Commands & Colors: The Great War overview

Overview

Commands & Colors: The Great War comes from HexWar Games and is published by Hunted Cow Games. It arrived on Steam on Jan 19, 2017, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Commands & Colors: The Great War's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 25 September 2026 - 05:18:26 UTC, with a tracked peak near 3. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 46% positive across 102 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Commands & Colors: The Great War is available in 1 languages including:

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

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Commands & Colors: The Great War has sold up to 4,226 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $61,415. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Commands & Colors: The Great War overview details

Commands & Colors: The Great War combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

HexWar Games has partnered with Plastic Soldier Company to bring you a digital version of Commands & Colors: The Great War board game. The game allow players to portray important engagements throughout WWI history. The battles focus on the historical deployment of forces and important terrain features of trench fighting in scale with the game system. The scale of the game is flexible and varies from battle to battle. For some scenarios, a few infantry units may represent an entire wing of a larger battle, while in other scenarios a unit may represent just a few brave soldiers going over the top. The Command card system drives movement, creates a “fog of war” and presents players with many interesting opportunities; while the battle dice resolve combat quickly and efficiently. The Combat cards add an element of suspense and will challenge players to coordinate their use in a timely manner. Overall, the battlefield tactics players will need to execute to gain victory conform remarkably well to the strengths and limitations of the various types of WWI units, their weapons, battlefield terrain, and written history. 15 scenarios set during the most infamous battles on the western front Over 50 unique combat and command cards to simulate tactical and strategic choices Make strategic choices faithful to the era with machine guns, trenches, riflemen and bombers Lay waste to the World War 1 era battlefield with artillery strikes Play as German, British or Canadian combatants Commands and Colours - Opening Action 1 Commands and Colours - Opening Action 2 Loos (2nd Division D…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Commands & Colors: The Great War is listed as a game with $19.99. It supports Windows and macOS, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 25 September 2026 - 05:18:26 UTC, a tracked peak of 3, and 46% positive reviews.

Overview tags

StrategyBoard GameWorld War IHex Grid

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