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Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein

Strategy 3 Tactics · Matrix Games · 2020-05-07

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Close Combat is a pausable real-time wargame series, heavily focused on historical accuracy and realistic soldier psychological profiles. Team management is crucial as every man in your team matter.

83%
positive of 84 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$39.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 46% of 17,371 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.7k–3.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 84 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 31 of 37 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820202026Week of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$7.992026-09-102026-10-162026-09-10 — best price $39.992026-09-11 — best price $39.992026-09-12 — best price $39.992026-09-13 — best price $39.992026-09-14 — best price $39.992026-09-15 — best price $39.992026-09-16 — best price $7.992026-09-17 — best price $7.992026-09-18 — best price $7.992026-09-19 — best price $7.992026-09-20 — best price $7.992026-09-21 — best price $7.992026-09-22 — best price $7.992026-09-23 — best price $7.992026-09-24 — best price $7.992026-09-25 — best price $7.992026-09-26 — best price $7.992026-09-27 — best price $7.992026-09-28 — best price $7.992026-09-29 — best price $7.992026-09-30 — best price $7.992026-10-01 — best price $7.992026-10-02 — best price $7.992026-10-03 — best price $7.992026-10-04 — best price $7.992026-10-05 — best price $7.992026-10-06 — best price $7.992026-10-07 — best price $7.992026-10-08 — best price $7.992026-10-09 — best price $7.992026-10-10 — best price $7.992026-10-11 — best price $7.992026-10-12 — best price $7.992026-10-13 — best price $7.992026-10-14 — best price $7.992026-10-15 — best price $7.992026-10-16 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RTSClassicWargameMilitaryStrategySimulationWorld War II

Census log

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

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