Company of Heroes

Before there were the AOE series, Warcraft/Starcraft and the C&C/RA series, with other titles added. COH came and added a whole new level of immersion, with cover, unit weak points and other aspects to RTS ahead of its time. The storyline, unit balance and different army playstyles makes this a timeless classic, one I'm still playing to this day

excellent RTS, loved the mix between micro management and action combat

Played this originally on CD, it's an overall excellent little RTS game. Online play was great back in the day, but lame tactics tended to become predominant in many matches. The AI is very tolerable as an opponent but can become lamer as you become a pro.

As a single player game it is epic and fun even in 2025 looking ahead to 2026. It is often on discount and as a full package for the three games you get over 5+ campaigns it is so much fun really. I don't have enough time to play it all but eventually I will finish it. A testament that it's still very enjoyable in 2025 when this game came out over 10 years ago.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☐ Good
☑ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☑ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ 7 / 10 }---

the original one is better than the newer versions by far..

Fun and educating about how brutal the war is from both sides, both allies and axis has their own perspective on the war and it's understandable.

Brings back a lot of memories, and is one of the greatest RTS games imo

game crashes if workshop maps is used

В некоторых моментах нравится больше чем COH 2. Однозначно шикарная игра

5.4 hrs - it felt a little clunky at first but now, it's very engaging and fun to play. A little bit more micromanaging the units that I am used to from Red Alert. It's different but just as enthralling/ I play on the max difficulty and it is very fair so far. The normal difficulty felt bland and boring, like most games. Red Alert normal difficulty = max difficulty in CoH/ We'll see how the 4th and next missions will look like.

Company of Heroes is not just a strategy game—it’s a masterpiece of tactical warfare, delivering one of the most intense, immersive, and satisfying RTS experiences ever made. Even years after its release, it remains the gold standard for World War II strategy games, combining deep tactical gameplay, cinematic battles, and groundbreaking environmental destruction.

The combat in Company of Heroes is phenomenal. Unlike traditional RTS games that focus on base-building and massive armies, CoH emphasizes squad-based tactics, positioning, and cover. Every engagement is meaningful—infantry take cover behind walls, tanks can be flanked, and artillery strikes leave the battlefield in ruins. The dynamic, physics-driven destruction makes every fight feel intense and realistic, as buildings crumble and terrain is reshaped by combat.

The resource system is another stroke of brilliance. Instead of mindless resource gathering, the game forces players to control and defend territory to maintain their economy. This creates a constant tug-of-war, where strategic map control is just as important as combat effectiveness. It rewards aggressive play and intelligent positioning, making every match feel dynamic and engaging.

The campaign is one of the best in RTS history. Following the U.S. forces from the D-Day invasion through the liberation of France, it delivers both cinematic spectacle and tactical depth. The mission variety keeps things fresh, offering everything from urban warfare to large-scale tank battles, all backed by excellent voice acting and storytelling.

Multiplayer is where Company of Heroes truly shines. Whether playing against AI or real opponents, every match is an intense test of strategy and adaptability. The balance between factions, unit counters, and terrain utilization creates endless strategic possibilities, ensuring no two matches feel the same.

Even after all these years, Company of Heroes still holds up thanks to its groundbreaking mechanics, stunning attention to detail, and incredibly satisfying gameplay. Whether you're a seasoned RTS veteran or a newcomer to strategy games, CoH is an absolute must-play.

Rating: 10/10 – A legendary RTS that set the standard for tactical warfare.

Still holding up great. Awesome game

Really great RTS classic that I finally got to try. It's intuitive to new players and yet provides an open invitation to advance along the learning curve. Each of the 4 factions (American, British, Wehrmacht and Panza) have their own styles, doctrines and build paths.

Honestly the most impressive aspect of the game for me was the AI which was extraordinarily good for 2006.

The 6 campaigns provided by the base game and both expansions provide excellent stories and set pieces and then the player can familiarise themselves with custom skirmish battles against the AI in a number of maps including maps made by the community.

Multiplayer is also still somewhat active for those interested.

This game is beautifully done, I love the graphics, I would marry this game if it was legal.

Definitely a worthy RTS game. Loving it so far.

best rts game EVER. 10/10 the second one, neh. 7/10.

My friend Antic told me to play this game COOP with him. we made 8 tanks and defeated the enemies after 7 of the tanks got destroyed.

Great game I like the sequels a lot more but this game had a decent little campaign borrowing a lot from real life events and brand of brothers.

IF THE USA KILL NAZI IN THE 1940S WE NEED TO BRING IT BACK. START WITH ELON MUSK AND HANG THAT THERE AFRICAN DEAD FROM A TREE. REAL AMERCANS WOULD RUSH THAT AFRICANS HOUSE AND RIP THEM OUT OF THEIR BEDS AND HANG THEM OUT BACK TILL DEATH.

Timeless classic. I came late to this game in 2022 - 2023 but fell in love with it. Recommended 100/100. Each campaign parts had story attached.

Positives:
- Surprisingly historically accurate, not perfect, but at least it's not insultingly bad.
- 'Liberation of Caen' campaign lets you play as the Bri'ish.

Negatives:
- Keys aren't re-bindable & the defaults suck.
- The optimisation is so bad this is still struggles to run properly even on modern gaming hardware.

Company of Heroes is all about strategy. You have to make choices and live with them after you make a commitment to one of three alternatives at the beginning of the game. It is fun to play multiplayer against other players as well as against AI (called skirmish).

best strategy in ww2

Great game overall quit once but came back and didn't know how I left. I personally like playing as the Germans the most. 100% reccomend no doubt in my mind.

I play only campaign, but even that it top notch. From invasion on Normandy to stealth infiltration of V2 complex, almost all missions stuck fondly in my memory. With gameplay that force you to balance limited unit number vs tactics.

10/10

It was visually impressive for its time and delivered satisfying gameplay. The story was present but not especially memorable.

Best RTS I have ever played. Better than COH 2 and 3 IMO.

Game support is terrible. Is unplayable after first campaign.

A great WW2 RTS game that is easy to learn and pick up. You'll have no issues running this game in 4K max settings on your average hardware and it still look great. Totally worth picking up on sale and supporting a classic RTS.

FYI this review is about the single-player campaign. Never mind the WW2 setting, if you like real-time strategy or strategy in general, this is definitely a must-play. History buffs will appreciate the attention to detail and many nods to WW2 media such as Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan, as it portrays in part the efforts of the 101st Airborne during WW2.

It's really nice to not worry about resource farming and just focus on combat. You generate resources by capturing territory, which is something you would be doing anyway. The infantry units are made up of squads which you control in their entirety instead of by individual units, and their AI makes them take cover, go prone while under suppressive fire, etc. Lots of variety in units and everything has a purpose, even builder units are effective (e.g., American engineers can use flamethrowers which are great against infantry and buildings).

If you want a good RTS campaign this is for you, its gameplay mechanics unique over the traditional RTS games of the time.

Great game lasted the test of time as far as play-ability! HOWEVER, Multiplayer is a mess Unless your a neck beard mouth breather... Multiplayer PVP is extremely competitive and for a casual player a nightmare if your record isn't absolutely trash and you don't get kicked from every game you try to join!

Gameplay: 10
Visuals: 10
Sound: 10
Story: 10

Experience: 10

Verdict: Fantastic RTS

Overall its an average RTS war game but it has some more interesting mechanics such as the fact that you can recapture enemy equipments such as the anti-tank guns and recoilless guns.

This game never dies.. with MODS its better than COH 2 and 3..
i played this since 2008 .. now i'm 36 still paying this with Europe at War mod
Blitzkrieg and more..but the best is Stalingrad 42 super realistic gameplay..

An RTS Classic and for very good reasons, a proper evolution of the formula started in Dawn of War. I'm not one for descriptions but I gotta say the game intuitive learn yet not too hard to master once you get a feel for things. Of course one must bare in mind that this is a rather old game and that...Well, the ideas for how to create difficulty in an RTS of this era is certainly frustrating at times though you can learn some tricks if you figure out the triggers. One of my friends fortified and booby trapped the entirety of a map as the Panzer Elite during their campaign after ascertaining what would cause the mission would continue...And actually carried over to later missions on the same map which is a nice touch.

Overall, get this game as a nice piece of RTS History...And it's not too difficult to find a sale if you wish, though $20 or so isn't bad for a game like this given it's age.

Company of heroes to me was one of the last games of an era - right before Call of Duty took over.

It's one of the last great new strategy game franchises and one of the last WWII games at its peak.

It introduced a new system to play strategy games which was later to be copied - horribly so - by Command & Conquer 4.

Company of Heroes is an amazing game about the invasion of German occupied France from different military perspective.

The missions are varied and memorable with unique styles to the 3 different combat types. You build up your forces, set up traps, take your time, and when you spring your trap with guns, bunkers and artillery it's so enormously satisfying just to get that massive triumph of awesome firepower.

I never cared for the rest of the series, but the original is still today one of the greatest RTS games ever made.

i really like this one. this game might be old, but when has age ever dictated how good a game is?

Greatest RTS ever made. Small doxic community. 10/10

One of the best RTS that i still played since i was a kid

Hooks you in with its simplicity, holds you there with its complexity.

I originally played this when I was in high school. Now that I am older although I am a bit better, I just don't have the brain energy to multitask this much. RTS as a genre kinda a died for me. Too much multi tasking. I prefer turn based games now as you can take your time and think it through.

The game is great though. One of the best RTS games out there. Aged well. Would recommend even after 20 years.

The physic and visual effect (explostion impact on people, surrounding, etc) of this game is better than Company of Heroes 2. Also, I love the WW1 mod and Modern Warfare mod, and been playing them for long hours.

Preeetyy fun RTS. I remember it being one of a kind back in the day. Didn't rejuvenate the genre but it was good enough for Relic to stay afloat.

It runs well enough in Linux on my aging GTX 950 out of the box though it's black screen when I alt tab. I haven't mess around with the compatibility yet.

(I'm too much of a chicken to play multiplayer)

Simply a masterpiece. Runs flawlessly on the Steam Deck. This game is better played with a mouse. I connected a Bluetooth mouse to the Steam Deck and it's great.

A timeless classic in the Real Time Strategy (RTS) genre, Company of Heroes sets an example of how RTSs should be. One of the best games in the genre

Love the fact that the multiplayer is still rocking in 2024. Pretty much worth buying the whole bundle when it's on sale. One of the best RTS experiences ever.

good rts, but I don't like RTS'. I tried man. 2/10

This game is a lot of fun to join with others and try to come up with winning plans of battle.