Company of Heroes
World War II RTS built around cover and destructible battlefields
Relic Entertainment · Released Sep 11, 2006
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 94% of 19K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 89% of 85 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 784
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 3 years ago
- Jan 19, 2023
Metacritic: 93/100 (critic reviews)
What is Company of Heroes?
A World War II real-time strategy game with a single-player campaign and Axis-versus-Allies multiplayer matches. Beginning with D-Day in Normandy, the campaign has you command Allied squads, position them behind cover, use buildings and terrain, and destroy parts of the battlefield.
For you if...
- +you prefer tactical positioning over winning through numbers
- +you want a World War II single-player campaign
- +you like destructible terrain that changes tactical options
Not for you if...
- −you prefer turn-based combat to real-time squad control
- −you avoid violent military games and World War II settings
What players say
94% of 18,775 reviews are positive · 89% of 85 in the last 30 days
Players praise the tactical combat, particularly cover, flanking, suppression, and destructible terrain, along with the sound and voice acting. Some recent players say the latest update caused instability, while others report launch failures and broken skirmish or multiplayer. Online complaints also mention cheating, poor team balance, and an unwelcoming community.
Screenshots and trailer
Company of Heroes system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows® XP or Vista
- Processor
- 2.0 Ghz Intel Pentium IV or equivalent or AMD Athlon XP or equivalent
- Graphics
- DirectX 9.0c compatible 64MB video card with Pixel Shader 1.1 support or equivalent and latest manufacturer drivers
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- Notes
- Supported Video Cards: NVIDIA: NVIDIA GeForce 3 series or better with latest manufacturer drivers (excluding the GeForce 4 MX series), ATI: ATI Radeon 9500 series or better with latest manufacturer drivers.
Recommended
- OS
- Windows® XP or Vista
- Processor
- 3.0 Ghz Intel Pentium IV or equivalent
- Graphics
- 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series or better
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- The native resolution is not the default one
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English, French, German, Russian. Text only: Italian, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Traditional Chinese.
Tags
- Strategy
- World War II
- RTS
- War
- Singleplayer
- Multiplayer
- Action
- Military
- Tactical
- Violent
- Historical
- Base Building
- Co-op
- Real Time Tactics
- Classic
- Moddable
Recent updates
- Jan 19, 2023 · Tech Test CoH-Development Update
- Jun 1, 2017 · Modding Update & Franchise Sale
- Jun 1, 2017 · Modding Update & Franchise Sale
- Feb 18, 2014 · Company of Heroes Update
- Feb 18, 2014 · Company of Heroes Update
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