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Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War

2023

Should you play it?

Black Ops Cold War, the direct sequel to Call of Duty®: Black Ops, will drop fans into the depths of the Cold War’s volatile geopolitical battle of the early 1980s.

What works

  • Engaging campaign with multiple endings
  • Strong zombies mode with co-op and progression
  • Classic and satisfying multiplayer gameplay
  • Good customization and weapon variety
  • Active player base with crossplay support

Things to keep in mind

  • Requires constant internet connection
  • Multiplayer can be clunky or unbalanced
  • Some technical issues and crashes reported
  • Campaign is relatively short
  • Grind for unlocks can be tedious

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Halo: The Master Chief Collection

  • Gears 5

  • Titanfall® 2

  • Chivalry 2

  • STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II

  • Shatterline

Less fantastical

Games that feels like Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War but with less imaginative fiction

  • Call of Duty® 2

  • Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare® (2007)

  • Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront

  • Call of Duty: World at War

  • Battlefield™ 1

  • Battlefield 3™

Less dominating

Games that feels like Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War but with less domination over others

  • Killing Floor 2

  • Arizona Sunshine® VR 2

  • Resident Evil 6

  • Zombie Army Trilogy

  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

  • World War Z

Less competitive

Games that feels like Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War but with less competition against others

  • John Carpenter's Toxic Commando

  • Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition

  • Dying Light: The Beast

  • Zombie Army 4: Dead War

  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Breakpoint

  • Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta)

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Intimacy, Cooperation.

Last update: 03/08/2026