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Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is a real-time tactics game set in World War II that puts you in command of a small squad of elite troopers. Send them behind enemy lines on a series of hazardous missions, and bring them back alive.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Strategic tactical mission design” (16 of 78 reviews) and “Highly challenging tactical missions” (8); the most common complaint is “Clumsy character and vehicle controls” (10). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
16 of the 78 reviews raise this.
“A classic for it's kind. Old but gold. - Worth the shot for any RTS/ RTT fan. Though it's more RTT geared. - Definitely a challenging experience. Even downright hard for any beginner. - Tactical puzzles - You will want…”
“Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines hits that nostalgia hard and still holds up incredibly. It’s slow paced and makes you actually think. one mistake and everything is ruined, so you’re sitting there planning every move like…”
8 of the 78 reviews raise this.
“A classic for it's kind. Old but gold. - Worth the shot for any RTS/ RTT fan. Though it's more RTT geared. - Definitely a challenging experience. Even downright hard for any beginner. - Tactical puzzles - You will want…”
“Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines hits that nostalgia hard and still holds up incredibly. It’s slow paced and makes you actually think. one mistake and everything is ruined, so you’re sitting there planning every move like…”
“Amazing game, the steam version however had some fps and resolution issues, luckily i was able to get a fix someone else posted years ago and that did the trick, overall a very solid game, i still havent finish it yet…”
5 of the 78 reviews raise this.
“A classic for it's kind. Old but gold. - Worth the shot for any RTS/ RTT fan. Though it's more RTT geared. - Definitely a challenging experience. Even downright hard for any beginner. - Tactical puzzles - You will want…”
“Commandos Behind Enemy Lines is a 1998 isometric real-time tactical game where you go through twenty missions while controlling soldiers specialized in specific tasks that you must study and use with pinpoint precision…”
4 of the 78 reviews raise this.
“A classic for it's kind. Old but gold. - Worth the shot for any RTS/ RTT fan. Though it's more RTT geared. - Definitely a challenging experience. Even downright hard for any beginner. - Tactical puzzles - You will want…”
10 of the 78 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“A classic for it's kind. Old but gold. - Worth the shot for any RTS/ RTT fan. Though it's more RTT geared. - Definitely a challenging experience. Even downright hard for any beginner. - Tactical puzzles - You will want…”
“Not for me. I know it's an old game but the controls and path finding are a pain. It's so difficult that you end up save scumming constantly which takes away from the enjoyment. I feel many of the good reviews are…”
“cool conceptually just when it's already a ww2 setting which makes any game have to work harder for me to be into it. It also has really really rough controls with commanding your commandos. This wouldn't be much of an…”
7 of the 78 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Not for me. I know it's an old game but the controls and path finding are a pain. It's so difficult that you end up save scumming constantly which takes away from the enjoyment. I feel many of the good reviews are…”
5 of the 78 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“A classic for it's kind. Old but gold. - Worth the shot for any RTS/ RTT fan. Though it's more RTT geared. - Definitely a challenging experience. Even downright hard for any beginner. - Tactical puzzles - You will want…”
“Amazing game, the steam version however had some fps and resolution issues, luckily i was able to get a fix someone else posted years ago and that did the trick, overall a very solid game, i still havent finish it yet…”
“lagging 5/10 because of windows 11, to play you need windows XP”
5 of the 78 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Not for me. I know it's an old game but the controls and path finding are a pain. It's so difficult that you end up save scumming constantly which takes away from the enjoyment. I feel many of the good reviews are…”
“cool conceptually just when it's already a ww2 setting which makes any game have to work harder for me to be into it. It also has really really rough controls with commanding your commandos. This wouldn't be much of an…”
Counted across 78 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“After 27 years I finally beat this game (stuck on the mission 11 then). Isn't for everyone: static scenarios, old 2D engine (you can't rotate the scenarios), clunky vehicle driving and difficult missions. But it's incredible funny: immersive, real tension moments, and probably…”
— a player, Steam review · 40 hrs played“Common. Common over. I am COMMON! Consider it done.”
— a player, Steam review · 41 hrs played“Played it as a child, it was one of my favourites even though I wasn't extremely successful in it. One day it popped into my mind as an adult and started playing it again - I still love this game. The characters, the voice acting, the atmosphere, how the missions make you think.”
— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs playedPlayer activity
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Strategy · Stealth · World War II · Tactical · Action · Classic · RTS · Difficult · Real Time Tactics · Isometric · 1990's · Military (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum IBM PC or 100% compatible Windows 9X/ME Pentium II 300 MHz (or equivalent) 64 MB RAM 100% DirectX® 8 compatible 3D Accelerator card with at least 12 MB VRAM 100% DirectX® 8 compatible (or higher) Sound card DirectX® 8 (DirectX 8.0a included) 2 GB uncompressed hard drive space 100% Windows 95/98 compatible Keyboard and Mouse