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.
All Reviews:
Very Positive (61) - 85% of the 61 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date:
Jun 20, 2011
Developer:
Publisher:
Tags

Sign in to add this item to your wishlist, follow it, or mark it as ignored

Check out the entire Slitherine collection on Steam
 

About This Game

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 teams matter. In Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein, you take command of US or German forces and either retrace the last steps of Hitler’s army in one desperate attempt to turn the tide of the impending allied victory or ride to the rescue with General Patton and push back the German offensive to reclaim Bastogne.

Winter 1944, the Last Blitzkrieg. This is Close Combat, you are in Command!

Based on Atomic Games’ award-winning Close Combat series, Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein brings the classic top-down tactical gameplay from the original series. The Wacht am Rhein remake comes with a Grand Campaign including a strategic map with 64 gorgeous hand-drawn tactical maps, over 70 scenarios, and much more!

Take command of US or German forces and either retrace the last steps of Hitler’s army in one desperate attempt to turn the tide of the impending allied victory or ride to the rescue with General Patton and push back the German offensive to reclaim Bastogne.

FEATURES

• One Grand Campaign with a strategy level map as well as 64 gorgeous hand-drawn tactical level maps
• 70+ scenarios based on real-world battles, operations and campaigns
• An easy-to-use but powerful Scenario Editor - Create your own "what if" Scenarios
• Largely expanded moddability: all strategic layer features, all campaign details including weather, turns per day, scoring, support mission (artillery, airstrike) capabilities for both Germans and Americans, battlegroup recycling, battlegroup retreat/disband, supply and much more!
• Accurately depicts World War II tactical warfare and its challenges
• Realistic soldier psychological profiles during combat

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS *: Windows Vista/7/8/10
    • Processor: 133 MHz CPU (300 MHz or faster recommended)
    • Memory: 256 MB RAM
    • Graphics: 1MB Video RAM (8MB recommended)
    • DirectX: Version 9.0c
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    • Sound Card: 16bit DirectX 9.0 compatible soundcard
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.

Customer reviews for Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein

Review Type


Purchase Type


Language


Date Range
To view reviews within a date range, please click and drag a selection on a graph above or click on a specific bar.

Show graph



Playtime
Filter reviews by the user's playtime when the review was written:




No minimum to No maximum

Display
Show reviews in selected display order





Learn More
Show graph
 
Hide graph
 
Filters
Excluding Off-topic Review Activity
Playtime:
Played Mostly on Steam Deck
There are no more reviews that match the filters set above
Adjust the filters above to see other reviews
Loading reviews...