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Company of Heroes 2

Relic Entertainment · 2013-06-25

Steam

Strategy

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

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.

Company of Heroes 2 is a Strategy game released in 2013, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 113151 reviews).

1,829
playing now
79%
positive of 113k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
53
twitch viewers (latest)
26.5
viewers/channel (concentration)
78/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (129 ratings)
7
Nexus mods (1.9k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

1,829 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 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
  • · 1,829 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,461 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~183/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 14,027 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 4.5M–9.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 113,363 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 56 of 76 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.5k2.5k20182026Week 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: 126 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3.9k1.3k2026-09-14 19:00 — 2,329 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 1,345 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 1,862 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 2,711 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 1,722 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 1,794 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 2,540 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 1,308 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 2,203 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 3,571 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 1,544 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 1,581 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 3,345 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 1,677 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 1,983 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 3,926 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 1,867 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 1,562 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 2,550 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 2,767 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 1,971 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 2,036 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 2,542 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 1,829 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
12k2.2kJun 2013Aug 2026Jun 2013 — avg 8,036 · peak 20,747Nov 2013 — avg 2,399 · peak 5,343Apr 2014 — avg 3,100 · peak 12,957Sep 2014 — avg 3,620 · peak 6,953Feb 2015 — avg 5,472 · peak 16,489Jul 2015 — avg 4,161 · peak 7,890Dec 2015 — avg 4,895 · peak 9,229May 2016 — avg 4,354 · peak 8,933Oct 2016 — avg 4,460 · peak 8,787Mar 2017 — avg 3,868 · peak 7,344Aug 2017 — avg 3,647 · peak 6,213Jan 2018 — avg 4,710 · peak 8,856Jun 2018 — avg 3,610 · peak 6,447Nov 2018 — avg 3,635 · peak 6,600Apr 2019 — avg 4,403 · peak 8,335Sep 2019 — avg 4,201 · peak 8,175Feb 2020 — avg 5,231 · peak 9,319Jul 2020 — avg 5,745 · peak 9,176Dec 2020 — avg 5,792 · peak 9,906May 2021 — avg 6,880 · peak 34,707Oct 2021 — avg 5,614 · peak 10,461Mar 2022 — avg 5,804 · peak 10,357Aug 2022 — avg 5,275 · peak 10,576Jan 2023 — avg 5,663 · peak 9,940Jun 2023 — avg 3,701 · peak 6,618Nov 2023 — avg 3,804 · peak 6,974Apr 2024 — avg 3,318 · peak 6,323Sep 2024 — avg 3,142 · peak 6,063Feb 2025 — avg 3,129 · peak 5,800Jul 2025 — avg 2,536 · peak 4,719Dec 2025 — avg 2,345 · peak 4,082May 2026 — avg 2,335 · peak 4,316Aug 2026 — avg 2,249 · peak 4,071
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
11112026-09-222026-10-132026-09-22: 8 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 3 new positive2026-09-24: 6 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 2 new positive2026-09-25: 4 new negative2026-09-26: 5 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 10 new positive2026-09-27: 6 new negative2026-09-28: 11 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 4 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 2 new positive2026-10-02: 7 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 1 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 7 new positive2026-10-04: 6 new negative2026-10-05: 7 new positive2026-10-06: 5 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 11 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 7 new positive2026-10-09: 6 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 7 new positive2026-10-11: 6 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 7 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 3 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$0.002015-01-012026-09-202015-01-01 — 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 $19.992026-09-20 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

264522026-05-30 — 94 pageviews2026-06-03 — 52 pageviews2026-06-07 — 126 pageviews2026-06-11 — 81 pageviews2026-06-15 — 64 pageviews2026-06-19 — 75 pageviews2026-06-23 — 77 pageviews2026-06-27 — 58 pageviews2026-07-01 — 65 pageviews2026-07-05 — 85 pageviews2026-07-09 — 72 pageviews2026-07-13 — 64 pageviews2026-07-17 — 76 pageviews2026-07-21 — 79 pageviews2026-07-25 — 105 pageviews2026-07-29 — 82 pageviews2026-08-02 — 92 pageviews2026-08-06 — 67 pageviews2026-08-10 — 71 pageviews2026-08-14 — 66 pageviews2026-08-18 — 71 pageviews2026-08-22 — 72 pageviews2026-08-26 — 83 pageviews2026-08-30 — 70 pageviews2026-09-03 — 58 pageviews2026-09-07 — 69 pageviews2026-09-11 — 93 pageviews2026-09-15 — 79 pageviews2026-09-19 — 80 pageviews2026-09-23 — 73 pageviews2026-09-27 — 89 pageviews2026-10-01 — 88 pageviews2026-10-05 — 53 pageviews2026-10-08 — 68 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

14402026-09-30 18:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 117 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 77 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 85 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 53 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

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2013-09-24, latest 2017-09-19 (Steam store data)

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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Similarity via IGDB.

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