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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 ad
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“slow-paced strategy excellent grand campaign multiplayer connection is unreliable”
— a player, Steam review · 533 hrs played“Still a cracking game, as a Brit the army is perfect. Ai has problems but that is Ai for you, they opposing Ai team rarely chooses a strong or appropriate squad for the mission. The campaign is nicely balanced with a limited offensive for both sides that has plenty of maps.”
— a player, Steam review · 411 hrs played“This title is PEAK Close Combat. The only thing stopping my enjoyment of it is that you cannot customize your units the way you want them, as you could in every other CC that I played. Otherwise the graphics, the audio, the explosions is truly a chef's kiss. Why oh why did they…”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 20:15 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · World War II · Simulation · Tactical · Wargame · Historical · RTS · Top-Down · Multiplayer · Singleplayer · Turn-Based Strategy · Real-Time with Pause (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.matrixgames.com/products/506/details/Close.Combat.-.Gateway.to.Caen |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista /7/8/10 Processor: 800 MHz CPU Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 256MB Video RAM DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 3 GB available space Additional Notes: DirectX 9 compatible and capable of 1024 x 768 resolution or higher