Battlezone: Combat Commander
First-person shooter and real-time strategy with tanks and base building
Big Boat Interactive · Published by Rebellion · Released Mar 1, 2018
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 89% of 891
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 27
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 7 years ago
- May 29, 2019
Metacritic: 68/100 (critic reviews)
What is Battlezone: Combat Commander?
This remaster of Battlezone II combines first-person combat and real-time strategy in a solar system threatened by aliens. Across 24 campaign missions, you fight, command units, collect bio-metal, and build defenses and facilities for a joint US-Russian force. Multiplayer includes deathmatch and cooperative matches.
For you if...
- +you enjoy collecting resources and building battlefield defenses
- +you want campaign missions and multiplayer battles
Not for you if...
- −you prefer shooters without unit command or base building
- −you want strategy without first-person combat
What players say
89% of 891 reviews are positive
Players praise the shooter-strategy mix and updated visuals. Players critical of the campaign report missions stalling and frequent reliance on quicksaves.
Players over time
▼ -23% vs a month agoPlayers online on Steam, one sample a day.
Highest since Sep 2026: 37 players on Oct 3, 2026.
Show the data
| Day | Players |
|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2026 | 27 |
| Nov 6, 2026 | 15 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | 21 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | 25 |
| Nov 3, 2026 | 16 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | 23 |
| Nov 1, 2026 | 14 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 19 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | 19 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | 11 |
| Oct 28, 2026 | 15 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | 15 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 16 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | 22 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 28 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 27 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 16 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | 21 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | 19 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 23 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | 25 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 23 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 23 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 0 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 28 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 26 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 15 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 26 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 27 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 27 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 21 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 32 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 24 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 29 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 24 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 37 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 25 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 23 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 17 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 15 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 25 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 19 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 26 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 23 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 19 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 8 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 23 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 32 |
How many players finish Battlezone: Combat Commander?
6.4% of Steam players have unlocked «Braddock», the achievement for finishing the main story.
Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.
Screenshots and trailer
Battlezone: Combat Commander system requirements
Minimum: DirectX® 11.0 compatible …, 4 GB RAM, 10 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Battlezone: Combat Commander?
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- OS
- 64-bit Windows 7, 64-bit Windows 8.1 or 64-bit Windows 10
- Processor
- 3.0 GHz Intel Core2 Duo/AMD Phenom II
- Graphics
- DirectX® 11.0 compatible graphics card with 1GB of memory
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 10 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Does Battlezone: Combat Commander have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: PvP online and split-screen. It also has a single-player mode. Crossplay with other platforms is declared. With Remote Play Together, one copy is enough to play the local modes online with friends.
Does Battlezone: Combat Commander run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 66
- Steam features
- Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English, French, German.
Does Battlezone: Combat Commander 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 Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Strategy
- Action
- RTS
- FPS
- First-Person
- Violent
- Shooter
- Multiplayer
- Real-Time
- Space
- Tanks
- Remake
- Sci-fi
- Singleplayer
- Co-op
Recent updates
- May 29, 2019 · Battlezone: Combat Commander Patch 29/05/2019
- May 21, 2019 · Beta Branch for Pubic Testing and Patch Notes
- Jul 27, 2018 · Patch Notes 2.0.180
- Jul 25, 2018 · Patch Notes 2.0.178
- Jul 17, 2018 · Patch Notes 2.0.177