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Cold Waters
Spiritual Successor to the Microprose Classic “Red Storm Rising”.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“They made the clever choice of making the controls simple, but made sound propagation through water (the main factor influencing a submarine's ability to remain undetected) realistic. This means the game is reasonably easy to pick up and play, while allowing a very high skill…”
— a player, Steam review · 104 hrs played“I have beaten two of the three main story campaigns, and all of the 1984 period single missions, and I had fun doing so. But while I do recommend this as a good game, it is not for everyone. This is not a fast-paced arcade submarine game, you will need to read wiki pages. you…”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“Cold Waters is both fun and challenging to play. I highly recommend it for anyone into cold war era submarine warfare games.”
— a player, Steam review · 540 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:40 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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US Ships & More Playable Submarines Added
It has been a month since the massive South China Sea update was added and new content continues to be added to Cold Waters. US Navy Ships Two ships of the United States Navy have been added, the Belk
South China Sea Major Update
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Simulation · Naval Combat · Submarine · Strategy · Naval · Cold War · Military · Singleplayer · Indie · War · Open World · Tactical (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Trading Cards · Includes level editor · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://killerfishgames.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: XP Processor: Intel Atom Memory: 2 GB RAM DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 2 GB available space