Company of Heroes
Delivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines RTS by bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynamic battlefields to life. Please visit the "Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition" page for additional user reviews.
- Released
- 2006
- Developer
- Not recorded
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- 93
- Steam Deck
- playable
- Download
- 1 GB
What is Company of Heroes?
Delivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines RTS by bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynamic battlefields to life. Please visit the "Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition" page for additional user reviews.
Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.
The record
| First released | 11 September 2006 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Not recorded |
| Publisher | THQ |
| Platforms | PC |
| Genres | Strategy |
| Languages | 11 supported |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q500851, seeded 30 August 2026. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.
How was Company of Heroes received?
Method. Player figures are Steam's own totals for the PC version, read 30 August 2026. The Metacritic score is the one Steam publishes on its store page and can lag the site itself. Metacritic page. Neither is our opinion. We have not published a review of this game.
What does it support?
| Capability | Support |
|---|---|
| Controller | Not stated |
| Cloud saves | Yes |
| Cross-platform play | No |
| Mod support | Steam Workshop |
| Online play | Single-player only |
| In-game purchases | No |
| Steam Deck | playable |
| Download size | 1 GB |
| Add-on content | None listed |
| Age gate | None |
Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.
What does it cost?
Steam price in US dollars, read 30 August 2026. Prices move hourly and vary by region. Check the current price.
Problems players report
We read the 300 most recent negative Steam reviews of Company of Heroes on 30 August 2026 and counted what they mention. These are complaints, not confirmed defects: we have not reproduced any of them, and a review describes one person's machine. What the counts tell you is which problems more than one person ran into.
- Crashes and freezes19 of 300 (6%)
It has a terrible crash issue with not booting up at all and if you manage to actually get it to load up you instantly get a menu "could not validate media" error message whereby the game requires a disk and it's a steam purchase so no such disk even exists.
Steam review, 28 April 2022 · 12 hours played · 2 readers marked it helpfulIt takes 15 minutes every time I want to save, and now it's hard locking my computer up when I tried to load the next mission.
Steam review, 17 May 2020 · 6 hours played · 2 readers marked it helpful
A further 15 reviews call the game buggy or broken without saying how, which is why they are counted separately rather than assigned to a theme. Counted by keyword across review text, so a review discussing two problems is counted under both. Read the reviews yourself.
Games like Company of Heroes
24 games overlap with Company of Heroes on the tags Steam players applied to it, on genre, and on theme. The closest are Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition, Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition and Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition.
Common questions about Company of Heroes
What platforms is Company of Heroes on?
Company of Heroes is available on PC. It first released in 2006.
How much does Company of Heroes cost?
$14.99 on Steam in the United States, read on 30 August 2026. Prices move often and vary by region, so check the store before buying.
Do players recommend Company of Heroes?
94% of 18,707 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Very Positive. That is players rating it, not our review. We have not published a review of this game.
What is the Metacritic score for Company of Heroes?
93 out of 100 for the PC version, as published on the game's own Steam store page. Steam can lag Metacritic by a few points.
Does Company of Heroes work on Steam Deck?
Valve rates Company of Heroes as playable on the Steam Deck, from its own testing.
How big is the Company of Heroes download?
1 GB on PC, from the storage requirement on its Steam listing. Console versions differ.