantically looking around for 'reds under the beds' in various hotspots around the globe, or hate the idea of having to bite your lip trying desperately to decide between economic growth, military incursions and gaining influence through space achievements, this probably isnt for …
4 found this helpful
Not recommended Jul 11, 2020
Pure garbage literally has like 3 buttons
3 found this helpful
Recommended Sep 8, 2020
So annoying. So good. Damn it!
1 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 26, 2020
its a good game, kind of hard to understand at first though
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Jul 3, 2024
Don't waste your money. very confusing mechanics.

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