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Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition

World War II strategy with cover-based squads and destructible terrain

Relic Entertainment · Published by SEGA · Released Jul 17, 2007

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Reviews
Very Positive
92% of 5,064
Recent reviews
Very Positive
90% of 10 in 30 days
Players
61
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
9 years ago
Jun 2, 2017
Minimum PC
DirectX 9 GPU
0.5 GB RAM · 9 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 93/100 (critic reviews)

What is Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition?

This real-time strategy game follows Allied forces fighting German troops in a single-player campaign beginning with D-Day in Normandy. You direct squads, take cover, and use or destroy buildings and terrain during battles. This legacy edition supports LAN multiplayer; the updated edition is intended for online play.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy weighing positioning and resources in tactical battles
  • +you want local multiplayer battles between Axis and Allies

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer turn-based planning to real-time battlefield decisions
  • −you want to control one soldier rather than multiple squads

What players say

92% of 5,064 reviews are positive · 90% of 10 in the last 30 days

Players praise the squad tactics, cover-based combat, and destructible battlefields. The most common complaint is that the legacy edition fails to launch or crashes; some players also say expected expansion content is missing.

Players over time

▼ -13% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 92 players on Sep 21, 2026.

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Screenshots and trailer

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Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition system requirements

Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 0.5 GB RAM, 9 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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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
9 GB of uncompressed free hard drive space (We recommend having 1 gigabyte of free space after installation)

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

Does Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: multiplayer (mode not specified). It also has a single-player mode.

Does Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • 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

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Age rating
17+
Languages
Full audio: English, French, German, Russian. Text only: Spanish - Spain, Italian, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Traditional Chinese.

Does Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 7, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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