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Close Combat - Gateway to Caen cover art

Close Combat - Gateway to Caen

Matrix Games · 2014-06-06

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jun 06, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Close Combat: Gateway to Caen is a great release in the critically-acclaimed Close Combat series. Gateway to Caen focuses on the largest, concentrated British offensive since the Normandy landings in an attempt to penetrate the German lines west of Caen and cross the Odon River to get the stalled advance moving again.

Close Combat - Gateway to Caen is a Simulation, Strategy game released in 2014, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and Mostly Positive (70% of 494 reviews).

12
playing now
70%
positive of 494 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$39.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 16,758 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 494 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$11.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.59 at Fanatical (2024-06-17) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 103 of 143 observed days · $4.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620172026Week of 2017-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1322026-09-15 17:00 — 10 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 11 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
935Jun 2014Aug 2026Jun 2014 — avg 93 · peak 240Oct 2014 — avg 26 · peak 59Feb 2015 — avg 23 · peak 48Jun 2015 — avg 43 · peak 98Oct 2015 — avg 20 · peak 42Feb 2016 — avg 26 · peak 60Jun 2016 — avg 19 · peak 42Oct 2016 — avg 30 · peak 112Feb 2017 — avg 19 · peak 41Jun 2017 — avg 19 · peak 38Oct 2017 — avg 17 · peak 36Feb 2018 — avg 20 · peak 52Jun 2018 — avg 20 · peak 53Oct 2018 — avg 23 · peak 46Feb 2019 — avg 27 · peak 57Jun 2019 — avg 15 · peak 33Oct 2019 — avg 18 · peak 40Feb 2020 — avg 18 · peak 47Jun 2020 — avg 21 · peak 49Oct 2020 — avg 14 · peak 32Feb 2021 — avg 20 · peak 37Jun 2021 — avg 11 · peak 24Oct 2021 — avg 13 · peak 27Feb 2022 — avg 12 · peak 28Jun 2022 — avg 14 · peak 31Oct 2022 — avg 11 · peak 23Feb 2023 — avg 12 · peak 26Jun 2023 — avg 13 · peak 26Oct 2023 — avg 12 · peak 27Feb 2024 — avg 10 · peak 22Jun 2024 — avg 11 · peak 26Oct 2024 — avg 9 · peak 22Feb 2025 — avg 12 · peak 24Jun 2025 — avg 6 · peak 14Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 24Jun 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$47.26$8.242015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $39.992017-01-02 — best price $39.992018-05-22 — best price $39.992019-02-19 — best price $9.992019-08-14 — best price $32.562020-01-20 — best price $35.112020-03-05 — best price $19.902020-07-23 — best price $8.892020-11-23 — best price $8.772021-04-05 — best price $39.992021-08-13 — best price $19.992021-11-29 — best price $39.992022-03-01 — best price $36.152022-06-06 — best price $19.592022-09-06 — best price $23.992022-12-12 — best price $18.792023-04-10 — best price $9.592023-06-12 — best price $33.982023-08-01 — best price $39.992023-11-02 — best price $39.992024-01-08 — best price $21.792024-03-20 — best price $9.592024-05-19 — best price $39.992024-07-24 — best price $39.992024-09-25 — best price $11.992024-11-26 — best price $13.592025-01-14 — best price $34.792025-03-03 — best price $9.592025-04-28 — best price $11.992025-06-28 — best price $11.992025-09-15 — best price $9.792025-11-10 — best price $11.992026-01-31 — best price $39.992026-04-01 — best price $39.992026-05-20 — best price $11.792026-08-10 — best price $31.592026-09-12 — best price $39.992026-10-02 — best price $11.992026-10-15 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DRTSWargameStrategyTacticalTop-DownRealisticHistoricalSimulationMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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