Close Combat - Gateway to Caen overview

Overview

Close Combat - Gateway to Caen comes from Matrix Games and is published by Matrix Games. It arrived on Steam on Jun 6, 2014, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, Steam Cloud, Includes level editor, 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 - Gateway to Caen's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 7 players at 26 September 2026 - 06:32:00 UTC, with a tracked peak near 20. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 70% positive across 490 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Close Combat - Gateway to Caen is available in 1 languages including:

4 regional rating boards including usk, dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Close Combat - Gateway to Caen has sold up to 22,619 units and has 416 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $613,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Close Combat - Gateway to Caen overview details

Close Combat - Gateway to Caen 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: 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 advance moving again. With Close Combat: Gateway to Caen you can play at the strategic and tactical level, putting yourself in the boots of both the generals and the platoon commanders. You can move or combine your battlegroups on the strategic level and decide the outcome of battles on the tactical level. You will command squads in close combat situations, using small arms, mortars, machine guns, armored cars, and tanks to triumph against the enemy. You command artillery and mortar barrages and even air strikes. You will get to know individual solders, platoons, battalions, and the larger brigades and battle groups which they comprise. Players can experience the desperate situation of the outnumbered, but well-armed Panzergrenadiers, or the daunting offensive mission of the fully-supported British infantry advancing across the treacherous Odon Valley. At your command are Churchill, Cromwell, Firefly, Sherman, Stuart tanks and more. Panther, Tiger, Stug, and Mk.IV tanks will arrive to support German Panzergrenadiers as they try to hold the line against a concerted British attack. The historic scope of Operation Epsom is captured in single battles, operations, and the grand campaign. The strategic battlefield offers over two dozen individual battlefields with over three dozen accur…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Close Combat - Gateway to Caen is listed as a game with $7.99 (80% off from $39.99). It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, Steam Cloud, Includes level editor, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Simulation and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 7 players at 26 September 2026 - 06:32:00 UTC, a tracked peak of 20, and 70% positive reviews.

Overview tags

StrategyWorld War IISimulationTacticalWargameHistoricalRTSTop-DownMultiplayerSingleplayerTurn-Based StrategyReal-Time with PauseRealistic2DReal Time Tactics

Support and legal notes

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