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Combat Mission Black Sea

Combat Mission Black Sea

Combat Mission Black Sea is a military grade simulation depicting a fictional series of escalations between Russian and Ukraine which results in open conflict in the summer of 2017

Released Jan 21, 2021 Developer Battlefront Publisher Matrix Games Platforms Windows SimulationStrategyWargameTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based Tactics
View on Steam ↗ $59.99 (US · as of 2026-05-15)

What players say

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84.3%positive528 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“I really love this game! For me, Black Sea and Shock Force 2 especially. Mods also look very fun, I was thinking of making my own mod for this game. I was thinking of just changing the U.S. Armed Forces uniform camos, same with the Russian Ground Forces uniform camos. Pretty…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“They knew something we didnt...”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“What an awesome game! I've had these Combat Mission Games for quite some time now in my STEAM library, but never really got into them, until spending an entire Saturday, learning everything and going through the tutorials, in painstakingly fashion. Such an amazing game with SO…”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 19:55 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

13playing at last check
1224-hour peak
129all-time peak
0 50 100 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 55 avg · Mar 2022

Latest official news

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Aug 27, 2024
Matrix Games is the new Home of Combat Mission

Hi everyone, We are excited to announce the acquisition of Battlefront , the renowned developers behind the Combat Mission series. ELEVATING COMBAT MISSION'S LEGACY This strategic move underscores our

Jun 14, 2024
"Choose Your Own Scenario" community activity on Discord

Today marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for our community as we launch our very first community activity on Discord. Starting today, every three days we will conduct a poll featuring vari

Mar 03, 2023
Combat Mission Black Sea - Update v02.18.00

We are proud to announce the release of pbem+++ and tournament support for Combat Mission: Black Sea. You will soon be able to participate in official tournaments and play multiplayer matches to test

Jan 21, 2021
Combat Mission Black Sea - Out Now

Combat Mission Black Sea, one of the most popular titles in the renowned Combat Mission franchise, is now available on the Matrix Store and on Steam . Get ready to command detailed, highly researched

Jan 11, 2021
Combat Mission Black Sea is coming soon

Battlefront and Slitherine have been working in the last few years to deliver Combat Mission on Steam and in August 2020 they co-published Combat Mission Shock Force 2. Combat Mission Black Sea , whic

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Facts & details

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GenresSimulation, Strategy
Player tagsSimulation · Strategy · Wargame · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · Realistic · Military · 3D · Tactical · War · Atmospheric · Combat (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain
Estimated owners0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.matrixgames.com/game/combat-mission-black-sea
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 8 Processor: Pentium IV 1.8 GHz or equivalent speed AMD Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 256 MB VRAM or better and must support 1024x768 or higher resolution in OpenGL Storage: 13 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 10 compatible Sound Card (Windows only) Additional Notes: The game does not work in a virtualized environment (virtual machine)