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- $29.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
- 2014
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- 92% of 214 reviews
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- Released: 2017
- Developer: HexWar Games
- Price: $19.99checked Nov 7
- 55% of 69 reviews
- Genres: Strategy
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Card system forces strategic planning
- Faithful adaptation of board game mechanics
- Grinding reality of trench warfare
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Immersive
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About Commands & Colors: The Great War
The closest matches to Commands & Colors: The Great War: Commander: The Great War, The Operational Art of War IV, Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign, Supreme Ruler The Great War, and Second Front. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Commands & Colors: The Great War is your kind of game, the closest matches are Commander: The Great War, The Operational Art of War IV and Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and immersive, and single out its attrition based victory and card driven command system. 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.
About Commands & Colors: The Great War: The Great War 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.
Is Commands & Colors: The Great War worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 55% of 69 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $19.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 10 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 9 h before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Card system forces strategic planning
- Faithful adaptation of board game mechanics
- Grinding reality of trench warfare
- Historical accuracy in unit behaviors
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“The game is mostly well done, but there are some bugs that simply destroy the fun. For example: I already tried to play scenario 4 three times, and I cannot finnish the scenario because there is always a moment where the Germans simply…”
“What a great game. But I would also like to say: What a CPU overloader! Everytime when you play this, It would be miracle if your CPU usage is under 95%.”
People who play it also play: Commander: The Great War, The Operational Art of War IV, Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
Frequently asked about Commands & Colors: The Great War
Can I run it?
How much does Commands & Colors: The Great War cost?
Commands & Colors: The Great War is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Commands & Colors: The Great War?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Commands & Colors: The Great War are Commander: The Great War, The Operational Art of War IV, Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign.
Who developed Commands & Colors: The Great War?
Commands & Colors: The Great War was developed by HexWar Games and published by Hunted Cow Games.