Choose Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War
Choose Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War if you want the Online Co-op and Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it has co-op, so you can bring a friend. 10,073 Steam reviews back the pick.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War vs Task Force: Thunderstorm
Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War and Task Force: Thunderstorm both land in Action on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both are Action games on Steam. Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War has co-op; Task Force: Thunderstorm does not. Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; Task Force: Thunderstorm has no Deck rating yet. No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Task Force: Thunderstorm
Choose Task Force: Thunderstorm if you want the LAN PvP side of the pairing.
Both Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War and Task Force: Thunderstorm sit in Action on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and PvP, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War |  Task Force: Thunderstorm | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2023 | — |
| Genres | Action | Action |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Unrated |
| Price | 59.99 USD | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 80.4% positive (10,073 reviews) | — |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op | Multi-player |
| Developers | Treyarch, Raven Software, High Moon Studios, Beenox, Activision Shanghai, Sledgehammer Games | Zeidiao |
Side by side
- Both are Action games on Steam.
- Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War has co-op; Task Force: Thunderstorm does not.
- Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; Task Force: Thunderstorm has no Deck rating yet.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War vs Task Force: Thunderstorm — FAQ
- Are Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War and Task Force: Thunderstorm similar?
- They overlap on Action on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.