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Also Cold War and Political Sim, like Terminal Conflict.
- $9.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
- Deck Playable
- 2016
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The closest matches to Terminal Conflict: Twilight Struggle, Maestro's Cold War 2, Precipice, Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War, and Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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- Released: 2020
- Developer: Strategy Mill, BL-Logic, Scribble Pad Studios, Polywickstudio
- Price: $29.99checked Oct 31
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 69% of 52 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Simulation
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Domestic resources must be balanced to avoid early game overreach
- Focus selection dictates global influence and domestic penalties
- Nuclear crisis system adds tension to military decisions
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Contemplative
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Why this: Also Grand Strategy and Military, like Terminal Conflict.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Terminal Conflict at current Steam store prices.
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
Why this: Also Cold War and Grand Strategy, like Terminal Conflict.
Warnament
Why this: Also Politics and Political, like Terminal Conflict.
Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
Why this: Also Grand Strategy and Wargame, like Terminal Conflict.
Solar Nations 2
Why this: Also Politics and Political Sim, like Terminal Conflict.
Free alternatives
Free games the recommender matches to Terminal Conflict, limited to titles with at least 500 Steam reviews and 80% positive.
Crusader Kings II
Why this: Also Politics and Political Sim, like Terminal Conflict.
KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
Why this: Also Wargame and Board Game, like Terminal Conflict.
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Why this: Also Military and War, like Terminal Conflict.
Card Hunter
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About Terminal Conflict
The closest matches to Terminal Conflict: Twilight Struggle, Maestro's Cold War 2, Precipice, Crisis in the Kremlin: The Cold War, and Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Terminal Conflict is your kind of game, the closest matches are Twilight Struggle, Maestro's Cold War 2 and Precipice — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and contemplative, and single out its domestic resource management and focus based region control. 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.
About Terminal Conflict: Touch the world with your fingertips! Your retro terminal awaits your command, for the balance of power, in this definitive Cold War strategy game. Here you belong; assert your leadership through turn based strategic tit-for-tat, on the brink of mutually assured destruction. Don't let it slip away!
Is Terminal Conflict worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 69% of 52 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $29.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 6 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 2.3 h played before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Domestic resources must be balanced to avoid early game overreach
- Focus selection dictates global influence and domestic penalties
- Nuclear crisis system adds tension to military decisions
- Ten timelines from 1946 to 1991 create replayable historical arcs
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Good UI, terrible balance and gameplay decisions. Game is not ready at all yet, but the devs are making new DLC. This is definitely not as playable as Arms Race: Cold War Era or Ostalgie. Too many bugs, not implemented things.”
“The game is definitely unique and is one of the rare grand strategy games set in the Cold War era. The problem for me was that it is conceptually too silly, and uses a rock paper scissors warfare design which is too simplistic. Just not…”
People who play it also play: Twilight Struggle, Maestro's Cold War 2, Precipice
Frequently asked about Terminal Conflict
Can I run it?
Does Terminal Conflict run on Steam Deck?
Terminal Conflict is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Terminal Conflict cost?
Terminal Conflict is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Terminal Conflict have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Terminal Conflict supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to Terminal Conflict?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Terminal Conflict are Twilight Struggle, Maestro's Cold War 2, Precipice.
Who developed Terminal Conflict?
Terminal Conflict was developed by Strategy Mill, BL-Logic, Scribble Pad Studios and published by Strategy Mill.