Games like Company of Heroes 2
If Company of Heroes 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Men of War: Assault Squad 2, Company of Heroes and Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its commander specializations define strategies, challenging and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Company of Heroes 2 is a 2013 real-time strategy game set during World War II. The core experience centers on resource management, fog-of-war mechanics, and tactical positioning as players deploy commander specializations and select doctrines to define their strategic approach. Faction asymmetry gives each side distinct capabilities and playstyles, with players highlighting how the Soviet faction feels distinct and historically authentic. Reviewers note that commander specializations create unique strategic options and that faction asymmetries significantly influence gameplay. Players describe the experience as challenging, contemplative, epic, and intense. The game holds an 85% positive rating from over 28,000 Steam reviews and is marked as playable on Steam Deck, currently available for $19.99.
About Company of Heroes 2: Experience the ultimate WWII RTS platform with COH2 and its standalone expansions. This package includes the base game, which you can then upgrade by purchasing The Western Front Armies, Ardennes Assault and/or The British Forces. More info in the "About This Game" section below.
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Men of War: Assault Squad 2
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Company of Heroes 2.
Top pick for Company of Heroes 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.
Company of Heroes
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an epic mood with Company of Heroes 2.
Second-strongest match for Company of Heroes 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
Delivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines RTS by bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynamic battlefields to life. Please visit the "Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition" page for additional user reviews.
Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an epic mood with Company of Heroes 2.
Third-strongest match for Company of Heroes 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
Act of Aggression – Reboot Edition brings the techno-thriller RTS game Act of Aggression to a higher level. The Reboot Edition offers a full gameplay overhaul in skirmish mode against the AI and in your multiplayer battles.
Soldiers: Heroes of World War II - Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning and an intense mood with Company of Heroes 2.
Ranked #4 for Company of Heroes 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
The first installment in the real-time tactics series that would become known as Men of War, now refreshed and enhanced! Take command of American, British, Soviet, or German forces and fight on the battlefields of World War II in 32 single-player missions or with others in PvP and co-op sessions.
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Company of Heroes 2.
Ranked #5 for Company of Heroes 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
The next chapter in the #1 rated RTS franchise thrusts players into a hellish war torn landscape to command two battle-hardened armies in relentless campaigns for honor and country. Players lead the tenacious British 2nd Army during the heroic World War II liberation of Caen, France, and command the German Panzer Elite as they struggle...
Company of Heroes 3
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Company of Heroes 2.
Ranked #6 for Company of Heroes 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
Company of Heroes 3 combines heart-pounding combat with deeper strategic choices in a stunning Mediterranean theatre of war. In Company of Heroes 3, every battle tells a story...what's yours?
Sudden Strike 4
WHY THIS
Shares fog of war, tactical positioning and an intense mood with Company of Heroes 2.
Ranked #7 for Company of Heroes 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
Sudden Strike is back! The beloved Real Time Strategy series returns, this time with bigger battlefields, more units, better graphics, new scenarios and legendary commanders – making Sudden Strike 4 more tactical and realistic than ever before!
Steel Division: Normandy 44
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning and an intense mood with Company of Heroes 2.
Ranked #8 for Company of Heroes 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game that pits players against AI enemies in a single-player campaign -- or against several opponents in massive 10-on-10 multiplayer battles.
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Steel Division 2
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Company of Heroes 2.
Reviewers of Company of Heroes 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
Steel Division 2 is a historically-accurate WW2 real-time strategy game set on the Eastern Front. Features 1:1-scale turn-based army management and real-time tactical battles with thousands of men at your order.
Company of Heroes 3
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Company of Heroes 2.
Reviewers of Company of Heroes 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
Company of Heroes 3 combines heart-pounding combat with deeper strategic choices in a stunning Mediterranean theatre of war. In Company of Heroes 3, every battle tells a story...what's yours?
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning and an epic mood with Company of Heroes 2.
Reviewers of Company of Heroes 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
Command any of the six unique factions in the next standalone expansion of the critically acclaimed Dawn of War real-time strategy franchise. Choose to build a massive army or lead a small squad of elite heroes into battle and experience a single player campaign customized to your favorite race.
Men of War: Assault Squad 2
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Company of Heroes 2.
Reviewers of Company of Heroes 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Company of Heroes 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell is a realistic RTS/ RTT game that offers endless replay value. Command all types of troops in historical singleplayer, dynamic campaign, PvP and PvE battles. Are you ready for some serious immersion in World War 2?
Call to Arms
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Company of Heroes 2.
Reviewers of Company of Heroes 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.
Iron Harvest
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Company of Heroes 2.
Reviewers of Company of Heroes 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+
Company of Heroes
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an epic mood with Company of Heroes 2.
Reviewers of Company of Heroes 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
Delivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines RTS by bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynamic battlefields to life. Please visit the "Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition" page for additional user reviews.
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Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Company of Heroes 2 at current Steam store prices.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
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Priced ~63% under Company of Heroes 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
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Priced ~69% under Company of Heroes 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
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Priced ~60% under Company of Heroes 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~75% under Company of Heroes 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
FTL: Faster Than Light
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Priced ~50% under Company of Heroes 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
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Priced ~75% under Company of Heroes 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~75% under Company of Heroes 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Company of Heroes 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
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More from Relic Entertainment
Other recommendable Steam games by Relic Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Company of Heroes 2.
Another title from Relic Entertainment, the studio behind Company of Heroes 2. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.
Company of Heroes 3
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Company of Heroes 2.
Another title from Relic Entertainment, the studio behind Company of Heroes 2. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
Company of Heroes 3 combines heart-pounding combat with deeper strategic choices in a stunning Mediterranean theatre of war. In Company of Heroes 3, every battle tells a story...what's yours?
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Company of Heroes 2.
Another title from Relic Entertainment, the studio behind Company of Heroes 2.
In Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine you are Captain Titus, a Space Marine of the Ultramarines chapter and a seasoned veteran of countless battles.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Company of Heroes 2.
Another title from Relic Entertainment, the studio behind Company of Heroes 2. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
Step into a brutal battle between three warring factions In Dawn of War III you will have no choice but to face your foes when a catastrophic weapon is found on the mysterious world of Acheron.
Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® - Soulstorm
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Company of Heroes 2.
Another title from Relic Entertainment, the studio behind Company of Heroes 2. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
The third and final expansion to the genre-defining and critically-acclaimed RTS, Dawn of War. In Soulstorm, two new armies are introduced – Sisters of Battle and Dark Eldar - raising the total number of playable armies to nine.
Company of Heroes
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an epic mood with Company of Heroes 2.
Another title from Relic Entertainment, the studio behind Company of Heroes 2. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
Delivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines RTS by bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged environments, and dynamic battlefields to life. Please visit the "Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition" page for additional user reviews.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning and an epic mood with Company of Heroes 2.
Another title from Relic Entertainment, the studio behind Company of Heroes 2. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition is the ultimate Dawn of War experience, featuring the original Dawn of War and all its expansions, along with enhanced visuals, an improved camera, and 64-bit platform support.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic)
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Company of Heroes 2.
Another title from Relic Entertainment, the studio behind Company of Heroes 2. Shares Strategy with Company of Heroes 2.
All of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War in one glorious package. Play the genre-defining classic real time strategy game in all its blood-soaked glory, including four complete campaigns and nine full-fledged factions.
Frequently asked about Company of Heroes 2
- Does Company of Heroes 2 run on Steam Deck?
- Company of Heroes 2 is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Company of Heroes 2 cost?
- Company of Heroes 2 is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Company of Heroes 2 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Company of Heroes 2 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Company of Heroes 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Company of Heroes 2 are Men of War: Assault Squad 2, Company of Heroes, Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition.
- Who developed Company of Heroes 2?
- Company of Heroes 2 was developed by Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux) and published by Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux).
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