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Company of Heroes 2

Relic Entertainment · 2013-06-25

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 25, 2013 (Mac), Jun 25, 2013 (Linux), Jun 25, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experience the ultimate WWII RTS platform with COH2 and its standalone expansions. This package includes the base game, which you can then upgrade by purchasing The Western Front Armies, Ardennes Assault and/or The British Forces. More info in the "About This Game" section below.

1,648
playing now
79%
positive of 113k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
158
twitch viewers (latest)
78/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (129 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1,648 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Company of Heroes 2 is a real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment and published by Sega for Windows, Linux, and OS X. It is the sequel to the 2006 game Company of Heroes. As with the original Company of Heroes, the game is set in World War II but with the focus on the Eastern Front, with players primarily controlling the side of the Soviet Red Army during various stages of the Eastern Front, from Operation Barbarossa to the Battle of Berlin. Company of Heroes 2 runs on Relic Entertainment's proprietary Essence 3.0 game engine.

Trailer

Company of Heroes 2 trailer thumbnail

Company of Heroes 2: Forgotten Sacrifice Trailer (Official)

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,648 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,613 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~202/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 4.5M–9.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 113,078 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$4.36-78%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.36-78%
GreenManGaming$4.50-77%
Gamesplanet$4.65-77%
WinGameStore$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Steam (2020-10-09) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 57 of 79 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.5k2.5k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 486 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 523 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 376 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 646 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 676 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2,456 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,433 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 889 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 827 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 927 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 682 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 591 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 708 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 473 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 515 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,338 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 239 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 994 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 792 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 903 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 702 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 256 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 515 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 797 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,104 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 341 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 800 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 248 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 563 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 554 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 451 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 533 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 516 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 417 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 31 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3.7k1.3k2026-08-06 21:00 — 2,333 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1,540 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 3,056 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 2,634 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 2,019 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 3,528 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 2,714 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 2,199 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 3,688 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 2,421 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 1,603 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 3,054 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 2,081 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 1,465 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 3,157 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 2,086 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 1,434 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 2,948 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 2,835 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 1,425 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 2,020 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 2,541 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 1,750 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 2,794 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 2,645 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 1,330 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 1,770 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 2,880 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 1,648 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$0.002015-01-012026-08-252015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-03-28 — best price $9.492015-06-11 — best price $19.992015-09-14 — best price $39.992015-12-24 — best price $9.992016-03-14 — best price $34.992016-06-27 — best price $34.992016-08-06 — best price $29.992016-12-02 — best price $20.132017-02-26 — best price $23.622017-05-19 — best price $7.492017-08-21 — best price $17.352017-11-30 — best price $19.992018-03-07 — best price $16.792018-07-09 — best price $4.992019-02-15 — best price $5.992019-06-25 — best price $4.592019-10-31 — best price $17.412020-01-27 — best price $19.842020-05-23 — best price $4.592020-07-25 — best price $15.952020-10-20 — best price $19.992020-12-12 — best price $17.882021-02-08 — best price $17.882021-03-30 — best price $19.992021-05-19 — best price $19.992021-08-23 — best price $17.992022-03-21 — best price $17.992022-12-04 — best price $19.992023-09-29 — best price $17.832024-03-21 — best price $17.992024-08-08 — best price $5.992025-04-21 — best price $4.992025-10-14 — best price $4.992026-04-05 — best price $16.792026-07-23 — best price $19.992026-08-25 — best price $4.36
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

264462026-05-30 — 94 pageviews2026-06-02 — 66 pageviews2026-06-05 — 81 pageviews2026-06-08 — 147 pageviews2026-06-11 — 81 pageviews2026-06-14 — 65 pageviews2026-06-17 — 264 pageviews2026-06-20 — 78 pageviews2026-06-23 — 77 pageviews2026-06-26 — 64 pageviews2026-06-29 — 71 pageviews2026-07-02 — 81 pageviews2026-07-05 — 85 pageviews2026-07-08 — 67 pageviews2026-07-11 — 60 pageviews2026-07-14 — 77 pageviews2026-07-17 — 76 pageviews2026-07-20 — 46 pageviews2026-07-23 — 67 pageviews2026-07-26 — 91 pageviews2026-07-29 — 82 pageviews2026-08-01 — 94 pageviews2026-08-04 — 93 pageviews2026-08-07 — 63 pageviews2026-08-10 — 71 pageviews2026-08-13 — 68 pageviews2026-08-16 — 80 pageviews2026-08-19 — 61 pageviews2026-08-22 — 72 pageviews2026-08-25 — 78 pageviews2026-08-27 — 79 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

23502026-08-28 03:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 94 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 53 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 114 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 234 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 116 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 125 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 154 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 158 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
42.2%
earned "M.01 - German Engineering"
13.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam Cloud5 DLC

7 supported languages: Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)67,1940%452

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RTSWarCo-opTanksActionMilitaryStrategyTacticalReal-TimeHistorical

Census log

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

Recent updates

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