Close Combat: The Bloody First

Wait53%

Mixed · 459 player reviews · Low confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Matrix Games · Strategy · Oct 3, 2019

Player review score
53%
Mixed
Price
$7.99−80%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
5
Full audio1 of 5
Subtitles0 of 5

Should I buy Close Combat: The Bloody First?

Buy it if you like
  • Combat: 113 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 31 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 5 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Graphics: 55 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 21 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 459 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 291 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
25% of themes are praise17% are divided58% are complaints
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
113 of 291 sampled reviews raised it
Coming from Steel division and graviteam I expected better gameplay than that was given, Overall i would not recommend this game to any person that would consider themselves a RTS gamer, I got pulled into this game because i heard close combat was a good brand and i really dislike 2d games on the most so when i heard about CC:TBF with it's 3d engine and LoS etc i was hyped.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
31 of 291 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay wise its absolutely awesome ( I was never a fan of the topview of CC but now it has opened up very good, only problem I had so far is some small stuttering in one battle.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
5 of 291 sampled reviews raised it
I think some of the criticism of the sound effects and animation are overblown; I didn't buy multiple versions of the CC games because they had great sound effects or realistic animation.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Combat113 reviews
Gameplay31 reviews
Audio5 reviews
Divided opinion
Difficulty
75% still recommend
Co-op
67% still recommend
Players complain
Graphics
42% still recommend
Bugs
38% still recommend
Crashes
36% still recommend
Story
38% still recommend
Interface
33% still recommend
Performance
33% still recommend
Multiplayer
20% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Multi-player
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$7.99$39.99−80%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

6 points recordedtoday · $7.99

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