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More about this game →We filtered the 50 games similar to Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War down to the 4 that fit the “PS5” category. Call of Duty: Vanguard, Star Wars: Squadrons and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.
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Within the “PS5” category, the closest game to Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is Call of Duty: Vanguard — scoring 95/100 on our similarity scale. Star Wars: Squadrons and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. Each one has been evaluated across 16 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.
✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere
≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension
On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.
✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and combat tactical
≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, setting space and setting scifi, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere
Where it drifts furthest from Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War: setting.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.
✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and combat tactical
≠ Stands apart with visual third person, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere
On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.
✓ Nearly identical: shooter, first-person shooting and combat tactical.
≠ Missing: dark, oppressive atmosphere.
The Makarov campaign's conclusion, plus a full multiplayer suite of remastered classic maps and an open-world extraction Zombies mode. The multiplayer is the part that is genuinely well regarded. The campaign is short and widely considered the weakest in the reboot trilogy, and cheating in the online modes is the complaint that dominates recent reviews rather than anything about the design.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.
Released 3 years after Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.