Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein overview

Overview

Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein comes from Strategy 3 Tactics and is published by Matrix Games. It arrived on Steam on May 7, 2020, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 6 players at 26 September 2026 - 10:53:13 UTC, with a tracked peak near 31. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 84% positive across 79 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein has sold up to 2,490 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $58,574. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein overview details

Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

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 b…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein is listed as a game with $39.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Simulation and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 6 players at 26 September 2026 - 10:53:13 UTC, a tracked peak of 31, and 84% positive reviews.

Support and legal notes

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