
Addictive yet chill. An immersive Cold War sandbox. Revive the Cold War in this classic strategy game—easy to pick up, yet challenging and deep, offering endless replayability.
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Maestro’s Cold War 2 is a replayable grand-strategy sandbox about the world’s tensest standoff of the Cold War.
Play as the USA or the USSR, manage Prestige, Budget, and National Policies, and bend history through policies, proxies, diplomacy, and brinkmanship.
Easy to pick-up but hard and deep enough to offer a challenge, this is the kind of game you will keep coming back to.
The objective is simple: earn more prestige points than your opponent.
You gain prestige by improving diplomatic relations and signing treaties with countries across the globe. At the same time, your opponent will work relentlessly to undermine the nations in your bloc and shift the balance of power in their favor.
Beyond diplomacy, you must also manage your nation’s internal policies and carefully plan how to exploit the geopolitical landscape to weaken your rival over time.
Are you ready to lead your ideology to global dominance—or will history repeat itself?
If you're familiar with my work, you know I focus on crafting games you can enjoy in a single evening, yet with enough depth to offer endless replayability.
I’m confident the game's simple mechanics paired with historical events that force you to make impactful choices, will provide over 100 hours of entertainment.
Now:
Have fun! (this is an order, not a wish!) -Maestro Cinetik

You are looking for a deep simulation of the Soviet Politburo: Probably not. This game focuses on Cold War geostrategy rather than the internal politics of a single country. If domestic politics and government management are what you enjoy most, there are better games for that.
You love planning military campaigns: Probably not. Military intervention is rarely the objective. If you find yourself putting boots on the ground, something has probably gone wrong.
You don't enjoy reading: Probably not. The game expects you to read tooltips, event reports, and occasionally the in-game wiki. Much of its strategic depth comes from understanding the information the game provides.
You enjoy making long-term plans: Then this game is probably for you. Success often depends on thinking years ahead rather than reacting to next month's events.
You enjoy indirect strategies: Then this game is probably for you. The best move is not always the most obvious one, and achieving your goals often requires patience, subtlety, and careful planning.
You enjoy adapting to uncertainty: Then this game is probably for you. There is rarely a perfect solution, and strategies must evolve as the geopolitical situation changes. (If 90% of your actions are economic aid because every other option feels too risky, you're probably missing a large part of what the game has to offer.)
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Languages: English*, French*, German*, Spanish - Spain*, Spanish - Latin America*, Simplified Chinese*, Portuguese - Brazil*, Italian*, Polish*, Indonesian**languages with full audio support
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发布于:6 月 30 日 下午 8:08 更新于:7 月 1 日 下午 10:18 事件一堆但是判定有问题,尤其是跟印度冲突的事件老是失败就不明白了(编辑:即使已经开了平均结果和最好结果两项)也太无法史实了。 另外什么三线建设项目之类的科研实在是太慢了,游戏结束都进行不到一半,怀疑这么多机制根本没想放开玩 不是,我开了美国预算这钱都不够花的啊?从开放研究到游戏结束,拼死拼活才堆了50多点大国分数,神人机制 (东方红DLC) 即使始终保持高于10预算投入,从事件解锁研发到游戏结束为止,并且避免降低科研的政策和事件,同样无法完成绝大多数研发项目。 Yet pitifully, regular feedback, like discord or steam discussion is totally not viable for most regular Chinese players. Stop claiming "you should use these method". Thanks
All my homies play this game (I'm schizophrenic)
In essence, this is *the* Cold War strategy game that I've yearned after for a very long time. After burning myself out logging plenty of hours in Twilight Struggle, and generally getting bored of the RNG-aspects of its card system, I had to do some digging; I am generally disinterested in HoI IV's military system and desired something with more diplomacy and politicking; Superpower 2 almost fit that, but the antiquated UI and mechanics just do not hold up well at all decades later. That eventually led me here, and I could not be more satisfied with what I got from CW2. The setup is simple: pick one of the two polar powers, gain diplomatic prestige around the world, and consolidate your bloc. Larger countries and regional powers contribute more prestige than tinier post-colonial backwaters. The game mechanics are streamlined for the sake of greater strategic immersion-- tech trees are linear, resources are simply budget-per-turn, and diplomatic actions focus primarily on strengthening allies or weakening enemies. Wars can be declared and troop deployments can be scaled, but there are no units to move and no supply lines to manage; YMMV, however I appreciate the refreshing perspective that I am bureaucrat looking at a map rather than a meticulous general. While these systems might initially sound like they might lack depth, the slower pace-of-play rewards patient planning and repeated exploration of how each mechanic intersects with each other. After getting used to the Paradox-style approach of hyper-focusing on one objective and completing it as quickly as possible, I appreciate how CW2 forces consideration of long-term goal-setting. You *could* create anti-imperialist guerillas all across Africa and fast-track decolonization, but the blowback will probably result in ruined relationships across the globe; you *could* force a coup in an unstable, hostile nation in South America, however it might impact your prestige throughout the rest of the continent. Budget allocation is the same; are you really willing to fund a tiny militia in Jamaica, or would you rather improve your relations with India? Would you rather do both, at the cost of not reinforcing an ally in Europe? When pairing these with a wealth of gameplay sliders and alt-history scenarios, high quality of engine polish, a responsive and dedicated dev, and a plethora of upcoming content, CW2 has a huge, mesmerizing sandbox and all the promise that should be looked for in an early access game. I have a lot of faith in its future.
A very well crafted game from what I can tell. The developer is very active and receptive which is a big plus. One big thing I appreciate about this game is it gets straight to the meat, I don't have to spend an hour building my nation up like a lot of nation sim games; and it has a good balance between complexity and simplicity. I haven't gotten many hours into it yet, but I am already in love with this game, would recommend.
说实话作为一个狂热的地图填色游戏爱好者,在知道这个游戏的第一时间我就入手了他,然后一口气从下午八点左右游玩到凌晨四点。游玩短时间跨度的体验尚可,但游玩从1949-2001剧本的体验堪称灾难。我游玩的美国自从事件去掉了高斯大林主义debuff后就一直尝试用反对派示威从而导致政府倒台,在一部分国家奏效了,我拿下了保加利亚,匈牙利和罗马尼亚。但东德和波兰政府确越倒台和苏联关系越好或者关系没有变化。这之中我进行了大量重复操作,这是非常消耗玩家对游戏的耐心的。将货币作为行动点固然是一个创新。但是不能托管导致了大量重复操作。导致我后面恨不得把所有资金分配给科研。我非常建议作者去游玩冷战热斗swilight struggle或者地球不屈terra invicta。前者作为一个桌游简化了时间跨度,而不用以48个回合中有将近一半的垃圾时间去游玩一个总统任期,使节奏更快。或者学习后者对国家进行更精细的设计。既然我可以花更多的钱进行军事或经济支援确无法花更多钱策动反对派,这是非常愚蠢的行为。所有国家的判定都是根据buff投掷骰子,差异性做的略微糟糕。而且我建议把和普通游击队放在一起的一些世界事件做成大世界事件。不然游玩长时间跨度后面会非常无聊,没有人后面会想认真看非洲和美洲一堆国家打不完的游击队的事件。游击队是一个非常不错的创意,但政变和抗议设计感觉很糟糕。还有腐败特性和剿灭不完的游击队让政府崩溃你却无能为力是一种非常糟糕的感觉。腐败这个特性真的设计的很烂他非常难消除,唯一的办法就是每回合花5点去改变政体这一低概率办法。这是非常挫败玩家成就感的。我希望可以加入一个大致的经济,人口,意识形态支持度和腐败度系统。我可以通过花钱帮忙打击腐败一点一点消除腐败度。而抗议可以提高我的所在的意识形态支持度并降低稳定度,这可以让玩家更加直观的感受到自己的努力而不是因为投骰子而疯狂。最后我希望加入托管系统让玩家可以每回合不操作就可以延续一项行动,既然你经济援助和军事援助都做了,那为什么抗议和支持游击队为什么不做这种托管呢。但总而言之,他只需要36块钱,这是一个合理的价位,我还能要求什么
I can't believe that Balance of Power is finally dead
There's just not that much to do
Fun
yes its good
poderia colocar mais poises
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