Close Combat: The Bloody First overview

Overview

Close Combat: The Bloody First comes from Matrix Games and is published by Matrix Games. It arrived on Steam on Oct 3, 2019, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Steam Cloud, 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: The Bloody First's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 4 players at 26 September 2026 - 06:42:17 UTC, with a tracked peak near 14. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 53% positive across 458 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Close Combat: The Bloody First is available in 5 languages including:

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

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Close Combat: The Bloody First has sold up to 17,140 units and has 397 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $512,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Close Combat: The Bloody First overview details

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

Steam Store description

“No Mission Too Difficult. No Sacrifice Too Great. Duty First!” Close Combat: The Bloody First is the latest release in the critically-acclaimed Close Combat series, and the first using the new 3D Archon engine. With this Close Combat: The Bloody First combines classic Close Combat tactical gameplay with battles fought across a wide variety of diverse 3D landscapes including craggy ridgelines, narrow valleys and dense villages. The switch to 3D also allows an increase in the level of detail (e.g. the specific types of ammunition used by each weapon are now modelled) with more realistic movement and projectile physics. Following the career of the famed US 1stInfantry Division (forever known as 'The Big Red One') Close Combat: The Bloody First visits the battlefields of Tunisia and Sicily for the first time, as well as covering the Normandy campaign. With 3 theatres to cover Close Combat: The Bloody First places the focus firmly on the tactical level putting you in command of a 1st Infantry Division company (sometimes reinforced … and sometimes not!), leading your men through a series of linked operations and battles from Longstop Hill in Tunisia to Mortain in Normandy. You'll have to look after your men, work out the best combination of fire and movement, know when they need bolstering with armoured vehicles and decide when to call in support from artillery and aircraft. You will command your squads in a variety of close combat situations and will have to learn how best to combine the use of small arms, mortars, machine guns, armoured cars, tanks and anti-tank guns in order…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Close Combat: The Bloody First is listed as a game with $39.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Simulation and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 4 players at 26 September 2026 - 06:42:17 UTC, a tracked peak of 14, and 53% positive reviews.

Overview tags

StrategyMilitarySimulationWarTacticalReal Time TacticsWargameHistoricalWorld War IISingleplayerReal-TimeTurn-Based TacticsMultiplayerReplay ValueReal-Time with Pause

Support and legal notes

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