Games published by Matrix Games
17 census-tracked games, ranked by total Steam reviews.
Matrix Games has published 17 games tracked by The Game Census, with 8.5k Steam reviews between them and an overall 81% positive rating. The most reviewed is Shadow Empire (2.0k reviews, 84% positive). Its best-rated title with at least 1,000 reviews is Command: Modern Operations at 85% positive. Releases span 2014 to 2026.
At the latest census sample, 20 people were playing its 2 games that report a live player count. Census health tiers across the catalog: 1 healthy, 1 cooling, 15 quiet.
Genres across the catalog: Strategy (16), Simulation (11), Early Access (1), RPG (1). Most common player tags: Strategy, Wargame, Singleplayer, Simulation, Multiplayer, Turn-Based Strategy.
Games
17
Steam reviews
8.5k
Positive
81%
Players now
20
| # | Game | Reviews | Rating | Players | Health | Price | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shadow Empire Shadow Empire is a deep turn-based 4X wargame with a unique blend of military focus, procedurally generated content and role-playing features. Players take the seat of the supreme ruler of a small nation, with the goal of reconquering a devastated planet. | 2.0k | 84% | — | Healthy | $39.99 | 2020-12-03 |
| 2 | Command: Modern Operations Command: Modern Operations is the next generation in cross-domain modern wargaming. It enables you to simulate every military engagement from post World War II to the present day and beyond. The scale is primarily tactical/operational, although strategic scale operations are also possible. | 1.6k | 85% | — | Quiet | $79.99 | 2019-11-14 |
| 3 | Combat Mission Shock Force 2 The latest title in the famous Combat Mission franchise of wargames, now on Steam. Shock Force 2 brings you to a hypothetical conflict in Syria between the forces of NATO and the Syrian Army. Play either on WeGo or Real Time in an incredibly detailed and realistic 1:1 tactical simulation. | 868 | 81% | — | Quiet | $59.99 | 2020-08-31 |
| 4 | Gary Grigsby's War in the East War on an Epic scale from Moscow to Berlin – this is War in the East! | 586 | 90% | 13 | Quiet | $79.99 | 2015-07-09 |
| 5 | Close Combat - Gateway to Caen 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. | 494 | 70% | — | Quiet | $39.99 | 2014-06-06 |
| 6 | Strategic Command: World War I Strategic Command: World War I is a new chapter in the Strategic Command Franchise. Relive this momentous conflict from the opening shots of 1914 to the final offensives. Strategic Command: World War I covers all the main aspects and theatres of the war. | 489 | 92% | — | Quiet | $39.99 | 2019-12-05 |
| 7 | Close Combat: The Bloody First Close Combat: The Bloody First is the latest release in the critically-acclaimed Close Combat series, and the first using the new 3D Archon engine. With this Close Combat: The Bloody First combines classic Close Combat tactical gameplay with battles fought across a wide variety of diverse 3D landscapes including craggy ridgelines, narrow... | 459 | 53% | — | Quiet | $39.99 | 2019-10-03 |
| 8 | Armored Brigade Armored Brigade is a real-time tactical wargame, focusing on realism and playability. In Armored Brigade the Cold War has turned hot, and Europe is once again torn apart by conflict. An "Iron Curtain" divides the Western Powers gathered together under the NATO banner from the Soviet Union | 362 | 89% | — | Quiet | $39.99 | 2019-10-31 |
| 9 | Modern Naval Warfare Command the silent service. Modern Naval Warfare is the definitive tactical simulation that puts you inside the pressure hull of a Virginia-Class nuclear submarine. This uncompromising tactical simulation offers unparalleled depth in graphics, physics, and authentic combat systems. | 294 | 60% | — | Cooling | $59.99 | 2026-05-26 |
| 10 | Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm Player's Edition You are the commander of either NATO or Soviet forces locked in battle on the ground in 1980’s Central Europe. As commander, it is your task to provide the battle plan orders to your units. You need to know your mission objectives, strength and weakness of both your forces and you enemy, lay of the land, weather, and time of day in order... | 259 | 88% | — | Quiet | $49.99 | 2014-11-21 |
| 11 | Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa Command a true operational structure. Can you balance and prioritize three different Theatres in order to achieve your objective? | 250 | 88% | 7 | Quiet | $49.99 | 2016-04-29 |
| 12 | Close Combat - Panthers in the Fog Close Combat: Panthers in the Fog details the desperate German counter-attack at Mortain, the last chance of the Wehrmacht to stave off defeat in Normandy. Can you match the tenacity of the American defenders of Hill 314? Or can you succeed where the Panzers failed, driving through to the sea and changing history? | 205 | 71% | — | Quiet | $39.99 | 2015-05-14 |
| 13 | Advanced Tactics Gold Advanced Tactics: Gold offers a unique and infinitely replayable wargaming experience for any strategy fan. Building off of the enormous success of Advanced Tactics: World War II, the Gold edition gives players a more powerful game editor, much improved random game engine, many new features and abilities, and more. | 178 | 84% | — | Quiet | $29.99 | 2014-08-15 |
| 14 | Close Combat: Cross of Iron In Close Combat: Cross of Iron you start off as a junior officer leading your men into battle in real-time, focusing on the Eastern Front of World War II. Earn promotions as you deal with an unforgiving enemy. Fight and survive through the frozen winter, hot dusty summer and muddy autumn. | 171 | 82% | — | Quiet | $39.99 | 2020-07-23 |
| 15 | Flashpoint Campaigns: Southern Storm Flashpoint Campaigns: Southern Storm is a grand tactical wargame set at the height of the Cold War, with the action centered on the year 1989. | 115 | 89% | — | Quiet | $59.99 | 2023-04-20 |
| 16 | Warplan Pacific WarPlan Pacific is an operational level wargame which covers all the nations at war in the Pacific theatre from December 1941 to 1945 on a massive game scale. | 100 | 88% | — | Quiet | $39.99 | 2022-03-17 |
| 17 | Close Combat: Modern Tactics Close Combat is a pausable real-time wargame series, heavily focused on historical accuracy and realistic soldier psychological profiles. Close Combat - Modern Tactics was originally released in 2007, and re-released on Steam in 2021. | 31 | 42% | — | Quiet | $29.99 | 2021-04-15 |
Reviews and ratings are Steam totals at the latest census snapshot. Players is the most recent concurrent-player sample recorded by the census and is blank where Steam exposes no count. Health is the census verdict for each game; the tiers are explained in the methodology. Game blurbs, genres and tags are the Steam store's own.