Games like Headquarters: Cold War
If Headquarters: Cold War is your kind of game, the closest matches are Headquarters: World War II, Axis & Allies 1942 Online and Hex of Steel — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and immersive. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Headquarters: Cold War: Headquarters: Cold War is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game set in a hypothetical 1984 conflict between NATO and the USSR. Play as both sides and command helicopters, tanks, and infantry across 20 campaign missions and rewrite the outcome of modern history.
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Headquarters: World War II
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Headquarters: Cold War.
Top pick for Headquarters: Cold War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Headquarters: World War II is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game where your battlefield tactics are as important as your army management skills. Experience both sides of the war, battling in Europe as the USA, the UK, or Germany. Storm bunkers, occupy houses, win tank duels.
Axis & Allies 1942 Online
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Headquarters: Cold War.
Second-strongest match for Headquarters: Cold War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Play the classic board game, Axis & Allies 1942 2nd Edition! Act as WWII powers in a turn-based strategy game that fits your screen and schedule— get notified on your turn and command armies at your own pace! Team up with friends, challenge the world’s top players, or go solo vs. A.I.
Hex of Steel
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Headquarters: Cold War.
Third-strongest match for Headquarters: Cold War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!
Tabletop Simulator
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Shares an immersive mood with Headquarters: Cold War.
Ranked #4 for Headquarters: Cold War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Tabletop Simulator is the only simulator where you can let your aggression out by flipping the table! There are no rules to follow: just you, a physics sandbox, and your friends. Make your own online board games or play the thousands of community created mods. Unlimited gaming possibilities!
Unmatched: Digital Edition
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Headquarters: Cold War.
Ranked #5 for Headquarters: Cold War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Unmatched: Digital Edition is a highly asymmetrical game of card-driven battles between epic heroes from story and myth. ⚔️ Witness clashes you've never seen before in duels or team fights. 💥 In battle, there are no equals! 💥
Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked
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Shares difficulty modes, tactical positioning, strategy and an atmospheric mood with Headquarters: Cold War.
Ranked #6 for Headquarters: Cold War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
A cooperative tactical RPG set in the D&D universe. Embark on a fantasy tabletop adventure. Your quest, on your schedule.
Lock 'n Load Tactical Digital: Core Game
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Headquarters: Cold War.
Ranked #7 for Headquarters: Cold War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Lock 'n Load Tactical is fast and Furious tactical combat that is fast to learn. In LnLT you get squads, weapon teams, armored vehicles, fixed-wing aircraft, and, in the modern-era games, helicopters. Individuals such as Leaders, Medics, Snipers, Chaplains, Advisors, and, of course, Heroes.
Wargroove
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an atmospheric mood with Headquarters: Cold War.
Ranked #8 for Headquarters: Cold War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Take to the battlefield with Wargroove, a strategy game for up to 4 players! Choose your Commander and wage turn-based war on battling factions. Design and share maps, cut-scenes and campaigns with easy-to-use editors and in-depth customization tools!
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Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Headquarters: Cold War at current Steam store prices.
Bloons TD 6
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Priced ~53% under Headquarters: Cold War on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Balatro
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Priced ~60% under Headquarters: Cold War on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
Don't Starve Together
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Priced ~50% under Headquarters: Cold War on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
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Priced ~75% under Headquarters: Cold War on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
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Priced ~79% under Headquarters: Cold War on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
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Priced ~73% under Headquarters: Cold War on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~83% under Headquarters: Cold War on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
FTL: Faster Than Light
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Headquarters: Cold War on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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93, Kuindzhi
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.
DORONKO WANKO
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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Outpath: First Journey
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
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More from Starni Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Starni Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Strategic Mind: The Pacific
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Headquarters: Cold War.
Another title from Starni Games, the studio behind Headquarters: Cold War. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Strategic Mind: The Pacific is a turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period depicting the war between the USA and the Empire of Japan waged in the Pacific Ocean with mindblowing historical accuracy and attention to detail. Two Sides. Two Commanders. Two Destinies.
Headquarters: World War II
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Headquarters: Cold War.
Another title from Starni Games, the studio behind Headquarters: Cold War. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Headquarters: World War II is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game where your battlefield tactics are as important as your army management skills. Experience both sides of the war, battling in Europe as the USA, the UK, or Germany. Storm bunkers, occupy houses, win tank duels.
Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg
WHY THIS
Shares unit customization and a tense mood with Headquarters: Cold War.
Another title from Starni Games, the studio behind Headquarters: Cold War. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg is a turn-based strategy set in the period of WW2. It brings a modern look and new features to a good old wargame genre. You are to lead the German Armed forces overcoming unthinkable odds and claiming the ultimate bittersweet victory in Europe. Blitzkrieg is the way!
Panzer Strategy
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Headquarters: Cold War.
Another title from Starni Games, the studio behind Headquarters: Cold War. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Panzer Strategy is a World War II wargame that combines classic turn-based strategy gameplay with modern looks. Command your armies and adapt your units to any objective using a huge selection of real-life military equipment and battle skills.
Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism
WHY THIS
Shares unit customization and an atmospheric mood with Headquarters: Cold War.
Another title from Starni Games, the studio behind Headquarters: Cold War. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism is a (hi)story-driven turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period. It offers refined wargame mechanics, story-rich gameplay, and modern 3D graphics. Lead the USSR Armed forces staging the world Communist revolution. For Stalin! For the Motherland!
Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Headquarters: Cold War.
Another title from Starni Games, the studio behind Headquarters: Cold War. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom is a history-driven turn-based strategy set in WW2. Take command of the Allied forces and protect your homeland and the whole of Europe from totalitarian madness. Form armies. Win battles. Change history.
Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty
WHY THIS
Shares campaign branching and an atmospheric mood with Headquarters: Cold War.
Another title from Starni Games, the studio behind Headquarters: Cold War. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Prove to have a true Strategic Mind! Spirit of Liberty will put your strategic planning skills to the test. It’s a hardcore, turn-based, historically accurate strategy game set in WWII. Lead Finnish forces against an overwhelming threat through the Winter War, Continuation War, and Lapland War.
Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty - Prologue 1939
WHY THIS
Another title from Starni Games, the studio behind Headquarters: Cold War. Shares Strategy with Headquarters: Cold War.
Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty is a history-driven turn-based strategy set in WW2. Lead the scarce Finnish forces through the Winter War, Continuation War, and Lapland War. Save your country’s very existence from the Red Menace. Niet Molotoff!
Frequently asked about Headquarters: Cold War
- Does Headquarters: Cold War work on Steam Deck?
- Headquarters: Cold War is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Headquarters: Cold War cost?
- Headquarters: Cold War is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Headquarters: Cold War have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Headquarters: Cold War supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
- What games are most similar to Headquarters: Cold War?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Headquarters: Cold War are Headquarters: World War II, Axis & Allies 1942 Online, Hex of Steel.
- Who developed Headquarters: Cold War?
- Headquarters: Cold War was developed by Starni Games and published by Slitherine Ltd..
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