Codename: Panzers, Phase Two
Codename: Panzers, Phase Two
Game
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Codename: Panzers - Cold War
Developer InnoGlow, Stormregion, THQ Nordic
Codename: Panzers – Cold War is a real-time strategy video game developed by Hungarian studio InnoGlow and published by Atari. A sequel to Codename: Panzers, it was previously developed by Stormregion software, to be published by 10tacle, before both companies went bankrupt in 2008. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
153 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Oct 30, 2026 · last updated Nov 2, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
61
Fresh
57 positive · 36 negative
95% range 51–71%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 57 | 36 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 7 | 2 | 46 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
63 of 100 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
61% recommend · 57 yes, 36 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 93 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (191 of 288 positive).
Some reviewers note the game has a steep difficulty curve and balance problems. [1][2][3] Several players complain about launch crashes and poor performance on modern systems. [4][5][6]
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- [17]
Lots of potential, but ultimately disappointing. The third entry in a realistic RTS series, it's absolutely filled with inaccuracies - supposed to take place in 1948, it includes tech ranging from 1940 to 1970 thrown together in truly haphazard fashion. Sometimes bizarrely accurate and little-known post-War inclusions are made, but much of the game is a mashup of "rule of cool" Vietnam era equipment that renders the …
- [11]
This game is a mess. Lets talk about the good stuff first. The graphics and special effects look great. It would really add to the immersion if it wasn't for all the cons the game has. Now, the bad. First lets talk performance. And boy is there a lot to say. This game runs at single digit framerates at times even on the most modern rigs. It is constantly below 30 no matter what you do. And that is if you can get it …
- [10]
CPCW is an acceptable good Tactic-Strategy game. In my Opinion a good game to play on rainy weekends with a nice cup of coffee. Details: Graphics - 8/10 The ingame graphic is awesome detailed. Enviroment looks close steps to realistic, nicely done with much love to detalis. Also the realistic reactions are nice to look at (example: Weather / grenade in forest burns trees down / ramming electricity pylons make'em …
- [1]
This is a great game, but a little rough around the edges. There is a huge difficulty jump in the last act of the campaign. The enemy become very aggressive, constantly shells my position with artillery and airstrike, and always counter attack to attempt to take back control points. It plays more like a Company of Heroes game which isn't really a bad thing. Unit line of sight plays an important role. Heavy tanks and …
- [4]
I initially gave this a negative review because it crashes on launch. The (new?) developers of the game are clearly trying to update the game and have removed the TAGES copy protection. Hopefully they'll resolve the crash issue. Until they do, the game will lauch if the computer is offline. To my mind this is better than a game that insists on being online all the time. Codename Panzers is a great series of tactical …
Summarised from 34 of the 150 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
61% of the 93 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Codename: Panzers - Cold War. The complaint that keeps coming up: game crashes or freezes on launch. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 153 · most liked firstapparently the first ever free game on steam was a 2004 flash game called Codename: Gordon-- whose development started and ended before the release of half-life 2. it is no longer available on the store front but its appdata is hardcoded into the steam database and is still accessible
neutral · AI labelView post →Absolutely floored by the Codename Kids Next Door level acronym game at play here
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neutral · AI labelView post →Sort of like Dawn of War II Retribution, a sort of tactical RPG / RTS hybrid, but this has M48 Patton tanks instead of orks.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rumor: New Arc System Works game coming to Switch 2 in November. Codename: Watari This game will utilize Unreal Engine 5.4 Source: @X0X_LEAK mynintendonews.com/2025/05/10/r...
neutral · AI labelView post →Some environment art explorations and color keys from the recently cancelled game I was working on at Sprocket Games, Codename: 'Cosmos.' More to come soon.
neutral · AI labelView post →CPCW is an acceptable good Tactic-Strategy game. In my Opinion a good game to play on rainy weekends with a nice cup of coffee. Details: Graphics - 8/10 The ingame graphic is awesome detailed. Enviroment looks close steps to realistic, nicely done with much love to detalis. Also the realistic reactions are nice to look at (example: Weather / grenade in forest burns trees down / ramming electricity pylons make'em flash and fall / after some gaming time the night comes and the tanks use…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Destiny 2 Codename Frontiers will bring some MASSIVE changes to the game: - New release model - Free updates - Non-linear story - The Portal - Challenge Customization - Next-Gen Armor/Rewards - Dynamic Enemy Spawning system Details: thegamepost.com/destiny-2-codename-frontiers-changes-explained/
neutral · AI labelView post →Wow, is this a new game? 👀 Signalis X Hitman: Codename 47 Comm for @lariotos.bsky.social #Signalis
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neutral · AI labelView post →I initially gave this a negative review because it crashes on launch. The (new?) developers of the game are clearly trying to update the game and have removed the TAGES copy protection. Hopefully they'll resolve the crash issue. Until they do, the game will lauch if the computer is offline. To my mind this is better than a game that insists on being online all the time. Codename Panzers is a great series of tactical RTSs with the focus on action rather than base building. "Cold War"…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →you see similar impulses in things like Codename ICEMAN when there's a submarine segment and they go "well of course our point and click adventure game now needs to be a submarine sim, it wouldn't make sense if it wasn't"
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neutral · AI labelView post →Game name is still yet to be decided; Codename is PROJECT.ANGEL A boss rush rhythm game where you must survive in the cruel world of angels
neutral · AI labelView post →Assassin's Creed: Shadows, previously known as Codename Red, will unveil its first official trailer on Wednesday. It is the first game in the franchise to be set in Feudal Japan. bit.ly/44BPtRH
neutral · AI labelView post →Lots of potential, but ultimately disappointing. The third entry in a realistic RTS series, it's absolutely filled with inaccuracies - supposed to take place in 1948, it includes tech ranging from 1940 to 1970 thrown together in truly haphazard fashion. Sometimes bizarrely accurate and little-known post-War inclusions are made, but much of the game is a mashup of "rule of cool" Vietnam era equipment that renders the unique 1948 date rather meaningless. It dismantled the fantastic headquarters…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My Name is London Orchestra. Codename? "Phil Harmonic." The Task? Bring Greatest Video Game Music to the Frontlines. All I have with me? A Violin. Let's Jam.
neutral · AI labelView post →I can't believe there is finally a Codename: ICEMAN fan game graysond.itch.io/kidname-iceboy
neutral · AI labelView post →Remember that James Pond Codename: Robocod for ps2 has become "the most playable scrolling platform game ever."
neutral · AI labelView post →[Rumor] Yesterday an unannounced Arc System Works game leaked which is exclusive for Nintendo Switch 2. The game "Codename Watari" has a planned release date for this November. Some other information leaked alongside the game, the Switch 2 was planned for March 2025. www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeak...
neutral · AI labelView post →Ubisoft’s ‘darker’ Assassin’s Creed project, Codename Hexe, has lost its game director, weeks after creative director Clint Hocking exited Ubisoft. vgc.news/news/assassi...
neutral · AI labelView post →James Pond 2 Has Escaped the Amiga and Found a New Home on Steam Deck. I've written a little article about Gary Riches' *James Pond 2: Codename RoboCod Recompiled*, an kinda interesting project that takes the original 1991 Amiga game and recompiles its code to run natively on modern hardware, including things like the Steam Deck, Android retro handhelds and even the (recently jailbroken!) PS5.  It brings things…
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neutral · AI labelView post →personally i think the gaming community is ready for another Codename STEAM let intelligent systems make another turn-based RPG that isn't just Fire Emblem please
positive · AI labelView post →Today I learned about the existence of a Codename: Iceman fan game called Kidname: Iceboy. I'll go play it now, I bet this is hilarious. graysond.itch.io/kidname-iceboy
positive · AI labelView post →before you play our upcoming new game, The Angel Factory, play our previous game, Codename: TYPHOON. they're not narratively related or whatever you should just do that so that you can be either thrilled or disappointed when The Angel Factory isn't anything like Codename: TYPHOON at all
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a pretty good game with a story line fit for any freedom loving person. Ignore most of the bad reveiws as those are mainly complaining about an anti cheat software that has been removed. Has some trouble running on windows 10 but still playable.
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neutral · AI labelView post →Previous games : Codename panzers phase 1 and 2. Similar game : Road to Berlin I played all years ago and enjoyed it. The reason why i set my teeth on the lastest release, Cold War. Game style : * fun RTS * rock paper scissor mechanism * no base building * fog of war * in essence only infantry and amory (tanks, APC) so no air or naval battles * healing (infantery) and repairing units (APC) * no indepth tactics needed or reading a thick manual * limited units due to fixed unit cap * capture…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I looked at the forum for help in stopping the program crashes, and set an outbound rule to block cpcw.exe(located in steam apps), on my firewall settings, and I got the game to work. I'm running W7 64, by the way. Not a bad game, and well worth the knockdown price.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Classic game series with fun strategic gameplay and "commander" kind of gameplay with fog of war If you liked this one, I definitely suggest trying the older ones Panzers I and Panzers II
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game that started the Battlefield series: Codename Eagle
neutral · AI labelView post →"the game" being James Pond II: Codename: Robocod. sometimes i forget there were multiple games.
neutral · AI labelView post →Codename Steam might be the funniest game concept of all time like how did that pass nintendo of all companies
positive · AI labelView post →y i realy want to say to thos ppl who are give bad recomendation about lets say this game,just because they face problems with launching game.always check official game developer websites so you can read if they still working on some improvments on this particular issue.and specialy in this case y they working on that problem to solve .mean no need to say i like this game somuch so i cant start i wont play and thoms down. So just who want to start play "Panzers - Cold War"you can start play…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The fact that James Pond II Codename: Robocod isn't mentioned in any Christmas game countdowns in, quite honestly, a travesty. 🐟
positive · AI labelView post →I got about 6 hours on the game and it is not a bad game if you buy it on sale at 80% off like I did remeber it is a old game and you want something new to play for a few bucks . The price of a 6 pack of Bud. will get you wa few nights of fun. I played it on a laptop with not a lot of power then a medium quad I5 power and was lot of fun on both. take it for what it is a run around the block blowing up russians Bombs going off all over the place It is not a Men of war grade I trying to say .…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cannot write a review as the game freezes up once loaded.... complete waste of money.... steam refusing to refund as the game has been owned for more than 2 months ...fair enough you may think but their are many add ons to this and it is those that will not play at all..... avoid this game..... mind you having said that windows 10 has alot to answer for .....
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →477th. Between Piglet's Big Game and Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation: V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E. Which, my god, so much punctuation in Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation: V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E.
neutral · AI labelView post →First screenshot of Codename: Stuff (the working title for my next game). #screenshotsaturday
neutral · AI labelView post →I was up until almost 5 AM playing the dice game in Codename: Iceman. This is what my life has become.
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positive · AI labelView post →This game doesn't even remotely work. Installed this on 3 different computers, but still doesn't work. Went online to try to fix it... nope... nothing. Please just skip this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really love this game as I love all the old Panzers...BUT. This game won't run for most people even with the "patch" developers released. "Patch" was actually Tages removal. Well, the game doesn't work, same as it did not work before the patch. So don't throw away your money on a name to fill out your library.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →James Pond 2 Has Escaped the Amiga and Found a New Home on Steam Deck. cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/53762819 > I've written a little article about Gary Riches' *James Pond 2: Codename RoboCod Recompiled*, an kinda interesting project that takes the original 1991 Amiga game and recompiles its code to run natively on modern hardware, including things like the Steam Deck, Android retro handhelds and even the (recently jailbroken!) PS5. > >…
neutral · AI labelView post →The main characters don't have voice-overs, but instead yap their conversations in small text boxes in the upper left screen. Meanwhile your units are constantly shouting for help, to acknowledge your command, because they see danger or just to make noise (presumably because the makers thought that was funny). The combat itself is hard to immerge in, because your troops are constantly outnumbered but still fight off hordes of enemy troops like it's nothing. The tutorial teaches you how to order…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Codename Steam sequel or remake… Please Nintendo this game is so peak
positive · AI labelView post →The game is not well balanced,a lot of lagging problems.Not as nearly as good as the other Panzers games story is poor this game could have been a lot better then it is.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Moto G7 (Codename river), touchscreen not working. I have managed to get PMOS booting and even displaying the lockscreen and responding to power and volomue buttons and usb networking with ssh over it but the touch screen simply does not work, the wiki page on the device says that the touchscreen works I have built an image with Phosh and systemd for it and flashed it, Phosh's lock screen loads, reacts to power button (turning on and off he display and holding for the power menu), reacts to…
neutral · AI labelView post →If you want a good Codename Panzers game, the other two are on steam. While it does do some interesting things, it somehow manages to look worse than the other two when zoomed in. The effects do the job, but the infantry models really needed work. Lack of unit variety, and what units there are completely don't make sense in the setting (It's 1949, so naturally tanks, aircraft, and infantry units from the late 1950s and early 1960s form the backbone while more reasonable vehicles are regulated…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a great game, but a little rough around the edges. There is a huge difficulty jump in the last act of the campaign. The enemy become very aggressive, constantly shells my position with artillery and airstrike, and always counter attack to attempt to take back control points. It plays more like a Company of Heroes game which isn't really a bad thing. Unit line of sight plays an important role. Heavy tanks and artillery have short sight, if left by themselves, can be picked off by lighter…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have always been a big fan of the Panzer games. As you would expect from the name a lot of your units are armoured vehicals be they Tanks, APCS etc etc. Infanty play a part but mostly you are going to be using the Armour as a lance to the enemy. It ran very well on my rig (window 10) and only once in the final mission when all hell was breaking loose did I have an issue with textures not loading quickly ( took about 3 seconds to load up the tanks skins). They have removed the anti-cheat…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cant get the damn thing to run.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a mess. Lets talk about the good stuff first. The graphics and special effects look great. It would really add to the immersion if it wasn't for all the cons the game has. Now, the bad. First lets talk performance. And boy is there a lot to say. This game runs at single digit framerates at times even on the most modern rigs. It is constantly below 30 no matter what you do. And that is if you can get it to start. Most people report they can't even get to the menu. Next we have the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Codename Panzers: Cold War is very much OK until such time , when you have advanced far enough in the game, that as you by chance are facing a situation where you realize that the game is not about doing the missions but about doing the objectives in the particular mission in the order that the game wants you to or else it will be impossible to defend the so called Prestige Points. The game is all about these Prestige Points (which has changed since Codename Panzers: Phase One & Phase Two)…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its definitely an old game. AI is beyond worthless. Takes several clicks and alot of backtracking to make sure all your units actually moved, and then hours as you wait for the half broke AI to actually register simple moves like move forward 5 feet. You order your MBTs to move up first, then you order your repair tanks, which are like 5 tank lengths behind the MBTs and still somehow the repair tanks get in FRONT of the MBTs and just all die. Infantry is pretty useless, game seems like it…
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